WO2018129994A1

WO2018129994A1 - Helmet warning lamp having turn lamp function and helmet

Info

Publication number: WO2018129994A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/109450
Authority: WO
Inventors: 郑波; 叶永正; 李志明; 易湘棱
Original assignee: 深圳前海零距物联网科技有限公司
Priority date: 2017-01-11
Filing date: 2017-11-06
Publication date: 2018-07-19
Also published as: CN106723596A

Abstract

A helmet warning lamp (100) having a turn lamp function and a helmet (200). The helmet warning lamp (100) comprises a base (10), a plurality of light sources (101) disposed on the base (10), a light-transmissive housing (30), and a controller (40). The plurality of light sources is arranged at intervals to form a light emitting lamp strip (20). The light emitting lamp strip (20) comprises a left-turn indication area (21), a right-turn indication area (22), and a connecting area (23). The connecting area (23) is located between the left-turn indication area (21) and the right-turn indication area (22) and is connected to the left-turn indication area (21) and the right-turn indication area (22). The light-transmissive housing (30) is used for containing the light emitting lamp strip (20). The controller (40) is located in the housing (30), is electrically connected to the light emitting lamp strip (20), and used for controlling a light emitting mode of the light emitting lamp strip (20). The helmet warning lamp (100) having a turn lamp function and the helmet (200) significantly and accurately indicate the turning direction of a bicycle by means of the left-turn indication area (21) and the right-turn indication area (22), so as to effectively remind vehicles behind, and the left-turn indication area (21) and the right-turn indication area (22) can be prolonged by the connecting area (23), so that the reminding effect is improved.

Description

Helmet warning light and helmet with turn signal

Technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to helmets, and more particularly to helmet warning lights and helmets having a turn signal function.

Background technique

[0002] More and more people are keen to ride in the city. However, there is a safety hazard for the riders to ride in the city. If the rider cannot effectively remind the rear vehicle of its own existence, it is easy to collide. Accidents, therefore, it is necessary for the rider to provide warnings to the rear vehicle.

[0003] A warning light is installed on the existing riding helmet to remind the rear vehicle that there is a rider. However, the information conveyed by the existing warning lights is very limited. For example, the steering instructions cannot be provided, so the rear vehicle is still unclear about the riding direction of the riding vehicle, and the safety hazard still exists.

technical problem

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to solve the problem that the conventional helmet cannot provide a steering indication.

Problem solution

Technical solution

[0005] The object of the present invention is achieved by the following technical solutions.

[0006] A helmet warning light having a turn signal function, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate, the plurality of light sources being spaced apart to form a light strip, the light strip including a left turn indication a right turn indication zone; and a connection zone, the connection portion being located between the left turn and right turn indicator zones and connected to the left turn and right turn indicator zones; a light transmissive outer casing, the outer casing being used And accommodating the light strip; and a controller, wherein the controller is located in the outer casing and is electrically connected to the light-emitting lamp for controlling a light-emitting mode of the light-emitting strip.

In one embodiment, the left turn indication zone includes a left pointing arrow shaped light strip, and the right turn indicating zone includes a right pointing arrow shaped light strip.

[0008] In an embodiment, the connecting area includes two horizontally parallel light strips, and the two lateral light strips are connected to the left pointing arrow shaped light strip and the right pointing arrow shaped light strip. Edge-shaped light strip.

[0009] In an embodiment, the outer casing has an inner surface, and the inner surface is provided with a light-transmissive color ink layer [0010] In one embodiment, the outer casing has a top portion, and two adjacent light sources are spaced apart by 1 cm, and each light source is 0.6 to 1 cm apart from the top.

[0011] In an embodiment, the light source is a light emitting diode, the controller includes a microprocessor and an LED driver, the LED driver is electrically connected to each light source, and the microprocessor and the LED driver connection.

[0012] In an embodiment, the helmet warning light further includes a power module and a battery, the power module includes a charging interface, and the charging interface is configured to be connected to an external power source to charge the battery, The power module is connected to the light strip and the controller.

[0013] In one embodiment, the helmet warning light further includes a three-axis acceleration sensor coupled to the controller, the three-axis acceleration sensor is configured to sense acceleration, and the controller is configured to respond to the acceleration The light strip is turned on to a preset mode.

[0014] In an embodiment, the controller further includes a wireless receiving unit, configured to receive a wireless control signal sent by the external wireless transmitting unit to control a lighting mode of the light strip.

[0015] A helmet comprising a helmet warning light having a turn signal function and a helmet body as described above, the headgear body including a rear end, the helmet warning light being located at the rear end.

Advantageous effects of the invention

Beneficial effect

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the helmet warning light and the helmet provided with the turn signal function of the present invention significantly and accurately indicate the turning direction of the bicycle through the left turn indication area and the right turn indication area, so as to be effective for the rear vehicle. Remind, and, the connection area can extend the left turn indication area and the right turn indication area to enhance the prompting effect.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the technical means of the present invention can be more clearly understood, and can be implemented in accordance with the contents of the specification, and the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be further improved. It is obvious and easy to understand. The following is a detailed description of the preferred embodiment, with reference to the accompanying drawings,

Brief description of the drawing

DRAWINGS 1 is a schematic view of a helmet warning light (without a casing) having a turn signal function according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a cross-sectional view (including a battery) of the helmet warning light according to the first embodiment of the present invention in the I-I direction.

3 is a schematic structural view of a helmet warning light according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic diagram of a luminous effect of a helmet warning light according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another illumination effect of the helmet warning light according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a schematic structural view of a helmet according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0024] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. example. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

[0025] Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, a helmet warning light 100 having a turn signal function according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate 10, a plurality of light sources 101 disposed on the substrate 10, a housing 30, and a controller 40. .

The substrate 10 is a flexible or rigid circuit board. A plurality of light sources 101 are disposed on the substrate 10, and the plurality of light sources 110 are spaced apart to form a light strip 20, and the light strip 20 includes a left turn indication area 21, a right turn indication area 22, and a connection area 23. The connection area 23 is located between the left turn indication area 21 and the right turn indication area 22 and is connected to the left turn indication area 21 and the right turn indication area 22.

[0027] The outer casing 30 is transparent, and the outer casing 30 is for accommodating the light-emitting strip 20, and its shape is consistent with the layout shape of the light-emitting strip 20.

The controller 40 is located in the housing 30, on or near the substrate 10, and is electrically connected to the illuminating strip 20 for controlling the illuminating mode of each of the light sources 101 on the illuminating strip 20. The illuminating mode is not limited to: All light sources, selectively turn on some of the light sources, make each light source bright, medium bright, low light, strobe, strobe, etc.

[0029] Since the light strip 20 includes a left turn indication area 21, a right turn indication area 22, and a connection area 23, the left turn indication area 21 is used to indicate a leftward turn, and the right turn indication area 22 is used to indicate a rightward turn, a connection The area 23 is for providing other warning effects, and making the left turn indication area 21 and the right turn indication area 22 more conspicuous.

[0030] In the embodiment, the left turn indication area 21 is a left pointing arrow shaped light strip, that is, the plurality of light sources 101 are arranged in the left direction. Pointing at the shape of the arrow, the head is sharp, and the right turn indicating area 22 is a right pointing arrow shaped light strip, that is, the plurality of light sources 101 are arranged in a right pointing arrow shape. The left turn indication area 21 lights up to indicate that it is about to turn left, and the right turn indication area 21 lights up to indicate that it is about to turn right. Since the shape of the arrow is very clear, it provides an accurate and efficient steering indication for the rear vehicle.

[0031] Further, the connecting area 23 includes two horizontally parallel strips 230, and the two lateral strips 230 are connected to the left-pointing arrow-shaped strip and the right-pointing arrow-shaped strip to form a hexagonal strip. The two lateral light strips 2 30 have more light sources 101, so the light strips are longer, while the left pointing arrow shaped strips 210 and the right pointing arrow shaped strips 220 use less light source 101 and the strips are shorter. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 (filled color patches indicate light-emitting sources), since the light strips are integrated, the left turn indication area 21 or the right turn indication area 2 2 can be extended by the connection area 23. As shown in Fig. 4, the left turn indication area 21 and the connection area 23 form a long left turn arrow. As shown in Fig. 5, the right turn indication area 22 and the half connection area 23 form a slightly shorter right turn arrow. A left or right turn indication extended by the connection zone 23 can provide a more accurate and significant indication of the rear vehicle.

[0032] The connection area 23 can also be used to provide other warning signals, such as issuing a SOS call in a strobo mode in combination with a Morse code, or issuing an emergency signal through a strobe mode, or expressing a riding in the form of a marquee. Meaning and so on. Obviously, the connection area 23 can also provide a warning signal in combination with the left turn indication area 2 1 and the right turn indication area 22 in the non-left turn or right turn state.

[0033] In one embodiment, the connection area 23 may also include only one lateral strip 233, and the lateral strip 233 and the left turn indication area 21, the right turn indication area 22 are connected at the center of the arrow.

[0034] In other embodiments, the left turn indication zone 21 and the right turn indicator zone 22 may also employ a circular arc shape or other shaped light strip.

[0035] With continued reference to FIG. 2, the outer casing 30 has an inner surface 31 on which a layer of light transmissive color ink 32, such as white, gray, red, black, etc., is applied or printed for adjusting the light source 101. The uniformity of light output. In addition to the outer casing 30, the helmet warning light 100 has a rear casing (not shown) for encapsulating various components such as the light strip 20 together with the outer casing 30.

[0036] The helmet warning light 100 having the color ink layer 32 has uniform light emission, improves the light energy utilization rate of the light source 101, and increases the light exit distance, and can also provide a warning effect to the rear vehicle at a farther distance.

[0037] In order to further improve the uniformity of light emission of the light-emitting strip 20, the arrangement of the light source 101 can also be improved. For example, if the light-emitting range of the light source 101 is about 120°, two adjacent light sources 101 can be used. It The distance D between the light source 101 and the top portion 33 of the outer casing 30 is set to be 0.6 cm, and the uniformity of light emission of the entire light-emitting strip 20 can be remarkably improved.

In the embodiment, the light source 101 is a light emitting diode or an organic light emitting diode. Referring to FIG. 3, the controller 40 includes a microprocessor 401 and an LED driver 402. The LED driver 402 is electrically coupled to each of the light sources 101, and the microprocessor 401 is coupled to the LED driver 402. The LED driver 402 is a constant current driver for matching the voltage and current of the power source and the LED. Microprocessor 401 can control the illumination mode and selectively control individual sources by controlling LED driver 402.

[0039] Further, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the helmet warning light 100 further includes a power module 50 and a battery 60. The power module 50 includes a charging interface 51 for connecting to an external power source to charge the battery 60. The power module 50 is connected to the light strip 20 and the controller 40 for power supply.

[0040] Generally, buttons can also be provided on the housing 30 for manually turning on different illumination modes.

[0041] Further, the helmet warning light 100 further includes a three-axis acceleration sensor 70, which is received in the outer casing 30, and is connected to the controller 40. The triaxial acceleration sensor 70 is used for sensing acceleration, and the controller 40 is configured to respond to the acceleration. The light strip is turned on to the preset mode. For example, after the acceleration is sensed, it indicates that the helmet warning light 100 is advancing, and the user is inferred to start riding. Assuming that the preset mode is that the warning light 100 is in the lighting mode of the marquee, the controller 40 responds to the acceleration and starts the running light. If the acceleration of the left component is sensed, turn left to turn to the light strip of the indication area, and so on.

Further, the controller 40 further includes a wireless receiving unit 403, configured to receive a wireless control signal sent by the external wireless transmitting unit 81 to control the lighting mode of the light strip 20. For example, a remote controller 80 is mounted on the handlebar of the bicycle. The remote controller 80 includes a wireless transmitting unit 81 and a button 82. The button 82 can be used to activate various lighting modes, and the wireless transmitting unit 81 is configured to send a button command to control the lighting mode.

[0043] In summary, the helmet warning light 100 with the turn signal function provided by the embodiment of the present invention significantly and accurately indicates the turning direction of the bicycle through the left steering indication area and the right steering indication area, so as to effectively remind the rear vehicle, and The connecting area extends the left turn indication area and the right turn indication area to enhance the prompting effect.

[0044] Referring to FIG. 6, a helmet 200 according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes a helmet warning light 100 having a turn signal function and a helmet body 210. The helmet body 210 includes a rear end, and the helmet warning light 100 is located at the rear end. To remind the rear vehicle.

[0045] In summary, the helmet provided by the embodiment of the present invention significantly and accurately indicates the turning direction of the bicycle through the left steering indication area and the right steering indication area, so as to effectively remind the rear vehicle, and the connection area turns left to the indication area. And the right turn indicator area is extended to enhance the prompt effect.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that various modifications and improvements can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

Claim

[Claim 1] A helmet warning light having a turn signal function, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate, the plurality of light sources being spaced apart to form a light strip, the light emitting The light strip includes a left turn indication area; a right turn indication area; and a connection area, the connection part being located between the left turn and right turn indication areas and connected to the left turn and right turn indication zones; The housing is configured to receive the light strip; and a controller, the controller is located in the housing, and is electrically connected to the light, for controlling a light emitting mode of the light strip.

[Claim 2] The helmet warning light with a turn signal function according to claim 1, wherein the left turn indication area includes a left pointing arrow shaped light strip, and the right turn indication area includes a right pointing arrow shape Light strip.

[Claim 3] The helmet warning light with a turn signal function according to claim 2, wherein the connection area comprises two horizontally parallel light strips, the two lateral light strips and the left Point the arrow-shaped light strip and the right-pointing arrow-shaped light strip into a hexagonal light strip.

[Claim 4] The helmet warning light having a turn signal function according to claim 1, wherein the outer casing has an inner surface, and the inner surface is provided with a light transmissive color ink layer.

[Claim 5] The helmet warning light with a turn signal function according to claim 1, wherein the outer casing has a top portion, and two adjacent light sources are spaced apart by 1 cm, and each light source is 0.6 from the top. ~lcm.

[Claim 6] The helmet warning light with a turn signal function according to claim 1, wherein the light source is a light emitting diode, the controller comprises a microprocessor and an LED driver, and the LED driver An electrical connection is made to each of the light sources, and the microprocessor is coupled to the light emitting diode driver.

[Claim 7] The helmet warning light with a turn signal function according to claim 1, wherein the helmet warning light further includes a power module and a battery, the power module includes a charging interface, and the charging interface is used The battery is connected to the external power source to charge the battery, and the power module is connected to the light strip and the controller.

[Claim 8] A helmet warning light having a turn signal function according to claim 1, wherein The helmet warning light further includes a three-axis acceleration sensor connected to the controller, the three-axis acceleration sensor is configured to sense acceleration, and the controller is configured to activate the light strip to the preset in response to the acceleration mode.

[Claim 9] The helmet warning light with a turn signal function according to claim 1, wherein the controller further comprises a wireless receiving unit, configured to receive a wireless control signal sent by an external wireless transmitting unit to control The illumination mode of the illuminated light strip.

[Claim 10] A helmet comprising the helmet warning light having a turn signal function and a helmet body according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the helmet body including a rear end, the helmet warning light being located rear end.