Communications: electrical – Aircraft alarm or indicating systems – Flight alarm
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-30
2005-08-30
Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2636)
Communications: electrical
Aircraft alarm or indicating systems
Flight alarm
C340S961000, C342S455000, C701S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06937165
ABSTRACT:
A system and method are provided for a virtual rumble strip that uses a 3-dimensional audio alert (3-DAA) signal to warn a user operating a vehicle that the vehicle has deviated from a predetermined path. The virtual rumble strip may include a sensor that detects location data for the vehicle, and an alerting mechanism that receives the location data from the sensor. The alerting mechanism may include an audio processing unit that uses the location data and a Head-Related Transfer Function to create the 3-DAA signal. A speaker may then play the 3-DAA signal, which the user may interpret as originating from the direction of the deviation. The user may then respond to the 3-DAA signal by correcting the motion of the vehicle.
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Hofsass Jeffery
Honeywell International , Inc.
Lai Anne V.
McDonnell Boehnen & Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
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