Patent ID: 7932820

Claim:
A safety helmet system for motorcycle and bicycle (“Cycle”) riders, comprising: a. a helmet power supply means; b. said power supply means supplying power to an electroluminescent strip through an on-off switch; c. said electroluminescent strip surrounding the periphery of said helmet and remaining lit constantly or intermittently during helmet use; d. said electroluminescent strip, when lit, emits a white color, and said strip comprises light filters of a color selected from the group consisting of red, yellow, orange and blue; e. said power supply means powering a single axis accelerometer with sensitive axis oriented along motorcycle travel direction, a microprocessor, and arrays or plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) located on the back side of said helmet; f. said microprocessor capturing highest deceleration data from said single axis accelerometer in a motorcycle braking cycle, and segmenting said deceleration data into low deceleration, medium deceleration and high deceleration; g. said microprocessor turning on an innermost LED array for low deceleration rate, an innermost and next LED array for medium deceleration rate and an innermost array, an next array and an outer most LED array for high deceleration rate, presenting a progressively larger LED lit area to automobile drivers directly behind said Cycle; h. said single axis accelerometer delivers deceleration data to said microprocessor as analog data; i. said LED array, when lit, emits a red color; and j. said single axis accelerometer is a micro machined capacitive acceleration sensor with analog data delivery to said microprocessors; whereby said lit electroluminescent strip communicates information concerning said Cycle to automobile drivers in the vicinity of said rider, and said lit LED arrays communicate deceleration rate to automobile drivers directly behind the Cycle enabling timely application of brakes that prevent rear end collisions and other accidents, thereby providing an improved safety margin for the Cycle rider.