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Vehicle crash hazard notice system

US8581716B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 2011
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 16, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60Q1/52
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for deploying vivid notice to a first responder, wherein the deploying event is triggered by the vehicle crash motion or by signal from the vehicle's own crash detection system, and the vivid notice is coded to the particular hazard present at the vehicle crash site and includes at least one visual notice, auditory notice, or olfactory notice, and may include a combination of any of the three notices, or all three at once.

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