Variable lane robot and movable guardrail

Abstract

A variable lane robot and movable guardrail, including main body, bottom of main body is equipped with rolling wheel, main body inside has electric control unit for driving rolling wheel walking, fan is equipped on top of main body, solar cell panel is equipped on side, main body inside has energy storage unit for storing wind turbine and solar cell panel conversion electric energy.The variable lane robot and movable guardrail can utilize solar energy and can capture traffic wind energy to generate electricity, and the energy-saving and emission-reducing effect is remarkable, and the deployment is convenient, and the energy storage unit can be used to realize completely clean energy power supply.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of road traffic facilities, specifically a variable lane robot and a mobile guardrail. Background Technology

[0002] In urban traffic management, the urban transportation system still suffers from a lack of coordination with urban spatial development, and its modern governance capabilities need further improvement. Tidal flow lanes are an effective means of alleviating traffic congestion during peak hours, but traditional movable guardrails for tidal flow lanes have many problems. Firstly, adjusting the movable guardrails relies on manual operation, which is inefficient, prone to errors, and poses safety hazards, failing to meet the demands of modern urban traffic for efficient and intelligent management. Secondly, traditional movable guardrails mainly rely on mains power, increasing energy consumption and contradicting the concept of green transportation.

[0003] A search revealed existing technical documents related to mobile rest stations or prefabricated public toilets. For example, the invention patent publication number "CN115748547A" entitled "An Intelligent Tidal Guardrail" discloses an intelligent tidal guardrail comprising several posts, a controller, a connecting mechanism, and a self-moving mechanism. The connecting mechanism includes several U-shaped sleeves, several plug-in components, and several limiting components. The self-moving mechanism includes a first motor, a drive shaft, several transmission components, and several sliding components. The first motor is fixedly mounted on the outer wall of one of the posts, and its output end is fixedly connected to one end of the drive shaft. Each transmission component is located on the bottom inner wall of a post, and each sliding component is located on the bottom outer wall of a post. The drive component is electrically connected to the controller. This existing technical solution can utilize solar energy for power, but the number of solar panels installed on the guardrail is limited, and relying solely on solar energy cannot meet the power requirements of the mobile guardrail.

[0004] For example, the invention patent publication document with publication number "CN111549704A" entitled "A Mobile Guardrail for a Tidal Flow Lane" discloses a mobile guardrail for a tidal flow lane, including a movable chassis and posts located on top of it. The movable chassis and posts are hinged, and the posts can only rotate 90 degrees to one side. There are two sets of movable chassis and posts, which are symmetrical to each other. Adjustment blocks are hinged to the front and rear ends of the posts. This prior art solution can generate electricity by capturing wind energy with a sail to drive a lever. This wind energy capture method is inefficient and cannot meet the clean energy supply requirements of the mobile guardrail. Utility Model Content

[0005] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies, this utility model provides a variable lane robot, including a main body, with wheels installed at the bottom of the main body, an electronic control unit inside the main body to drive the wheels, a fan installed at the top of the main body, and solar panels installed on the sides. The main body also has an energy storage unit inside for storing the electrical energy converted by the fan and solar panels.

[0006] Furthermore, the top side of the main body is an inclined surface, and this side is adjacent to the lane surface, with solar panels symmetrically installed on the inclined surface.

[0007] Furthermore, the fan is a vertical axis fan.

[0008] Furthermore, the rotation diameter of the fan is not greater than the distance between the sides of the main body.

[0009] Furthermore, a variable lane direction indicator is installed on the bottom side of the main body where the solar panels are located.

[0010] Furthermore, a variable lane direction indicator is installed on the side adjacent to the main body where the solar panels are located.

[0011] A variable lane guardrail is also proposed, which includes the aforementioned variable lane robot, with the guardrail connecting adjacent main bodies.

[0012] Furthermore, the guardrail is equipped with three variable lane direction signs.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of this application has the following beneficial effects: the variable lane robot and mobile guardrail proposed in this utility model can utilize solar energy and capture wind energy from traffic flow to generate electricity, with significant energy saving and emission reduction effects. Combined with its energy storage unit, it can achieve completely clean energy power supply. Attached Figure Description

[0014] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the overall structure of the variable lane robot and the mobile guardrail; Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the variable lane robot and the mobile guardrail traffic flow direction structure; Figure 3 : Schematic diagram of the variable lane robot and the lane direction structure of the moving guardrail. Detailed Implementation

[0015] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0016] A variable lane robot includes a main body 1, with rollers 2 installed at the bottom of the main body 1. The main body 1 has an electronic control unit inside that drives the rollers 2 to move. A fan 3 is installed on the top of the main body 1 and a solar panel 4 is installed on the side. The main body 1 has an energy storage unit inside that stores the electrical energy converted by the fan 3 and the solar panel 4.

[0017] In this embodiment, the energy storage unit inside the main body 1 is a battery, and the electrical energy from the solar panel 4 is stored in the battery after stabilization. The wind turbine 3 can capture ambient wind energy to generate electricity, which is also stored in the battery after conversion and stabilization. The electrical energy stored in the battery powers the electronic control unit. When the reversible lane robot receives a tidal lane-changing command, it can drive the roller 2 to move, thereby changing the lane direction. The real-time dynamic scheduling and collaborative optimization of wind energy, solar energy, and energy storage equipment result in high overall system energy efficiency, providing a stable, efficient, and green energy security solution for the construction of tidal lanes.

[0018] In a more preferred embodiment, the top side of the main body 1 is an inclined surface, and this side is adjacent to the lane surface, with the solar panels 4 symmetrically mounted on the inclined surface. The structure of the main body 1 has been further optimized. On the one hand, its external dimensions cannot be designed to be too large, otherwise excessive lane intrusion will increase the risk of collision damage; on the other hand, it needs to have the largest possible light-receiving area to increase solar power generation. In this embodiment, the top space on the side of the main body 1 is fully utilized, and the inclined surface can maximize the use of the top area, allowing the solar panels 4 to cover a larger area. The inclined solar panels 4 can also increase the light-receiving area and improve the solar power generation efficiency.

[0019] In a more preferred embodiment, the fan 3 is a vertical axis fan. To maximize the use of the top space of the main body 1, a vertical axis fan is installed on its top. The vertical axis fan can capture the wind energy generated by vehicles passing through the lane and convert it into electrical energy to power the robot. The vertical axis fan can fully utilize the height space above the top of the main body 1, and without increasing its blade rotation radius, it can still obtain a considerable electrical energy reserve using the wind energy from the traffic flow.

[0020] In a more preferred embodiment, the rotation diameter of the fan 3 is no greater than the side spacing of the main body 1. As in the above embodiment, the top side of the main body 1 is designed with an angle for mounting the solar panel 4; however, to prevent external accessories of the main body 1 from encroaching on the lane, the rotation diameter of the fan 3 should preferably not exceed the side spacing of the main body 1. This design will prevent the fan blades from encroaching on the lane and causing certain safety hazards.

[0021] In a more preferred embodiment, a variable lane direction indicator 11 is installed on the bottom side of the main body 1, where the solar panel 4 is located. The variable lane direction indicator 11 is used to indicate the current lane's direction of travel. When the variable lane robot moves and changes lanes, the variable lane direction indicator 11 will be driven by the electronic control unit to change its direction, so as to correctly indicate the current lane direction to pedestrians and vehicles. In this embodiment, the variable lane direction indicator 11 can be an LED panel, or it can be composed of a light-emitting component and a light guide panel.

[0022] In a more preferred embodiment, a variable lane direction indicator 12 is installed on the side adjacent to the main body 1 where the solar panel 4 is located. In the above embodiment, since the side of the main body 1 where the solar panel 4 is located is adjacent to the lane, the variable lane direction indicator 11 can only be seen after entering the lane. In order to enable pedestrians, vehicles and other traffic participants to identify the current lane direction before entering the lane, a variable lane direction indicator 12 is installed on the side adjacent to the main body 1 where the solar panel 4 is located. The side adjacent to the main body 1 where the solar panel 4 is located is the lane travel direction indicator surface. In this way, traffic participants can correctly identify the current lane direction at the intersection before entering the lane.

[0023] The following embodiments involve a reversible lane barrier. In the reversible lane robot described above, the isolation barriers 5 are connected between adjacent main bodies 1. For a given tidal flow lane, multiple reversible lane robots will be used. When a lane direction change is needed, all the reversible lane robots begin to move, moving the connected isolation barriers 5 and simultaneously changing the corresponding lane direction markings, thus achieving automatic lane direction change power supply. Each main body 1 of the reversible lane robot is equipped with a solar panel 4 and a fan 3. Thus, within the entire lane area, the moving barriers can utilize multiple solar panels 4 and fans 3 to collaboratively store energy for power supply. The moving barriers can be powered entirely by clean energy, eliminating the need for grid power. This improves environmental benefits while also enhancing the convenience of deploying the moving barriers, as they do not require connection to the municipal power grid.

[0024] In a more preferred embodiment, the guardrail 5 is equipped with a variable lane direction indicator 3 13. Similar to the variable lane direction indicator 1 11 in the aforementioned embodiment, it can indicate the current lane direction to traffic participants in the lane.

[0025] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.

[0026] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A variable lane robot, comprising a main body (1), with wheels (2) mounted on the bottom of the main body (1), and an electronic control unit inside the main body (1) for driving the wheels (2) to move, characterized in that, A fan (3) is installed on the top of the main body (1), and a solar panel (4) is installed on the side. The main body (1) has an energy storage unit inside for storing the electrical energy converted by the fan (3) and the solar panel (4).

2. The variable lane robot as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The top side of the main body (1) is an inclined surface, and this side is adjacent to the lane surface. The solar panels (4) are symmetrically installed on the inclined surface.

3. The variable lane robot as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The fan (3) is a vertical axis fan.

4. The variable lane robot as described in claim 3, characterized in that, The rotation diameter of the fan (3) is not greater than the side spacing of the main body (1).

5. The variable lane robot as described in claim 1, characterized in that, A variable lane direction sign (11) is installed on the bottom side of the main body (1) where the solar panel (4) is located.

6. The variable lane robot as described in claim 5, characterized in that, The side of the main body (1) where the solar panel (4) is located is equipped with a variable lane direction sign (12).

7. A reversible lane guardrail, characterized in that, Includes several variable lane robots as described in any one of claims 1 to 6, with guardrails (5) connected between adjacent main bodies (1).

8. The variable lane guardrail as described in claim 7, characterized in that, The guardrail (5) is equipped with a variable lane direction sign (13).

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