CA2796846A1 - Object proximity warning system and method - Google Patents

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CA2796846A1
CA2796846A1 CA2796846A CA2796846A CA2796846A1 CA 2796846 A1 CA2796846 A1 CA 2796846A1 CA 2796846 A CA2796846 A CA 2796846A CA 2796846 A CA2796846 A CA 2796846A CA 2796846 A1 CA2796846 A1 CA 2796846A1
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Peter Arnold Stegmaier
Urs Martin Rothacher
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
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    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/16—Anti-collision systems
    • G08G1/167—Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
    • G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
    • G01S2013/9316—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles combined with communication equipment with other vehicles or with base stations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/88—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications
    • G01S13/93—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
    • G01S13/931—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
    • G01S2013/9325—Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles for inter-vehicle distance regulation, e.g. navigating in platoons

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Abstract

A system and a method are disclosed for generating a proximity warning. Based on two different sensing principles proximate objects can be detected by respective monitoring devices (12, 40). The warning system is designed such that each monitoring device (12, 40) issues a warning via a common output device (19).

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1. A system for generating a proximity warn-ing, comprising a first monitoring device (12) comprising a receiver for a radio based positioning system for deter-mining the position of an object the first monitoring de-vice (12) is mounted to, a second monitoring device (40) for measuring the distance to another object, and a common output device (19) for issuing a first proximity warning in dependence of positional data supplied by said first monitoring device (12), and for issuing a second proximity warning in dependence of dis-tance data supplied by said second monitoring device (40).
2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said second monitoring device (40) is designed for meas-uring the distance to said other object not being equipped with a monitoring device corresponding to said first monitoring device (12).
3. A system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said output device (19) is designed for issuing said first proximity warning in dependence of said posi-tional data derived from a signal from said first re-ceiver and of device status datasets received from other devices.
4. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein said first proximity warning is different to said second proximity warning.
5. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein at least one of said first prox-imity warning and said second proximity warning includes a visual warning.
6. A system according to claim 5, wherein said first and said second proximity warning each in-cludes a visual warning, and wherein said first and said second proximity warning differ in at least one of their color, their flashing frequency, their representation of warning symbols, their position on said output device (19), and their appearance.
7. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein at least one of said first and said second proximity warning includes an acoustic warn-ing.
8. A system according to any one of the pre-vious claims, wherein an appearance of at least one of said first proximity warning and said second proximity warning is variable subject to said distance data.
9. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein said second proximity warning is modified in its appearance subject to said positional data supplied by said first monitoring device (12).
10. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein said first proximity warning is modified in its appearance subject to said distance data supplied by said second monitoring device (40).
11. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein at least one of said first prox-imity warning and said second proximity warning is modi-fied in its appearance subject to previous distance data.
12. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein at least one of said first prox-imity warning and said second proximity warning is modi-fied in its appearance subject to previous positional data.
13. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims 9 to 12, wherein said modification includes a suppression of said respective warning.
14. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims 9 to 12, wherein said modification includes at least one of a decrease and an increase in at least one of the volume and the alternating frequency and the frequency spectrum of said respective acoustic warning.
15. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims 9 to 12, wherein said modification includes a modification in at least one of the color, the inten-sity and the flashing frequency, the representation of warning symbols, the position on said output device (19), and the appearance of said respective visual warning.
16. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein said second monitoring device (40) comprises a runtime measurement device.
17. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein said second monitoring device com-prises (40) at least one of a radio detection and ranging device, a light detection and ranging device, and a sound detection and ranging device.
18. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, comprising multiple second monitoring de-vices (40) for measuring distances to other objects in various directions with respect to the object said second monitoring devices (40) are mounted to.
19. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, comprising a map (50) including informa-tion of stationary objects of a site, wherein said output device (19) is designed for issuing said first proximity warning in dependence of said positional data derived from a signal from said first receiver and of stationary object data derived from said map (50).
20. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, comprising a control unit (14) for receiv-ing signals from said first and said second monitoring device (12, 40) and for generating signals resulting in said first and said second proximity warning.
21. A system according to claim 20, wherein said output device (19) comprises said control unit 21.
22. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein said output device (19) comprises multiple output elements (20, 21) designed for issuing said proximity warnings.
23. A system according to claim 21 or claim 22, wherein said output device (19) comprises a housing, and wherein at least one of said control unit (14) and said output elements (20, 21) are arranged in/at said housing.
24. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, comprising a control unit (14) for gener-ating device status datasets, wherein said device status datasets comprise positional data derived from a signal of said receiver, and comprising a radio circuit (17) for broadcasting said device status datasets to other moni-toring devices.
25. A system according to claim 20, wherein said control unit (14) is designed for generating said signal resulting in said second proximity warning when said distance data shows a distance less than a predeter-mined threshold.
26. A system according to claim 20 in combi-nation with claim 3, wherein said control unit (14) is designed for generating said signal resulting in said first proximity warning when said positional data in com-bination with said device status datasets received from other devices indicates a distance to another object less than a predetermined threshold.
27. A system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, comprising a log (60) for logging at least one of said positional data, said distance data, and said signal resulting in one of said first and said second proximity warning.
28. A movable object, comprising a system of any of the preceding claims, wherein said first and said second monitoring devices (12, 40) are mounted to said movable object, and wherein said movable object is one of the group consisting of vehicles (5, 6), cranes (4b), draglines, haul trucks, diggers (4c) and shovels.
29. A method for generating a proximity warn-ing, comprising determining the position of an object to which a first monitoring device (12) with a receiver for a radio based positioning system is mounted to, measuring the distance to another object by means of a second monitoring device (40), issuing a first proximity warning by a common output device (19) in dependence of the determined posi-tion, issuing a second proximity warning by said common output device (19) in dependence of said measured distance.
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