Automobile emergency vehicle warning display system

• US 9,224,294 B1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: St. John, Phyllis
• Original Assignee: St. John, Phyllis
• Inventors: St. John, Phyllis
• Primary Examiner(s): Girma, Fekadeselassie
• Application Number:
  US14/192,670
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle

Abstract

An factory installed automobile emergency vehicle warning display system to alert a motorist of an approaching emergency vehicle as the emergency vehicle transmits an RF (or other) signal which is received by a sensory-receiver. The sensory-receiver then communicates to a visual-alarm to display a message and to an audible-alarm to transmit a corresponding audible message through a speaker.

Claims

1. An automobile emergency vehicle warning display system comprising:

an automobile-emergency-vehicle-warning-display-assembly comprising;

a sensory-receiver;

a visual-alarm having a message-display-area; and

an audible-alarm having a speaker;

wherein said automobile emergency vehicle warning display system comprises said automobile-emergency-vehicle-warning-display-assembly;

wherein said automobile-emergency-vehicle-warning-display-assembly comprises in combination said sensory-receiver, said visual-alarm having said message-display-area, and said audible-alarm having said speaker;

wherein said sensory-receiver receives an approach-signal via a receiver, said approach-signal transmitted via a transmitter from an emergency vehicle;

wherein said approach-signal comprises strobe lighting used by an emergency vehicle to control traffic lights;

wherein said visual-alarm is activated by said sensory-receiver via a communication connection means between said sensory-receiver and said visual-alarm and displays a corresponding message in said message-display-area;

wherein said audible-alarm is activated by said sensory-receiver via said communication connection means between said sensory-receiver and said audible-alarm having said speaker;

wherein a user is able to see said visual-display-message on said visual-alarm activated by said sensory-receiver when said sensory-receiver receives said approach-signal from said emergency vehicle and to simultaneously hear an audible-message via said speaker of said audible-alarm when said audible-alarm is activated by said sensory-receive; and

wherein said user is able to position a personal-vehicle safely to allow passage of said emergency vehicle thereby increasing public road safety;

wherein said visual-alarm is installed in a dashboard of said personal-vehicle and receives an alarm-signal from said sensory-receiver via said communication connector comprising an electric-cable;

wherein said visual-alarm displays said visual-display-message comprising emergency vehicle approaching when said visual-alarm is activated by said sensory-receiver;

wherein said audible-alarm receives said alarm-signal from said sensory-receiver via said connector comprising said electric-cable;

wherein said sensory-receiver transmits said alarm-signal to said audible-alarm when said emergency vehicle approaches said personal-vehicle within a pre-determined distance as determined by GPS;

wherein said audible-alarm-message comprises an audible-message comprising warning emergency vehicle approaching when said audible-alarm receives said alarm-signal from said sensory-receiver;

wherein said audible-alarm-message is communicated to said user via said speaker.

2. The automobile emergency vehicle warning display system of claim 1 wherein said automobile-emergency-vehicle-warning-display-assembly is factory installed into said personal-vehicle.

3. The automobile emergency vehicle warning display system of claim 2 wherein said sensory-receiver is a factory-installed original equipment manufacturer component of a wiring-harness of said personal-vehicle.

4. The automobile emergency vehicle warning display system of claim 1 wherein said factory-installed warning-display-assembly is always in a normally-on condition allowing said user to be aware of an approaching said emergency-vehicle at all times without having to turn on said factory-installed warning-display-assembly.

5. The automobile emergency vehicle warning display system of claim 1 wherein said warning display assembly receives power from a vehicle-power-source comprising a cigarette lighter.

6. The automobile emergency vehicle warning display system of claim 1 wherein said sensory-receiver is detachably-mounted on a vehicle-dashboard via an attachment means comprising peel-and-stick adhesive backing.

7. The automobile emergency vehicle warning display system of claim 5 wherein said power comprises batteries giving said power to said sensory-receiver, said visual-alarm having a message-display and said visual-alarm-stand, and said audible-alarm having said speaker and said audible-alarm-stand.