ES1237220U - DEVICE FOR NOTICE AND SIGNALING OF FAULTS OR EMERGENCIES IN VEHICLES (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Warning and signaling device for breakdowns or emergencies in vehicles, consisting of a cylindrical housing or main body (1), with a magnet (2) located at the base of said carcass (1), and contains means for emission of light (3) white, and a profile or strip of LEDs (5) of yellow auto color throughout the perimeter of the cylinder, which by means of a rotating system (4) causes it to spread in all directions, powered by batteries or internal battery (6), characterized by comprising means of connection (7) to a smartphone (8) with tools and applications for notification of notification and location. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

DEVICE FOR NOTICE AND SIGNALING OF FAULTS OR EMERGENCIES IN

VEHICLES

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a luminous device consisting of a self-approved yellow rotary light in accordance with UNECE / UN Regulation No. 65, which is placed outside the vehicle to indicate a breakdown or accident, or more specifically, that the vehicle is an obstacle in the road and poses a danger to other road users, as the vehicle is immobilized on the road, and is complemented by a mobile application that significantly improves the possibilities of warning and danger management to other users of the road via.

The stopping of a vehicle on the road due to breakdown or accident poses a serious risk to the traffic. The accident due to the reach of vehicles that are in these conditions is very common and with a result in many cases of serious injuries or death of the occupants of the vehicle. In 2018, more than one hundred people died while signaling their vehicle after a breakdown or accident. Precisely because of this, it is very important to make ourselves visible in a correct way and with the greatest possible security.

The device object of the present invention solves the problem so far not resolved to avoid said consequences, especially important when this incidence occurs at night, being also highly recommended for people with reduced mobility such as people who use wheelchairs. , pregnant women or elderly people, because these people spend much more time in the placement of the danger signaling triangles, and this implies that it would take much longer to signal the vehicle and make it safer for other users of the via. It is also recommended for use in two-wheelers.

The luminous device is placed outside the vehicle, without having to leave it, offering greater protection to the driver and the rest of the occupants of the vehicle that is immobilized on the road due to breakdown or accident, while waiting for the arrival of the emergency services (Civil Guard, crane, firemen, ambulance...). An easy-to-use device that solves the problem of the lack of real and effective visibility of the vehicle, and that poses a serious risk to the traffic.

In addition, the device goes a step further, and is associated with a mobile application that guarantees a number of advantages and better compared to other existing ones.

The advantages of this invention are the following:

- It communicates through an external application with a community of users to send traffic warnings or incidents on the road in real time to other drivers.

- Thanks to the agreement with the General Directorate of Traffic, when the location of the vehicle is recorded as a result of an accident or breakdown, a notification is created in the Traffic Management Centers that check the incidence and through their cameras activate, if appropriate, the variable signaling panels that are on the road indicating this danger, in addition to alerting the services necessary to solve the incident (Conservation, ATGC, ...). - Allows the calculation of routes based on real-time road and traffic information generated by the community, as well as alerts made by the community, including accidents, hazards, road closures, step-by-step guided voice navigation, real-time maps and updated as conditions on the road change.

- Allows you to call 112 with the press of a button, and if necessary, it would activate emergency services.

- It also allows you to directly contact the telephone of said company that has previously registered, also sending the location via SMS directly.

- And it also allows people who have been preset by the user to be called in case of a breakdown or accident at the press of a button. - In addition, automatically, if the mobile application detects the possibility of having suffered an accident from a series of calculations and sensors of the mobile device, it will send an emergency message including the GPS location of the vehicle to that recipient that the user has previously configured.

The industrial application of this invention is within the warning, signaling and emergency systems and devices in case of breakdown or accident in road vehicles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Although no invention identical to that described has been found, we present below the documents found that reflect the state of the art related to it.

Thus, document ES2665367A1 refers to a light signal of danger activated from the vehicle that is a device installed in any type of vehicle that circulates on public roads and governed from its control panel, which allows the rapid projection of a warning signal on the road when said vehicle stops due to breakdown or for any other reason characterized by the fact that for its emission there is a rear laser cannon and a front laser cannon installed in the car and interconnected with a GPS navigator and with the computer on board with immediate activation by means of the button on the rear barrel or on the button on the front barrel. As can be seen from the description, it is a signal projected from the vehicle on the road, so it is not related to the device object of the present invention that is placed on the vehicle.

ES1096758U describes a luminous signaling device for vehicles that is located in the rear tray of the vehicles and that houses a multiple number of LED lights or luminaries that give a striking and bizarre feeling that is characterized by the fact that the straight prism-shaped assembly is formed by a plastic or analogous body that has an area, which transversely occupies the upper corner that is formed between the front face and the upper face, which houses said lights that are powered by rechargeable batteries and additionally photovoltaic cell, which It also houses a signal receiver from a remote control activator of the lights, and which has a battery holder inside and of the entire electrical circuit, the whole assembly being lined by an outer sheath, which has a zipper and a professional velcro on its lower face. In this case it is a utility model that describes a light signaling device for vehicles located in the rear tray of the vehicles, thus being in a fixed position unlike the device object of the main invention that can move and place freely on the surface of the vehicle, being also above the indicator lights of direction change with more height of this.

ES1071275U proposes an emergency warning device for vehicles, in the case of accidents or breakdowns on public roads, which is provided with an emitter-receiver circuit constituting the emergency warning itself, which emits the fault accident signals, which include a first short-range radio frequency warning signal to vehicles that circulate in the vicinity of the location of said damaged damaged vehicle, and a second long-range signal that communicates with a distress or assistance center, characterized in that the transmitter-receiver circuit that sends the first short-range signal, incorporates a luminous / reflective circuit that acts jointly coordinated, automatically by the emergency warning in the event of an accident, and manually by the driver in the event of a breakdown, constituting a double signaling of light and radio frequency warning. In this case an emergency warning device is proposed, but it does not notify of the geolocation or other functions that the mobile application associated with the warning device object of the main invention incorporates.

ES2111550T3 refers to an emergency signaling system intended to be mounted on a vehicle to execute a visual light pattern, the system comprising in combination: a light source; a mounting bracket for the light source; a reflector assembly to orbit around the light source and generate a light beam; actuation means for actuating the reflector assembly for rotational movement around the light source; means for generating a plurality of different visual patterns of the light beam executable by the orbital rotation of the reflector assembly in response to the drive means, where said visual pattern generating means provide information related to the timing and direction of movement of the reflector; user controllable means to select one of the visual guidelines; and control means in communication with said pattern generating means and said user controllable means to provide order signals to said drive means in accordance with the timing and direction of the selected visual pattern to control the timing and direction of rotation of the reflector assembly that generates the selected visual pattern of the light beam; said system being characterized in that said timing information is a rotation speed information, because the actuation means comprise actuation means for a stepwise drive of the orbit of the reflector assembly in incremental rotational steps, where each of said steps is of a predetermined angular value, because said pattern generating means comprise a memory containing a plurality of different visual patterns of the light beam executable by the orbital rotation of the reflector assembly in response to the actuating means, where each visual pattern in the memory it contains information related to the speed and direction of the incremental steps to be performed by the reflector in response to said drive means; because the user controllable means comprise a user interface to select one of the visual patterns in the memory, and because said control means are in communication with the memory and with the user interface to provide order signals to the media of drive according to the speed and direction information of the selected visual pattern to control the speed and direction of rotation of the reflector assembly. Said system described in said document is fixed on the vehicle, unlike the versatile device of the main invention, which is only used and placed when the accident or breakdown occurs.

Conclusions: As can be seen from the research carried out, none of the documents found solves the problems raised as the proposed invention does.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The warning and signaling device for breakdowns or emergencies in vehicles object of the present invention is constituted from a housing or main body, which is placed outside the vehicle to indicate breakdown and / or accident and is stable thanks to the action of a magnet placed at the base of said housing, and contains a means of emitting auto yellow light, being understood as light to any type of light beam, which is also emitted intermittently or alternately in all directions, either by a rotating system or similar, said light means are based on a profile or strip of LEDs around the perimeter, which allows directing the light in all directions, visible from a distance of 100 meters.

The power supply of the lights and the internal circuit of the device is autonomous, by means of batteries or internal battery, and can be recharged, in the case of batteries, by plugging the device into an appropriate outlet.

The device shall be installed above the highest lights indicating the change of direction, and may not affect the visibility of the driver or the resistance of the protective structure of the vehicle, being placed outside the vehicle, without leaving the vehicle. same, offering greater protection to the driver and the rest of the occupants of the vehicle that is immobilized on the road.

Said luminous device is complemented with a mobile application that offers a series of functions such as direct and immediate call to 112, roadside assistance, family members or friends, in addition to allowing the direct delivery of the vehicle location to via SMS to these phones.

On the other hand, it links with an external company associated with a community of users, which sends traffic announcements or incidents on the road in real time to other drivers, such as the vehicle in use of the device object of the present invention.

In addition, the application itself, through a series of calculations on vehicle speed and other dynamic and driving features thanks to The sensors available on the phone itself, is able to detect the possibility of having suffered an accident, automatically sending an alert to that recipient that the user has previously configured.

When the application understands that an accident has occurred, a countdown is activated that the user can cancel manually if he is aware and so wishes, or by resuming or restarting the vehicle. If it is not canceled in either of these ways, the application activates the protocol and automatically sends the alert / emergency message including the GPS location of the vehicle.

The interaction between the device and the mobile APP can be manual, through the driver user, or performed automatically through a Bluetooth connection system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of the present description there are attached drawings representing a preferred embodiment of the present invention:

Figure 1: Conventional perspective view of the warning and signaling device for breakdowns or emergencies in vehicles object of the present invention.

Figure 2: Section view of the warning and signaling device for breakdowns or emergencies in vehicles object of the present invention.

The numerical references that appear in said figures correspond to the following constituent elements of the invention:

1. Housing

2. Magnet

3. Light emitting means

4. Rotary system

5. LED strip

6. Battery

7. Means of connection

8. Smartphone

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A preferred embodiment of the warning and warning device for breakdowns or emergencies in vehicles object of the present invention, with reference to the numerical references, can be based on a cylindrical housing or main body (1), which is placed on the exterior of the vehicle thanks to the action of a magnet (2) located at the base of said housing (1), and contains light-emitting means (3) white as a flashlight, and a profile or strip of LEDs (5) colored Auto yellow around the perimeter of the cylinder, which by means of a rotating system (4) causes it to spread in all directions.

Said device is powered from an internal battery (6), and in turn comprises connection means (7) to a smartphone (8), which is able to offer, thanks to a APP specifically designed for this purpose, a series of functions as they are called directly and immediately to 112, roadside assistance, family members or friends, in addition to allowing direct delivery of the location of the vehicle via SMS to these phones, and links to a community of users to send traffic warnings or incidents on the road in real time to other drivers, such as the vehicle in use of the device object of the present invention.

The warning or emergency message can be sent automatically if the mobile application detects, through a series of calculations using the sensors of the mobile device, the possibility of having suffered an accident.

In a different embodiment, the interaction between the device and the mobile APP can be manual, through the driver user itself, independently running APP and device.

Claims (1)

1.- Warning and signaling device for breakdowns or emergencies in vehicles, consisting of a cylindrical housing or main body (1), with a magnet (2) located at the base of said housing (1), and contains emission means of light (3) white, and a profile or strip of LEDs (5) of auto yellow color throughout the perimeter of the cylinder, which by means of a rotating system (4) causes it to spread in all directions, powered by batteries or battery internal (6), characterized by comprising means of connection (7) to a smartphone (8) with tools and applications for notification of notification and location.