Cell Phone Safety Monitor With Interactive Camera

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention include a novel cell phone safety monitoring system that assists a cell phone user to remain aware of areas of concern while the person is dialing, texting, or viewing text messages on the cell phone. The cell phone safety monitoring system works independently of the dialing and texting features of the cell phone and comprises an interactive camera to capture images of the areas of concern and a safety monitor to display the captured images. In some embodiments, the interactive camera is physically separate from the cell phone and the safety monitor. The camera can be placed anywhere suitable to capture video of areas of concern to send to the safety monitor. In some embodiments, the safety monitor and the cell phone are separate devices and are connected together by a retractable pedestal. In some other embodiments, the safety monitor is integrated into a display screen of the cell phone.

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