Patent ID: 6960008
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A display system to provide a visual indication of the deceleration of a motor vehicle in response to a pressure applied to the brake pedal shoe of the vehicle, whereby to slow the vehicle, said display system comprising a display having at least one light carried by said vehicle, a pressure sensor located at the interior of the brake pedal shoe and responsive to the pressure applied thereto and control circuitry connected between said pressure sensor and the said at least one light of said display for causing said light to be illuminated when a pressure is applied to the brake pedal shoe, said pressure sensor including an optical emitter to transmit an optical signal and an optical detector aligned with said optical emitter to receive the optical signal therefrom, the pressure being applied to the brake pedal shoe resulting in an interruption of at least some of the optical signal being transmitted between said optical emitter and said optical detector for causing the said at least one light of said display to be illuminate.