The present invention relates to a safe monitoring system which enables to reduce the wave effect and traffic jam (congestion) resulting in highways on which land vehicles are traveling, and which eliminates the fuel consumption occurring due to the wave effect and traffic jam.

Background of the Invention

A disruption; which occurs in the traffic flow due to the facts that the vehicle drivers driving in the highways do not leave adequate following distance with the vehicles ahead of them, and that they do not maintain fixed travel time; creates traffic waves whose amplitude and frequency get bigger in time. These waves first cause the traffic flow to decelerate and then to stop completely which leads to traffic jam. Furthermore, vehicles, which continuously decelerate and accelerate or are subjected to stop-and-go traffic, cause fuel consumption to increase.

The Chinese utility model document no. CN2901460 (Y), an application in the state of the art, discloses a system for vehicle speed-limiting and safe-distance control. The system comprises wireless speed-limiting signal emitter, a wireless traffic-lane signal emitter, a vehicle- speed-and-di stance detecting-and-controlling device and a speed-limiting actuator. The vehicle-speed-and-distance detecting- and-controlling device receives data from the wireless speed- limiting signal emitter and receives traffic-lane information from the wireless traffic-lane signal emitter. The vehicle-speed-and-distance detecting-and-controlling device detects whether the vehicle is over speed or the vehicle following distance is safe. If the vehicle is over speed or in dangerous distance, the system alarms the driver via sound or light signals. The system decreases the vehicle speed by actuating speed- limiting actuator if the driver does not take actions after alarming. The system controls the vehicle speed effectively, provides user safety and prevents traffic jam.

The United States patent document no. US2010324806 (At), an application in the state of the art, discloses a device related to the travel pattern. The device determines its vehicle speed according to a plurality of vehicles on the road. Vehicle speed identification information is determined according to classification of the movements of the vehicle within the group.

The Japanese patent document no. JP2012108605 (A), an application in the state of the art, discloses a system for preventing traffic jam. In the system, on a center line (81) of an expressway (8), light-emitting devices (1 1) are installed at equal intervals. The light-emitting device (1 1) is connected with the other light-emitting devices wirelessly. Thus the light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting devices is visible as a plurality of light beams moving at a fixed speed at fixed intervals. A driver of each vehicle traveling on the expressway (8) tries to match the moving speed of the light with the vehicle traveling speed and thus speed and following distance are adjusted and traffic congestion is prevented.

The Great Britain patent document no. GB2373619 (A), an application in the state of the art, discloses a method and apparatus for measuring the traffic density. In the system, the automatic sensors provide input to a data processor to calculate the traffic density value. The vehicles are monitored and the measurements are conducted inductively based on their speed, length, acceleration the time gap and distance between vehicles and the distribution of vehicles over lanes. The data processing system is arranged to collate the values received for each vehicle passing the monitoring point and to calculate a collective measurement of traffic density as a combination of the individual measurements. Calculation is weighted according to a value between the speed of the vehicle and the relati ve speed of the vehicle.

The Turkish patent document no. 2007/060 J 8, an application in the state of the art, discloses a system for monitoring all traffic flow in a residential area and preventing traffic jam at regions where traffic is dense. The system aims to enable traffic flow without any interruption, at maximum speed and without experiencing any congestion and to provide regional traffic flow speed standard. The system is based on the logic that, if the approaching speeds of the vehicles moving towards the Traffic Density Regions (TDR) can be controlled before a certain distance to the TDR as a variable according to the traffic conditions at the TYDIl, and other weather, social and historic parameters; the traffic will not be congested, and although its density may increase, its flowability will be enabled at maximum possible speed. Accordingly, the TDRs in a city are determined. Speed indicators (SI) are installed at a certain distance from the TDR. The distance between TDR and SI may vary according to the density in TDR, geographic conditions, city layout and the adjustable speed limits. It is communicated to the drivers traveling at free speeds that they should travel at a fixed speed of a value specified by the SI between the Speed Indicator and the Traffic Density Region. Even if the driver's front is suitable for driving faster, s/he should comply with the speed values specified in SI. The speed value at SI is arranged automatically or manually by the center of the system according to traffic density and the other parameters at a value that will prevent occurrence of traffic density and the speed value is updated as the conditions change. There is an operation center in the system where all the data are collected and transmitted. This center includes necessary communication devices, computer software, application server and database. Radar systems and sensors are used to detect the traffic condition and weather conditions in highways. Summary of the Invention

An objective of the present invention is to provide a safe monitoring system which enables to reduce the wave effect occurring at the highways where land vehicles are traveling.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a safe monitoring system which enables to reduce traffic jam. A further objective of the present invention is to provide a safe monitoring system which eliminates the fuel consumption resulting from the wave effect and traffic congestion.

Detailed Description of the Invention

A safe monitoring system developed to fulfill the objective of the present invention is illustrated in the accompanying figure, in which:

Figure 1 is the schematic view of the safe monitoring system.

The components shown in the figure are each given reference numbers as follows:

1. Safe monitoring system

2. Control unit

3. Communication unit

4. Display

T: Traffic station

A safe monitoring system (1), which enables to reduce the wave effect and traffic jam resulting in highways on which land vehicles are traveling, and which eliminates the fuel consumption occurring due to the wave effect and traffic jam, basically comprises

at least one control unit (2) which is adapted to process the information and generate the necessary information.

- at least one communication unit (3) which is adapted to transmit the information coming from the control unit (2) to the other vehicles and the traffic station (T) and to transmit the information coming from the other vehicles and the traffic station (T) to the control unit (2),

at least one display (4) which is adapted to convey the information coming from the control unit (2) to the user and which thus enables safe driving.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the safe monitoring system (1) of the present invention comprises a control unit (2) which is adapted to process the information and generate the necessary information, a communication unit (3) which is adapted to transmit the information coming from the control unit (2) to the other vehicles and the traffic station (T) and to transmit the information coming from the other vehicles and the traffic station (T) to the control unit (2), and a display (4) which is adapted to convey the information coming from the control unit (2) to the user and which thus enables safe driving.

In one embodiment of the invention, the control unit (2) provided on the safe monitoring system (1) of the present invention continuously monitors and evaluates the traveling speed of the vehicle, driver reactions, and the distance of the vehicle with the other vehicles that are ahead or around thereof.

In another embodiment of the invention, the communication unit (3) provided on the safe monitoring system (1) of the present invention preferably performs wireless data transfer. Furthermore the communication unit (3) preferably employs the communication methods such as V2x, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, GSM, GPRS, LTE, etc. In another embodiment of the invention, by means of the safe monitoring system (.1) of the present invention, the traffic station (T) can evaluate the information coming from the communication unit (3) and can send the information of ideal speed and following distance that should be maintained to the concerned vehicles preferably by using wireless data transfer. The information of ideal speed and following distance that should be maintained by the vehicles during travelling are sent to the vehicles and this information is received by the communication unit (3) and transmitted to the control unit (2). In one embodiment of the invention, the display (4) provided on the safe monitoring system (1) of the present invention can convey the information of ideal speed and following distance that should be maintained by the vehicles during travelling to the driver. Furthermore, the control unit (2) provided on the safe monitoring system (1 ) of the present invention can control the speed fixing system, radar integrated adaptive speed fixing system and autonomous drive system.

In another embodiment of the invention, at conditions where the traffic waves start to be formed, the safe monitoring system (1 ) of the present invention calculates the following distance that the drivers should leave between their vehicle and the vehicle ahead of them and the ideal travel speed, and enables them to travel accordingly in order to prevent the waves from growing bigger and affecting the traffic flow. This way, the traffic flow is not interrupted and average fuel consumption of the vehicles decreases, environmental pollution is reduced, wearing-out of the vehicles decreases and the unproductive time in traffic is reduced.