Deceleration based anti-collision safety light control for vehicle

A vehicular anti-collision system for providing an indication in response to at least one hazardous condition associated with a vehicle, said anti-collision system comprising:

• a center high mounted stop lamp comprising at least one indicator, said center high mounted stop lamp being mountable to a rear portion of a vehicle, said center high mounted stop lamp being actuatable in response to actuation of a brake pedal of the vehicle whereby said center high mounted stop lamp is actuated to be illuminated at a generally constant intensity in response to actuation of the brake pedal;
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• a solid state control for receiving multiple inputs and adjusting an output of said at least one indicator in response to said multiple inputs, said control including a microcomputer being interrupt driven by said multiple inputs, one of said inputs being a solid state accelerometer, said control being operable independent of the brake pedal to intermittently actuate said center high mounted stop lamp in response to said solid state accelerometer, said control being integrally constructed with said center high mounted stop lamp to form an indicator module, said control being operable to intermittently actuate said stop lamp in response to a triggering input from said accelerometer which is indicative of a collision of the vehicle, said control being further operable to continue to intermittently actuate said stop lamp for a period of time after said triggering input is received by said control, said period of time being at least three seconds.

A vehicular anti-collision center high mounted stop lamp module for providing a signal in response to at least one hazardous condition associated with a vehicle, said anti-collision center high mounted stop lamp module comprising:

• a base mountable on a rearward portion of the vehicle;
• a stop lamp adapted to be interconnected with a brake pedal of the vehicle such that actuation of the brake pedal correspondingly energizes said stop lamp in a first mode at a generally constant intensity;
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• a microprocessor controlling an output of said stop lamp in response to at least one electronic input, said microprocessor being operable to continuously energize said stop lamp in said first mode when the brake pedal is actuated and intermittently energize said stop lamp in a second mode when the brake pedal is not actuated and a level of at least one of said at least one electronic input is at or above a threshold level, said stop lamp being energized by actuation of the brake pedal in said first mode, said microprocessor being operable to intermittently energize said stop lamp independent of the brake pedal in said second mode, said microprocessor being further operable to continue to intermittently energize said stop lamp in said second mode for a period of time after said level of at least one of said at least one electronic input is no longer at or above said threshold level and said brake pedal is not actuated, an amount of said period of time being dependent on a triggering level of said at least one of said at least one electronic input.

A vehicular anti-collision safety light system for providing a signal in response to at least one hazardous condition associated with a vehicle, said anti-collision system comprising:

• a stop lamp comprising at least one solid state indicator and being mountable at a rear portion of a vehicle, said stop lamp being actuatable in a first mode in response to actuation of a brake pedal of the vehicle, said stop lamp being actuated in said first mode at a generally constant intensity when the brake pedal is actuated;
• a solid state accelerometer for determining an acceleration of the vehicle, said accelerometer being a two axis accelerometer positionable on the vehicle such that said accelerometer is operable to detect a forwardly and rearwardly acceleration and a sidewardly acceleration with respect to a directional heading of the vehicle;
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• a microprocessor receiving at least one electronic input and controlling an output of said stop lamp in response to said at least one electronic input, said at least one electronic input being indicative of a forwardly or rearwardly acceleration and a sidewardly acceleration from said accelerometer, said microprocessor being operable to intermittenly actuate said stop lamp in a second mode in response to a triggering level of said at least one electronic input reaching at least one threshold level independent of actuation of the brake pedal, said microprocessor being further operable to continue to intermittently actuate said stop lamp in said second mode for a period of time after said triggering level of said at least one electronic input is no longer at or above said at least one threshold level, an amount of said period of time being determined in response to said triggering level of said at least one electronic input initially received by said microprocessor.