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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Emergency Technology, Inc., Hudsonville, MI (US);
William S. Buehler, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Kevin Carpenter, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Kyle Israels, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Michael Walma, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Emergency Technology, Inc., Hudsonville, MI (US);
Abstract
An emergency vehicle control system with functional warning units for use in an emergency vehicle provide active visual and audible alerts. The functional warning unit includes a set of alert devices, each alert device having at least one functional connection and a remote controller, connected to the set of alert devices and configured to receive an encoded message on a single data line from a central controller. The remote controller is configured to decode the encoded message to a set of desired states for each of the set of alert devices. The remote controller is configured to control the set of alert devices, by way of the at least one functional connection, according to the respective desired state of each of the set of alert devices.