HELMET AND A LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR A HELMET
First Claim
1. A lighting system for a helmet of the type worn by a user of a vehicle, such as a motorbike, bicycle, moped or scooter, the system comprising an arrangement of a helmet and a vehicle mounted controller unit and transceiver means, the helmet comprising:
- a main body mounting lighting functions comprising one or more of;
left and right turning indicator lights, a brake light, and down light means operable to illuminate a region below the main body;
a helmet mounted controller unit in communication with the lighting functions, anda helmet mounted transceiver means,whereby, the vehicle mounted controller unit is operable to generate triggering signals for the lighting functions, and the transceiver means mounted to the vehicle is provided for transmission of the lighting function triggering signals to the helmet mounted transceiver means, and in which the helmet mounted controller unit is operable to activate lighting functions of the helmet in response to the lighting function triggering signals received by the helmet mounted transceiver means.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a lighting system for a helmet of the type worn by a user of a vehicle, such as a motorbike, bicycle, moped or scooter. The system comprises an arrangement of a helmet and a vehicle mounted controller unit and transceiver means, the helmet mounting lighting functions comprising including left and right turning indicator lights, a brake light, and down light means and having a helmet mounted controller unit in communication with the lighting functions. The vehicle mounted controller unit is operable to generate lighting function triggering signals, and a transceiver means mounted to the vehicle is provided for transmission of the lighting function triggering signals to helmet mounted transceiver means, such that the helmet mounted controller unit is operable to activate lighting functions of the helmet in response to the lighting function triggering signals received by the helmet mounted transceiver means. The present invention further relates to a helmet comprising voice activated lighting functions.
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25 Claims
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1. A lighting system for a helmet of the type worn by a user of a vehicle, such as a motorbike, bicycle, moped or scooter, the system comprising an arrangement of a helmet and a vehicle mounted controller unit and transceiver means, the helmet comprising:
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a main body mounting lighting functions comprising one or more of;
left and right turning indicator lights, a brake light, and down light means operable to illuminate a region below the main body;a helmet mounted controller unit in communication with the lighting functions, and a helmet mounted transceiver means, whereby, the vehicle mounted controller unit is operable to generate triggering signals for the lighting functions, and the transceiver means mounted to the vehicle is provided for transmission of the lighting function triggering signals to the helmet mounted transceiver means, and in which the helmet mounted controller unit is operable to activate lighting functions of the helmet in response to the lighting function triggering signals received by the helmet mounted transceiver means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A helmet of the type worn by a user of a vehicle, such as a motorbike, bicycle, moped or scooter, the helmet comprising:
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a main body mounting voice activated lighting functions comprising one or more of;
left and right turning indicator lights, a brake light, and down light means operable to illuminate a region below the main body;voice activation means comprising audio input means for receiving voice commands from the user, a controller unit in communication with the voice activation means and lighting functions of the helmet, whereby, the controller unit is operable to receive and convert the voice commands into lighting function triggering signals for activating lighting functions of the helmet. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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