Occupant Protection System and Method
OwnerJose Rafael Rafael Jaunarena-Ferrariinventor
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Abstract
An occupant protection system is disclosed for indicating when a passenger is occupying a seat. The system alerts the driver of the fact that a passenger is in the passenger's seat through visual and/or audio indicia, which will be activated when the passenger's seatbelt is buckled. A timing circuit, which will be activated a predetermined time after the car seat is locked, will generate the audio and/or visual indicia which will be deactivated when the driver's seatbelt is buckled, ensuring both passenger and driver's safety. Once the driver's seatbelt is unbuckled, the system will detect that the passenger seatbelt is buckled and will generate the audio and/or visual indicia to indicate that the passenger, particularly a child and/or baby is in the car.
Claims27
An occupant protection system comprising:
- at least one passenger detection device;
- at least one driver detection device;
- a monitoring device connected to at least one of:
- said at least one driver detection device and said at least one passenger detection device;
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- at least one indicating device connected to at least one of:
- said at least one passenger detection device, said at least one driver detection device, and said monitoring device.
A method for protecting an occupant comprising:
- detecting a lock/unlock state of a passenger's seatbelt;
- detecting a lock/unlock state of a driver's seatbelt;
- generating an indicating signal based on at least one of:
- the passenger's seatbelt state and the driver's seatbelt state.
A method for protecting an occupant comprising:
- installing in a first transportation means at least one driver detecting device;
- at least one passenger detecting device;
- a monitoring device and an indicating device;
- and generating an indication signal when a monitored condition occurs in said first transportation means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.