WO2005064571A1 - Electronic device of images conversion for morse code or other type of codes - Google Patents
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- TITLE Electronic device of images conversion for Morse code or other type of codes.
- the present invention respects to an Electronic device of image conversion for Morse Code or other types of codes whose function is to help the blind people and visual deficient in its better integration in society, therefore with this device these users acquire a bigger independence in its life and carry through new personal objectives that have been outside of its horizons. Beyond this possibility, also this device with an innovative integration of some existing systems can be used for automatic driving of terrestrial, maritime or aerial vehicles.
- a film chamber catches one or some images, point by point-(pixels), that converts in a set of analogical or digital video signals that are decodified (projected point-by-point -(pixels) in a television set or monitor also in image, until here nothing new exists, but if we want that a visual deficient appearance or blind person sees them, it will be impossible, from there that making a parallel of the described system until in this paragraph and constructing a converter that analyze the images (point-by-point - (pixels) and compares them point-by-point immediately -(pixels) with other existing equivalents in its memory or a database, sending the information of the form acoustics result, it will be possible these users know what is in its front in real time and actualizing the distance to the obstacle, helping this user to decide stop , to turn left or right or if must come back in the case not existing exit .And even stopped, be informed about what is in its front.
- the present device has the innovation to convert the detected images to Morse code or another type of codes.
- each electromechanical- servant mainly the ones that set in motion the direction, the brakes, deceleration of the engine, box of speeds, they will have to be double, case one damages always has another one in parallel for a fast immobilization of the yehicle.
- This device is composed for two parts: The first one is reported to the example of use for the visual deficient or blind, to observe ( Fig 1 ) and ( Fig 6 );
- eyeglasses ( a ) that incorporates in its lenses one or two micro-cameras to film or photographic or only sensors of captation of images ( b ), not becoming the eyeglasses too much heavy.
- headphones ( c )
- a portable device ( p ) that this carries that is composed (Fig. 1);
- a box that has 4 interrupters, electronics or not, of exterior access - One to connect and disconnect all the device ( 1 ) - One to connect and disconnect the receiving radio ( n ) - One for intending access to the memorization of the itinerary ( i ) - One to store image to the database ( r )
- this device is more utilitarian and functional ( Fig. 4 ), and will have to contain the following components:
- G ' - central unit deliverering circuit of codified signals, (UMTS, GPS, GALILEO,
- M ' electromechanical-servant of the direction column, box of speeds and central office of panel (double of the direction and of the box of speeds)
- FIG. 5 are a drawing of an imaginary plant, in uncertain part of the planet Land, of an urgency situation and it intends to complement the explanation of the functioning that will be presented in the proper section, it is composed of the described systems of communications in the previous paragraph for ( Fig. 4) and of:
- AR- security area intercommunication between vehicles, about one kilometre, increasing automatically its diameter suitable the speed
- the (Fig. 6) represent the drawing of the device ( p ), in two scales for explanation of the summary.
- the user equipped with this device obtains "to see” because, for intermediary of the sensors of captation of images (b), that can be incorporated in the eyeglasses (a) of the user and are fed by a battery ( j ), when catching the image goes in form of analogical signals Video or Digital using the same principle base of the television - captation of the image point-by-point (pixels) and projection in the screen point-by-point (pixels) - send it to the device ( p ) that the user carries with him, following the circuit of memorization of temporary entrance (q) receives the image and stores it temporary in the form of analogical or Digital Video signals, to be made a comparison - point-by-point (pixels) - between the caught image, in the comparing circuit ( o ) and the existing in the database, resulting from there in a sending of signals that will be dealt with and transformed into acoustic Morse code signals or another type of code ( e ) in form to be listened and interpreted by the
- an interrupter exists for this effect located in the device ( r ), when selected goes loading with images, that they will be stored in the database the more used or intended itineraries , it will be like apprehend a course for the first time.
- the distance to the obstacle or object is measured constantly (Fig . 3), through ultrasonic sensors or another type of sensors (b '), that can be situated in the eyeglasses, that emit a signal and depending on the speed or time the one that returns to the same sensor gets the distance to the obstacle or object, decoded for the circuit (c '), being this transmitted in a similar way to headphones ( c ) for Morse code or another type of code, only giving information until about 10 meters. Being superior to this adjustable limit the infinite will be equal, not sending no signal for the headphones ( c ), situated in the support of the eyeglasses ( a ), thus offering to the user the decision of orientation to choose or to interpret, the images that are in its "visual field".
- the user has the information of the traffic lights that can send in Morse Code or another type of code, through FM/AM waves, the identification of its state, information through devices ( ) (Fig. 3), that they could be dispersed for the cities in, traffic lights, stations of (trains, auto bus, taxis, airports, boats), public buildings, elevators, cultural events, keyboards of computers to know what they are writing, drawing or "to see” in the screen of the monitor ( t ), of informative informatics terminals of public use, etc., for these users through a receiver FM/AM receive them when they intend, pressuring the interrupter ( n ) that connects the radio ( m ).
- the user receives the information from the state of the traffic light ( s ' ) thanks to the rank inside the traffic light of a small electronic circuit ( x ) that it has the purpose to give the information of its state of functioning, in Morse code or another type of codes, in that is.
- the circuit ( x ) has a simple functioning. It is fed in ( al ).
- the EPROM memory ( u ) has memorized the four situations of the lighted light bulbs in Morse code or another type of codes, connecting the wire that lights each light bulb and respective colours in the entrances (a2, a3,a4, a5) goes to result in a signal sent to sender FM/AM ( v ) that in turn transmits, for the antenna ( v ') this information to the antenna ( m ') situated in the device ( p ), that in this in case that he is "GREEN PEDESTRIAN", graphical representation ( m'2), referring to the state of the traffic light, and "SEVEN MT” graphical representation ( v'l), seven meters, relative at a distance until the traffic light.
- the user introduces for its proper voice, pressuring the interrupter of access to the memorization of the tracing ( i ), that it is provided with a microphone ( h ), located in the device that the user carries, and saying the place of departure and destination that the user intends, the device with the aid of the GPS traces the gone and turn course and guides it acoustically during the course of the best way for the destination before programmed for him.
- system UMTS x ') ( Fig. 1)
- the device ( p ) provided with a phone cell circuit UMTS of 3 a Generation and receive the information that is filming in Morse code or another type of code in headphones ( c ).
- This system also has the power newness to be used, for example, in automobiles ( Fig. 4, Fig. 5 ) that circulate in the roads, therefore they film and a program or electronic circuit informatics that they have to possess, to decoder the received signals and to set in motion the mechanisms, already existing in the market, installed electromechanical-servants or install in the vehicle or another way of transport, releases them of accidents, because the information received for the UMTS interacting with the GPS will give the free of danger form of conduction or automatic preventing many accidents due essentially human errors and/or to the state of the vehicles and ways where they circulate.
- the automobile circulating goes filming all involving environment (C ') for the micro-cameras to film, dispersed for the vehicle or incorporated in the set ( D ') and it sends for the antenna ( E ') UMTS signals that are collected by the satellite or terrestrial antenna ( z ).Also the coordinates for satellites GPS are sent ( O ')•
- These two systems in communication with the satellites or terrestrial antennas of the database (P ') that makes the comparison of the fond images and automatically takes a decision in compliance with the localization, with the rules and traffic signals ; being in this way eliminated the traffic lights for control of the traffic, existing alone the traffic lights for information of the pedestrian who only can cross a way in places of existence of traffic lights, giving to the priority to all the vehicles that designate its march and synchronizing the intercommunication between vehicles inside of its area of security, that they change information between itself localization of each one, destination, speed, type of vehicle, technical characteristics, manoeuvres to effect and done - in sending the respected signal
- each electromechanical- servant mainly the ones that set in motion the direction, the brakes, deceleration of the engine, box of speeds, they will must be double, case one damages always has another one in parallel for a fast immobilization of the vehicle.
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Abstract
This device has the functions to improve the conditions of life of the blind people or visual deficient and to contribute for the accented reduction of the means of transportation accidents. The present device is endowed with one or more detectors (b) and (b ') that, inserted in the eyeglasses (a) or a vehicle, that they film and they track in the distance of that if it finds in its involving area, sending to headphones (c) a Morse code signal to guide the invisual, or the information trough satellite for the automatic conduction of vehicles. Using technology UMTS (z) and GPS (g), the detectors collect images and store in the temporary memory (q), comparing it (o) to compare with the images contained in the database (d) converting the result into code Morse (e). Endowed with a GPS (g) these users can trace the itinerary, pressuring the interrupter (i) and say to the microphone (h) the destination, the GPS will send the coordinates of the passage that will be converted into Morse and envoy the headphones or to the vehicle informing or automatically maneuvering the way during the passage. They are informed of the distance that the obstacle is through ultrasonic sensors (b ') and the circuit (c ').
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DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Electronic device of images conversion for Morse code or other type of codes.
TECHNICAL DOMINION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention respects to an Electronic device of image conversion for Morse Code or other types of codes whose function is to help the blind people and visual deficient in its better integration in society, therefore with this device these users acquire a bigger independence in its life and carry through new personal objectives that have been outside of its horizons. Beyond this possibility, also this device with an innovative integration of some existing systems can be used for automatic driving of terrestrial, maritime or aerial vehicles.
STATE OF THE ART
Presently, a blind person or visual deficient to dislocate or uses a cane inside the house or in the street with all the limitations that we know as a companion, that if is a normal vision person is very good, but doesn't give the desired privacy surely to it, or with an highly trained dog, but also limiting. In last case the surgical resource also exists, of organic or Electronics transplants and implantations, very promising, but unhappily, this technique is not compatible with all the types of visual deficiency. Relatively to the driving of vehicles, a blind person or visual deficient, it cannot lead for obvious reasons, such a drunk or drugged driver, disconcentrated or irresponsible comes a great danger to potentially accidents, exaggerated times mortal or with incapacitating
physical results, not forgetting the economic, material and social damages, always involved.
Generally the human being is not 100% qualified mental and fisicaly to drive or pilot, however because its senses and dexterity are exceeded by the speed and manoeuvrability of the machine, however because, pure and simply due to the increase of traffic, all the manoeuvres that we effectuate of we want to effect, are dependents many times of the lack of coihmunication with exterior agents, in such a way natural as with other drivers for the success of the same ones.
How many of us, intelligent and rational beings, can never had been directly involved in accidents with transport machines? A little percentage! And why? Because we erred the intended manoeuvre for the most various causes; Or because we don't obtain the necessary agility,
Or because we cannot anticipate the accident, as for example after undoing a curve of about 100 degrees leading a vehicle in a normal conduction and coming across them with the obstructed road. Or we circulate in a priority way and suddenly a vehicle enters in our band of set of wheels. Or it appears a vehicle in foils; it wants for excess speed or because the driver felt itself badly, it had a sudden attack, sleepiness, secondary medicine effects, a pedestrian who crossed our band of set of wheels without taking the due precautions; hardly any driver will prevent the accident, thickening the long list of victims. To continue this situation, without taking functional and drastic measures, we must believe that the statistics of this decade, will start being reality in machetes of the social communication, "the means of transportation accidents are the third death cause of the people in the World-wide level".
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Presently a film chamber catches one or some images, point by point-(pixels), that converts in a set of analogical or digital video signals that are decodified (projected point-by-point -(pixels) in a television set or monitor also in image, until here nothing new exists, but if we want that a visual deficient appearance or blind person sees them, it will be impossible, from there that making a parallel of the described system until in this paragraph and constructing a converter that analyze the images (point-by-point - (pixels) and compares them point-by-point immediately -(pixels) with other existing equivalents in its memory or a database, sending the information of the form acoustics
result, it will be possible these users know what is in its front in real time and actualizing the distance to the obstacle, helping this user to decide stop , to turn left or right or if must come back in the case not existing exit .And even stopped, be informed about what is in its front.
The present device has the innovation to convert the detected images to Morse code or another type of codes.
Is used this code because already a known code and of universal understanding , as also easier to interpret for any visual deficient or blind person, since that it learns the Morse code or another type of codes that can be used, therefore this user goes to start deciding as the obstacles with that if he conies across in the day by day and take the best decision, as for example to skirt obstacles or people in the streets, in the houses, in the jobs, as well as in its performance in the sport, in elaborating a gone and back passage, etc. . ., without the aid of the traditional cane or companion. This device goes certainly help these deficient people in a more affirmative performance in the society. They only have for this to apprehend a set of audible signals and know interpret them.
It also serves for automatisms, or either, taking as example an automobile, this can be controlled automatically because when sending the images that go filming in its passage, for intermediary of some sensors of captation of images distributed for the automobile, using system UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), that communicating with a database, that will have been created for this automatic control of conduction, and communicating with GPS system (Global Positional System) or with European Galileo project, it will send to the automobile the order of bring into action the electromechanical-servants that will maneuver more safely the automobile or any type of transports machine or static, as well as thanks to the constant intercommunication between vehicles, as well as traffic controll for satellites, because the traffic lights will be lost, counting only with traffic lights for information of the pedestrians, resulting from there the drastic reduction of the accidents and victims, essentially caused for human errors so expensive, moral and material to the society and economy.
In sabotage case or damage of the automatic system of conduction;
The security can be made of some forms, therefore it would be a still bigger disaster if the system left to communicate with all the vehicles, caused for mistaken functioning of the satellites or systems UMTS, GPS or even a database.
In this situation, In global level, all the vehicles would have an Electronic circuit of security that when leaving to receive the communication, automatically in the first second they would pass only to depend on the intercommunication between them, followed for the entry of the sequence of the beginning of the vehicle immobilization in security of emergency, that it would go to depend on the speed that until the moment followed, to depend on the way, of the state and type of pavement, (irregularities, dry or wet), In regional level, all the above described methods of security would be scrupulously followed,
In level of the vehicle for beyond the described methods, each electromechanical- servant; mainly the ones that set in motion the direction, the brakes, deceleration of the engine, box of speeds, they will have to be double, case one damages always has another one in parallel for a fast immobilization of the yehicle.
To relate that all these maneuvers and damage would be registered in the system of the vehicle so that the reparation workshops and inspection centres as well as the insurers can repair and analyze the damages.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
This device is composed for two parts: The first one is reported to the example of use for the visual deficient or blind, to observe ( Fig 1 ) and ( Fig 6 );
It consists of eyeglasses ( a ) that incorporates in its lenses one or two micro-cameras to film or photographic or only sensors of captation of images ( b ), not becoming the eyeglasses too much heavy.
In its astes exists headphones ( c ), arid tracing sensors of obstacles or objects, people and animals, of the ultrasonic type, or infra-red ray or another type of sensors to measure the distance to the objects or obstacles ( b ' ).
Of a portable device ( p ) that this carries, that is composed (Fig. 1); For a box that has 4 interrupters, electronics or not, of exterior access; - One to connect and disconnect all the device ( 1 ) - One to connect and disconnect the receiving radio ( n ) - One for intending access to the memorization of the itinerary ( i ) - One to store image to the database ( r ) For exterior taking of union to the eyeglasses ( a ); - One for union to the electronic circuit of the ultrasonic sensors ( c ' ) - One for union to the feeding of the micro-camera circuits ( 1 ' ) - One for union to the converting electronic circuit for Morse codes to the radio headphones ( e ) - One for union to the electronic circuit of the video signal of the micro-cameras
( q )
For one for union to the electronic circuit of phone cell UMTS 3G ( x' )
For one for union to the computer ( t ) of a computer ( s )
For a receiving antenna of radio (m ')
For a receiving antenna of the satellite or terrestrial antenna of signal UMTS 3G ( z' )
For a battery ( j )
And finally is composed for the electronics circuits inside of the box: - Of a memory of temporary entrance ( q ) - Of a database of images, that it can be a rigid record, a reader of CD-ROM, set of informatics memories or satellites or terrestrial platforms ( d ) - Of a comparator of images ( o ) - Of a converter of images for Morse Code or another type of signal ( e ) - Of a GPS (Global positioning system) or GALILEO ( g ) - Of a microphone ( h ) - Of a receiving radio ( m ) - Of a microprocessor ( f ) to control all these components
(Fig 2) represents a blind man that has in its front a drawing "TOWER EIFFEL" ( bl ) and the representation of the Morse signal, listened to "TOWER EIFFEL" ( cl ) This device also has foreseen a circuit of information to the user ( x ) (Fig. 3), composite for; m ' - receiving antenna in the device ( p ) m'l- sensory ultrasonic or infra-red ray ( b ' ) measures the distance to the traffic light m'2- representation of the Morse signal, listened for the blind man, relative the distance to the traffic light " SEVEN MT ", where the traces are imagined for higher peaks and the points for lower peaks and the delay between each letter are equal to the width of each trace or point s ' - traffic light u - EPROM memory v - emitting radio FM/AM v' - emitting antenna v'l- representation of the Morse signal, listened for the blind man, thus that it enters in the reach of the circuit ( x ) "GREEN PEDESTRIAN" x - Emitting circuit of the state of the traffic light al - feeding of this circuit a2 - signal entry of the traffic light of the green light bulb a3 - signal entry of the traffic light of the yellow light bulb a4 - signal entry of the traffic light of the red light bulb a5 - signal entry of the traffic light in intermittent yellow state of disconnected or damage
The second part is reported with the automatisms, the use of system UMTS is newness (Fig. 4) and its interaction with GPS system or European project GALILEO, for the automatic conduction of the automobiles or any way of transport .When filmed for the vehicle the course and involving environment and sending the images to the sensors used in the 3a Generation phone cell, it will make use of a more complete service a time that these platforms will be able to dispose a much more complete database, with more information for comparison (images), so that the users, being blind or visual deficient or still conducting of the vehicle, boats, trains, aviation or any way of transport , they can dispose a great security, consequently the drastic reduction of the accidents, mainly due by human errors or technique defect of the vehicle, a great comfort, can enjoy the landscape, a time that the conduction of the vehicle is replaced for automatic
manoeuvres, applying the reception of these Morse code undecodefied signals or another type of signals to the electromechanical-servants, that already exist, for automatic control of the transport machine that is in question.
With the addition of this system, (second part) this device is more utilitarian and functional ( Fig. 4 ), and will have to contain the following components:
A' - sending of signals UMTS e (GPS, GALILEO) for the terrestrial satellites or antennas and sending of signals for intercommunication between vehicles
B ' - reception of codified signals (UMTS, GPS, GALILEO, Morse or another type of signals) and reception of signals for intercommunication between vehicles
C ' - ampleness of the filming in the front, behind and lateral
D ' - joint of micro-cameras to film or sensors of captation of images, ultrasonic sensors, infra-red ray or another type of sensors
E ' - antenna of sending of signals UMTS, GPS, GALILEO and sending of signals for intercommunication between vehicles
F ' - reception antenna of codified signals, (UMTS, GPS, GALILEO, Morse or another type of signals) and reception of signals for intercommunication between vehicles
G ' - central unit, deliverering circuit of codified signals, (UMTS, GPS, GALILEO,
Morse or another type of signals)
H ' - electromechanical-servant of brakes behind (double in each wheel)
I ' - electromechanical-servant of brakes of front (double in each wheel)
J ' -electromechanical-servant of engine (double of deceleration)
L '-central of light control (lighthouses, blinks, brakes)
M ' - electromechanical-servant of the direction column, box of speeds and central office of panel (double of the direction and of the box of speeds)
N ' - electronic circuit of Security for Emergency
N - Intercom circuit between vehicles z - Satellites or terrestrial platforms of technology UMTS
O - GPS or GALILEO satellites
P ' - Satellites or terrestrial platforms of the Database, images comparator and Traffic lights control
Q ' - satellites or terrestrial antennas of sending of signals (UMTS, GPS, GALILEO, Morse, or another type of signals) and the resultant of the comparison for the manoeuvre
( Fig. 5) are a drawing of an imaginary plant, in uncertain part of the planet Land, of an urgency situation and it intends to complement the explanation of the functioning that will be presented in the proper section, it is composed of the described systems of communications in the previous paragraph for ( Fig. 4) and of:
AR- security area, intercommunication between vehicles, about one kilometre, increasing automatically its diameter suitable the speed
1 -ambulance designating its march "with priority vehicle"
2 ... 14 - automobiles a ", b ", c ", d " - ways of two felt that they cross in a rotunda
A ' - sending from the automobiles of signals UMTS e (GPS, GALILEO) to the terrestrial satellites or antennas
B ' - reception from the automobiles of codified signals (UMTS, GPS, GALILEO,
Morse or another type of signals)
The (Fig. 6) represent the drawing of the device ( p ), in two scales for explanation of the summary.
FUNCTIONING:
Reporting us to the (Fig.l) and (Fig. 2), the visual deficient or blind people, who we will call users, have with this device (p) the possibility to know in real time, since dominate the " language " Morse code or another type of code , which the obstacles or images (objects, landscapes, photos... ,etc. ) that comes appearing to its front, orienting
them or have a sonorous summary, as the information of the database for intermediary of the headphones, thus improving substantially its way of life.
The user equipped with this device obtains "to see" because, for intermediary of the sensors of captation of images (b), that can be incorporated in the eyeglasses (a) of the user and are fed by a battery ( j ), when catching the image goes in form of analogical signals Video or Digital using the same principle base of the television - captation of the image point-by-point (pixels) and projection in the screen point-by-point (pixels) - send it to the device ( p ) that the user carries with him, following the circuit of memorization of temporary entrance (q) receives the image and stores it temporary in the form of analogical or Digital Video signals, to be made a comparison - point-by-point (pixels) - between the caught image, in the comparing circuit ( o ) and the existing in the database, resulting from there in a sending of signals that will be dealt with and transformed into acoustic Morse code signals or another type of code ( e ) in form to be listened and interpreted by the user in the radio headphones ( c ).
The database (d), that it is not more than a library of memorized images goes being bred of some forms between which:
Starting on key images removed from Internet,
Of the places of its choice, as for example the course that habitually has, from house to the work, etc.
Collected for the proper user, of a CD-ROM, an interrupter exists for this effect located in the device ( r ), when selected goes loading with images, that they will be stored in the database the more used or intended itineraries , it will be like apprehend a course for the first time.
A connection taking also exists ( s ) that connects to the computer ( t ), to collect from
Internet images that the user thinks that he needs or will need in the next exit.
The distance to the obstacle or object is measured constantly (Fig . 3), through ultrasonic sensors or another type of sensors (b '), that can be situated in the eyeglasses, that emit a signal and depending on the speed or time the one that returns to the same sensor gets the distance to the obstacle or object, decoded for the circuit (c '), being this transmitted in a similar way to headphones ( c ) for Morse code or another type of code,
only giving information until about 10 meters. Being superior to this adjustable limit the infinite will be equal, not sending no signal for the headphones ( c ), situated in the support of the eyeglasses ( a ), thus offering to the user the decision of orientation to choose or to interpret, the images that are in its "visual field".
For beyond the information of the distance, with the use of the receiving radio ( m ) the user has the information of the traffic lights that can send in Morse Code or another type of code, through FM/AM waves, the identification of its state, information through devices ( ) (Fig. 3), that they could be dispersed for the cities in, traffic lights, stations of (trains, auto bus, taxis, airports, boats), public buildings, elevators, cultural events, keyboards of computers to know what they are writing, drawing or "to see" in the screen of the monitor ( t ), of informative informatics terminals of public use, etc., for these users through a receiver FM/AM receive them when they intend, pressuring the interrupter ( n ) that connects the radio ( m ).
In the example of (Fig. 3 ) the user receives the information from the state of the traffic light ( s ' ) thanks to the rank inside the traffic light of a small electronic circuit ( x ) that it has the purpose to give the information of its state of functioning, in Morse code or another type of codes, in that is.
For this example, the circuit ( x ) has a simple functioning. It is fed in ( al ).The EPROM memory ( u ) has memorized the four situations of the lighted light bulbs in Morse code or another type of codes, connecting the wire that lights each light bulb and respective colours in the entrances (a2, a3,a4, a5) goes to result in a signal sent to sender FM/AM ( v ) that in turn transmits, for the antenna ( v ') this information to the antenna ( m ') situated in the device ( p ), that in this in case that he is "GREEN PEDESTRIAN", graphical representation ( m'2), referring to the state of the traffic light, and "SEVEN MT" graphical representation ( v'l), seven meters, relative at a distance until the traffic light.
Also through the GPS ( g ) ( Fig. 1) or with European project GALILEO, the user introduces for its proper voice, pressuring the interrupter of access to the memorization of the tracing ( i ), that it is provided with a microphone ( h ), located in the device that the user carries, and saying the place of departure and destination that the user intends, the device with the aid of the GPS traces the gone and turn course and guides it
acoustically during the course of the best way for the destination before programmed for him. Still more attractive it will be using system UMTS ( x ') ( Fig. 1), the device ( p ) provided with a phone cell circuit UMTS of 3a Generation and receive the information that is filming in Morse code or another type of code in headphones ( c ).
This system, of the previous paragraph also has the power newness to be used, for example, in automobiles ( Fig. 4, Fig. 5 ) that circulate in the roads, therefore they film and a program or electronic circuit informatics that they have to possess, to decoder the received signals and to set in motion the mechanisms, already existing in the market, installed electromechanical-servants or install in the vehicle or another way of transport, releases them of accidents, because the information received for the UMTS interacting with the GPS will give the free of danger form of conduction or automatic preventing many accidents due essentially human errors and/or to the state of the vehicles and ways where they circulate.
For the ( Fig. 4) the automobile circulating goes filming all involving environment (C ') for the micro-cameras to film, dispersed for the vehicle or incorporated in the set ( D ') and it sends for the antenna ( E ') UMTS signals that are collected by the satellite or terrestrial antenna ( z ).Also the coordinates for satellites GPS are sent ( O ')• These two systems in communication with the satellites or terrestrial antennas of the database (P ') that makes the comparison of the fond images and automatically takes a decision in compliance with the localization, with the rules and traffic signals ; being in this way eliminated the traffic lights for control of the traffic, existing alone the traffic lights for information of the pedestrian who only can cross a way in places of existence of traffic lights, giving to the priority to all the vehicles that designate its march and synchronizing the intercommunication between vehicles inside of its area of security, that they change information between itself localization of each one, destination, speed, type of vehicle, technical characteristics, manoeuvres to effect and done - in sending the respected signal to the manoeuvre to be made; if it must set in motion the ways to capsize the left, right, to speed up, to stop, to connect or to erase signalling, blinks that pedestrian can see .Taken the right decision sends it to the satellite or terrestrial antenna ( Q ') and this after codifying the decision in Morse code or another type of codes, transmits it for the antenna ( F ') installed in the automobile .With the conjugation of the
intercommunication between the vehicles that if find in its diameter of security immediately distributes the message for the electromechanical-servants whom it possess and the manoeuvre will be made with all the security, also offering all the traffic fluidity, preventing in this way the traffic lights, consequently the terrible bottling that all we are accustomed .The orders for voice also deserve the attention in this project, a time that the owner to enter in the vehicle uses one or two key words to open it, to inform the vehicle of the destination to take and finally its connection and march, being able in any phase of the course to modify its destination.
For better understanding, analyzing the ( Fig. 5) that it has as example a rotunda, where an ambulance appears ( 1 ) to designate its march, therefore a vehicle with priority, one repairs that this will not make the circulation of the rotunda because the automatic information that receive from the satellite ( Q ') and from the vehicles of ( 2 the 14), that they are in permanent communication between them and the ambulance, give all the security to make the manoeuvre of entrance for the street ( a" ), therefore these vehicles of ( 2 the 14) stop or reduce its march leaving free a safe trajectory for the ambulance. After this situation stay the vehicles ( 5, 4, 7 and 10) that are in the rotunda that have of being drained so that the other vehicles in streets ( b ", c ", d ") also is directed for its destination .Being the choice of priority given for the' control system of traffic lights ( P '), also programmed with the rules and traffic signals , where it will give greater draining to the way with bigger number of vehicles, in this case that it will give order of entrance in the rotunda of the vehicles ( 11 and 12),blocking the start of the vehicles in the other ways, following gives advance order to the vehicle ( 8) because it is next to the entrance in the rotunda that the vehicle ( 3). Later all the system will have in attention the lines that will go themselves creating in each way and will make flow the vehicles for order of arrived and open assembly time. Everything above described would leave have utility in case that no provided SECURITY in this system, thus in the first type of use, next to the blind people or visual deficient .In case that a no functioning of any one of the terrestrial satellites or antennas ( Z , Q ', P ', O ' ), for damages in the device ( p ) or sensors ( b, b ' ), or even no energy due the exhaustion of the battery ( j ). In the most critical case, it would be when crossing by foot a road inside a stepping-stone, that means, that seconds before existed an authorization to make it, through the signal received in the headphones ( c ), soon any danger for this pedestrian will not exist because that it receives the
authorization to always cross is because all the norms of SECURITY EMERGENCY had been considered so that no vehicle is in movement, or stopped for giving passage to it.
In the second type of using that includes the automatic conduction of vehicles, the SECURITY has exactly that to be taken in consideration .For all the reasons and more one this measure is important. A electronic circuit of Security for Emergency was projected ( N' ) ( Fig. 4 ) that all the vehicles must possess double electromechanical- servants, mainly the ones that control the direction column ( M ' ), the brakes of each wheel ( I ', H ' ), of the deceleration of the engine ( J ' ) to help the vehicle to stop and what it controls the box of speeds, incorporated in the set ( M ' ) for immobilization in bigger security of the vehicle, circuit this that ( N ' ) goes in such a way to guarantee the security of the pedestrians as he is described in the previous paragraph as the people who are inside the vehicle and exactly thus it is to advise the obligator use of the belt of security as well as the chairs to be capsized in the opposing direction the movement of the vehicle to prevent the manoeuvres that could be brusque of emergency. The electronic circuit of Security for Emergency ( N ' ) ( Fig. 4 ), in the vehicle, receives the information from the deliberating circuit of codified signals ( G ') to unchain the sequence of the manoeuvres of emergency security.
The global level, for damages, for deactivation of any system of communication, terrestrial satellites or antennas ( Z , O ', P ', Q ' ) the system leaving to receive information from any type to guarantee the perfect and normal automatic conduction goes soon in the first second and because the vehicles pass only to depend on the intercommunication between them, to set in motion the sequence of the beginning of immobilization in security of emergency of the vehicle ( N ' ), that will depend oh the speed that until the time followed, to depend on the way, of the state and type of the floor, (irregularities, dry or wet).
In regional level, all the described methods of security above scrupulously would be followed.
The level of the vehicle for beyond the described methods, each electromechanical- servant, mainly the ones that set in motion the direction, the brakes, deceleration of the engine, box of speeds, they will must be double, case one damages always has another one in parallel for a fast immobilization of the vehicle.
Claims
1. - Electronic Device of Image Convertion for Morse code or other type of codes ( p ),endowed with one or more micron-cameras to film or sensors of captation of images ( b ) and sensors of tracing to the approach of objects, obstacles, people or animals of ultrsonic type, infra-red ray or another sensor that serves for the same effect ( b '), that it allows to the blind people or visual deficient to be oriented, for the direction of the hearing and through the interpretation of Morse signals or another type of sonorous signals received by the headphones ( c ) that can or not be incorporated in the eyeglasses ( a ), connected to a portable central unit ( p ) that among other functionalities is fed and feed these sensors for a battery ( j ), characterized for the comparison of images point-by- point (pixels) for the comparing circuit of images ( o ) it enters the temporary circuit of storage of images ( q ) and the circuit of the database of images ( d ), for its result be converted into Morse code or another audible type of codes or signals ( e ), in the case of the user to be a blind person or visual deficient, being of codes or signals of command for the automatic conduction of any type of vehicles.
2. - Device in agreement with previous claim, characterized for incorporating a electronic mobil phone circuit ( x ') that with the use of technology UMTS of the satellites or terrestrial platforms ( z ), is made the sending and reception of images, that it makes the shipment of information of the database, preferentially of images.
3. - Device in agreement with previous claims, characterized for possessing a temporary memory of retraction of images for intermediary of the micro- cameras to film or sensors of captation of images and with access to the exterior across Iriternet or across works that the blind man or visual deficient can catch or create in the computer ( t ).
4. - Device in agreement with previous claims, characterized for possessing a database of images, that can be a rigid record, a reader of CD-ROM, set of informatics memories ( d ), and be connected to the net of satellites or a net of terrestrial antennas (Q '), so that it allows to a comparison of images point-by- point (pixels) in the comparator ( o ), in form of electronic signals, sending the result of this comparison for the converter of Morse code or another type of code ( e ).
5. - Device in agreement with previous claims, characterized for the electronic circuit ( x ) to allow to send any information for the sender ( v ) that they can be installed and dispersed by the cities in, traffic lights, stations of (trains, autobus, taxis, airports, boats), public buildings, elevators, cultural events, keyboards of computers to know what they are writing, drawing or "to see" in the screen of the monitor ( t ), of informative informatic terminals of public use, so that the blind person or visual deficient through a receiver FM AM can receive them when they intend, pressuring the interrupter connect/disconnect ( n ) that always connects the radio ( m ) that the user intends complementary information.
6. - Device in agreement with second claim, characterized for possessing a device GPS (Global positioning system) or European project GALILEO ( g ), that with the intercommunication used between these systems UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) ( z ) and GPS or European project GALILEO ( O' ) allows to the blind person or visual deficient the possibility to make an itinerary for the destination that it before gave order for intermediary of voice in the microphone ( h ) or for introduction, for a computer trough Internet, for a reader of CD-ROM or other ways of information and communication, introduced in the linking taking ( s ) to guide the blind person or visual deficient during its pedestrian course.
7. - Electronic Device of Image Conversion for Morse Code or other type of Codes, as first claim endowed with one or more micro-cameras to film or sensors of captation of images and sensors of tracing to the approach ( D ' ) of objects, obstacles, people or animals of ultrasonic type, infra-red ray or another sensor that serves for the same effect, characterized for the joint use of UMTS systems (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) ( z ), of GPS system (Global positioning system) or of European project Galileo ( O ' ), for the satellite or terrestrial platform of the database ( Q ' ) that they can or not be incorporated in the same satellite, - the control system of traffic lights ( P ' ) that it is programmed with the rules and traffic signals , the comparing and converting system for Morse code or another type of codes ( e ) - what inside allows to the automatic driving of vehicles and other ways of transport with the aid of the intercommunication between vehicles ( IN ) iside its area of security, that they change information between itself; localization of each one, destination, speed, the type of vehicle, technical characteristics , maneuvers to effect and effectuated.
8. - System in agreement with previous claim, characterized for the interaction with the database ( P ' ) that converts the result of the images for Morse code or another type of codes and sends for the vehicles the resultant information for the antenna ( E ' ) that connected to the central unit, deliverering circuit of codified signals (UMTS, GPS, GALILEO, Morse or another type of signals) ( G' ) sends to ellectromecanical-servants the best action of the maneuver to be taken in security.
9. - System in agreement with claim seven, characterized for a electronic circuit of security for Emergency ( N ' ) that receives the information from the deliverering circuit of codified signals ( G ' ) to unchain the sequence of the beginning of immobilization in security of emergency of the vehicle, due to detection of any imperfection of any system of information and communication, global as in such a way regional or the level of the vehicle, setting in motion the double electromechemanical -servants in the vehicle or another type of transport, nominated the ones that control the direction column ( M ' ), the brakes of each wheel ( I ',H ' ), of the deceleration of the engine ( J ' ) to help the vehicle to stop and that controls the box of speeds, incorporated in the set ( M ' ) for imobilization in bigger security of the vehicle.
10. - System in agreement with claim seven, characterized for the control system of traffic lights ( P ' ) that through the intercommunication between satellites UMTS ( z ) and GPS ( O ' ) it automatically makes a management and coordination of the traffic ( Fig. 5).
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