Spotlight mounted motion detector
OwnerMark Schwartzinventor
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Abstract
An object-detection system for use with a police vehicle that is operative to provide an alarm to the police officer sitting in the vehicle of an approaching object. The system includes an object-detection device and at least one alarm generator in communication with the object-sensing device wherein the alarm generator is operative to generate an alarm upon receiving an electrical signal from the object-sensing device indicative of an object approaching a police vehicle.
Claims9
An object detection system for use in alerting a police officer to an approaching object while the officer is sitting within a police car, the system comprising:
- an object-sensing device disposed on a spotlight of the police vehicle, the object-sensing device operating to only sense an object approaching the front the police vehicle;
- and
- an alarm generator in communication with the object-sensing device, said alarm generator operative to receive an electrical signal from the object-sensing device and thereafter to generate an alarm to alert the police officer of an approaching object.
A method of alerting a police officer to an approaching object while an officer is sitting in a police vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
- disposing an object-sensing device on a spotlight of the police vehicle, the object-sensing
- device operating to only sense an object approaching the front the police vehicle;
- disposing an alarm generator on the police vehicle;
- and
- providing a communication link between said object-sensing device and said alarm generator whereby upon detecting an approaching object, the object-sensing device transmits an electrical signal to the alarm generator that causes the alarm generator to provide an alarm to the police officer.
An object detection system for use in alerting a police officer to an approaching object while the officer is sitting within a police car, the system comprising:
- an object-sensing device disposed on a spotlight of the police vehicle, the spotlight being movably mounted to the vehicle so that the spotlight may be aimed in a predetermined direction, the object-sensing device operating to only sense an object approaching the police vehicle from direction in which the spotlight is aimed;
- and
- an alarm generator in communication with the object-sensing device, said alarm generator operative to receive an electrical signal from the object-sensing device and thereafter to generate an alarm to alert the police officer of an approaching object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.