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Emergency vehicle detector

US5559508A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Filing dateAug 10, 1994
Grant dateSep 24, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/0965
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An emergency vehicle contains a transmitter for generating and transmitting a pair of fixed continuous wave signals which are distinguishable from each other in a preselected frequency band. A passenger vehicle contains a receiver which detects and distinguishes the pair of signals and generates an alert if the signals are determined to be at predetermined frequencies.

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