Abstract: An apparatus for providing deceleration rate information of a user operating a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a unit including an accelerometer, a processor, and a lighting mechanism. The processor receives from the accelerometer deceleration info of the vehicle and variably adjusts at least one aspect of the lighting mechanism, thereby quantitatively signaling the deceleration rate to a driver of a following vehicle. The unit may be mounted on an article of clothing, a bag, or the vehicle itself.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 23, 2016
Assignee:
Vectolabs, LLC
Inventors:
Mohammad Faizal Ali, Randall Jay Redding
Abstract: An apparatus for providing deceleration rate information of a user operating a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a unit including an accelerometer, a processor, and a lighting mechanism. The processor receives from the accelerometer deceleration info of the vehicle and variably adjusts at least one aspect of the lighting mechanism, thereby quantitatively signaling the deceleration rate to a driver of a following vehicle. The unit may be mounted on an article of clothing, a bag, or the vehicle itself.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 2011
Date of Patent:
September 23, 2014
Assignee:
Vectolabs, LLC
Inventors:
Mohammad Faizal Ali, Randall Jay Redding