EP2958094A1 - Dispositif lumineux de signalisation autonome pour passages piétons - Google Patents

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EP2958094A1
EP2958094A1 EP14751956.5A EP14751956A EP2958094A1 EP 2958094 A1 EP2958094 A1 EP 2958094A1 EP 14751956 A EP14751956 A EP 14751956A EP 2958094 A1 EP2958094 A1 EP 2958094A1
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    • G08G1/005—Traffic control systems for road vehicles including pedestrian guidance indicator

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  • the invention as exposed on the wording of the present specification, relates to a stand-alone illuminated signalling device for pedestrian crossings, which constitutes a remarkable novelty within its field of application and provides the function to which it is intended several advantages as well as novelty characteristics inherent to its arrangement and constitution, which will be described in detail below.
  • the object of the invention focuses on a stand-alone illuminated device whose purpose lies on being configured as night signalling device for alerting the drivers about the presence of pedestrians in the borders of similar zebra crossings or pedestrian crossings without traffic lights, allowing to sense their presence and intention of crossing in order to slow down and stop the vehicle with safety.
  • the device besides, presents the advantage of being stand-alone as it is fed by solar energy, wherefore it has no cost for electric consumption and, furthermore, it can be installed in any area, both urban and inter-urban.
  • the application field of the present invention is framed within the sector of the industry intended to manufacturing of apparatus and devices of road signalling, focusing particularly on the ones of type illuminated and fed by solar energy.
  • car hits to pedestrians are the first cause of death by car accident in cities. Invariably from 2003, car hits cause more than 40% of casualties by car accident in urban areas and 15% of injured. We know that, from 70Km/h, a car hit is usually a certain death, while at 50Km/h death risk decreases to 75% and at 30Km/h three out of every four car hits can be avoided.
  • One of the problems of said car hits is that, besides in inter-urban pedestrian crossings, small villages or even in many areas of big cities, there are areas that by night are not well lit or are not lit at all, making, if the crossing has no traffic light, it very difficult to drivers to distinguish the presence of pedestrians about to crossing, making it too many times impossible to stop the vehicle in time to avoid hitting them. Said problem also occurs, when weather conditions cause adverse meteorological phenomena which favour poor visibility conditions.
  • the object of the present invention is, then, developing a system which avoids said inconvenient, which is cheaper to install and maintain than a conventional traffic light, but which serves as an improved substitute therefor for automatically detecting the presence of pedestrians in the poor lit crossings, alerting the drivers about their presence sufficiently in advance.
  • the stand-alone illuminated signalling device for pedestrian crossings proposed by the present invention is configured as a remarkable novelty within its field of application, as, according to its implementation and unequivocally, the objects above pointed are satisfactorily achieved, being the characterizing details suitable making it possible, enclosed in the final claims accompanying the present specification thereof.
  • the device proposed by the invention is configured as a flashing illuminated device which, under conditions of poor brightness, and especially by night, alerts the drivers about the presence of pedestrians close to any of both sides of a pedestrian crossing or crossing without traffic light.
  • the device incorporates a twilight cell through which it will begin to work at dusk being active until dawn and as long as light conditions are poorer than those which are normal or predetermined as sufficient.
  • the device has motion sensors which will be conveniently installed at both sides of the crossing, so that, in case of the presence of people in any of said sides, the lighting system is activated.
  • Said lighting system preferably, flashes and is composed of at least a LED light.
  • this is stand-alone, for which it is electrically fed through a photovoltaic panel which is conveniently connected to a storage battery for accumulating the solar energy collected during the daylight hours and provide it to the circuit for actuating it during the night.
  • any pedestrian crossing regardless of its location, will be ready to alert the drivers about the presence of pedestrians intending to cross in conditions of little or none visibility.
  • the device since the device is activated turning the flashing LED lighting on, the driver, from a considerable distance, will be able to know that in this pedestrian crossing there are people approaching the road with the intention of crossing, giving him enough time to slow down and stop so that they can cross totally safely.
  • the upkeep and maintenance thereof is minimal, since, once installed, it works autonomously, its battery recharging automatically thanks to the photovoltaic panel. Furthermore, its implementation cost is much lower than that of a crossing signage through traffic lights, because the installation needs no electric installations nearby neither relies on them and the cost of material and maintenance is minimal.
  • the described stand-alone illuminated signalling device for pedestrian crossings represents an innovative structure with structural and constitutive characteristics unknown so far to the end it is intended for, reasons which in combination with its practical utility, provide it with enough basis to obtain the exclusivity privilege which is applied for.
  • the device (1) in question which preferably is an equipment at 12 Volts DC (Direct current)
  • the device (1) in question comprises, essentially, a photovoltaic panel (2) connected to a consumption and load voltage regulator (3) of a battery (4) which feeds the circuit, so that the panel produces the current during the day and the battery storages it during the day so that during the hours of darkness the equipment has current available.
  • DC Direct current
  • the device contemplates, furthermore, the incorporation of a twilight cell (5) connected to a general switch (6), so that the device only activates when said cell closes the circuit, at dusk, and leaves it closed during the hours of darkness or when the light conditions are poor.
  • the device (1) contemplates the existence of both motion sensors (7) which are installed, for example on posts (8), one on each side of the crossing (9), being said sensors connected to, at least, three relays; one which is a temporized relay with two contacts (R3) and two relays with four contacts (Rl, R2), the number of relays being able to be increased if the installation so requires, in any case connected to, at least, a LED light (10), which will flash and which, just as the motion sensors (7), is installed on one of the posts (8) of both sides of the crossing (9) .
  • both motion sensors (7) which are installed, for example on posts (8), one on each side of the crossing (9), being said sensors connected to, at least, three relays; one which is a temporized relay with two contacts (R3) and two relays with four contacts (Rl, R2), the number of relays being able to be increased if the installation so requires, in any case connected to, at least, a LED light (10), which will flash and which, just as the motion
  • the twilight cell (5) gives way to current to the motion sensors (7) and, when any of the two motion sensors (7) detects a motion, caused by the presence of people approaching the crossing (9), activates the relay R1 and this one activates the relay R2 and the temporized relay R3.
  • the temporized relay (r3) keeps the flashing signalling LEDs of the light (10) on and, once the programmed connection time ends, the circuit goes back to its stand-by state until a new pedestrian which activates any of the motion sensors (7) appears, so that the process is repeated again.
  • the device (1) preferably, works at 12 Volts DC (Direct Current), wherefore the elements it comprises work at said voltage of 12 V DC.
  • DC Direct Current

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ES201330170U ES1078731Y (es) 2013-02-13 2013-02-13 Dispositivo luminoso avisador autonomo para pasos de peatones
PCT/ES2014/070101 WO2014125149A1 (fr) 2013-02-13 2014-02-12 Dispositif lumineux de signalisation autonome pour passages piétons

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