KR20160037310A - Cross-walk for visually handicapped person - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a crosswalk for a visually handicapped person with a vibration plate on the crosswalk floor which pedestrians step on to provide a tactile information to the pedestrians having difficulties such as a visual handicap, and to guide towards a correct direction supporting a safe and rapid walking over the crosswalk. According to the present invention, the crosswalk for the visually handicapped person comprises: a crosswalk (10); guiding blocks (11) and braille blocks (12) for the visually handicapped person provided on an approaching path of the crosswalk (10); and an audio signal apparatus and a remaining time indicator installed in a signboard or a lighting post built on the approaching path, wherein a vibration-walk (20) is additionally provided on the sidewalk between the braille blocks (12) and the crosswalk (10) to guide the visually handicapped person to cross the crosswalk by providing vibration. The present invention has the effects of ensuring smooth traffic flow and walking, resulting in drastically reduced traffic accidents; and has advantages in reducing installation costs with a simple structure and a lifecycle extended with safe usage over a long time without faults.

Description

{Cross-walk for visually handicapped person}

The present invention relates to a pedestrian crossing for the handicapped, and more particularly to a pedestrian crossing for a visually impaired person. More particularly, the present invention provides a pedestrian platform for a disabled person in the waiting space of a pedestrian crossing to provide not only existing visual and auditory information but also tactile information, And a crosswalk for the visually impaired.

Generally, there are acoustic signaling devices for inducing the walking of the visually impaired, and acoustic signaling devices for the visually impaired are installed together with the traffic lights of the crosswalk, so that visually handicapped persons or elderly persons Guidance to cross the sidewalk. These sound signals should be installed on all crosswalks where the traffic light is installed, which is operated by pressing a button on the remote control or traffic light of the visually impaired, but the reality is reported to have low overall installation rate, so that visually impaired people use the crosswalk It seems that the inconvenience is large.

However, since the sound signal generator does not emit a sound signal distinguished for each crosswalk in the case of a range of distance, it is difficult to easily judge from the standpoint of a blind person whether a walk signal of a pedestrian crossing has been turned on by a voice signal having the same contents. It is difficult to find switches for people with visual impairments or traffic disabilities.

Also, the guidance block is a facility installed to be able to walk safely while recognizing the walking direction of the visually impaired, the notification of the dangerous area, the notification of the turning point and the position of the stairs.

Such a guide block for a visually impaired person is installed at an entrance or exit of a building, a road or a crosswalk, a passage from a main entrance of a traffic facility to a ticket office, a waiting room, a platform, and a stopping point.

The guidance block for a visually impaired person is divided into a location display area and a direction display area according to the recognition and identification of information. The position display area is a point degree-of-freedom block, and the location of the walking branch, waiting point, And informs the dangerous area or dangerous area.

In addition, the line block for direction display is a line block, and it is installed up to a certain distance in the target direction from the walking branch point, the waiting point, and the starting point, and notifies the accurate direction.

For the purpose of this purpose, the guide block for the visually impaired is formed in the form of a general press block, and a guide wire and point-free protrusion are formed on the upper surface of the guide block for the visually impaired person. In consideration of convenience, practicality, Or a mixture of various materials such as plastic, urethane, and synthetic rubber.

In addition, the guide block for visually impaired person manufactured in this manner is prepared by cutting the ground surface to a predetermined depth and inserting a guide block into the incision site.

However, such a conventional guide block for a visually impaired person has the following problems.

Conventionally, the guidance block for the visually impaired has a problem that the coupling force between the block, the floor, and the block and the block is weak and is easily broken. That is, the guide block for a visually impaired person installed in a passage or a roadway is continuously transmitted by a pedestrian or a traveling vehicle due to shock or vibration, and the guide block is separated from the installation site due to continuous shock or vibration to be.

In consideration of the above-mentioned situation, a guide block for a visually impaired person, which has been conventionally developed, is disclosed in Korean Patent No. 1091878 entitled " Induction block for a visually impaired person installed on a crosswalk ".

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the guide block for a visually impaired person installed on a pedestrian crossing in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent No. 1091878 is a guide block for a visually impaired person installed on a pedestrian crossing so as to guide a walking direction of a visually impaired person The guide block 100 is provided so as to abut against the front and rear surfaces of the incision N formed in the paper surface W so as to be continuously and repeatedly engaged with each other and includes a protrusion 111 and a groove 113 A body 110 formed with a plurality of bolts 115 for fastening the nut 116 on one side and a pair of connecting bars 119 protruding on the other side with a locking protrusion 117; The cutter portion N is fixed to the other side wall and the bottom face through an anchor bolt and the bottom plate 121 on which the body 110 is mounted is provided. And a pair of bending protrusions 123 are formed on the inner side of the extension piece 122. The bending protrusion 117 is inserted into each of the bending protrusions 123, A pedestal 120 having a portion 124 formed therein; The bolt body 115 is fixed to the bottom surface of the incision N through an anchor bolt and is provided with a movement preventing piece 131 at a lower portion thereof and inserted into the other end of the movement preventing piece 131 A fixing frame 130 provided with a contact piece 135 having a binding hole 133 and a finishing material 140 applied on the upper portion of the fixing frame 130 to finish the upper portion of the fixing frame 130 ≪ / RTI > The coupling portion 124 has an insertion hole 125 having an outer diameter equal to the outer diameter of the locking protrusion 117 and a width smaller than the outer diameter of the locking protrusion 117, And a slit hole (127) extending in the horizontal direction and communicating with the end of the connection hole (126). The slit hole (127) in the slit hole A pedestal that acts as a medium for firmly binding the body to the ground on both sides of a body provided so as to be in contact with the front and rear surfaces of the pedestal in succession, and a fixed frame for closely fixing the body to the pedestal, It is possible to prevent the guide block from being detached from the ground surface with a rigid mounting structure.

However, such a "guide block for a visually impaired person installed on a pedestrian crossing" is formed by up and down irregularities, so that it is impossible to guide the visually impaired if the visually handicapped person does not have a walking path, There is a problem that it is not possible to guide the walking of the visually impaired person when the upper and lower convex portions are damaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the foregoing, the present invention has been made to solve the various drawbacks and problems encountered in conventional apparatuses for the handicapped, especially for the visually impaired, and its object is to provide a diaphragm on the floor surface of a pedestrian To provide pedestrian crossing for the visually impaired, which can provide pedestrian information to the visually impaired as well as the traffic weak person in a tactile sense in a safe and speedy manner.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a pedestrian's pedestrian crossing pedestrian crossing with a diaphragm on the bottom of the pedestrian crossing, thereby enabling a safe and quick transversal crossing of the visually impaired person, And to provide pedestrian crossing for the disabled.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a pedestrian crossing for a visually impaired person whose life is long and can be safely used for a long period of time without breakdown while having a simple structure of installing a diaphragm on the bottom surface of a crosswalk, have.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a crosswalk for the visually impaired, comprising a crosswalk (10), a guide block (11) for the visually impaired to be installed on the entrance and exit road of the crosswalk (10), a braille block (12) (10) A signpost installed on an entry / exit road or an acoustic signal provided on a streetlight ground, and a crosswalk for persons with disabilities having a remaining time point schedule; And a vibration sidewalk (20) installed on the sidewalk between the crosswalk (10) and the braille block (12) and guiding the crosswalk passage to the blind by vibration.

The present invention provides diaphragms on the bottom surface of a pedestrian walkway on which a pedestrian is walking, providing walking information to the underprivileged as well as a traffic impaired person with a tactile sense, enabling the pedestrian to cross the pedestrian walkway safely and quickly in the correct direction, And pedestrians, it is possible to reduce traffic accidents dramatically. In addition, there is a special advantage that the cost for equipment is reduced by a simple structure, and the economical efficiency is excellent, but the service life is long and can be safely used for a long period without any trouble.

1 is a perspective view showing a guide block for a visually impaired person installed on a crosswalk,
2 is an exploded perspective view showing a guide block for a visually impaired person installed on a crosswalk in the past,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a guide block for a visually impaired person is installed on a pedestrian crossing,
4 is a plan view showing a crosswalk for the disabled according to the present invention,
5 is a configuration diagram of a vibration sideways according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a crosswalk for the disabled according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a pedestrian crossing for the disabled according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view showing the construction of a pedestrian crossing according to the present invention. The cross pedestrian crossing according to the present invention comprises a pedestrian crossing 10, (11), a braille block (12), an acoustic signal device installed on a signboard or a streetlight landing on an entrance / exit road of the crosswalk (10), and a crosswalk ; And a vibration sidewalk (20) installed on the sidewalk between the crosswalk (10) and the braille block (12) and guiding the crosswalk passage to the blind by vibration.

The vibrating sidewalk 20 includes a vibration pedestal 21 having a fixing plate 21a, a plurality of springs 22a and a plurality of grooves 22c in the circumferential direction A vibrating rotary plate 23 to which a plurality of ball pieces 23a are attached to the rear surface so as to coincide with the grooves 22c and a motor 24 is coupled to the rear surface of the vibration plate 22, A drive switch 25 for driving the motor 24 and a power supply AC connected to the drive switch 25 for supplying power.

Here, it is preferable that a plurality of diaphragms 22 are installed on one of the vibration sideways 20.

Next, the operation of the crosswalk for the visually impaired is described in detail.

First, if the drive switch 25 is turned ON to operate the crosswalk for the visually impaired, the power supply of the power supply AC is turned on when the green signal lamp is turned on, So that the motor 24 is operated.

The rotation of the shaft of the motor 24 causes the rotation of the vibrating rotary plate 23 to rotate the plurality of ball pieces 23a to release the engagement of the ball piece 23a with the plurality of grooves 22c, ).

Accordingly, the vibration force of the diaphragm 22 is transmitted to the spring 22a, so that the spring 22a is resilient and the vibration sideways 20 are vibrated. The blind person standing on the vibration sidewalk 20 recognizes the vibration of the vibration sidewalk 20 and judges it as a vibration signal that can cross the sidewalk 10 and crosses the crosswalk 10.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

10: Pedestrian crossing 11: Induction block for blind people
12: Braille Block 20: Vibration Press
21: Vibrating press plate 21a: Fixing plate
22: diaphragm 22a: spring
22b: guide shaft 22c: groove
23: Vibrating rotating plate 23a: Ball piece
24: motor 25: drive switch
AC: Power supply

Claims (3)

A guide block 11 for the visually impaired and a braille block 12 installed on the entrance and exit road of the crosswalk 10 and a signboard or a streetlight installed on the entrance and exit road of the crosswalk 10, In a crosswalk for persons with disabilities having an acoustic signaler and a residual time table timing; Further comprising a vibration sidewalk (20) installed on a sidewalk between the crosswalk (10) and the braille block (12) and guiding the crosswalk passage to the blind by vibration. The vibration pedestal according to claim 1, wherein the vibration pedestal (20) comprises a vibration pedestal (21) having a fixing plate (21a), a plurality of springs (22a), and a guide shaft (22b) A vibrating rotary plate 23 having a vibration plate 22 on which grooves 22c are arranged and a plurality of ball pieces 23a on the rear surface so as to coincide with the grooves 22c and a motor 24 on the rear side, A drive switch (25) connected to the motor (24) for driving the motor (24), and a power supply (AC) connected to the drive switch (25) . The pedestrian crossing according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of diaphragms (22) is installed on one of the vibrating sidewalls (20).

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