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US 12,617,337 B2Granted
Remote vehicle hazard and communication beacon
AssigneeEmergency Safety Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJohn Zachariah Cobb, Daniel Anthony Tucker, David M. Tucker, Stephen T. Powers, Austin Reece Tucker, Kenneth E. Wagner, Mike Incorvaia
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Abstract
A hazard beacon has an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to detect that vehicle emergency indicators have been deployed, a plurality of separately strobe capable light segments forming a hazard symbol, and a microcontroller controlling operation of the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments.
Claims5
A system comprising:
- a plurality of light beacons each being capable of steady state illumination, flashing illumination, and strobing illumination;
- and
- a plurality of microcontrollers that each illuminates one of the plurality of light beacons in a strobing manner in response to an emergency event indication from a vehicle;
- wherein the plurality of light beacons is activated wirelessly from a vehicle;
- and
- wherein the plurality of light beacons is synchronized to lights on the vehicle.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of light beacons configured for storage in a vehicle, each having a separate power supply for operation outside the vehicle;
- wherein each of the plurality of light beacons is wirelessly controlled from the vehicle to flash when vehicle hazard lights flash;
- wherein each of the plurality of light beacons is wirelessly controlled by the vehicle to strobe when vehicle hazard lights strobe;
- wherein the strobing is perceptibly faster than the flashing.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of light beacons configured for storage in a vehicle, each having a separate power supply for operation outside the vehicle;
- wherein each of the plurality of light beacons:
- is wirelessly controlled from the vehicle to flash when vehicle hazard lights flash;
- is wirelessly controlled by the vehicle to strobe when vehicle hazard lights strobe;
- the strobing is perceptibly faster than the flashing;
- and
- strobing and flashing of at least one of the plurality of light beacons is wirelessly synchronized to the strobing and flashing, respectively, of the lights of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.