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Vehicular child monitoring system

OwnerJason Edward Sajovicinventor

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Abstract

A vehicular child monitoring system includes a child monitoring device having a connector for securing the device within a motor vehicle and oriented toward a child seat. The device including a mirror, a seat connector, a camera, and a controller having a wireless communication unit and a plurality of sensors. The sensors include a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a proximity sensor, and a child detection sensor. A child monitoring application is communicatively linked to the communication unit and includes functionality for displaying the information received from the camera and each of the sensors, and for determining a separation distance with the child monitoring device. The system including functionality for determining that a child is in the car seat, and that a separation distance is beyond a predetermined threshold and activating an alarm protocol.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A vehicular child monitoring system, comprising:

a child monitoring application that includes machine readable instructions for execution on an external processor enabled device having a speaker, internet connectivity, and a display screen;
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a child monitoring device that includes a main body having a front surface, a back surface and an inside space,
a mirror that is positioned along the front surface of the main body and oriented in a first direction,
a seat connector,
a camera that is positioned along the front surface of the main body,
a child detection sensor that is positioned along the main body, said child detection sensor comprising a non-contact movement sensor that functions to detect a presence of a child located in the first direction, and
a controller that is positioned within the inside space of the main body, said controller being communicatively linked to the camera and the child detection sensor, and including functionality for communicating wirelessly with the child monitoring application.

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Facts

Application: 17/152,493Filed 19 Jan 2021
Published: US 2022/0227259 A121 Jul 2022
Granted: 27 Dec 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

B60R 1/29
Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted…:…
G08B 21/0277
Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child: communication between units on a local network,…
B60N 2/002
Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles: seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted…
B60N 2/0035
Characterised by the type of sensor or measurement: characterised by the sensor data transmission, e.g. wired connections or wireless transmitters…