Child environment monitoring system
AssigneeEvenflo Company, Inc.
InventorsJessica Popelka, Sharon Ruggieri, Michael Brian Williams, JR.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to a child monitoring system. The child monitoring system can comprise various components to monitor a presence of a child, monitor a state of a child, identify a buckle status (e.g., bucked or unbuckled), guide proper installation of a car seat, ensure correct child positioning and car seat configuration, provide notifications of incorrect positioning and/or installation, and the like. The child monitoring system can be used with a car seat, stroller, booster seat, crib, etc. The child monitoring system can be utilized to monitor a child and automatically initiate intelligent actions based on the monitored environment.
Claims20
A child monitoring system comprising:
- one or more processors to:
- receive at least one input from one or more input devices of a car seat;
- determine that a child is present in the car seat based on the at least one input;
- and
- upon determining that the child is present in the car seat, activate one or more presence-based features including automatically communicating a notification to a computing device separate from the car seat.
A child monitoring system, comprising:
- one or more input devices to identify a plurality of fiducial markers;
- and
- one or more processors to:
- determine, using the fiducial markers, one or more position values comprising a child head position, a buckle position, and a harness tightness;
- and
- communicate an alert to a separate device indicating that an adjustment of at least one of the one or more position values is required.
A method, comprising:
- identifying, via one or more sensors monitoring a handle position, a position of a handle of a car seat;
- based on the one or more sensors identifying that the position of the handle of the car seat is in a first position, determining a presence of a child in the car seat;
- and
- activating one or more features based on each of the presence of the child and the first position of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.