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Vehicle Velocity Visual Alert System With Discrete and Unambiguous Brake and "Stopped" Status Features to Reduce Rear-End Crashes

  • US 20140309856A1
  • Filed: 04/15/2013
  • Published: 10/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle velocity visual alert system for use with a motor vehicle having a speedometer configured to indicate a speed at which the motor vehicle is traveling and a brake pedal configured to decrease the speed of the motor vehicle when depressed, comprising:

  • a main alert device mounted to a rear portion of the motor vehicle, said main alert device having opposed ends and including a plurality of speed indicator lights positioned adjacent to one another between said opposed ends;

    an auxiliary visual alert device selectively positioned in an interior cabin of the motor vehicle to which said main alert device is mounted, said auxiliary visual alert device having opposed ends and a plurality of auxiliary speed indicator lights being positioned adjacent to one another between said opposed ends;

    a memory configured to store programming and data structures, said data structures including a speed look-up table associating predetermined speed ranges with respective speed indicator lights of said main alert device and with respective auxiliary speed indicator lights of said auxiliary visual alert device, wherein each of said predetermined speed ranges corresponds to a colored light band;

    a processor electrically connected to said memory and configured to execute said programming, said processor being electrically connected to said main alert device and said auxiliary visual alert device and to the speedometer;

    programming in said memory that when executed by said processor causes said processor to determine from the speedometer a present speed of the motor vehicle; and

    programming in said memory that when executed by said processor causes said processor to determine from said speed look-up table which indicator light is associated with said present speed; and

    programming in said memory that when executed by said processor causes said processor to energize said associated speed indicator light and said associated auxiliary speed indicator light.

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