Directional warning system for detecting emergency vehicles

Details Directional warning system for detecting emergency vehicles Directional warning system for detecting emergency vehicles

1999-10-22

2000-07-11

Hofsass, Jeffery A.

Communications: electrical

External condition vehicle-mounted indicator or alarm

Transmitter in another vehicle

340903, G08G 100

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060879610

ABSTRACT:
A system for warning motorists of the presence of an emergency vehicle is provided. The system includes a transmitter adapted to be coupled to the emergency vehicle for emitting an emergency signal. The system also includes a direction finding antenna adapted to be coupled to the vehicle of a motorist's vehicle, a receiver coupled to the direction finding antenna and adapted for receiving the emergency signal and producing a directional signal in response thereto, and an audio system for generating an audio playback signal which identifies the presence of the emergency vehicle as well as the relative direction between it and the motorist's vehicle.

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