US 12,273,216 B2
System and method for controlling multiple serial control devices in an emergency vehicle
Kenneth S. Lemieux, Groton, CT (US); Cole Jackson, Cheshire, CT (US); Eric Russell, Middletown, CT (US); and Tomasz Walczak, New Haven, CT (US)
Assigned to WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., Chester, CT (US)
Filed by WHELEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., Chester, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/815,785.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,723, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0295965 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. H04L 12/40 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/40 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2611 (2013.01); B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 12/0661 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for operating multiple serial devices in an emergency response vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of peripheral devices installed in an emergency response vehicle, at least three of the plurality of peripheral devices having a first device type and each being identified as a primary device, a secondary device, or an ancillary device, each of the plurality of peripheral devices configured to receive addressable commands and receive and store an address;
a controller installed in the emergency response vehicle in communication with the plurality of peripheral devices and configured to transmit addressable commands to each of the plurality of peripheral devices; and
a non-transitory storage medium including software executed by at least one processor;
wherein the software detects each of the plurality of peripheral devices in communication with the controller;
wherein the software generates an interactive display including data indicative of each of the plurality of peripheral devices in communication with the controller, the data including a device type for each of the plurality of peripheral devices, and wherein the data indicative of each of the plurality of peripheral devices in communication with the controller is collectively displayed at the same time on the interactive display;
wherein the addresses of each of the plurality of peripheral devices are selectable by a user to create a configuration and duplicate peripheral devices of a same device type are identified with an installation ID and a vehicle location, the software receiving via the interactive display a user specified address for at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices, and
wherein the configuration is transferred to the controller of the emergency response vehicle.