General Signal Corporation

Mark H Sluis

John H Auer, Jr

Robert F Anderson

David B Rutherford

Carl G Shook

An alarm or signalling system between a transmitter station and a receiver station either or both of which may be in motion. A signal is selectively radiated from the transmitter station for detection at the receiver station. The receiver station includes processing means for responding to the received signal and producing a new signal indicative of selected physical relationships between the transmitter and receiver stations during the period of signal transmission and reception. The modified signal may indicate approaching or departing relative motion and/or magnitude of separation. One embodiment may incorporate synchronizing signals transmitted from a central control station. This embodiment may include receiver stations with and without the synchronizing equipment.

Alarms between stations with relative motion

Apparatus for insuring a vehicle operator's attentiveness at potentially dangerous locations along a path of travel. A signalling device is provided in advance of a potentially dangerous location, in the direction of travel of the vehicle. A vehicle carried signal responsive device responds to the signalling device when within the effective zone of the signalling device. The vehicle includes warning apparatus, for example, an alarm and a buzzer. The vehicle also includes an operator actuatable push button and a speed sensing apparatus. A control device responds to the push button and to the vehicle carried signal responsive device to operate either the buzzer or the alarm. If the operator evidences his alertness to the potentially dangerous location by actuating the push button prior to reaching the signalling device (within some constraint), the control apparatus merely sounds the buzzer when the signalling device is detected and resets itself. On the other hand, if the operator fails to actuate the push button in advance of detection of the signalling device, or, if his actuation is too far in advance of detection, then the alarm is energized and will remain energized until the vehicle is brought to a stop, or a low speed, at which point, push button actuation can cancel the alarm.

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Pittsford, NY, United States of America

Mark H Sluis