Light control system and method for tunnel emergency parking strip vehicles
By monitoring the car's operating conditions and surrounding environment in real time, and automatically controlling the opening and closing of emergency lights, the problem of drivers forgetting to turn on emergency lights in emergency parking belts in tunnels is solved, and driving safety is improved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510232520.3
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-28
- Publication Date
- 2025-07-01
AI Technical Summary
In a highway tunnel, when a faulty vehicle is parked in the emergency parking belt of the tunnel, the driver may forget to turn on the emergency lights, causing safety risks.
By monitoring the car's operating conditions and surrounding environment in real time, using sensors and high-definition cameras to obtain data, perform status evaluation and environmental data processing, and automatically turn on or off emergency lights.
Automatically activate the emergency light when the vehicle breaks down or enters the tunnel emergency stop belt to avoid the driver from forgetting to turn it on and improve driving safety.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicle headlight control, and particularly to a lighting control system and method for vehicles in a tunnel emergency parking lane. Background Art
[0002] The lighting control system of a vehicle is an important part of an automobile. It is responsible for controlling and adjusting various vehicle lights, including driving lights, low beam lights, high beam lights, fog lights, turn signals, reverse lights, and emergency lights, etc., to meet the lighting and warning requirements in different driving scenarios.
[0003] As the most complex section on the road, highway tunnels are extremely prone to traffic accidents. When a vehicle breaks down while a driver is driving on a highway tunnel, the driver will drive the vehicle into the tunnel emergency parking lane immediately, stop the car, turn on the emergency lights and call the police. However, some drivers may forget to turn on the emergency lights due to excessive nervousness. In special weather conditions such as foggy weather, when a vehicle enters the tunnel emergency parking lane, the subsequent drivers in the highway tunnel may not be able to notice the vehicle distance, posing a safety hazard. Summary of the Invention
[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lighting control system and method for vehicles in a tunnel emergency parking lane, aiming to solve the problem that when a faulty vehicle is parked in the tunnel emergency parking lane without turning on the emergency lights, there is a safety hazard.
[0005] To achieve the above purpose, in the first aspect, the present invention provides a lighting control method for vehicles in a tunnel emergency parking lane, including the following steps:
[0006] Real-time monitor the running status of a driving vehicle, obtain vehicle status data, and conduct status evaluation;
[0007] Real-time monitor the surrounding environment of a driving vehicle, and obtain vehicle environment data;
[0008] Combine the status evaluation and the environment data with a preset program respectively to automatically turn on or off the emergency lights.
[0009] Among them, the specific method for real-time monitoring the running status of a driving vehicle, obtaining vehicle status data, and conducting status evaluation is as follows:
[0010] Sensors real-time monitor the running status of a driving vehicle and obtain vehicle status data;
[0011] Based on the parameters of each vehicle device, conduct comparative analysis on the status data to obtain analysis data;
[0012] Based on the analysis data, conduct a fault evaluation on the current status of the vehicle to obtain a status evaluation.
[0013] Among them, the specific method for real-time monitoring of the surrounding environment of a moving vehicle and obtaining vehicle environment data:
[0014] A high-definition camera real-time monitors the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle to obtain acquisition data;
[0015] Preprocess the acquisition data to obtain vehicle environment data.
[0016] Among them, the specific method for preprocessing the acquisition data to obtain vehicle environment data:
[0017] Denoise, crop, and process outliers of the acquisition data to obtain cleaned data;
[0018] Perform data augmentation on the cleaned data and perform format conversion on the augmented data to obtain vehicle environment data.
[0019] Among them, the specific method for combining the status evaluation and the environment data with a preset program to automatically turn on or off the emergency lights:
[0020] Combine the status evaluation with a preset program. If the status evaluation is a vehicle fault, automatically turn on the emergency lights. If the status evaluation is that the vehicle is normal, turn off the emergency lights;
[0021] Combine the environment data with a preset program. If the environment data is that the vehicle enters the tunnel emergency stop belt, automatically turn on the emergency lights. If the status evaluation is that the vehicle leaves the tunnel emergency stop belt, turn off the emergency lights.
[0022] In a second aspect, the present invention also provides a lighting control system for a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop belt, which is applied to the lighting control method for a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop belt as described in the first aspect above, and includes a control module, a status evaluation module, an environment acquisition module, and an emergency light module. The control module is respectively connected to the status evaluation module, the environment acquisition module, and the emergency light module. The status evaluation module includes a sensor unit, an analysis unit, and an evaluation unit, and the sensor unit, the analysis unit, and the evaluation unit are connected in sequence;
[0023] The control module is used to control the operation of the status evaluation module, the environment acquisition module, the emergency light module, and the backup emergency light module to ensure the normal operation of the system;
[0024] The status evaluation module is used to real-time monitor the operating condition of the moving vehicle, obtain vehicle status data, and perform status evaluation;
[0025] The environment acquisition module is used to real-time monitor the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle and obtain vehicle environment data;
[0026] The emergency light module is automatically turned on or off based on the status assessment and the environmental data, and provides necessary lighting and warnings in case of emergency to ensure driving safety;
[0027] The sensor unit is used to monitor the running status of the driving vehicle in real time and obtain vehicle status data;
[0028] The analysis unit conducts comparative analysis on the status data based on the parameters of each vehicle device to obtain analysis data;
[0029] The evaluation unit conducts fault evaluation on the current status of the vehicle based on the analysis data to obtain a status assessment.
[0030] Among them, the environmental acquisition module includes a shooting unit and a processing unit, and the shooting unit is connected to the processing unit;
[0031] The shooting unit is used to shoot the surrounding environment of the driving vehicle in real time to obtain acquisition data;
[0032] The processing unit is used to preprocess the acquisition data to obtain vehicle environmental data.
[0033] A method for controlling the lights of a vehicle in an emergency parking bay in a tunnel according to the present invention monitors the running status of the driving vehicle in real time, obtains vehicle status data, and conducts a status assessment; monitors the surrounding environment of the driving vehicle in real time, obtains vehicle environmental data; combines the status assessment and the environmental data with a preset program respectively to automatically turn on or off the emergency lights. This method analyzes the potential safety hazards caused by vehicle failures according to the device parameters during the vehicle driving process, and detects the surrounding environment of the vehicle in real time. When the vehicle breaks down or enters the emergency parking bay in the tunnel, the emergency lights can be automatically activated to warn other vehicles entering the tunnel. When the vehicle has no faults or leaves the emergency parking bay in the tunnel, the emergency lights are automatically turned off, without the need for workers to turn them on or off, effectively avoiding the driver's nervousness and forgetting to turn on the emergency lights, improving driving safety, and solving the problem that existing faulty vehicles parked in the emergency parking bay in the tunnel do not turn on the emergency lights, resulting in potential safety hazards. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0034] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the following drawings are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.
[0035] Figure 1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling the lights of a vehicle in an emergency parking bay in a tunnel provided by the present invention.
[0036] Figure 2 It is a flowchart of a specific method for real-time monitoring of the running status of a moving vehicle, obtaining vehicle status data, and performing status evaluation.
[0037] Figure 3 It is a flowchart of a specific method for real-time monitoring of the surrounding environment of a moving vehicle and obtaining vehicle environment data.
[0038] Figure 4 It is a flowchart of a specific method for preprocessing the collected data to obtain vehicle environment data.
[0039] Figure 5 It is a flowchart of a specific method for combining the status evaluation and the environment data with a preset program respectively to automatically turn on or off the emergency lights.
[0040] Figure 6 It is a connection schematic diagram of a vehicle lighting control system for an emergency parking bay in a tunnel provided by the present invention.
[0041] In the figure: 1 - control module, 2 - status evaluation module, 3 - environment acquisition module, 4 - emergency light module, 5 - sensor unit, 6 - analysis unit, 7 - evaluation unit, 8 - shooting unit, 9 - processing unit. Specific embodiments
[0042] The following details the embodiments of the present invention. The examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, where the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to explain the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
[0043] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 , in a first aspect, the present invention provides a vehicle lighting control method for an emergency parking bay in a tunnel, including the following steps:
[0044] S1 Real-time monitor the running status of a moving vehicle, obtain vehicle status data, and perform status evaluation;
[0045] Specific method:
[0046] S11 Sensors real-time monitor the running status of a moving vehicle and obtain vehicle status data;
[0047] In the embodiments of the present invention, sensors are used to monitor the core parameters of the vehicle in real time, such as tire pressure, oil pressure, vehicle speed, engine status, etc., to obtain vehicle status data, so as to ensure the stability of vehicle driving. Common sensors include air flow sensors, ABS sensors, throttle position sensors, crankshaft position sensors, camshaft position sensors, oxygen sensors, and oil pressure sensors, etc.
[0048] S12 Compare and analyze the status data based on the parameters of each vehicle device to obtain analysis data;
[0049] S13 Conduct a fault assessment on the current status of the vehicle based on the analysis data to obtain a status assessment.
[0050] In the embodiments of the present invention, the status assessment includes two situations: the normal operation of vehicle devices without faults and the faults of vehicle devices, which affect the safe driving of the vehicle.
[0051] S2 Monitor the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle in real time to obtain vehicle environment data;
[0052] Specific method:
[0053] S21 Use a high-definition camera to monitor the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle in real time to obtain acquisition data;
[0054] S22 Preprocess the acquisition data to obtain vehicle environment data.
[0055] Specific method:
[0056] S221 Denoise, crop, and process outliers of the acquisition data to obtain cleaned data;
[0057] In the embodiments of the present invention, technologies such as filters are used to remove the noise in the images or videos of the acquisition data to improve the clarity of the data. For example, in image processing, methods such as average filtering, median filtering, or Gaussian filtering can be used to remove the irrelevant parts in the images or videos and retain the useful information. This helps to reduce the data volume, improve the processing efficiency, and identify and process the outliers in the data.
[0058] S222 Enhance the cleaned data and perform format conversion on the enhanced data to obtain vehicle environment data.
[0059] In the embodiments of the present invention, parameters such as brightness, contrast, and color balance of the images in the cleaned data are adjusted to enhance the features of the images, making them easier to be recognized and processed by subsequent algorithms. Operations such as frame rate adjustment and color correction are performed on the videos to improve the coherence and visibility of the videos. The images are converted into a format suitable for analysis, such as decomposing the videos into image sequences or converting the videos into a format suitable for machine learning model processing.
[0060] S3 combines the state assessment and the environmental data with a preset program respectively to automatically turn on or off the emergency lights.
[0061] Specific method:
[0062] S31 combines the state assessment with a preset program. If the state assessment indicates a vehicle fault, the emergency lights are automatically turned on. If the state assessment indicates that the vehicle is normal, the emergency lights are turned off.
[0063] S32 combines the environmental data with a preset program. If the environmental data indicates that the vehicle has entered the tunnel emergency stop lane, the emergency lights are automatically turned on. If the state assessment indicates that the vehicle has left the tunnel emergency stop lane, the emergency lights are turned off.
[0064] Please refer to Figure 6 , in a second aspect, the present invention further provides a lighting control system for a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop lane, which is applied to the lighting control method for a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop lane as described in the first aspect above, and includes a control module 1, a state assessment module 2, an environmental acquisition module 3, and an emergency light module 4. The control module 1 is respectively connected to the state assessment module 2, the environmental acquisition module 3, and the emergency light module 4. The state assessment module 2 includes a sensor unit 5, an analysis unit 6, and an evaluation unit 7, and the sensor unit 5, the analysis unit 6, and the evaluation unit 7 are connected in sequence;
[0065] The control module 1 is used to control the operation of the state assessment module 2, the environmental acquisition module 3, the emergency light module 4, and the standby emergency light module 4 to ensure the normal operation of the system;
[0066] The state assessment module 2 is used to monitor the running status of the moving vehicle in real time, obtain vehicle state data, and perform state assessment;
[0067] The environmental acquisition module 3 is used to monitor the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle in real time and obtain vehicle environmental data;
[0068] The emergency light module 4 is automatically turned on or off based on the state assessment and the environmental data, and provides necessary lighting and warning in case of emergency to ensure driving safety;
[0069] The sensor unit 5 is used to monitor the running status of the moving vehicle in real time and obtain vehicle state data;
[0070] The analysis unit 6 performs a comparative analysis on the state data based on the parameters of each vehicle device to obtain analysis data;
[0071] The evaluation unit 7 performs a fault assessment on the current state of the vehicle based on the analysis data to obtain a state assessment.
[0072] In an embodiment of the present invention, the control module 1 is used to control the operation of the state evaluation module 2, the environment acquisition module 3, the emergency light module 4 and the backup emergency light module 4 to ensure the normal operation of the system. The sensor unit 5 of the state evaluation module 2 monitors the operation status of the moving vehicle in real time to obtain vehicle state data. The analysis unit 6 performs a comparative analysis on the state data based on the parameters of each vehicle device to obtain analysis data. The evaluation unit 7 performs a fault evaluation on the current state of the vehicle based on the analysis data to obtain a state evaluation. The environment acquisition module 3 monitors the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle in real time to obtain vehicle environment data. The emergency light module 4 is automatically turned on or off based on the state evaluation and the environment data to provide necessary lighting and warning in case of emergency to ensure driving safety.
[0073] Further, the environment acquisition module 3 includes a photographing unit 8 and a processing unit 9, and the photographing unit 8 is connected to the processing unit 9;
[0074] The photographing unit 8 is used to photograph the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle in real time to obtain acquisition data;
[0075] The processing unit 9 is used to preprocess the acquisition data to obtain vehicle environment data.
[0076] In an embodiment of the present invention, the photographing unit 8 photographs the surrounding environment of the moving vehicle in real time to obtain acquisition data; the processing unit 9 preprocesses the acquisition data to obtain vehicle environment data. Specifically, techniques such as filters are used to remove noise in the images or videos of the acquisition data to improve the clarity of the data, adjust parameters such as brightness, contrast, and color balance of the images in the cleaned data to enhance the features of the images, making them easier to be recognized and processed by subsequent algorithms, perform operations such as frame rate adjustment and color correction on videos to improve the coherence and visibility of the videos, and convert the images into a format suitable for analysis.
[0077] The above-disclosed is only a preferred embodiment of the lighting control system and method for a vehicle in a tunnel emergency parking bay of the present invention. Of course, the scope of the rights of the present invention cannot be limited thereby. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand all or part of the processes of implementing the above embodiments, and the equivalent changes made according to the claims of the present invention still fall within the scope covered by the present invention.
Claims
1. A method for controlling the lighting of vehicles in a tunnel emergency parking zone, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: Monitor the running status of the moving car in real time, obtain the car status data, and conduct status assessment; Monitor the surrounding environment of the moving car in real time and obtain the car environment data; The state assessment and the environmental data are respectively combined with a preset program to automatically turn on or off the emergency vehicle lights.
2. The method for controlling the lighting of a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop zone as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The specific method of real-time monitoring of the running status of the moving vehicle, obtaining the vehicle status data, and performing status evaluation is as follows: The sensor monitors the running status of the moving car in real time and obtains the car status data; Comparatively analyzing the state data based on the parameters of each device of the automobile to obtain analysis data; A fault assessment is performed on the current state of the automobile based on the analysis data to obtain a state assessment.
3. The method for controlling the lighting of a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop zone as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that; The specific method of real-time monitoring of the surrounding environment of the moving car and obtaining the car environment data is as follows: High-definition cameras monitor the surrounding environment of the moving car in real time and obtain collected data; The collected data is preprocessed to obtain automobile environment data.
4. A method for controlling lighting of vehicles in a tunnel emergency parking zone as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that; The specific method of preprocessing the collected data to obtain the automobile environment data is as follows: De-noising, clipping and outlier processing are performed on the collected data to obtain cleaned data; The cleaned data is enhanced, and the enhanced data is format-converted to obtain automobile environment data.
5. The lighting control method for vehicles in a tunnel emergency parking zone as claimed in claim 1, It is characterized by: The specific method of automatically turning on or off the emergency lights by combining the state assessment and the environmental data with a preset program: The state evaluation is combined with a preset program, and if the state evaluation is that the vehicle is faulty, the emergency lights are automatically turned on, and if the state evaluation is that the vehicle is normal, the emergency lights are turned off; The environmental data is combined with a preset program. If the environmental data indicates that the car is entering the emergency stop lane of a tunnel, the emergency lights are automatically turned on. If the status assessment indicates that the car is leaving the emergency stop lane of a tunnel, the emergency lights are turned off.
6. A lighting control system for a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop lane, applied to a lighting control method for a vehicle in a tunnel emergency stop lane as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that ； It includes a control module, a state evaluation module, an environment acquisition module and an emergency light module, wherein the control module is respectively connected to the state evaluation module, the environment acquisition module and the emergency light module, and the state evaluation module includes a sensor unit, an analysis unit and an evaluation unit, wherein the sensor unit, the analysis unit and the evaluation unit are connected in sequence; The control module is used to control the operation of the status assessment module, the environment acquisition module, the emergency light module and the backup emergency light module to ensure the normal operation of the system; The state evaluation module is used to monitor the running status of the moving vehicle in real time, obtain vehicle state data, and perform state evaluation; The environment acquisition module is used to monitor the surrounding environment of the moving car in real time and obtain the car environment data; The emergency light module automatically turns on or off based on the status assessment and the environmental data, providing necessary lighting and warnings in an emergency to ensure driving safety; The sensor unit is used to monitor the running status of the moving vehicle in real time and obtain vehicle status data; The analysis unit compares and analyzes the status data based on the parameters of each device of the automobile to obtain analysis data; The evaluation unit performs a fault evaluation on the current state of the vehicle based on the analysis data to obtain a state evaluation.
7. The lighting control system for vehicles in tunnel emergency parking strips as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that ； The environment acquisition module includes a shooting unit and a processing unit, and the shooting unit is connected to the processing unit; The shooting unit is used to shoot and monitor the surrounding environment of the moving car in real time to obtain collected data; The processing unit is used to pre-process the collected data to obtain automobile environment data.