Patent ID: 6471373
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
An emergency strobe light system, for providing a visual indicator to emergency personnel approaching a dwelling that an emergency call has been placed from the dwelling, said dwelling having one or more telephones and a front window, comprising:a telephone interface, having a telephone jack for connecting to one of the telephones, a DTMF decoder for determining that an emergency telephone number has been dialed on said telephone connected to the telephone jack, and an RF transmitter, for generating an RF signal upon the determination that an emergency telephone number has been dialed; and a main housing, physically distinct from the telephone interface, the main housing having a front panel, suction cups located on the front panel for attaching to the front window of the dwelling, a strobe light located at the front panel, an RF receiver for detecting the RF signal, and a latch which is enabled upon the detection of the RF signal by the latch, wherein the strobe light is activated when the latch is enabled.