Abstract: A vehicle restraining system using an electrical impulse to disable the control system of a targeted vehicle including a roadway module placed at a location to engage the targeted vehicle for delivering the electrical impulse to the vehicle; a roadside module for generating the energy required for the electrical impulse and delivering the energy to the roadway module; and an operator interface module for operating the restraining system. In addition, a method of disabling the control system of a vehicle by delivering an electrical impulse to the vehicle includes the steps of charging a vehicle restraining system; setting the charged vehicle restraining system to disable the next encountered vehicle; detecting the next encountered vehicle, and delivering the electrical impulse to the targeted vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicular-borne illumination control system of the invention for vehicular use automatically controls intensity of a signal light source, i.e., center mounted brake signal, as a function of one or more safety-affecting parameters, e.g., deceleration and/or light level or other ambient condition including fog or precipitation as sensed by sensor(s) of the system. MOSFET switching controls energization of the light from vehicle power, with capability of providing different possible illumination levels by duty cycle control. A microcontroller is responsive sensor input for controlling the duty cycle to vary energization of the light source for transition between said different illumination levels. The transition is thus able to be varied according to a time-varying function, as effectively by spiked overdriving or underdriving, to compensate for human physiological inability to perceive change in the different intensity levels or states.

Abstract: A control system for derricks, cranes, and the like consisting of a remote control box, fiber optic cable, reel, tubular connector, tube, swivel coupler, and terminal box which allows instructions for controlling the functional device to be sent from a location remote to the functional device via a light conducting element to a terminal box within a control center situated on the body of a truck, etc. on which said functional device is mounted.

Abstract: For counting objects moving along a line of flow in a forward or reverse direction, a system utilizes upstream and downstream sensors and a logic subsystem to provide pulse signals to a counter. The logic subsystem produces an upcount or downcount signal only after a sequence of system states is consecutively achieved. Before a count signal is produced an intervening state-confirming signal is required. When such confirming signal is followed by a count-producing signal the logic subsystem automatically resets to a reverse flow condition. Thus, neither vibrations nor reversal of object flow at any point will cause a false count.