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Method of preventing cell phone use while vehicle is in motion

Details

Inventors: Oyaski, Michael F.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Urban; Edward F.
Assistant Examiner: Nguyen; Thuan T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: James Ray & Associates

The present invention provides a method for preventing a driver of a motor vehicle from using a cellular telephone while the motor vehicle is in motion. The invention comprises a step of determining a position of the gear shift lever in such motor vehicle and generating a first signal when the position of such gear shift lever is moved to and remains in one of drive, overdrive, second, low, and reverse. Another step involves transmitting such signal generated in a previous step to a means disposed in a predetermined location on such motor vehicle for generating a reverse phase signal. Another step involves generating such reverse phase signal when such first signal is received by such means. A next step is transmitting such reverse phase signal for a predetermined radius from such predetermined location. A last step is preventing any cellular telephone transmission within such predetermined radius when such reversed phase frequency signal is being transmitted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In a first embodiment the present invention provides a method for preventing a driver and/or operator of a motor vehicle from using a cellular telephone while the motor vehicle is in motion.
The invention comprises a step of determining a position of the gear shift lever disposed in a first predetermined location on such motor vehicle and generating a first signal when the position of such gear shift lever is moved to and remains in a position of one of drive, overdrive, second, low, and reverse.
Another step involves transmitting such first signal generated in a previous step to a means disposed in a second predetermined location on such motor vehicle for generating a reverse phase signal.
Another step involves generating such reverse phase signal when such first signal is received by such means.
A next step is transmitting such reverse phase signal for a predetermined radius from such second predetermined location.
A last step is preventing any cellular telephone transmission within such predetermined radius while such reversed phase frequency signal is being transmitted.
Another embodiment of the invention requires a modification to present cell phones.
This method for preventing a driver of a motor vehicle from using a cellular telephone while the vehicle is in motion comprises a first step of determining a position of a gear shift lever disposed in a predetermined location on such motor vehicle and generating a first signal when such gear shift lever is moved to and remains in one of drive, overdrive, second, low and reverse.
Another step involves transmitting such first signal, generated in a previous step, to a receiving and transmitting means disposed in a second predetermined location on such motor vehicle for generating a second signal.
The next step involves generating a second signal when such first signal is received by such receiving and transmitting means for generating the second signal and then transmitting such second signal for a predetermined radius from such second predetermined location

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