# US 2013/0154820 A1 · Wireless control and coordination of light bar and siren > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0154820 A1 - Document ID: US20130154820A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/690,515 - Filed: 2012-11-30 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15 - Assignees: Code 3, Inc. - Inventors: Roger L. Miller; Joseph Bakalor - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154820A1 ## CPC - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - B60Q 1/2611: {Indicating devices mounted on the roof of the vehicle} - B60Q 5/00: Arrangement or adaptation of acoustic signal devices - B60Q 7/00: Arrangement or adaptation of portable emergency signal devices on vehicles - H04B 7/26: at least one of which is mobile - H04L 12/00: Data switching networks (interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units G06F13/00) - B60Q 2900/30: Lamps commanded by wireless transmissions - B60Q 2900/50: Arrangements to reconfigure features of lighting or signalling devices, or to choose from a list of pre-defined settings - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A wireless interface module is used with at least one of a light bar, a control head, and/or a siren so that a mobile device can wirelessly control the light bar and/or siren via a user interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for controlling the use of signaling equipment on an emergency vehicle with a power supply, comprising: a light bar powered by the power supply and having a plurality of light heads for providing visual emergency warning signals; and a wireless interface module mountable on the vehicle for communicating with a mobile device having a user interface, said module powered by the power supply, said user interface configured to receive operating instructions to be transmitted to the light bar. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 further comprising: a siren mounted in the vehicle for providing an audible emergency warning signal; wherein the wireless interface module is adapted for connection to the light bar and the siren for providing a wireless communication link to the light bar and the siren; and wherein the system is configured for use with a mobile device configured with a wireless circuit to communicate wirelessly with the light bar and the siren via the wireless interface module when the mobile device is outside of the vehicle, the mobile device configured to transmit operating instructions to the light bar and the siren and configured to provide the user interface to receive the operating instructions to be transmitted to the light bar and siren. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 further comprising a control head mounted in the vehicle and connected to the light bar and to the siren, said control head configured to provide operating instructions to the light bar and the siren. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3 wherein the control head has a wired connection with the siren and the light bar. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3 wherein the control head includes a display indicating a status of the light bar and a status of the siren and wherein the user interface includes a display indicating the status of the light bar and the status of the siren and wherein the control head display and the user interface display are consistent with each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 wherein the user interface comprises a graphical user interface that displays icons corresponding to the siren and the light bar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 further comprising a memory device connected to the wireless interface module, the memory device encoded with user interface instructions that when transmitted by the wireless interface module to the mobile device results in a display of a webpage on the user interface of the mobile device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 further comprising a memory device encoded with a flash pattern program tool to be executed by a light bar processor associated with the light bar, the flash pattern program tool configured to change light flashing patterns stored in a memory of the light bar, and wherein the mobile device is configured to communicate with the flash pattern program tool via the light bar processor and via the wireless interface module to change the light patterns stored in the memory of the light bar. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 wherein the mobile device is selected from a set of devices comprising: a cell phone, a smart phone, a tablet style computer, a laptop, a netbook, a utilitarian device such as a flashlight having an integrated controller and a user interface, and a key fob controller. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein the user interface comprises a mobile APP (application) executable by the mobile device for communicating with the wireless interface module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 further comprising an interface for an additional vehicle system for controlling the additional vehicle system by the mobile device via the wireless interface module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 further comprising at least one of a winch and an auxiliary vehicle lighting system connected to the wireless module, and wherein the mobile device is configured to send operating instructions to the winch or the auxiliary vehicle lighting system via the wireless module. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 wherein the user interface comprises a graphical user interface for display on a touch screen of the mobile device, said graphical user interface including a plurality of icons for controlling functions of the light bar and functions of the siren. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the wireless interface module comprises a Wi-Fi interface module for communicating with the mobile device. ### Claim 15 A system comprising: a siren; a control head having a control head processor connected to the siren, said control head for use by an operator to provide operating instructions to the siren; and a wireless interface module connected to the control head processor for communicating with a mobile device via a user interface provided to the mobile device by the wireless interface module, said user interface for use by the operator to provide operating instructions to the siren via the wireless interface module and the control head processor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15 further comprising a light bar having a light bar processor and a plurality of light heads controlled by the light bar processor, said light bar processor connected to the control head, said control head for use by the operator to provide operating instructions to the light bar processor, wherein the wireless interface module comprises a Wi-Fi module, said user interface for use by the operator to provide operating instructions to the light bar processor via the Wi-Fi interface module and via the control head processor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15 wherein: the siren has a siren processor for controlling the siren; the control head comprises a siren control head having a siren control head processor connected to the siren processor, said siren control head for use by an operator to provide operating instructions to the siren processor; and the wireless interface module is connected to the siren processor for communicating with a mobile device via a user interface provided to the mobile device by the wireless interface module, said user interface for use by the operator to provide operating instructions to the siren processor via the wireless interface module. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17 further comprising a light bar having a light bar processor and a plurality of light heads controlled by the light bar processor, said light bar processor connected to the control head, said control head for use by the operator to provide operating instructions to the light bar processor, wherein the wireless interface module comprises a Wi-Fi module, said user interface for use by the operator to provide operating instructions to the light bar via the Wi-Fi module, via the siren processor and via the control head processor. ### Claim 19 A system comprising: a light bar device; a siren device; a control head device responsive to operator input for controlling the light bar device and the siren device; a mobile device; a plurality of communication chips; and a wireless interface module connected to only one of the light bar device, the siren device, and the control head device; wherein each of the other devices not connected the wireless interface module is connected to one of the communication chips so that the devices communicate with each other via the wireless interface module. ### Claim 20 A system comprising: a light bar device; a siren device; a mobile device; two communication chips; and a wireless interface module connected to the light bar device; wherein the siren device and the mobile device are each connected to one of the communication chips so that the devices communicate with each other via the wireless interface module and wherein there is no separate control head for either of the light bar device and the siren device. ### Claim 21 A system comprising: a light bar device having a wireless communication chip; a siren device connected to a wireless interface module; a mobile device having a wireless communication chip; and wherein the devices communicate with each other via the wireless interface module and wherein there is no separate control head for of the light bar device and the siren device. ### Claim 22 A system for controlling the use of signaling equipment on a vehicle comprising a power supply, a light bar powered by the power supply and having a plurality of light heads for providing emergency warning signals, and a control head for use by an operator to provide operating instructions to the light bar, the system comprising: a wireless interface module connected to a control head or to a light bar, the wireless interface module configured to communicate with a mobile device via a user interface displayed by the mobile device wherein the wireless interface module is configured to provide user interface instructions to the mobile device which when executed by the mobile device result in the display of the user interface, said module powered by the power supply, said user interface for use by the operator to provide operating instructions to the light bar via the wireless interface module.