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US 5,298,883 AGranted
Proximity alert system
OwnerRichard G. Pilney, Ronald E. Haminventors
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Abstract
A proximity alert system including a pair of portable electronic, coded transmitter/receiver units designed to operate in a specific signal band. Each unit transmits a coded signal that is picked up by the other unit. The strength of the received coded signal controls the rate of an audible beeper. The rate of the beeper indicates the approximate distance between companion units. A direction-finder antenna is used to indicate the direction of the received coded signal.
Claims11
A portable proximity alert system, comprising:
- a first portable unit including transmitter means for producing a first coded signal, receiver means for receiving and determining the strength of a second coded signal, and first warning means for producing a variable rate proximity warning signal having a frequency variable in proportion to the strength of the second coded signal received by the first portable unit;
- a second portable unit including transmitter means for producing the second coded signal, receiver means for receiving and determining the strength of the first coded signal, and second warning means for producing a variable rate proximity warning signal having a frequency variable in proportion to the strength of the first coded signal received by the second portable unit;
- wherein each receiver means determines which of a plurality of distance ranges corresponds to the distance between the first and second portable units based on the strength of the corresponding received coded signal;
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- wherein the variable rate proximity warning signal produced by each warning means takes on a particular frequency corresponding to the particular distance range determined by the corresponding receiver means to correspond to the distance between the first and second portable units.
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