Stampede preventing method for pedestrian passage in confined space of subway

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10480139-B2
Application number	US-201716343773-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2017
Priority date	Nov 8, 2016
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A stampede preventing method for a pedestrian passage in a confined space of a subway. Pedestrian flow sensors are arranged on a pedestrian passage, where the pedestrian flow sensors are connected to a control unit by means of data transmission lines, the control unit is connected to stampede preventing devices and top ends of the stampede preventing devices are connected to movable walls and handrails; the pedestrian flow sensors transmit a pedestrian number and crowdedness that are monitored in real time; the control unit analyzes signals of the pedestrian flow sensors according to a system program, and determines whether crescent buffer space areas need to be opened in the pedestrian passage; the control unit issues different expansion commands according to different degrees of crowdedness; and the stampede preventing devices control the movable walls and the handrails to start contracting to form the crescent buffer space areas.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stampede preventing method for a pedestrian passage in a confined space of a subway, comprising the following steps:
arranging pedestrian flow sensors on a pedestrian passage, wherein the pedestrian flow sensors are connected to a control unit by means of data transmission lines, the control unit is connected to stampede preventing devices by means of data transmission lines, and top ends of the stampede preventing devices are connected to movable walls and handrails;
transmitting, by the pedestrian flow sensors, a pedestrian number and crowdedness that are monitored in real time on the pedestrian passage to the control unit by means of the data transmission lines during operation;
analyzing, by the control unit, signals of the pedestrian flow sensors according to a system program, judging the level of pedestrian crowdedness on the ground, and judging, according to the level of pedestrian crowdedness, whether crescent buffer space areas need to be opened in the passage;
determining, according to the data monitored by the pedestrian flow sensors, when it is crowded and a stampede accident may possibly occur, issuing, by the control unit, different expansion commands according to different degrees of crowdedness; and
controlling, after receiving the commands of the control unit, by the stampede preventing devices, the movable walls and the handrails to start contracting, so that two originally parallel walls are recessed toward both sides to form the crescent buffer space areas, and then the maximum bearable pedestrian flow of the passage is instantaneously increased and stampede accidents are prevented.

2. The stampede preventing method for a pedestrian passage in a confined space of a subway according to claim 1 , wherein the pedestrian crowdedness may be divided into: three levels comprising Overcrowded, Crowded, and Uncrowded.

3. The stampede preventing method for a pedestrian passage in a confined space of a subway according to claim 2 , wherein the Overcrowded means that more than 5 people stand in one square meter, the Crowded means that 3 to 5 people stand in one square meter, and the Uncrowded means that fewer than 2 people stand in one square meter.

4. The stampede preventing method for a pedestrian passage in a confined space of a subway according to claim 1 , wherein the stampede preventing device comprises a hydraulic cylinder, a supporting wall, and a retractable curtain, a cylinder tube of the hydraulic cylinder is fixed to a wall of the crescent buffer space area, and a piston rod end of the hydraulic cylinder is fixed to the movable wall.

5. The stampede preventing method for a pedestrian passage in a confined space of a subway according to claim 4 , wherein the movable walls are separate cuboids that are connected by means of the retractable curtains to form a straight line shape or a circular arc shape.

Assignees

• Univ China Mining
• Jiangsu Xinchuang Safety Tech Research Institute Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Fubao
• Liu Chun
• Man zhongyi

Classifications

• G06Q10/0635

  Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities · CPC title

• E21F11/00 Primary

  Rescue devices or other safety devices, e.g. safety chambers or escape ways (breathing aids for curative purposes A61H31/00; respiratory apparatus A62B7/00; breathing apparatus for accidentally buried persons A62B33/00) · CPC title

• B61B1/02

  General arrangement of stations and platforms including protection devices for the passengers {(B61B1/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B21/02

  Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons · CPC title

• E01F13/04 Primary

  movable to allow or prevent passage {(E01F13/12, E01F15/12 take precedence; removing part of barrier for occasional passage E01F13/024; gates for allowing passage through fences E06B11/02)} · CPC title