Patent ID: 6568109
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A remotely activated building address display device comprising:a housing, and an AC power source; a plurality of alphanumeric display devices contained in said housing, each of said display devices changeably capable of displaying a single digit of an address, said digit being a number or a letter, said display devices powered by said AC power source; a control circuit in said housing capable of turning said display devices off and on, and capable of adjusting brightness of said display devices; a counting circuit, said counting circuit allowing said alphnumeric display to be changed by counting through a predetermined sequence; a light sensor mounted at the end of an elongated tube, whereby said tube prevents said light sensor from sensing headlight glare; said light sensor causing said control circuit to turn on said alphanumeric display devices in the presence of bright emergency light, said control circuit also causing said display devices to increase in brightness in bright light and decrease in brightness in dim light; a timer coupled to said control circuit, said timer causing said alphanumeric display device to stay on for a predetermined time after said light sensor detects the presence of said bright light.