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US 2017/0282791 A1Published application
Smart Seat
OwnerJorja Voorhiesinventor
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Abstract
An infant or toddler car seat is provided with smart technology to reduce or eliminate unattended child being left inside a vehicle. The car seat is programmed to alert pre-inserted contacts in addition to emergency services. The number of sensors combine together, to trigger an alert that an infant or child is left inside the car on seat as soon as an electronic device wirelessly connected to the central processing unit installed inside the vehicle.
Claims33
A system for use with a child safety seat of a vehicle, comprising:
- a central processing unit configured to a dashboard of the vehicle;
- a sensor mechanism connected to the central processing unit;
- an electronic device wirelessly connected to the central processing unit over a network;
- and,
- a video surveillance system.
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A method for use with a child safety seat of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- providing an electronic device wirelessly connected to a central processing unit via a network;
- detecting when a wireless receiver is located outside a predefined distance of the child safety seat using a proximity sensor;
- detecting a presence of a first person in a driver seat using a first weight sensor;
- detecting a presence of a person in the child safety seat using a second weight sensor;
- signaling the presence of the second person on the child safety seat to a transmitter;
- signaling the absence of the first person on the driver seat to a transmitter;
- transmitting a wireless signal to the wireless receiver using the transmitter when the first weight sensor detects absence of the first person on the driver seat, the second weight sensor detects the presence of the second on the child safety seat and the wireless receiver is located outside the predefined distance;
- generating an alert via the wireless signal configured to the wireless receiver;
- providing a video surveillance system with a video camera and a video display monitor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.