US 11,938,861 B2
Remote lighting system and methods of operating same
David R. Werner, Pittsford, NY (US); and David Zima, Sorrento, FL (US)
Assigned to Third Eye Design, Inc., Pittsford, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/616,130
Filed by Third Eye Design, Inc., Pittsford, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/035760
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247395, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,222, filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242304 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/2676 (2013.01) [A42B 3/0453 (2013.01); B60Q 1/381 (2022.05); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); B60Q 2900/30 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An auxiliary lighting system for a helmet operable in conjunction with a lighting system of a vehicle comprising a vehicle brake light, the auxiliary lighting system comprising:
a) a microcontroller;
b) a vehicle portion comprising:
a vehicle portion supporting body mountable on the vehicle;
a vehicle transceiver in signal communication with the microcontroller; and
a vehicle accelerometer joined to the vehicle portion supporting body and in signal communication with the microcontroller, and operable to send a signal indicative of relative position of the vehicle accelerometer with respect to the gravitational field of the Earth;
wherein the microcontroller is programmed with an algorithm such that when executed, the microcontroller receives the signal indicative of the relative position of the vehicle accelerometer, and determines the performance capability of the vehicle accelerometer in detecting acceleration of the vehicle with respect to the Earth based upon the signal indicative of the position of the vehicle accelerometer; and such that when the vehicle is rotated from the fixed position to an alternative position and the microcontroller receives a signal from the vehicle accelerometer representative of the rotation, based upon that signal, the performance capability of the vehicle accelerometer is improved.