System for inhibiting operation of a vehicle-based device while the vehicle is in motion
AssigneeLippert Components, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Greer, Zachary Inbody, Jeffrey Albrecht
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Abstract
A system for inhibiting operation of a vehicle-based device while the vehicle is in motion includes a motion sensor, a timer, and a time delay override switch in communication with a control circuit. The control circuit selectively outputs one or more enable and/or inhibit signals based on the states of the motion sensor and timer. The time delay override switch can be actuated to place the timer into a timed out state from a timing state.
Claims18
A system for selectively enabling and/or inhibiting operation of a controlled device disposed on a non-motorized vehicle, said system comprising:
- a motion sensor adapted to determine whether said vehicle is in motion or at rest, said motion sensor further adapted to provide an output in an in-motion state when said motion sensor determines said vehicle to be in motion and in an at-rest state when said motion sensor determines said vehicle to be at rest;
- a timer operable between a timing state and a timed-out state, said timer adapted to provide an output in a timing state when said timer is in said timing state and in a timed out state when said timer is in said timed-out state;
- a time delay override switch operable to transition said timer from the timing state to the timed-out state;
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- a control circuit operatively coupled to said motion sensor and said timer;
- said control circuit adapted to receive said output from said motion sensor and said output from said timer;
- said control circuit adapted to place said timer into said timing state when said output from said motion sensor transitions from said in-motion state to said at-rest state;
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- said control circuit adapted to:
- (a) output an inhibit signal when said motion sensor output is in said in-motion state, and to (b) output said inhibit signal or another inhibit signal when said motion sensor output is in said at-rest state and said timer output is in said timing state.
A system for selectively enabling and/or inhibiting operation of a controlled device disposed on a non-motorized vehicle, said system comprising:
- a motion sensor adapted to determine and to provide an output indicative of whether said vehicle is in motion or at rest;
- a timer operable to enter a timing state for a predetermined amount of time when said motion sensor indicates that the vehicle is at rest immediately after said motion sensor output has indicated that the vehicle is in motion, to enter a timed-out state after having been in the timing state for said predetermined amount of time, and to provide an output indicative of whether the timer is in the timing state or the timed-out state;
- a time delay override switch operable to transition said timer from the timing state to the timed-out state;
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- a control circuit operatively coupled to said motion sensor and said timer;
- said control circuit adapted to receive said output from said motion sensor and said output from said timer;
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- said control circuit adapted to:
- (a) output an inhibit signal when said motion sensor output indicates that the vehicle is in motion;
- and (b) output said inhibit signal or another inhibit signal when said motion sensor indicates that the vehicle is at rest and said timer is in said timing state.
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