Patent ReferencesMobile radio vehicle control system Computer controlled lighting system having automatically variable position, color, intensity and beam divergence Industrial process control system Method and apparatus for selecting and setting the mode of operation for a mechanism Control device for writing for multi-window display Mounting system for equipment in police vehicles Document processing method and system using multiwindow Master station apparatus for remote supervisory control system with touch panel video display Circuit and method for automatically sweeping through a plurality of siren modes Portable printing apparatus with movable paper feed gate InventorsApplicationNo. 283348 filed on 03/31/1999US Classes:701/36, Vehicle subsystem or accessory control340/468, External signal light system340/472, Auxiliary signal permanently attached to vehicle340/815.4, VISUAL INDICATION340/937, With camera348/118Land vehicleExaminersPrimary: Cuchlinski, William A. Jr.Assistant: Beaulieu, Yonel Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesB60Q 001/26G06F 007/00 AbstractImprovements for an ALERT.RTM.-type vehicle-based control system are described. The improvements encompass the use of a multiple control unit architecture for more efficient processing of user interface functions and device commands. The improved architecture allows one control unit to manage the control functions for a first device set. The second, or subsequent, control unit offloads the management of device control functions from the first control unit. Devices and methods are also described for incorporating the control system into a vehicle data bus, such as the IDB. | |