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

Claim 1:
2. A method of installing an auxiliary lighting system operable in conjunction with a lighting system of a vehicle comprising a vehicle brake light, the auxiliary lighting system comprising:
a microcontroller; and
a vehicle portion including a vehicle portion supporting body, and a vehicle accelerometer joined to the vehicle portion supporting body and in signal communication with the microcontroller, and operable to send a signal indicative of relative position of the vehicle portion supporting body with respect to the gravitational field of the Earth while the vehicle is in a fixed position; and, the method comprising:
mounting the vehicle portion supporting body on the vehicle; and
based upon the signal from the vehicle accelerometer, determining the performance capability of the accelerometer in detecting acceleration of the vehicle with respect to the Earth; and
rotating the vehicle and the vehicle portion of the system from the fixed position of the vehicle, detecting the rotation of the vehicle with the vehicle accelerometer, delivering a signal representative of the rotation from the accelerometer to the microcontroller, and based upon that signal, improving the performance capability of the accelerometer.