ES1149186U

ES1149186U - Road safety mirror (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Info

Publication number: ES1149186U
Application number: ES201531442U
Authority: ES
Inventors: Manuel CANTERO MARTINEZ DE UBAGO
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2015-12-28
Filing date: 2015-12-28
Publication date: 2016-01-20
Anticipated expiration: 2025-12-28
Also published as: ES1149186Y

Abstract

Road safety mirror, which is of the type intended for implantation in crossings or incorporations to low visibility roads, incorporating a housing provided with means of wall fixing or a pole, housing in which the corresponding mirror is framed, characterized in that a plurality of led diodes, controlled by a control circuit, associated with the corresponding power source, as well as a vehicle detection system through which the activation is regulated are established in correspondence with the perimetral edge of the mirror. Of said diodes. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

OBJETO DE LA INVENCiÓN OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

La presente invención se refiere a un espejo de seguridad vial, y más concretamente a un espejo del tipo de los destinados a implantarse en determinadas intersecciones de baja visibilidad, en orden a incrementar dicha visibilidad. The present invention relates to a road safety mirror, and more specifically to a mirror of the type intended to be implanted at certain intersections of low visibility, in order to increase said visibility.

El objeto de la invención es proporcionar un espejo mucho más seguro que los espejos tradicionales, que incorpore medios que permitan advertir a los conductores la presencia de otros vehículos o peatones de una forma eficaz. The object of the invention is to provide a much safer mirror than traditional mirrors, which incorporates means that allow drivers to be warned of the presence of other vehicles or pedestrians in an effective manner.

ANTECEDENTES DE LA INVENCiÓN BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

En el ámbito de aplicación práctica de la invención, es conocida la implantación de espejos en intersecciones viales de baja visibilidad, ya sea por la existencia de edificaciones, árboles, arbustos o elementos similares que dificulten la visibilidad de la vía a la que se pretende incorporar un conductor. In the field of practical application of the invention, it is known to implement mirrors at low-visibility road intersections, whether due to the existence of buildings, trees, shrubs or similar elements that hinder the visibility of the road to which it is intended to incorporate a driver.

Este tipo de espejos, en condiciones óptimas climatológicas cumplen mas o menos la función para la que han sido previstos, si bien hay algunos conductores que por falta de atención no advierten la existencia de estos dispositivos, a lo que hay que añadir la facilidad con la que se empañan en determinadas condiciones meteorológicas. This type of mirrors, in optimal weather conditions more or less fulfill the function for which they have been provided, although there are some drivers who, due to lack of attention, do not notice the existence of these devices, to which we must add the ease with that fog in certain weather conditions.

Si bien se conocen medios para el desempañado de este tipo de espejos, la realidad es que estos dispositivos hasta la fecha resultan insuficientes, y prueba de ello es la alta siniestralidad existente en este tipo de puntos viales, en los que no se dispone de semáforos reguladores del tráfico. Although means for the defogging of this type of mirrors are known, the reality is that these devices to date are insufficient, and proof of this is the high accident rate existing in this type of road points, in which traffic lights are not available traffic regulators

DESCRIPCiÓN DE LA INVENCiÓN DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

El dispositivo que se preconiza resuelve de forma plenamente satisfactoria la problemática anteriormente expuesta, en base a una estructura sumamente eficaz, advirtiendo a los conductores de la existencia de otros vehículos o peatones no solo por medio del reflejo de los mismos en el espejo, sino mediante la inclusión de testigos luminosos que atraen la vista del conductor hacia el espejo, para que éste pueda ver con claridad el estado de la intersección. The recommended device solves in a fully satisfactory way the above-mentioned problem, based on a highly effective structure, warning drivers of the existence of other vehicles or pedestrians not only by reflecting them in the mirror, but by the inclusion of luminous witnesses that attract the view of the driver to the mirror, so that he can clearly see the state of the intersection.

Para ello, y de forma más concreta, y partiendo de la estructuración básica de este tipo de dispositivos, en los que se define una carcasa posterior, dotada de medios de fijación para el dispositivo, ya sea de forma mural, o al correspondiente poste, carcasa en la que se integra frontalmente un espejo que puede estar dotado de cualquier sistema anti-vaho de los anteriormente comentados, el espejo de la invención centra sus características en el hecho de que en correspondencia con el marco periférico del espejo, en el mismo se establecen una pluralidad de diodos led , destinados a advertir la presencia de otros vehículos. To do this, and more specifically, and based on the basic structuring of this type of devices, in which a back housing is defined, equipped with fixing means for the device, either in a mural, or to the corresponding post, housing in which a mirror is integrated frontally that can be provided with any anti-fogging system of the aforementioned, the mirror of the invention focuses its characteristics on the fact that in correspondence with the peripheral frame of the mirror, it establish a plurality of LEDs, intended to warn of the presence of other vehicles.

Estos diodos están asociados a un circuito de control, que mediante sensores de movimiento, como puede ser un radar o cualquier otro sistema similar, permite detectar la presencia de vehículos en la calzada principal cuya incorporación tiene baja visibilidad, de manera que, ante la detección de un vehículo, se activarían dichos diodos, pudiéndose disponer dos circuitos independientes, de distintos colores, de manera que un circuito, por ejemplo puede estar formado a partir de diodos rojos, que se encienden ante la detección de un vehículo circulando por la vía principal, y un circuito paralelo, de diodos ámbar, que parpadeasen ante la ausencia de vehículos, como señal de precaución. These diodes are associated with a control circuit, which by means of motion sensors, such as a radar or any other similar system, allows detecting the presence of vehicles on the main road whose incorporation has low visibility, so that, upon detection of a vehicle, said diodes would be activated, being able to have two independent circuits, of different colors, so that a circuit, for example, can be formed from red diodes, which light up upon detection of a vehicle circulating on the main road , and a parallel circuit, of amber diodes, that blinked in the absence of vehicles, as a sign of caution.

El dispositivo deberá estar alimentado eléctricamente, como es obvio, pudiendo estar asistido por la red de suministro eléctrica local, o bien alimentarse a través de un pequeño sistema fotovoltaico situado superiormente sobre la carcasa del dispositivo, ya que, al tratarse de tecnología led, no requiere de un alto consumo eléctrico. The device must be electrically powered, as is obvious, being able to be assisted by the local power supply network, or be powered by a small photovoltaic system located above the device housing, since, being LED technology, no It requires high power consumption.

Se consigue de esta forma un dispositivo sumamente efectivo, que aun estando sucio y/o empañado, permite evitar accidentes, al advertir a los conductores que pretenden incorporarse a una vía con baja visibilidad la presencia de otros vehículos circulando por dicha vía. In this way, an extremely effective device is achieved, which, even if dirty and / or fogged, allows accidents to be avoided, by warning drivers who intend to join a road with low visibility the presence of other vehicles circulating on said road.

DESCRIPCiÓN DE LOS DIBUJOS DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Para complementar la descripción que seguidamente se va a realizar y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de las características del invento, de acuerdo con un ejemplo preferente de realización práctica del mismo, se acompaña como parte integrante de dicha descripción, un juego de planos en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado lo siguiente: To complement the description that will then be made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

La figura 1.-Muestra una representación correspondiente a una vista en alzado frontal de un espejo de seguridad vial realizado de acuerdo con el objeto de la presente invención. Figure 1 shows a representation corresponding to a front elevation view of a road safety mirror made in accordance with the object of the present invention.

La figura 2.-Muestra un diagrama de bloques de la electrónica principal que participa en el dispositivo de la invención. Figure 2.- Shows a block diagram of the main electronics that participates in the device of the invention.

REALIZACiÓN PREFERENTE DE LA INVENCiÓN PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Como se puede ver en las figuras reseñadas el espejo de la invención se constituye, como es convencional, a partir de una carcasa (1), dotada de medios de fijación a un poste (2) o de fijación mural, como es convencional, carcasa en la que queda enmarcado un espejo (3), preferentemente de configuración curvo-convexa, dada la mayor visibilidad que ofrecen este tipo de espejos. As can be seen in the figures outlined, the mirror of the invention is constituted, as is conventional, from a housing (1), provided with means for fixing to a post (2) or for wall fixing, as is conventional, housing in which a mirror (3) is framed, preferably with a curved-convex configuration, given the greater visibility offered by this type of mirror.

El espejo, podrá contener en su seno, como también es conocido, cualquier mecanismo anti-vaho existente en el mercado. The mirror may contain within it, as is also known, any anti-fogging mechanism in the market.

Pues bien, a partir de esta estructuración, el espejo de la invención centra sus características en el hecho de que, sobre el borde periférico o marco del espejo (3) se establece una pluralidad de diodos led (4-4') cuya alimentación está gobernada por un circuito de control (5), asociado a una fuente de alimentación (6), la cual puede conectarse a la red de distribución eléctrica local, o bien estar asistida por un pequeño panel solar fotovoltaico (7) y su complementario circuito regulador (8), dado el escaso consumo del dispositivo, de manera que se definen agrupaciones de diodos de dos colores preferentemente intercalados entre sí, unos, preferentemente rojos, indicadores de la Well, from this structuring, the mirror of the invention focuses its characteristics on the fact that, on the peripheral edge or frame of the mirror (3) a plurality of LED diodes (4-4 ') are established whose power is governed by a control circuit (5), associated with a power supply (6), which can be connected to the local electricity distribution network, or be assisted by a small photovoltaic solar panel (7) and its complementary regulatory circuit (8), given the low consumption of the device, so that groups of diodes of two colors preferably intercalated with each other are defined, some, preferably red, indicators of the

5 presencia de vehículos en la vía a la que se pretende acceder, y otros simplemente a modo de señales parpadeantes de precaución, por ejemplo en color ámbar. 5 presence of vehicles on the road that is intended to be accessed, and others simply by way of blinking caution signals, for example in amber.

Para ello, el circuito de control (5) estará asociado a medios de detección de vehículos (9), como puede ser un radar o similar, a partir del cual se gestione la alimentación eléctrica de For this, the control circuit (5) will be associated with vehicle detection means (9), such as a radar or similar, from which the power supply of

10 unos u otros diodos. 10 one or the other diodes.

Aunque en el ejemplo se ha elegido un espejo redondo y curvo-convexo, la invención es igualmente aplicable en espejos de otras configuraciones y contornos, sin que ello afecte a la esencia de la invención. Although in the example a round and curved-convex mirror has been chosen, the invention is equally applicable in mirrors of other configurations and contours, without affecting the essence of the invention.

Claims

1a.-Road safety mirror, which being of the type intended for implantation at crossings

or incorporations to low visibility roads, which incorporate a housing equipped with means

5 of wall fixing or to a pole, housing in which the corresponding mirror is framed, is characterized in that in correspondence with the perimeter edge of the mirror a plurality of LED diodes are established, controlled by a control circuit, associated with the corresponding source of supply, as well as a vehicle detection system through which the activation of said diodes is regulated.

10 2 .- Road safety mirror, according to claim 1, characterized in that the diodes are divided into two groups of two-color diodes, some preferably red, indicators of the presence of vehicles on the road to which access is intended, and others Amber, as warning elements.

3a.-Road safety mirror, according to claim 1, characterized in that the mirror is preferably circular and convex curved.

4 .- Road safety mirror, according to claim 1, characterized in that the power supply of the device is associated with the general local electrical distribution network.

5th.- Road safety mirror, according to claim 1, characterized in that the power supply of the device is associated with a photovoltaic solar panel and its corresponding regulatory circuit.

25 6a ._ Road safety mirror according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes anti-fogging means.