公开(公告)号：US11938861B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17616130

申请日：2020-06-02

申请人： Third Eye Design, Inc.

发明人： David R. Werner ,  David Zima

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26 ,  A42B3/04 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  B60Q1/44

CPC分类号： B60Q1/2676 ,  A42B3/0453 ,  B60Q1/381 ,  B60Q1/44 ,  B60Q2900/30

摘要： An auxiliary lighting system for a helmet operable with a lighting system of a vehicle comprising a vehicle brake light, comprised of a helmet portion and a vehicle portion. The helmet portion is comprised of a helmet lighting unit, a microcontroller in communication with the helmet brake light, and a helmet transceiver in communication with the microcontroller. The vehicle portion is comprised of a supporting body, a vehicle transceiver, and an accelerometer joined to the supporting body and in communication with the microcontroller. The microcontroller is programmed with an algorithm such that the microcontroller receives a signal indicative of the relative position of the accelerometer, determines the performance capability of the accelerometer in detecting acceleration of the vehicle with respect to the Earth based upon the signal indicative of the position of the accelerometer, and presents an indication of accelerometer performance capability.

公开(公告)号：US11299090B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16618344

申请日：2018-06-01

申请人： Third Eye Design, Inc.

发明人： David R. Werner ,  David Zima ,  John M. Hammond

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26 ,  A42B3/04 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  B60Q1/44

摘要： A remote lighting system for a safety helmet operable with a vehicle lighting system. The system includes a vehicle portion and a helmet portion comprising a helmet brake light; a microcontroller in communication with the brake light; and a helmet transceiver in communication with the microcontroller. The vehicle portion includes a vehicle transceiver in wireless communication with the helmet transceiver; a gate in communication with the vehicle transceiver, and under a condition when a signal is received from the vehicle transceiver, operable to electrically connect the battery to the brake light of the vehicle lighting system; and an accelerometer in communication with the vehicle transceiver, and operable to send a signal indicative of vehicle acceleration to the vehicle transceiver. When a threshold level of deceleration is exceeded, the microcontroller sends a signal to the transceivers and the gate, causing a brake light of the vehicle lighting system to be illuminated.