Patent ID: 11938861
Assignee: THIRD EYE DESIGN, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 2:
3. An auxiliary lighting system for a helmet operable in conjunction with a lighting system of a vehicle comprised of a vehicle left signal light and a vehicle right signal light, the auxiliary lighting system in signal communication with the vehicle lighting system and comprising a helmet light portion including:
a) a helmet portion supporting body;
b) a helmet lighting unit mounted on the helmet portion supporting body and comprised of a first helmet signal light and a second helmet signal light;
c) a microcontroller in signal communication with the first helmet signal light and the second helmet signal light; and
d) a helmet accelerometer joined to the helmet portion supporting body and in signal communication with the microcontroller, and operable to send a signal to the microcontroller indicative of a right side up position of the helmet portion supporting body or an upside down position of the helmet portion supporting body relative to the helmet while the helmet is in a fixed position, and while the helmet is in motion;
wherein the microcontroller is programmed with an algorithm such that when executed, and while the helmet is in the fixed position, if the signal from the accelerometer is indicative of the right side up position of the helmet portion supporting body, the microcontroller causes the first helmet signal light to be illuminated when the vehicle left signal light is illuminated, and the microcontroller causes the second helmet signal light to be illuminated when the vehicle right signal light is illuminated, and if the signal from the accelerometer is indicative of the upside down position of the helmet portion supporting body, the microcontroller causes the first helmet signal light to be illuminated when the vehicle right signal light is illuminated, and the microcontroller causes the second helmet signal light to be illuminated when the vehicle left signal light is illuminated.