Emergency vehicle alert system

• US 10,410,515 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2018
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jose Muro-Calderon
• Original Assignee: Jose Muro-Calderon
• Inventors: Muro-Calderon, Jose
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adnan, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US15/940,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20180286231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2430/01 Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

An emergency vehicle alert system is an emergency vehicle transmitter system with multiple possible passenger vehicles, motorcycle, and pedestrian receivers that are able to receive the emergency signal when located or passing within a predetermined radius. The system, in addition to the audio warning system, may be adapted to reduce or to silence the volume of radios and personal electronic devices within proximity to the emergency transmission.

Claims

1. An emergency vehicle alert system comprising:

a transmitter;

wherein said transmitter is located within an emergency vehicle; and

wherein said transmitter transmits a radio frequency signal within a predetermined radius;

a first receiver;

wherein the first receiver is located within or upon a transportation vehicle;

a second receiver located within a smartphone;

a third receiver located within or upon an arm band;

wherein the first receiver, the second receiver and third receiver simultaneously receive the transmitted radio frequency signal within the predetermined radius;

wherein the first receiver, the second receiver and the third receiver receive said radio frequency signal when within said predetermined radius of said transmitter; and

wherein the first receiver, the second receiver and the third receiver receive GPS signals for determining the location of said transportation vehicle;

the first receiver, the second receiver and the third receiver connected to first alerting component, a second alerting component and third alerting component respectively;

the first and the second alerting components further comprise;

a screen adapted to project a map of an area surrounding said transportation vehicle and project the location of said transmitter;

the alert system is further adopted to silence or reduce volume of a radio, being operated in the transportation vehicle, and the smartphone within proximity of the emergency vehicle;

wherein the first alerting component alerts a person operating said transportation vehicle when the first receiver receives the radio frequency signal from said emergency vehicle; and

wherein the first alerting component, the second alerting component and the third alerting component further emit vibrations and sound;

the smart phone further including;

a pair of ear phones;

wherein said pair of ear phones are connected to second alerting component; and

wherein second alerting component emits an audio sound through said pair of ear phones;

and

wherein said smart phone includes a software application adapted to control the second receiver and second alerting component;

wherein said arm band is adapted to be releasably attached to a person'"'"'s arm and retain the third receiver, the third alerting component, wherein the arm band is further adopted to alert a person wearing the arm band, and said smart phone.