Electronic detection device for motorized vehicles
OwnerNorman E. Cookinventor
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Abstract
An automatic starting and electronic detection system for remotely starting a vehicle and scanning the vehicle's electrical system components for explosives or to detect malfunctions. The system includes a clock and remote-control receiver and transmitter combination which are electrically connected to the battery and operable to be energized for selectively connecting a current signal from the battery to the balance of the system including the starter circuit of the vehicle. The electronic detection device includes a cascade arrangement of timers for actuating various vehicle lights and accessories, and the vehicle's horn, in a predetermined sequence of sufficient duration to give a vehicle operator feedback for each step in the sequence.
Claims10
An automatic detection system for a vehicle having a battery and a plurality of electrical system components, comprising:
- (a) means remote from said vehicle for generating an actuation signal;
- (b) means for selectively supplying power to said plurality of electrical system components including vehicle headlights, indicator lights and horn, said supplying means including a plurality of separately actuatable switch means for energizing particular ones of said electrical system components;
- (c) sequence control means responsive to said actuation signal for actuating said plurality of switch means in a predetermined sequence;
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- (d) means for maintaining at least one of said electrical system components deenergized at any one time during the predetermined sequence,
- wherein said sequence control means is operative to automatically sequence entirely through the predetermined sequence in response to said actuation signal,
- whereby all of said electrical system components are automatically energized in response to a single actuation signal while the instantaneous current drain from the battery of said vehicle is limited.
A method of automatically detecting the condition of electrical system components of a vehicle having a battery and a plurality of electrical system components, said method comprising the steps:
- (a) generating an actuation signal at a location remote from said vehicle;
- (b) selectively supplying power to a plurality of electrical system components including vehicle headlights, indicator lights and horn, said supplying step including energizing particular ones of said electrical system components through a plurality of separately actuatable switch means;
- (c) actuating said plurality of switch means in a predetermined sequence in response to said actuation signal, and
- (d) maintaining at least one of said electrical system components deenergized at any one time during the predetermined sequence,
- wherein said actuating step includes sequencing entirely through the predetermined sequence in response to said actuation signal,
- whereby all of said electrical system components are automatically energized in response to a single actuation signal while the instantaneous current drain from the battery of said vehicle is limited.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.