KR20180118405A - Apparatus for controlling operation of lighting system and method thereof in the tunnel course - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a lighting apparatus in a tunnel course. The apparatus can sequentially turn off a light apparatus including an LED installed at each position (bottom, side, and/or ceiling) of a tunnel when the entry or movement of a vehicle is detected based on sensors at corresponding positions installed in the tunnel. The apparatus further includes a plurality of proximity sensors.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling an operation of a lighting apparatus in a tunnel section,

The present invention is characterized in that when an entrance or a movement of a vehicle is detected based on sensors at respective positions installed in a tunnel, an illumination device including LEDs installed at respective positions (bottom, side and / or ceiling) / OFF "). ≪ / RTI >

Conventional lighting methods of subway and railway tunnels were an always-on lighting system using a lighting device including a fluorescent lamp, and current fluorescent lamps such as an illumination lamp have a large energy consumption at the time of turning on / Lighting is more efficient

to be. However, LED lighting lamps that are emerging now have no initial starting current (same all the time) and life expectancy can be expected to be shortened by reducing lighting time if there is no reduction in lifetime.

Therefore, in consideration of the life of the electric charge or the lighting device, the lighting device is kept in the off state, and when the vehicle is detected to enter, only the lighting device in the corresponding position is turned on. It was necessary to turn it off.

In the present invention, it is proposed to provide a plurality of proximity sensors for sensing an object including a vehicle at at least one of a tunnel entrance portion, a tunnel intermediate portion, and a tunnel exit portion.

Further, the present invention proposes a lighting device including a plurality of UV LEDs installed on at least one of a side surface, a ceiling surface and a bottom surface of a tunnel and performing an ON or OFF operation based on the operation of the proximity sensor.

Accordingly, it is proposed that the illumination device at the corresponding position is blinked in sequence according to the operation of the sensor, thereby reducing unnecessary energy waste and prolonging the life of the illumination device.

An apparatus for controlling an operation of a lighting apparatus in a tunnel section according to the present invention includes at least one of an entrance of a tunnel (10), a tunnel middle section, and a tunnel exit section, Sensors (31, 33, 35, 37);

An illumination device (20) comprising a plurality of UV LEDs installed on at least one of a side surface, a ceiling surface and a bottom surface of the tunnel, the ON or OFF operation being performed according to the operation of the proximity sensor; And

The illuminating device in the illuminating device module 311 of the tunnel entrance part is inclined or positioned at one side 312 so that the illuminating device installed in the entrance of the tunnel is directed to the inside of the tunnel.

A method of controlling an operation of a lighting device in a tunnel section according to the present invention comprises the steps of: installing a sensor for detecting a vehicle at a predetermined position of a tunnel;

Installing a lighting device in the tunnel including a UV LED;

The lighting device of the lighting device module is inclined or installed at one side such that at least the illumination direction of the lighting device installed in the entrance of the tunnel is inward of the tunnel;

When the vehicle is detected based on the first sensor installed in the entrance of the tunnel, the first illuminating device installed on one side of the tilted or one side is operated and the illuminating device illuminating direction is directed toward the inside of the tunnel;

When the vehicle is detected based on the second sensor installed in the tunnel, the operation of the illuminating device operated by the first sensor is turned off and the operation of the second illuminating device operated by the second sensor is turned on;

When the vehicle is detected based on a third sensor installed in the tunnel, the operation of the illuminating device operated by the second sensor is turned off and the operation of the third illuminating device operated by the third sensor is turned on; And

And turning off the operation of the illumination device operated by the third sensor when the vehicle is detected based on the fourth sensor installed in the tunnel.

According to the present invention, at least one of a side surface, a ceiling surface, and a floor surface of a tunnel, which is installed at at least one of a tunnel entrance portion, a tunnel intermediate portion, and a tunnel exit portion, The unnecessary energy waste can be reduced and the lifetime of the lighting apparatus can be prolonged by lighting the lighting apparatus installed on the surface of the lighting apparatus by sequentially turning on or off only the lighting apparatus at the corresponding position according to the operation of the sensor.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a vehicle control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of proximity sensors 31, 33, 35, 37 are installed at at least one of an entrance of a tunnel 10, , A plurality of UV LEDs installed on at least one of a side surface of a tunnel, a ceiling surface and a bottom surface to perform an ON or OFF operation based on the operation of the proximity sensor
2 is a view showing the lighting device in the lighting device module 311 being inclined or positioned on one side (312) so that the illumination direction of the illumination device installed in the entrance of the tunnel is directed to the inner side of the tunnel
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the illumination device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, substantially the same contents will not be described in detail.

Also, when a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "touched" to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, Even if the element is "connected", "coupled" or "touched", it should be understood as the same technical idea.

Also, when it is stated that an element is formed, formed or constituted, it should be interpreted as substantially the same unless otherwise defined.

The illumination device in the present invention includes all kinds of illumination devices including LEDs.

It is to be understood that the entrance, middle, and exit of the tunnel of the present invention correspond to the location of each sensor. (For example, the position of the sensor 31 is the entrance, the position of the sensor 33 is the middle, the position of the sensor 35 is the exit of the exit, and the position of the sensor 37 is the exit of the exit)

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, in explaining the present invention, when an object is sensed by a sensor, on / off operation of a lighting device at a corresponding position is performed based on control by a control unit (non-provisioning material) And the illumination device on / off duration after the sensor is sensed through the user command input unit (not shown) if necessary. That is, even if the basic configurations (the control unit, the memory unit, the user command input unit, the display unit, and the like) are not illustrated, the above configurations will be described on the premise.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a vehicle control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of proximity sensors 31, 33, 35, 37 are installed at at least one of an entrance of a tunnel 10, A plurality of UV LEDs installed on at least one of a side surface of a tunnel, a ceiling surface, and a bottom surface, the ON and OFF operations being performed based on the operation of the proximity sensor, ,

Fig. 2 is a view showing that the illuminating device in the illuminating device module 311 is inclined or positioned at one side 312 so that the illuminating device installed in the entrance of the tunnel of the illuminating device faces the inside of the tunnel.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a plurality of proximity sensors 31, 33, 35, 37, which are installed at least at the entrance of the tunnel 10, the middle portion of the tunnel and the tunnel discharge portion, It is installed in the tunnel.

And a plurality of UV LEDs provided on at least one side of a side surface, a ceiling surface, and a bottom surface of the tunnel and including a plurality of UV LEDs that are turned on or off according to the operation of the proximity sensor.

At least the illuminating device in the illuminating device module 311 of the tunnel entrance portion is inclined or positioned on one side (312) so that the illuminating direction of the illuminating device installed in the entrance of the tunnel is directed toward the inside of the tunnel, And / or the light of the lighting device does not directly enter the eyes of the passenger.

Further, it may be inclined or positioned at one side as the illuminating device in the illuminating device module 351 of the tunnel discharging portion so that the illuminating direction of the illuminating device installed at the discharging portion of the tunnel is directed toward the inside of the tunnel, (312) such that the illumination direction of the illuminating device provided in the illuminating device module (311) of the entrance is directed toward the outside of the tunnel, so that the driver and / or the passenger It is also possible to prevent the light of the illumination device from directly entering the eyes of the user.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the illumination device according to an embodiment of the present invention. (S 301 - S 321)

As shown in Fig. 1, a sensor for detecting the vehicle is installed at a predetermined position of the tunnel.

Further, as shown in Fig. 1, a lighting apparatus including a UV LED is installed in the tunnel.

The illuminating device in the illuminating device module 311 is inclined or installed on one side 312 so that the illuminating direction of the illuminating device provided at the entrance of the tunnel is directed toward the inside of the tunnel.

When a vehicle is detected by the first sensor 31 installed at the entrance of the tunnel, a plurality of first illuminating devices 312, which are inclined or installed at one side, are operated and the illuminating device illuminating direction is directed toward the inside of the tunnel.

When the vehicle is detected by the second sensor 33 installed in the tunnel, the operation of the illuminating device operated by the first sensor is turned off and the operation of the second illuminating device 331 operated by the second sensor Is turned on.

When the vehicle is detected by the third sensor 35 installed in the tunnel, the operation of the illuminating device operated by the second sensor is turned off and the third illuminating device 351 or 311 operated by the third sensor The operation is turned on.

When a vehicle is detected by the fourth sensor 37 installed in the tunnel, the operation of the illumination device operated by the third sensor is turned off.

According to the present invention, at least one of the side surface, the ceiling surface and the bottom surface of the tunnel, at least one surface of the tunnel, The unnecessary energy waste can be reduced and the lifetime of the lighting apparatus can be prolonged by turning on and off the lighting apparatus at the corresponding position in sequence based on the operation of the sensor.

As described above, according to the present invention, when an entrance or a movement of a vehicle is detected based on sensors at respective positions installed in a tunnel, a lighting device including LEDs installed at respective positions (bottom, side, and / or ceiling) And more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling operation of a lighting apparatus in a tunnel section that is sequentially turned on and off.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (2)

A plurality of proximity sensors (31, 33, 35, 37) installed at at least one of a tunnel entrance (10) entrance, a tunnel entrance, and a tunnel exit site to detect an object including a vehicle;
An illumination device (20) comprising a plurality of UV LEDs installed on at least one of a side surface, a ceiling surface and a bottom surface of the tunnel, the ON or OFF operation being performed according to the operation of the proximity sensor; And
(312) of the illuminating device in the illuminating device module (311) of the tunnel entrance portion is inclined or positioned on one side so that the illuminating device installed in the entrance of the tunnel is directed to the inside of the tunnel. The operation control device of the lighting device in the section.
A sensor for detecting a vehicle is installed at a predetermined position of the tunnel;
Installing a lighting device in the tunnel including a UV LED;
The lighting device of the lighting device module is inclined or installed at one side such that at least the illumination direction of the lighting device installed in the entrance of the tunnel corresponds to the inside of the tunnel;
When the vehicle is detected based on the first sensor installed in the entrance of the tunnel, the first illuminating device installed on one side of the tilted or one side is operated and the illuminating device illuminating direction is directed toward the inside of the tunnel;
When the vehicle is detected based on the second sensor installed in the tunnel, the operation of the illuminating device operated by the first sensor is turned off and the operation of the second illuminating device operated by the second sensor is turned on;
When the vehicle is detected based on a third sensor installed in the tunnel, the operation of the illuminating device operated by the second sensor is turned off and the operation of the third illuminating device operated by the third sensor is turned on; And
And turning off the operation of the illumination device operated based on the third sensor when the vehicle is detected based on the fourth sensor installed in the tunnel.

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