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US 2022/0024375 A1Published application
Remote vehicle hazard and communication beacon
AssigneeESS-Help, 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.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a body comprising a plurality of selectively lighted segments;
- and
- a tether connecting the plurality of lighted segments to an electrical system of a vehicle;
- wherein the plurality of selectively lighted segments illuminate in a strobing manner in response to a strobe signal from the vehicle electrical system.
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A system comprising:
- 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;
- a microcontroller controlling operation of the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments;
- wherein the microcontroller activates the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments in a strobing manner in response to detection that vehicle emergency indicators have been deployed.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of light segments each being capable of steady state illumination, flashing illumination, and strobing illumination;
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- a microcontroller that illuminates the plurality of light segments in a strobing manner in response to an emergency event indication from a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.