Patent ID: 11912378
Assignee: SIRIUS SIGNAL, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 8:
9. The visual distress signal device according to claim 1 further comprising an electrical circuit that comprises, in operable cooperation:
the plurality of electromagnetic radiation emitting elements;
the first power source;
a switch alterable between at least an off position whereby power is not transmitted from the first power source to the electromagnetic radiation emitting elements and an on position whereby power is transmitted from the first power source to the electromagnetic radiation emitting elements to activate the electromagnetic radiation emitting elements to generate electromagnetic radiation; and
a circuit board comprising a microprocessor that controls an illumination pattern of the plurality of electromagnetic radiation emitting elements when the switch is in the on position;
wherein the illumination pattern is an SOS pattern that comprises three flashes of the plurality of first light emitters followed by three flashes of the plurality of second light emitters followed by three flashes of the plurality of first light emitters, wherein during each flash of the plurality of first light emitters the plurality of first light emitters are activated for a first time period and deactivated for the first time period, and wherein during each flash of the plurality of second light emitters the plurality of second light emitters are activated for a second time period and deactivated for the first time period, the second time period being greater than the first time period; and
wherein the illumination pattern further comprises flashing the at least one infrared light simultaneously with each flash of the plurality of first light emitters and each flash of the plurality of second light emitters.