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US 11,453,330 B2Granted
Vehicle peripheral lighting system
AssigneeFederal Signal Corporation
InventorsJoseph F. Bader, Nicholas L. Nakatsuka, Christopher Radzik
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Abstract
Peripheral lighting system for an emergency vehicle. In an example, the lighting system has a plurality of light heads configured to be located at various positions on the emergency vehicle. A system controller is programmed to individually control each of the light heads via each a plurality of serial communications lines from the controller to the light heads.
Claims17
A peripheral lighting system for an emergency vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of light heads communicatively connected to one another in series by a serial communications line, the plurality of light heads being configured to be located at various positions on the emergency vehicle;
- a system controller;
- and
- a computing device programmed to program the system controller to control each of the plurality of light heads,
- wherein the serial communications line extends from the system controller directly to each of the plurality of light heads;
- wherein the system controller is programmed to individually control each of the plurality of light heads over the serial communications line;
- and
- wherein the computing device is programmed to provide a graphical user interface that allows an icon for each of the plurality of light heads to be dragged to a location on the emergency vehicle.
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A peripheral lighting system for an emergency vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of light heads communicatively connected to one another in series by a serial communications line, the plurality of light heads being configured to be located at various positions on the emergency vehicle;
- a system controller;
- and
- a computing device programmed to program the system controller to control each of the plurality of light heads,
- wherein the serial communications line extends from the system controller directly to each of the plurality of light heads;
- wherein the system controller is programmed to individually control each of the plurality of light heads over the serial communications line;
- and
- wherein the computing device is programmed to provide a graphical user interface for each of a plurality of zones of the emergency vehicle, each of the graphical user interfaces displaying a corresponding one of the plurality of zones and allowing an icon for each of a set of the plurality of light heads associated with the corresponding zone to be dragged to a location on the displayed zone of the emergency vehicle.
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A peripheral lighting system for an emergency vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of light heads communicatively connected to one another in series by a serial communications line, the plurality of light heads being configured to be located at various positions on the emergency vehicle;
- a system controller;
- and
- a remote device with a near field communications wireless link to program the system controller to control each of the plurality of light heads,
- wherein the serial communications line extends from the system controller directly to each of the plurality of light heads;
- wherein the system controller is programmed to individually control each of the plurality of light heads over the serial communications line;
- and
- wherein each of the peripheral light heads includes a near field communications sensor.
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A method of using a graphical user interface of a computing device, comprising:
- selecting a light head of an emergency vehicle lighting system from a plurality of light heads displayed on the graphical user interface;
- dragging, on the graphical user interface, an icon associated with the selected light head, to a first of a plurality of predefined light head mounting locations on an image of a first portion of the vehicle displayed on the graphical user interface;
- and
- dropping the icon at the first of the plurality of predefined light head mounting locations,
- wherein the dropping causes a controller of the emergency vehicle lighting system to be programmed to associate the selected light head with the first of the predefined light head mounting locations.
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A peripheral lighting system for an emergency vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of light heads configured to be located at various positions on the emergency vehicle;
- a system controller;
- a serial communications line extending from the system controller to each of the plurality of light heads;
- and
- a computing device programmed to program the system controller to control each of the plurality of light heads,
- wherein the system controller is programmed to individually control each of the plurality of light heads over the serial communications line;
- wherein the computing device is programmed to provide a graphical user interface that allows an icon for each of the plurality of light heads to be moved on the graphical user interface and thereby be associated with a location on the emergency vehicle;
- and
- wherein the system controller is the only controller that is wired to any light head of the emergency vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.