Environmentally sealed visual display assembly and process incorporating individual or stacked LED strips, processor and accelerometer components
AssigneePedestrian Safety Solutions, LLC
InventorPaul L. Schaye
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Abstract
A visual front alert system attached to a vehicle for instructing observers as to movement of the vehicle. A body incorporates a plurality of illuminating elements configured in a strip extending substantially the length thereof and communicating with a processor also integrated into the body and incorporating a motion control circuitry. A power supply operates the processor and illuminating elements. In response to a travel condition of the vehicle, the motion control circuitry outputs a signal to the processor which is representative of the vehicle movement, the processor in turn signals the illuminating elements to generate a visual output corresponding to the signal.
Claims13
A visual front alert system attached to a vehicle for instructing observers located forward of the vehicle as to movement of the vehicle, said system comprising:
- a body adapted to being attached to a forward location of the vehicle and incorporating a plurality of illuminating elements configured in a strip extending substantially the length thereof and communicating with a processor also integrated into said body and incorporating a motion control circuitry, said strip further including a stacked LED strips exhibiting first and second colors;
- a light transmitting cover sonically welded over said LED strips along an open front of said body;
- a power supply operating said processor, motion control circuitry and illuminating elements and including first and second external wiring connections extending to opposite ends of said body via connectors;
- in response to a travel condition of the vehicle, said motion control circuitry outputting a signal to said processor which is representative of the vehicle movement;
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- said processor in turn signaling said illuminating elements to generate a visual output corresponding to said signal.
A process for creating a visual front alert system attached to a forward location of a vehicle for instructing observers as to movement of the vehicle, said system comprising:
- providing each of a plurality of illuminating elements configured as a stacked pair of LED strips having first and second colors and a processor incorporating a motion control circuitry;
- forming a body around the illuminating elements and processor;
- sonically welding a light transmitting cover over the LED strips along an open front of the body;
- communicating a power supply operating the processor, motion control circuitry and illuminating elements and including providing first and second wiring connections extending to opposite ends of the body via connectors;
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- responding to a travel condition of the vehicle by causing the motion control circuitry to output a signal to the processor which is representative of the vehicle movement for signaling to the illuminating elements to generate a visual output corresponding to said signal.
A visual front alert system attached to a vehicle for instructing observers located forward of the vehicle as to movement of the vehicle, said system comprising:
- a silicon injection molded body formed around a stacked pair of LED strips exhibiting first and second colors extending substantially the length thereof and communicating with a processor also integrated into the molded silicone body and incorporating a motion control circuitry;
- a light transmitting cover sonically welded over said LED strips along an open front of said silicone injection molded body;
- a power supply operating said processor, motion control circuitry and illuminating elements and including first and second external wiring connections extending to opposite ends of said body via connectors;
- in response to a travel condition of the vehicle, said motion control circuitry outputting a signal to said processor which is representative of the vehicle movement;
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- said processor in turn signaling said illuminating elements to generate a visual output corresponding to said signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.