Audible and visual alert warning system for approaching vehicles
AssigneeJRussell Consulting LLC
InventorJohn R. Russell, Jr.
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Abstract
An alert warning system. In an aspect, alert lights are configured to provide a visual alert and a sound system is configured to provide an audible alert to an approaching vehicle operator. The visual and audible alerts are responsive to a two-part initiation event. The first part of the event initiates the visual alert when the approaching vehicle reaches a first predetermined distance from a safety target. The second part of the event initiates the audible alert when the approaching vehicle reaches a second predetermined distance from the safety target. The second predetermined distance is less than the first predetermined distance.
Claims20
An alert warning system comprising:
- a plurality of lights configured to be mounted on a first vehicle and provide a visual alert to an operator of a second vehicle when the second vehicle approaches the first vehicle along a thoroughfare;
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- a sound system configured to be mounted on the first vehicle and provide an audible alert to the operator of the approaching second vehicle, the visual and audible alerts being responsive to a two-part initiation event, the two-part initiation event having a first part for initiating the visual alert when the approaching second vehicle reaches a first predetermined distance from a safety target along the thoroughfare and a second part for initiating the audible alert when the approaching second vehicle reaches a second predetermined distance from the safety target, the second predetermined distance being less than the first predetermined distance.
A method comprising:
- providing a visual alert to an operator of a vehicle approaching a protected zone along a thoroughfare by emitting light from a plurality of light units when the approaching vehicle reaches a first predetermined distance from the protected zone, wherein the plurality of light units are mounted on an alert vehicle positioned between the approaching vehicle and the protected zone along the thoroughfare;
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- providing an audible alert to the operator of the approaching vehicle by emitting sound from a sound system mounted on the alert vehicle when the approaching vehicle reaches a second predetermined distance from the protected zone, wherein the second predetermined distance is less than the first predetermined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.