SIGNAL EMITTER-RECEIVER DEVICE FOR WARNING ABOUT HIGHWAY INCIDENTS

摘要

The invention concerns a signal emitter-receiver device for warning about highway incidents configured to be installed in a first vehicle (100), comprising: a programmable integrated circuit (2); an emitter (3) configured to emit a first signal (101) from the first vehicle (100); a receiver (4) configured to receive a second signal (201) emitted by a second vehicle or object (200); and a manual activation module (5) configured to activate and deactivate the emitter (3). The device (1) comprises a travel direction monitoring module (6) which has a digital accelerometer (7) configured to detect abnormal movements of the first vehicle (100) and a digital compass (8) configured to detect the travel direction of the first vehicle (100) and to record periodic data thereof during its normal movement.