Synchronized flashing lighting device
First Claim
1. A lighting device for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, the lighting device comprising a housing for use within the passenger compartment;
- circuit means within said housing for generating a first signal representing at least one lighting pattern;
first light-emitting elements forming at least one array of LEDs remote from said housing for mounting on the vehicle outside the passenger compartment and for generating a lighting pattern responsive to said first signal;
at least one second light-emitting element arranged on said housing within the passenger compartment and responsive to a second signal representative of said first signal, whereby said circuit means actuates said first and second light-emitting elements substantially contemporaneously with an associated pattern so that observation of said at least one second light-emitting element conveys related information on the pattern displayed by said first light-emitting elements.
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Abstract
A flashing lighting device, most specifically designed for mounting inside and outside an automobile, is comprised of a housing and, within in, a circuit for storing at least one flashing sequence signal. At least one first array of light-emitting elements is close to this housing and generates a flashing pattern responsive to the flashing sequence signal, and at least one second array of light-emitting elements are arranged more remotely from the housing than the at least one first array and is also responsive to said flashing signal. In this way the circuit actuates said the two arrays or series of arrays in a way substantially contemporaneous with the same flashing pattern so that observation of any one array conveys information regarding the flashing pattern displayed in the other array.
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22 Claims
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1. A lighting device for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, the lighting device comprising a housing for use within the passenger compartment;
- circuit means within said housing for generating a first signal representing at least one lighting pattern;
first light-emitting elements forming at least one array of LEDs remote from said housing for mounting on the vehicle outside the passenger compartment and for generating a lighting pattern responsive to said first signal;
at least one second light-emitting element arranged on said housing within the passenger compartment and responsive to a second signal representative of said first signal, whereby said circuit means actuates said first and second light-emitting elements substantially contemporaneously with an associated pattern so that observation of said at least one second light-emitting element conveys related information on the pattern displayed by said first light-emitting elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- circuit means within said housing for generating a first signal representing at least one lighting pattern;
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22. A lighting device for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, the device comprising a housing;
- first mounting means for mounting said housing within the passenger compartment;
circuit means within said housing for generating a first signal representing at least one lighting pattern and a second signal representative of said first signal;
first light-emitting elements forming at least one array of light-emitting elements remote from said housing;
mounting means for mounting said first light emitting elements exteriorly of the passenger compartment for generating a lighting pattern responsive to said first signal that is not normally visible to passenger within the passenger compartment;
at least one second light-emitting elements for placement within the passenger compartment and visible to passengers within the passenger compartment and responsive to said second signal;
electrical wires connecting said light-emitting elements to said housing; and
switch means on said housing for controlling the operation of said circuit means, whereby a passenger within the passenger compartment can view said at least second light emitting element as an indication of said at least one lighting pattern on said at least one array light emitting elements.
- first mounting means for mounting said housing within the passenger compartment;
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