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Bus stop call system

  • US 5,963,151 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1995
  • Issued: 10/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a passenger conveyance vehicle, a system for sensory announcement of a series of discrete messages, each of which corresponds to an approaching stop or point of interest, the combinantion comprising:

  • first means presenting said discrete messages in separate visual and audible form comprising at least one visual display and at least one electric-to-sound transducer;

    second means providing separate first and second pre-recorded electrical signals corresponding to said visual and audible displays, respectively, said second means applying said pre-recorded electrical signals to control said first means to present said discrete messages, said second means including a dual-track play-back device to produce contemporaneous electrical signals applied to said first means to present visual display and audible messages each representative of the same stop or point of interest announcement;

    and third means for activating said second means including a mechanical pressure operated switch mounted adjacent an arm of the vehicle operator, said mounting being such that said switch operates to activate said second means in response to pressure applied between said operator'"'"'s arm and torso as a voluntary act of said operator.

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