Device for preventing a driver under the influence of drugs to use a motor vehicle
AssigneeTrocadero Consulting AB
InventorStefan Nordin
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Abstract
Device intended to prevent a driver under the influence of alcohol from activating a vehicle's starting mechanism with the aid of a starter, such as an ignition key or a starter card, comprising structure for collecting specimens from the driver for analyzing the alcohol concentration in the specimen that makes it possible to activate the starting mechanism with the aid of a starter depending on a signal from the analyzing unit.
Claims14
Device to prevent a driver under the influence of a drug from activating a vehicle's starting mechanism with the aid of the driver's starter unit, the device comprising:
- an analyzing unit to collect at least one specimen from the driver and to analyze a drug concentration in the specimen, wherein the vehicle's starting mechanism comprises a signal receiving unit to receive one or more electronically transmitted, wireless signals from a first signal generating unit associated with the starter unit and to receive one or more electronically transmitted signals sent directly or indirectly from a second signal generating unit associated with the analyzing unit,
- wherein the vehicle's starting mechanism is prevented or impeded from activation depending on the signal from the first signal generating unit and the signal from the second signal generating unit generated when the drug concentration in the specimen is higher than a limit prescribed.
A safety device for preventing or impeding operation of a vehicle, the safety device comprising:
- a signal generating unit to generate an electronically transmitted, wireless first signal;
- an analyzing unit to collect at least one specimen and to generate an electronically transmitted second signal in accordance with drug concentration in the specimen;
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- a signal receiving unit configured to receive or accept the first signal if the second signal indicates that the drug concentration in the specimen is less than a predetermined amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.