Motor vehicle remote control system

• US 4,878,050 A
• Filed: 03/06/1987
• Issued: 10/31/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William L. Kelley
• Original Assignee: William L. Kelley
• Inventors: Kelley, William L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yusko, Donald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holloway, III, Edwin C.
• Application Number:
  US07/022,724
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• Field of Search: 340/901-904, 340/906, 340/53, 340/825.06, 340/63, 340/64, 340/426, 180/167, 455/99, 342/368, 342/372, 342/359, 342/457, 343/711, 343/713, 343/714, 358/108, 307/10.1, 307/10.6
• US Class Current: 340/12.54
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/087 Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle

Abstract

Motor vehicle control system for enabling persons in an authorized vehicle to control the movements of one or several general vehicles. The system includes a signal beam transmitter at the authorized vehicle, which can be directed in any direction by beam directing apparatus toward a general vehicle having a beam signal receiver attached thereto. Upon receiving the beam, the general vehicle may be stopped, slowed down or stopped after a certain delay. The beam energy may be laser light, microwave, sound energy or any other suitable energy. The beam transmitter may be combined with a video receiver and a video monitor so that the person in the authorized vehicle can view the general vehicle. The beam may be modulated and encoded with messages that can be decoded in the general vehicle.

Claims

1. Motor vehicle remote control system for enabling an authorized vehicle to control the movements of at least one general vehicle having drive control elements, comprising:

a signal beam transmitter disposed on top of the authorized vehicle;

means for directing said signal beam;

a signal receiver attached to said general vehicle for receiving said signal beam;

vehicle control means disposed in said general vehicle being responsive to said signal receiver, connected to said general vehicle'"'"'s drive control elements for controlling the movements of said general vehicle;

wherein said signal beam contains energy from one of;

electromagnetic wave energy, and acoustic energy;

said movements of the general vehicle is at least one of;

decelerating the general vehicle, stopping the general vehicle, and stopping the general vehicle after a delay;

including a transmission disengage element for disengaging the engine from the general vehicle'"'"'s drive wheels;

including a fuel disengage element and wherein said transmission disengage element is disposed in a housing structurally connected to the engine cooling system and being traversed by cooling liquid, for preventing unauthorized tampering with at least one of the transmission and the fuel disengage element.