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US 2006/0125617 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for anticipated brake light activation
OwnerBenjamin Zimmermanninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for activating a brake light by detecting when a user of an automobile has relaxed pressure on an accelerator pedal and then activating the brake light when the pressure on the accelerator pedal has been relaxed.
Claims15
A method for activating a brake light comprising:
- detecting when a user has relaxed the application of pressure on an accelerator pedal;
- and
- activating a brake light when the pressure on the accelerator pedal has been relaxed.
A brake light activation unit comprising:
- pressure detection unit disposed to detect relaxation of force applied to an accelerator pedal and further capable of generating a pressure relaxation signal;
- and
- brake light activation circuit capable of generating a brake light signal according to the pressure relaxation signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.