Vehicle-Road Street Lamp Camera Rotation and Self-Cleaning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle-road cooperation street lamps have a narrow camera shooting range, leading to inaccurate capture of running vehicles, and require manual high-altitude cleaning, posing safety hazards and inefficiencies.

Innovation Solution

The vehicle-road cooperation street lamp features a rotating camera mechanism with an electric telescopic rod and a self-cleaning system using a threaded lead screw and motor, allowing for adjustable camera angles and automated lamp cleaning, reducing the need for manual labor and enhancing safety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a fixed camera is used on the street lamp, then the structure is simple, but the shooting range is narrow and running vehicles cannot be captured accurately

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle capture accuracyVSAvoidcamera system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the camera rotatable around the lamp pole through a rotating mechanism. The camera can dynamically adjust its shooting angle to track running vehicles, transforming from a static fixed camera to a dynamic adjustable camera system. This resolves the contradiction by enabling accurate vehicle capture while maintaining reasonable structural complexity through a focused rotational degree of freedom.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If manual cleaning is used for high street lamps, then no additional cleaning mechanism is needed, but safety hazards exist and time and labor are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning safetyVSAvoidcleaning system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the self-service principle by equipping the street lamp with an automated cleaning mechanism that can clean its own lamp surface. The cleaning device includes a cleaning brush that can be extended and retracted to clean the lamp without requiring manual intervention. This eliminates safety hazards associated with manual high-altitude cleaning while keeping the added complexity minimal and integrated into the lamp structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If manual cleaning of high street lamps is performed, then no automated system is required, but working efficiency is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning efficiencyVSAvoidcleaning mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The automated cleaning mechanism enables the street lamp to clean itself automatically, significantly improving cleaning efficiency from manual low-speed operations to automated high-speed operations. The cleaning brush can quickly traverse the lamp surface, and the system can be controlled to clean at optimal intervals, transforming cleaning from a labor-intensive periodic task to an efficient automated maintenance function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution improves shooting accuracy and eliminates the need for manual high-altitude cleaning, enhancing safety and efficiency by allowing for adjustable camera angles and automated lamp maintenance.

Implementation Method 1

a first electric telescopic rod is transversely arranged in the inner cavity of the transmission cavity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectric motor transformation: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

a threaded lead screw is rotatably and transversely arranged above the second supporting plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThreaded fastener mechanism: Screw

Implementation Method 3

the surface of the cleaning rod is fixedly sleeved with a cleaning brush capable of being attached to the lamp

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentUS11962907B2Vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for urban road
Publication Date: 2024.04.16 HUNAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING
  • US11962907B2 patent drawing
  • US11962907B2 patent drawing
  • US11962907B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Provided is a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road. The vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road comprises a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, wherein a first supporting plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the top of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, a transmission cavity is transversely formed in the first supporting plate, a first electric telescopic rod is transversely arranged in the inner cavity of the transmission cavity and located on the outer wall of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, and a rack plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the first electric telescopic rod and located in the transmission cavity.