Single wire light control system

Claim 1

In combination with a series of electrical devices and vehicle lights including a power line, warning lights and signal lights near the front and near the rear of a vehicle such as a bus, a single-control-wire digital system comprising electrical devices and lighting control means and transmitter means, and receiver means for generating combined data, clock, and synchronization signals in a single clock system and for responding thereto for controlling electrical devices and for illuminating warning and signal lights, said transmitter means including signal converter means for transforming parallel-in signals to serial-out signals at a first zone of said vehicle, and means for collecting command data simultaneously from a plurality of said lighting control means, and for converting said data to serial pulse signals, said receiver means including signal converter means for transforming serial-in signals to parallel-out signals at a second zone of said vehicle, and for decoding said serial pulse signals received, and responsive thereto for directing on and off command data to energize selectively specific ones of said electrical devices and lights as dictated solely by the time-position of said pulse signals from said transmitter means, and pulse conductor means interconnecting said transmitter means with said receiver means for conveying electrical signals therebetween.