Speed-Monitoring Radar-Activated Brake Light
First Claim
1. Apparatus for alerting the operator of a vehicle trailing a host vehicle of a potentially hazardous reduction in traffic speed by a vehicle forward of the host vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a host vehicle;
means, carried by the host vehicle, for determining a significant deceleration of a forward vehicle; and
a luminous display operably coupled to the determining means and activated whenever said significant deceleration of a forward vehicle is determined, the luminous display carried by the host vehicle and being sufficiently bright and strategically positioned to be visible by an operator of a trailing vehicle.
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Abstract
A radar activated brake light device to be integrated into a vehicle to alert drivers of potentially hazardous changes in traffic speed consisting of a radar device to measure the speed of a forward vehicle; a sensor input from the speedometer of the host vehicle; a computer processor to evaluate the data for potentially hazardous speed changes; a luminous display mounted on the host vehicle to warn the driver of a trailing vehicle; and, optionally, a warning light and warning buzzer mounted internally to the host vehicle to alert the driver of the host vehicle of potentially hazardous speed changes.
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6 Claims
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1. Apparatus for alerting the operator of a vehicle trailing a host vehicle of a potentially hazardous reduction in traffic speed by a vehicle forward of the host vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a host vehicle;
means, carried by the host vehicle, for determining a significant deceleration of a forward vehicle; and
a luminous display operably coupled to the determining means and activated whenever said significant deceleration of a forward vehicle is determined, the luminous display carried by the host vehicle and being sufficiently bright and strategically positioned to be visible by an operator of a trailing vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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