TRAFFIC CONES AND TRAFFIC CONE LANTERNS PLACEMENT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD
First Claim
1. A system for placing and collecting traffic cones and traffic cone lanterns, comprising:
- a vehicle on which a loading bay is disposed;
a first robot arm mounted at the rear part of the vehicle for moving a traffic cone in the loading bay or a traffic cone with a traffic cone lantern from the vehicle to a placement position;
at least one camera disposed on the vehicle for obtaining an image signal of road traffic marking; and
a processing unit connected to the first robot arm and at least one camera, and configured to detect position information of the road traffic marking according to the image signal of the road traffic marking, and control movement of the first robot arm according to the position information of the road traffic marking so as to move the traffic cone or the traffic cone with traffic cone lantern in the loading bay to a position outside the vehicle.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a traffic cones and traffic cone lanterns placement and collection system and a method. The system comprises: a vehicle body, on which a loading bay and a storage bay are disposed; an on-vehicle first robot arm, which is used for moving a traffic cone of the loading bay and a traffic cone lantern thereon off the vehicle body, or collect them from outside of the vehicle to the loading bay; an on-vehicle second robot arm, which is used for moving a traffic cone and a traffic cone lantern to and from the loading bay for storage management; at least one object recognition sensor, which is used for capturing the information of a road traffic marking and the information of the objects on the road; and a processing unit, which is used for working out the position of the road traffic marking and the position information of the objects on the road, and controlling the robot arms'"'"' motion accordingly to move the traffic cone of the loading bay and the traffic cone lantern thereon outside of the vehicle body, or collect them from outside of the vehicle. The disclosure enables both traffic cones and traffic cone lanterns automatic placement work or automatic collection work.
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15 Claims
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1. A system for placing and collecting traffic cones and traffic cone lanterns, comprising:
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a vehicle on which a loading bay is disposed; a first robot arm mounted at the rear part of the vehicle for moving a traffic cone in the loading bay or a traffic cone with a traffic cone lantern from the vehicle to a placement position; at least one camera disposed on the vehicle for obtaining an image signal of road traffic marking; and a processing unit connected to the first robot arm and at least one camera, and configured to detect position information of the road traffic marking according to the image signal of the road traffic marking, and control movement of the first robot arm according to the position information of the road traffic marking so as to move the traffic cone or the traffic cone with traffic cone lantern in the loading bay to a position outside the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for placing traffic cones and traffic cone lanterns, comprising:
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obtaining an image signal of a road traffic marking; detecting position information of the road traffic marking according to the image signal of the road traffic marking; controlling a first robot arm according to the position information of the road traffic marking; and moving a traffic cone or a traffic cone with a traffic cone lantern in a loading bay on a vehicle to a placement position outside the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 14, 15)
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11. A method for collecting traffic cones and traffic cone lanterns, comprising:
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obtaining a positioning signal of at least one suspected traffic cone outside a vehicle by scanning; obtaining an image signal of the at least one suspected traffic cone; identifying a traffic cone from the at least one suspected traffic cone according to the image signal of the at least one suspected traffic cone; determining position information and a relative motion parameter of the identified traffic cone according to the positioning signal; and controlling a first robot arm to move the identified traffic cone to a loading bay in the vehicle according to the position information and the relative motion parameter of the identified traffic cone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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Specification