Patent ID: 6922137
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
1. A collision and theft alert system for allowing a user to safely and efficiently notify occupants in nearby vehicles or structures when an emergency has taken place comprising, in combination: a vehicle having a passenger compartment and an airbag deployment system and a power source and at least one window and a communications system coupled to an existing Global Positioning System, known as GPS, the vehicle also having at least one keypad located in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, the keypad being capable of sending a signal; an airbag sensor being operatively coupled to an existing airbag deployment system, the airbag sensor being capable of detecting and sending a signal when the airbag is deployed; a window sensor being operatively coupled to a vehicle window, the window sensor being capable of detecting and sending a signal when the vehicle window is broken; a processor being operatively coupled to the airbag sensor and to the window sensor and to the power source and to the keypad, the processor capable of receiving an incoming signal and sending an outgoing signal, the processor receiving an incoming signal from the airbag sensor when the airbag is deployed, the processor also receiving an incoming signal from the window sensor when the window is broken, the processor also receiving an incoming signal from the keypad when a specific emergency code is entered in the keypad, the processor also being capable of sending an outgoing signal when an incoming signal is received from any sensor, the processor also being capable of sending an outgoing signal to activate the communication system of the vehicle to transmit the GPS location of the vehicle at the time of the processor sending an outgoing signal; and at least one telescoping, high intensity strobe light having a nesting tube, the strobe light having a non-deployed state in which the strobe is contained within the nesting the tube and the light does not flash, the strobe light also having a deployed state in which the strobe protrudes from the nesting tube and the light flashes, the strobe being operatively coupled to the processor to allow the strobe light to be activated and deployed when the strobe light receives an outgoing signal from the processor.