Passenger monitoring vehicle safety seat and monitoring device
OwnerDouglas K. Ziegler, Arkady Voloshininventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An improved passenger monitoring safety seat and system to monitor vital functions of a passenger placed in the vehicle safety seat. The system includes at least one sensor adapted of contact a passenger placed in the vehicle safety seat so that said sensor provides and transmits an electrical output signal indicative of a selected vital function pertaining to the passenger. A display unit, remote from the vehicle safety seat, includes a receiver and circuitry to acquire and amplify the output signal transmitted by the sensor, and the display unit provides a visual display indicative of said selected vital function. The display unit also provides an alarm if the output signal from the sensor falls outside a pre-selected range.
Claims36
A passenger monitoring vehicle safety seat that includes a system to monitor vital functions of a passenger placed in the vehicle safety seat, comprising:
- a) at least one sensor positioned to contact the passenger so that said at least one sensor provides an output signal indicative of at least one passenger vital function, said at least one passenger vital function selected from a group of vital functions comprising respiration, heart rate, and temperature;
- and
- b) a display unit remote from the vehicle safety seat, said display unit including
- i) a receiver to acquire said output signal indicative of said at least one passenger vital function;
- and
- ii) a visual display indicative of said at least one passenger vital function.
A passenger monitoring vehicle safety seat that includes a system to monitor vital functions of a passenger placed in the passenger monitoring vehicle safety seat, comprising:
- a) a sensor/transmitter unit including,
- i) at least two sensors, each sensor providing an output signal indicative of a selected vital function pertaining to the passenger,
- ii) a multiplexer that converts to digital form said vital function output signals emitted by said at least two sensors,
- iii) means to transmit said digital signal;
- and
- b) a receiver/display unit including,
- i) means to receive said digital signal transmitted by said sensor/transmitter unit,
- ii) a decoder that separates said digital signal into separate channels, each channel carrying vital function information related to one of the output signals emitted by said at least two sensors, and
- iii) a real time visual based upon vital function information received from said separate channels, said visual display indicative of the selected vital functions pertaining to the passenger.
A infant bearing device that includes a system to monitor vital functions of an occupant, comprising:
- a) a sensor/transmitter unit including,
- i) at least two sensors, each sensor providing an vital function output signal indicative of a selected vital function pertaining to the occupant,
- ii) a multiplexer that converts to digital form said vital function output signals emitted by said at least two sensors,
- iii) means to transmit said digital signal;
- and
- b) a receiver/display unit including,
- i) means to receive said digital signal transmitted by said sensor/transmitter unit,
- ii) a decoder that separates said digital signal into separate channels, each channel carrying vital function information related to one of the output signals emitted by said at least two sensors, and
- iii) a real time visual based upon vital function information received from said separate channels, said visual display indicative of the selected vital functions pertaining to the passenger.
A method for monitoring vital functions of an infant placed in an infant bearing device, the steps of the method comprising:
- providing at least one sensor positioned to contact the infant;
- generating with said at least one sensor an output signal indicative of at least one infant vital function selected from a group of infant vital functions comprising respiration, heart rate, and temperature;
- receiving with a display unit said output signal generated by said at least one sensor;
- and
- providing a visual display based upon said output signal received by said display unit, said visual display indicative of said at least one infant vital function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.