System for controlling floor-type pedestrian signals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12431010-B2
Application number	US-202218568789-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2022
Priority date	Jun 8, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

The present invention provides a plurality of floor-type pedestrian signals, in which a control signal and voltage control power are applied, the voltage control power is converted into constant current power in each floor-type pedestrian signal, and the constant current power is applied to an LED array according to the control signal. Through this, the present invention prevents the brightness of the floor-type pedestrian signal from lowering as the distance from a controller increases, and maintains a constant lighting time of the plurality of floor-type pedestrian signals, so that even if the width of a crosswalk increases, the visibility of the floor-type pedestrian signal is kept constant.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for controlling a floor-type pedestrian signal, comprising
a plurality of floor-type pedestrian signals including a light emitting diode (LED) array including LED devices of a first color and a second color and built-in in the ground between a road and a sidewalk,
wherein the floor-type pedestrian signal includes:
an input terminal connected to one of a controller and a previous floor-type pedestrian signal and configured to receive control signals and voltage control power;
an output terminal connected to a next floor-type pedestrian signal and configured to output the control signals and the voltage control power to the next floor-type pedestrian signal;
a constant current conversion module configured to convert the voltage control power input to the input terminal into constant current power and output the constant current power;
a communication module configured to receive and output the control signals input to the input terminal and transmit the control signals to the output terminal;
a control module configured to output a switching signal based on the control signals output from the communication module; and
a switching module configured to apply the constant current power to the LED array and perform switching so that the constant current power is applied to the LED device corresponding to one of the first color and the second color based on the switching signal, and
wherein the input terminal and the output terminal include signal lines through which the control signals are transmitted, and the signal line of the input terminal and the signal line of the output terminal are connected to the communication module.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal line of the input terminal is connected to an input end of the communication module, and the signal line of the output terminal is connected to an output end of the communication module.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input terminal and the output terminal include a power line through which the voltage control power is applied, and the power line of the input terminal and the power line of the output terminal are connected.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the power line of one of the input terminal and the output terminal is branched to the constant current conversion module and formed so that the voltage control power is applied to the constant current conversion module therethrough.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input terminal is formed as a first adapter provided on an end portion of one side of a cable formed to have a stretchable length, and
the output terminal is formed as a second adapter provided on an end portion of the other side of the cable.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the input terminal is drawn out to the outside of the floor-type pedestrian signal.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the output terminal is disposed in an internal space of a body unit of the floor-type pedestrian signal.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the output terminal stretches or contracts to be connected to an input terminal of the next floor-type pedestrian signal.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the output terminal and the input terminal of the next floor-type pedestrian signal are disposed in the internal space of the body unit in a connected state.

Assignees

• Amosense Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shin Gyuweon

Classifications

• H05B47/17

  Operational modes, e.g. switching from manual to automatic mode or prohibiting specific operations · CPC title

• H05B47/175

  by remote control · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• G08G1/095

  Traffic lights · CPC title

• H05B45/30

  Driver circuits · CPC title