ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,463, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to STAR SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Avon, N.Y.).
"Warning lights using dominantly visible violet light to induce fluorescence in photoluminescent materials" was invented by James J. Cronmiller (Penfield, N.Y.) and Stephen T. Vukosic (Avon, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warning light having light sources for emitting light of different colors via at least a lens, where one of the colors is violet and other of the colors is non-violet along a spectrum of visible illumination. A controller selectably activates the light source(s) emitting non-violet light to provide visible warning signals, and ...