Audible warning of disembarked bus passengers
First Claim
1. In a vehicle for carrying passengers having a door actuatable from a closed to an opened condition for the egress of said passengers, a method for warning disembarked passengers of the impending departure of said vehicle comprising the steps of:
- stopping said vehicle at a predetermined location for passenger debarkation;
actuating said door to said opened condition to allow said passengers to disembark;
actuating said door to said closed condition after said passengers have disembarked; and
automatically providing an audibly perceptible alarm of a select duration to said disembarked passengers upon said actuating of said door to said closed condition.
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Abstract
An audible warning cue signal of a selected duration is provided to disembarked passengers to warn them of the impending departure of the vehicle from which they disembarked. The vehicle is stopped at a predetermined location for passenger debarkation. An entrance door of the vehicle is then actuated to an opened condition to allow the passengers to disembark. After the passengers have disembarked, the door is actuated to a closed condition and an audibly perceptible alarm is provided for a selected time duration to aurally alert the disembarked passengers to the impending departure of the vehicle.
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Citations
21 Claims
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1. In a vehicle for carrying passengers having a door actuatable from a closed to an opened condition for the egress of said passengers, a method for warning disembarked passengers of the impending departure of said vehicle comprising the steps of:
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stopping said vehicle at a predetermined location for passenger debarkation; actuating said door to said opened condition to allow said passengers to disembark; actuating said door to said closed condition after said passengers have disembarked; and automatically providing an audibly perceptible alarm of a select duration to said disembarked passengers upon said actuating of said door to said closed condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a vehicle for carrying passengers having a door actuatable from a closed to an opened condition for the egress of said passengers, a method for warning disembarked passengers of the impending departure of said vehicle comprising the steps of:
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stopping said vehicle at a predetermined location for passenger debarkation; actuating said door to said opened condition to allow said passengers to disembark; actuating said door to said closed condition after said passengers have disembarked; providing an audibly perceptible alarm of a select duration to said disembarked passengers upon said actuating of said door to said closed condition; providing a timer means for determining said duration of said audibly perceptible alarm, said timer means responsive to said door opened condition to reset from a timed to an untimed state and responsive to said door closed condition to revert from said untimed to said timed state after a select time interval; resetting said timer means from said timed to said untimed state in response to said actuating of said door to said opened condition; and reverting said timer means from said untimed to said timed state after said select time interval in response to said actuating of said door to said door closed condition, said duration of said audibly perceptible alarm corresponding to the duration of said timer means select time interval.
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