ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20130049993A1
• Filed: 04/13/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: SHI, ZHENG, LIU, JIANG-FENG
• Granted Patent: US 8,779,938 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/928
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/07 Controlling traffic signals
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/095 Traffic lights

Abstract

A road traffic control system is applied to an intersection to control traffic and includes a light support, three traffic lights, a speed measuring device, a light controller, and an alarm. The light support is installed at one lane at the intersection; the three traffic lights are installed on the light support to control traffic. The speed measuring device is installed on guardrails on the lane to measure current speed of vehicle. When one of the traffic lights changes its color to indicate stopping, the light controller synchronously controls the speed measuring device to detect the current speed of the vehicle that is passing through the speed measuring device, and compares the measured speed of the vehicle with a preset speed limit. The alarm outputs warning signals when the measured speed is above the preset speed limit.

Claims

1. A road traffic control system comprising:

a traffic light positioned above one lane at an intersection;

a speed measuring device installed on guardrails on the lane; and

a light controller electrically connected to the traffic light and the speed measuring device, wherein the light controller synchronously controls the traffic light and the speed measuring device, when the traffic light changes its color to indicate stopping, the light controller controls the speed measuring device to measure current speed of vehicle that is driving through the speed measuring device.

2. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a light support installed at the edge of the lane at the intersection, wherein the traffic light is installed on the light support and are positioned above the lane at the road intersection to control traffic, and each lane comprise a plurality of stop lines on the surface of the lane.

3. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the traffic light alternates the priority of road users by displaying lights of a standard color under the control of the light controller to warn the pedestrians and drivers.

4. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the speed measuring device is a radar speed gun and sends a radar signal to the vehicle and receives a returned radar signal from the moving vehicle to measure the current speed of the vehicle at which it is pointed by detecting a change in frequency of the returned radar signal.

5. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light controller is positioned on the light support, when the light controller controls the traffic light to emit red light or yellow light, the speed measuring device is activated at the same time;

when the light controller controls the traffic light to emit green light, the light controller deactivates the speed measuring device to save power.

6. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the light controller stores a speed limit that is preset based on the distance between the speed measuring device and a first stop line, when the distance between the first stop line and the speed measuring device is 10 meters, the speed limit of 10 kilometers per hour (km/h) is allowable when the vehicle drives past the speed measuring device.

7. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 6, wherein if the speed of the vehicle is equal to or below 10 km/h, and the vehicle starts braking at the time of passing the speed measuring device, the vehicle will gradually halt in front of the first stop line after a movement of 10 meters or less.

8. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an alarm, wherein the alarm is positioned on the guardrails and is adjacent to the speed measuring device, and is electrically connected to the light controller, the light controller receives the current speed of the vehicle from the speed measuring device in time, and compares the current speed with a preset speed limit to turn on or off the alarm according to the comparison.

9. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 8, wherein when the light controller determines that the current speed from the speed measuring device is larger than the speed limit, the light controller sends a command signal to the alarm to activate and enable the alarm to output warning signals and inform drivers that the traffic light has changed to yellow or red color.

10. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first speed measuring device, a second speed measuring device and the two alarms positioned adjacent to the first speed measuring device and the second measuring device respectively, the first speed measuring device and the second speed measuring device are electrically connected to the light controller and are installed on the guardrails in a row, and the first speed measuring device is substantially 10 meters away from the first stop line;

the second speed measuring device is substantially 20 meters away from the first stop line.

11. A road traffic control system applied to an intersection to control traffic, the road traffic control system comprising:

a light support installed at one side of one lane at the intersection;

three traffic lights installed on the light support and positioned above one lane at the intersection to control traffic;

a speed measuring device installed on guardrails on the lane to measure current speed of vehicle;

a light controller electrically connected to the traffic lights and the speed measuring device; and

an alarm electrically connected to the light controller, wherein the when the traffic lights are changed to yellow or red color, the light controller synchronously controls the speed measuring device to detect the current speed of the vehicle that is passing through the speed measuring device, and compares the measured speed of the vehicle with a preset speed limit, and the alarm outputs warning signals when the measured speed is above the speed limit.

12. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the traffic lights alternate the priority of road users by displaying lights of a standard color under the control of the light controller to warn the pedestrians and drivers.

13. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the speed measuring device is a radar speed gun and sends a radar signal to the vehicle and receives a returned radar signal from the moving vehicle to measure the current speed of the vehicle at which it is pointed by detecting a change in frequency of the returned radar signal.

14. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the light controller is positioned on the light support, when the light controller controls the traffic lights to emit red light or yellow light, the speed measuring device is activated at the same time;

when the light controller controls the traffic lights to emit green light, the light controller deactivates the speed measuring device to save power.

15. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the speed limit is preset based on the distance between the speed measuring device and a first stop line on the lane, when the distance between the first stop line and the speed measuring device is 10 meters, the speed limit of 10 kilometers per hour (km/h) is allowable when the vehicle drives past the speed measuring device.

16. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 15, wherein if the speed of the vehicle is equal to or below 10 km/h, and the vehicle starts braking at the time of passing the speed measuring device, the vehicle will gradually halt in front of the first stop line after a movement of 10 meters or less.

17. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the alarm is positioned on the guardrails and is adjacent to the speed measuring device, the light controller receives the current speed of the vehicle from the speed measuring device, and compares the current speed with the preset speed limit to turn on or off the alarm according to the comparison.

18. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 17, wherein when the light controller determines that the current speed from the speed measuring device is larger than the preset speed limit, the light controller sends a command signal to the alarm to activate and enable the alarm to output warning signals and inform drivers that the traffic lights have changed to yellow or red color.

19. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a first speed measuring device, a second speed measuring device and the two alarms positioned adjacent to the first speed measuring device and the second measuring device respectively, the first speed measuring device and the second speed measuring device are electrically connected to the light controller and are installed on the guardrails in a row.

20. The road traffic control system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first speed measuring device is substantially 10 meters away from the first stop line;

the second speed measuring device is substantially 20 meters away from the first stop line, and the speed limit corresponding to the first speed measuring device is about 10 kilometers per hour (km/h), the speed limit corresponding to the second speed measuring device is about 20 km/h.