Brake light system using sequential lamp array and input from velocity measuring device
First Claim
1. A lighting system on a motor vehicle, comprising:
- (a) an array of light emitting elements;
(b) a velocity measuring device;
(c) communicating means between said velocity measuring device and said array;
wherein said velocity measuring device communicates a decrease in velocity of said vehicle through said communicating means, and said decrease causes a sequential illumination of said light emitting elements.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a brake lighting system that includes a light array which illuminates sequentially when a velocity measuring device, independent of the braking system, detects a change in velocity of the motor vehicle, and communicates the change in velocity to the array. The velocity measuring device includes, but is not limited to, a speedometer, an accelerometer, an odometer, an anti-lock braking system (ABS), or a global positioning system (GPS). The velocity measuring device produces velocity measurement data which is processed by a system clock, a velocity measuring device data interface, a pulse generator, at least two memory latches, a deceleration level detector, and a brake light interface in order to sequentially illuminate the brake light array.
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28 Claims
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1. A lighting system on a motor vehicle, comprising:
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(a) an array of light emitting elements;
(b) a velocity measuring device;
(c) communicating means between said velocity measuring device and said array;
wherein said velocity measuring device communicates a decrease in velocity of said vehicle through said communicating means, and said decrease causes a sequential illumination of said light emitting elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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15. A method for brake lighting a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(a) measuring a change in velocity of said motor vehicle with a measuring device;
(b) communicating through a communicating means said change in velocity to an array of light emitting elements;
(c) illuminating sequentially said array of light emitting elements due to said change in velocity.
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