Intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement method and system capable of considering state of road surface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022161802-A1
Application number	US-202217670527-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 14, 2022
Priority date	Dec 17, 2019
Publication date	May 26, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is an intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement method and an system capable of considering a state of a road surface, including: a laser scanning unit configured to obtain road surface textures and simulate contact under different vehicle loads and tire patterns; a wireless communication unit configured to obtain the model, load and tire information of incoming vehicles, offer a best-matching braking distance by search through database; a skid resistance prediction unit configured to obtain environmental parameters to correct the obtained best-matching braking distance, and offer a safe speed for incoming vehicles; and a warning reminder unit configured to broadcast the safe running speed to incoming vehicles. This system communicates between the vehicle and road, obtains the information from incoming vehicles in real time, and broadcasts the safe speed to incoming vehicles, ensuring the safety of the incoming vehicle during running.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering a state of a road surface, comprising: a power supply unit, a warning reminder unit, a laser scanning unit, a skid resistance prediction unit, and a wireless communication unit, wherein
the laser scanning unit is configured to: scan the road surface to obtain a texture of the road surface, and perform stress simulation on vehicles with a variety of loads and tire patterns, to update tire-road surface contact relationships and corresponding braking distances; the wireless communication unit is configured to: obtain a vehicle model, a load and tire information of an incoming vehicle, and obtain a tire-road surface contact relationship, to select best matching data and obtain a predicted braking distance; the skid resistance prediction unit is configured to: obtain environmental parameters of the road surface to correct the obtained predicted braking distance, and obtain a safe running speed suitable for the incoming vehicle through conversion of the corrected braking distance; the warning reminder unit is configured to recommend the safe running speed for the incoming vehicle; and the power supply unit is configured to supply electric energy for the warning reminder unit, the laser scanning unit, the skid resistance prediction unit, and the wireless communication unit.

2 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply unit comprises a transformer, a power generator, and a power storage box, wherein both the power generator and the transformer are connected to the power storage box.

3 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 2 , wherein the power generator comprises solar photovoltaic panels, a thermoelectric power generator, and a pressure power generator,
wherein the pressure power generator is located under wheel track bands, the thermoelectric power generator is located on two sides of a road, and the solar photovoltaic panel is located on the two sides above the road.

4 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 3 , wherein the thermoelectric power generator comprises heat conducting plates and a thermoelectric power generation sheet; the heat conducting plates and the thermoelectric power generation sheet are arranged in a middle portion of an asphalt pavement layer on the two sides of the road; and the heat conducting plates are configured to transmit a high temperature of the road surface and a low temperature of a subgrade soil to two ends of the thermoelectric power generation sheet, respectively, to generate electricity; and
the pressure power generator comprises an encapsulation material and piezoelectric ceramic sheets that are arranged under the wheel track bands, and the encapsulation material is wrapped on an outer side of the piezoelectric ceramic sheets, and the piezoelectric ceramic sheets are configured to deform under an action of a load thereon to generate electricity.

5 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 1 , wherein the warning reminder unit comprises a windproof and anti-collision bracket, warning lights, reflective strips, and a speed-limiting LED warning screen, wherein the windproof and anti-collision bracket is supported above road shoulders, the warning lights and the reflective strips are evenly arranged on the windproof and anti-collision bracket with an equal interval, and the speed-limiting LED warning screen is located above an middle portion of a crossbeam in the laser scanning unit and is configured to broadcast the safe running speed of the incoming vehicle obtained by the skid resistance prediction unit.

6 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 1 , wherein the laser scanning unit comprises a laser, a first camera, a second camera, a computer, a cantilever, and a crossbeam; the laser is installed in a middle of the crossbeam; and the first camera and the second camera are located at two ends of the cantilever, respectively; and
the laser is configured to emit infrared laser light, the first camera and the second camera are configured to receive reflected infrared laser light and transmit data back to the computer to obtain the texture of the road surface, and the computer is configured to perform the stress simulation on the vehicles with the variety of loads and tire patterns through a preset finite element program to update the tire-road surface contact relationships and the corresponding braking distances stored in the system.

7 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 1 , wherein the skid resistance prediction unit comprises an infrared temperature gun, a road surface water film thickness measuring instrument, an aerovane, a road surface snow thickness measuring instrument, a road surface ice thickness measuring instrument, a near-road-surface humidity sensor, and a visibility meter, wherein the infrared temperature gun, the road surface water film thickness measuring instrument, the road surface snow thickness measuring instrument, the road surface ice thickness measuring instrument, and the near-road-surface humidity sensor are located at an inner side of the windproof and anti-collision bracket; and the aerovane and the visibility meter are located at two ends of a crossbeam in the laser scanning unit, respectively; and
wherein the infrared temperature gun, the road surface water film thickness measuring instrument, the aerovane, the road surface snow thickness measuring instrument, the road surface ice thickness measuring instrument, and the near-road-surface humidity sensor are configured to obtain the environmental parameters of the road surface, and transmit the environmental parameters to a computer in the laser scanning unit for processing.

8 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 1 , wherein the skid resistance prediction unit further comprises a finite element tire-road surface contact module, a braking distance prediction module, and an environmental response module,
wherein the finite element tire-road surface contact module is configured to perform contact simulation on vehicle tires and the scanned texture through a computer to obtain contact stress distributions, that is, the tire-road surface contact relationships; the braking distance prediction module is configured to: predict a braking distance of a vehicle by using a pre-stored regression curve of tire-road surface contact relationships and braking distances, and correct the predicted braking distance based on a temperature, a humidity, a water film thickness, a snow thickness and an ice thickness of the road surface to obtain a real-time braking distance prediction result; and the environmental response module is configured to inversely calculate a safe speed suitable for the vehicle based on the real-time braking distance prediction result in accordance with a distance to vehicles ahead, a road width, a turning radius and a visibility condition.

9 . The intelligent safe vehicle speed measurement system capable of considering the state of the road surface according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication unit is further configured to transmit the safe running speed of the incoming

Assignees

• Changan Univ

Inventors

• Jiang Wei
• Ye Wanli
• Sha Aimin
• Lu Hao
• Yuan Dongdong
• Shan Jinhuan
• Li Pengfei
• Xiao Jingjing

Classifications

• G08G1/0116 Primary

  from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons · CPC title

• G08G1/096783

  where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element · CPC title

• G08G1/015

  with provision for distinguishing between two or more types of vehicles, e.g. between motor-cars and cycles · CPC title

• G08G1/04

  using optical or ultrasonic detectors · CPC title

• G08G1/052

  with provision for determining speed or overspeed {(speed measuring in general G01P)} · CPC title