WIRELESS CONTROL AND COORDINATION OF LIGHT BAR AND SIREN
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1. A system for coordinating the use of emergency devices on emergency vehicles comprising at least one of:
- two or more light bars;
two or more sirens;
one or more sirens and one or more light bars;
wherein the light bars and/or the sirens of the system have repeating patterns and wherein the timing of each of the repeating patterns are coordinated with each other.
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Abstract
A wireless interface module is used with at least one of a light bar, a control head, and/or a siren so that a mobile device can wirelessly control the light bar and/or siren via a user interface.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for coordinating the use of emergency devices on emergency vehicles comprising at least one of:
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two or more light bars; two or more sirens; one or more sirens and one or more light bars; wherein the light bars and/or the sirens of the system have repeating patterns and wherein the timing of each of the repeating patterns are coordinated with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile device for coordinating the use of signaling equipment in a plurality of vehicles, the signaling equipment including a first light bar mounted on a first vehicle, a first siren mounted in the first vehicle, a second light bar mounted on a second vehicle, and a second siren mounted in the second vehicle, wherein the first and second light bars and the first and second sirens each have wireless connections, the mobile device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the first and second light bars and the first and second sirens; and a user interface for communicating commands to the first and second light bars and the first and second sirens; and wherein the mobile device is configured to transmit a coordinating signal to the first and second light bars to synchronize the flashing patterns of the first and second light bars; and wherein the mobile device is further configured to transmit a synchronizing signal to the first and second sirens to synchronize the audible patterns of the first and second light sirens.
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6. Signaling equipment in an emergency vehicle that are remotely controllable by a mobile device that comprises a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with light bars and sirens located in one or more vehicles and a user interface for communicating commands to the light bars and sirens located in the one or more vehicles, the signaling equipment comprising:
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a light bar with a wireless connection, wherein the light bar is configured to wirelessly receive from a mobile device operating instructions for controlling the actuation of the light bar; a siren with a wireless connection, wherein the siren is configured to wirelessly receive from the mobile device operating instructions for controlling the actuation of the siren; and a control head configured to send operating instructions to the siren and the light bar and configured to display the status of the siren and the light bar. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a linking device configured to provide a hot spot for communicating over a global area network; and at least one of; two or more light bars; two or more sirens; one or more sirens and one or more light bars; wherein the light bars and/or the sirens of the system communicate with each other via the hot spot, and wherein the light bars and/or the sirens of the system communicate with each other independent of the global area network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
at least one of; two or more light bars communicating with each other; two or more sirens communicating with each other; one or more sirens communicating with one or more light bars; wherein the light bars and/or the sirens of the system communicate with each other, and wherein the light bars and sirens are controlled by a mobile device communicating via a cellular network.
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