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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas Robert George Thompson, Brentwood Essex, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A garment for cycling, having indicating lights associated with sleeves of the garment; first and second accelerometers provided on respective sleeves; and a controller configured to receive data from the accelerometers and determine from the date whether a wearer of the garment has raised an arm to indicate a maneuver. The controller is further configured to illuminate the appropriate indicating light depending on which arm has been raised, and to compare the data from the first and second accelerometers to filter out movements common to both the first and second accelerometers and determine when the sleeves are being moved independently of one another in a manner to indicate a turn.