Broadcast band siren alarm transmitter system for vehicles
First Claim
1. A warning alarm device capable of generating an audibly detectable warning signal in radio receivers which are within a predetermined transmission range and which are tuned to any frequency within a predetermined radio broadcast band, said warning alarm device including:
- (a) a transmitting means for transmitting a carrier signal to any radio receiver operating within the transmission range and tuned to any discrete frequency within said predetermined radio broadcast band;
(b) a carrier signal generating means connected to said transmitting means for generating a RF carrier signal having no audio signal superimposed thereon at a discrete frequency which may vary over the entire predetermined radio broadcast band in response to a sweep signal and for supplying said transmitting means with said RF carrier signal;
and(c) a sweep signal generating means connected to said carrier signal generating means for supplying said carrier signal generating means with a sweep signal which causes said RF carrier signal to continuously sweep through each and every frequency within said predetermined radio broadcast band at a predetermined audio rate to generate an audible waring signal on any radio receiver which is within the transmission range and which is tuned to any distinct frequency within the broadcast band by the creation of only a single acoustical output pulse from the radio receiver each time said RF carrier signal passes through the discrete frequency to which the radio receiver is tuned, said acoustical output pulses forming the audible warning signal and occuring at a frequency proportional to said predetermined audio rate,whereby the warning alarm device provides radio receiver listeners with an audible warning of the proximity of said warning alarm device.
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Abstract
A siren alarm on an emergency vehicle or a like warning vehicle, for transmission forwardly over a limited range along the vehicle path, of a broadcast band carrier wave modulated with a siren signal with break-in possible for voice modulation of the carrier, with the carrier frequency rapidly and continuously repeatedly swept over the broadcast frequency band, both in the AM broadcast band and FM broadcast band, thereby to produce in other vehicles, having standard broadcast radio receivers in operation, a warning signal or voice communication; optionally with warning vehicle speed responsive control of the transmitter output power for establishing a transmission range proportional to the warning vehicle speed.
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24 Claims
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1. A warning alarm device capable of generating an audibly detectable warning signal in radio receivers which are within a predetermined transmission range and which are tuned to any frequency within a predetermined radio broadcast band, said warning alarm device including:
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(a) a transmitting means for transmitting a carrier signal to any radio receiver operating within the transmission range and tuned to any discrete frequency within said predetermined radio broadcast band; (b) a carrier signal generating means connected to said transmitting means for generating a RF carrier signal having no audio signal superimposed thereon at a discrete frequency which may vary over the entire predetermined radio broadcast band in response to a sweep signal and for supplying said transmitting means with said RF carrier signal; and (c) a sweep signal generating means connected to said carrier signal generating means for supplying said carrier signal generating means with a sweep signal which causes said RF carrier signal to continuously sweep through each and every frequency within said predetermined radio broadcast band at a predetermined audio rate to generate an audible waring signal on any radio receiver which is within the transmission range and which is tuned to any distinct frequency within the broadcast band by the creation of only a single acoustical output pulse from the radio receiver each time said RF carrier signal passes through the discrete frequency to which the radio receiver is tuned, said acoustical output pulses forming the audible warning signal and occuring at a frequency proportional to said predetermined audio rate, whereby the warning alarm device provides radio receiver listeners with an audible warning of the proximity of said warning alarm device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19)
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13. A warning alarm device capable of generating an audibly detectable warning signal in AM or FM radio receivers which are within a prdetermined transmission range and which are tuned respectively to any frequency within predetermined AM or FM radio broadcast band, said warning alarm device including:
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(a) a transmitting means for transmitting AM and FM carrier signals to any radio receivers operating within the transmission range and tuned respectively to any discrete AM or FM frequency within said predetermined AM or FM radio broadcast bands; (b) a carrier signal generating means connected to said transmitting means for generating a first RF carrier signal having no audio signal superimposed thereon at a discrete frequency which may be varied over the entire predetermined AM radio broadcast band in response to a sweep signal and for generating a second RF carrier signal having no audio signal superimposed thereon at a discrete frequency which may be varied over the entire predetermined FM radio broadcast band in response to a sweep signal, said carrier signal generating means also serving to supply said transmitting means with said first and second RF carrier signals; and (c) a sweep signal generating means connected to said carrier signal generating means for supplying said carrier signal generating means with a sweep signal which respectively causes said first and second RF carrier signals to continuously sweep through each and every frequency within said predetermined AM and FM radio broadcast bands at a predetermined audio rate to generate first and second audible warning signals on any AM and FM radio receivers which are within the transmission range and which are tuned to any distinct frequency within the broadcast bands, respectively, by the creation of only a single first acoustic output pulse and only a single second acoustical output pulse, respectively, in the AM and FM radio receivers each time said first and second RF carrier signals, respectively, pass through the AM and FM frequencies to which the AM and FM radio receivers are tuned, said first acoustical output pulses forming the first audible warning signal and occuring at a frequency proportional to said predetermined audio rate and said second acoustical output pulses forming the second audible warning signal and also occuring at a frequency proportional to said predetermined audio rate, wherein the warning alarm device provides AM and FM radio receiver listeners with an audible warning of the proximity of said warning alarm device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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