Patent ID: 11872974
Assignee: REDARC TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A brake controller for a towed vehicle braking system, wherein the towed vehicle has combined brake and turn lights activated by combined light signals from a towing vehicle, the brake controller including:
a microcontroller configured to:
receive the combined light signals from the towing vehicle, wherein the combined light signals received from the towing vehicle are analog signals that represented combined brake and turn light signals; and
estimate a likelihood that the towing vehicle is braking based on the combined light signals,

wherein the microcontroller is further configured to generate a braking control signal to control activation of brakes of the towed vehicle braking system based on at least in part the estimated likelihood that the towing vehicle is braking.