Emergency vehicle control application
AssigneeHorton Emergency Vehicles
InventorEric Fisher
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for remotely controlling a plurality of functions of an emergency vehicle, wherein at least one of the functions is activating the emergency lights. The method comprises connecting a mobile computing device to a central control unit through a wireless network, inputting a command on the mobile computing device, transmitting the command to the central control unit through the network, and performing the one or more functions of the emergency vehicle. Also provided is a computer program and a system for enabling a plurality of mobile computing devices to connect to at least one emergency vehicle, wherein an administrator may, among other things, control user access levels and vehicle functionality.
Claims24
A method of remotely controlling an emergency vehicle electrical system, said method comprising:
- connecting a mobile computing device to a central control unit through a wireless network, said central control unit operable to perform one or more functions of the emergency vehicle, wherein at least one function is activate emergency lights;
- inputting a command on the mobile computing device, wherein the command corresponds to the one or more functions of the emergency vehicle;
- transmitting the command to the central control unit through the network;
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- performing the one or more functions of the emergency vehicle.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for controlling an emergency vehicle, said emergency vehicle having a central control unit, said central control unit operably connected to an electrical system and further configured to perform one or more functions of the emergency vehicle, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the following steps:
- receive, on a mobile computing device, a request from a user to establish a connection to the central control unit;
- establish a wireless connection between the mobile computing device and the central control unit;
- display, on the mobile computing device, a plurality of functions of the emergency vehicle, wherein at least one function is activate emergency lights;
- receive, on the mobile computing device, a command from the user to perform one or more functions of the emergency vehicle;
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- transmit, from the mobile computing device, the command to the central control unit.
An emergency vehicle control system comprising:
- a communications component secured to an emergency vehicle, said communications component configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile computing device;
- a central control unit operably connected to the communications component, said central control unit comprising an executable program that enables the mobile computing device to control at least one function of at least one module in the emergency vehicle control system;
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- an emergency module operably connected to the central control unit, said emergency module at least configured to activate emergency lights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.