Patent ID: 11961396
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An Emergency Vehicle Warning system, comprising:
at least one vehicle control module comprising:
a radio transceiver;
a GPS transceiver;
a controller; and
a switch in operable communication with the controller for activating the vehicle control module; and

at least one intersection control module configured to be connected with at least one traffic light located at 4-way traffic intersection, each intersection control module comprising:
the at least one traffic light, comprising a plurality of primary light elements;
a radio transceiver;
a GPS transceiver;
a controller; and
a lighting assembly comprising a plurality of secondary light elements and a housing including the secondary light elements on front, rear, and two side faces, allowing different notifications to be transmitted to traffic going in 4 directions;

wherein the vehicle control module is configured to mount to an emergency vehicle and transmit or broadcast location data associated with the location of the emergency vehicle to the intersection control module; and
wherein the intersection control module is configured to monitor a distance between the GPS transceiver of the vehicle control module and the GPS transceiver of the intersection control module to determine when said emergency vehicle is within a predetermined distance or meets predetermined criteria, or a combination thereof;
wherein the intersection control module is configured to transmit a visual notification associated with the predetermined criteria of the emergency vehicle monitored by the intersection control module, the visual notification-comprising activation of one or more of the plurality of secondary light elements to notify vehicles nearby the intersection of one or more approaching emergency vehicles; and
wherein the plurality of secondary light elements is configured to convey a directionality using a pattern of the secondary light elements associated with the monitored distance between the GPS transceiver of the vehicle control module and the GPS transceiver of the intersection control module.