Patent ID: 6404351
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
An emergency vehicle warning system for notifying all drivers that an emergency vehicle is approaching, wherein the system works with the driver's vehicles and with traffic lights at intersections, the system comprising, in combination:four directional receivers disposed within each of the driver's vehicles, the receivers being directed in opposing directions to span 360 degrees, each of the receivers being capable of receiving a single radio frequency; a directional display and speaker disposed interiorly of each of the driver's vehicles, the directional display and speaker being in communication with the four directional receivers, the directional display including illuminatable direction arrows; an omni-directional receiver disposed within each of the traffic lights in communication with an operating light system thereof, the omni-directional and directional receiver being capable of receiving a same radio frequency as the four directional receivers, the omni-directional receiver including an audible alarm, the directional receiver being capable of receiving a second radio frequency; and a transmitter disposed within the emergency vehicle, the transmitter being in communication with the four directional receivers and the omni-directional receiver, whereby the transmitter generates the single radio frequency to a secondary transmitter disposed in the emergency vehicle, the secondary transmitter being in contact with four directional receivers in the traffic light.