US 8,044,782 B2Granted

Protecting children and passengers with respect to a vehicle

OwnerAsher S. Sabaninventor

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Abstract

There is provided a system and methods for mitigation of the potential dangers to which at least a child, and passengers, are exposed to prior to, during travel and after travel, when outside and adjacent a vehicle. Potential dangers to which a child is exposed are risks associated with driving and non-driving behavior of the driver, when the child is inside and outside the vehicle, when the vehicle is driven on public roads and on private property grounds, and as a result of deficient of mistaken operation of child and passenger related devices. The system and methods require input commands into an indicator to operate equipment elements aboard the vehicle, including sensors, operable devices and alert systems, and are operative for communication with remote stations, with adjacent-driven vehicles, and with the vehicle owner.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for protecting at least one child from hazards presented by a vehicle, the vehicle having equipment elements, the method being implemented by the equipment elements of the vehicle to perform functions comprising:

operating equipment elements pertaining to category A, which comprises elements which enable child safety related applications when the at least one child is identified as being present in the vehicle;
operating equipment elements pertaining to category B, which comprises elements which enable child safety related applications when the at least one child is identified as being an occupant of a specific vehicle seat VSj;
operating equipment elements pertaining to category C, which comprises elements which enable child safety related applications when the at least one child is identified as being an occupant of an ICSS operatively coupled to the vehicle seat VSj;
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operating equipment elements pertaining to category D, which comprises elements relating to applications the operations of which are based on attributes of an owner of the vehicle.

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Facts

Application: 12/857,053Filed 16 Aug 2010 · division
Priority: IL 17463430 Mar 2006
Published: US 2010/0302022 A12 Dec 2010
Granted: 25 Oct 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60N 2/002
Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles: seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted…
B60N 2/267
With detection or alerting means responsive to presence or absence of children; with detection or alerting means responsive to improper locking…
B60N 2/268
With detection or alerting means responsive to presence or absence of children; with detection or alerting means responsive to improper locking…
B60N 2/272
Detecting or alerting means responsive to securing the child in the seat: buckle lock sensors for child seat safety belts

Family

PCT/IL2007/000403Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Mar 2007
Application12/284,040Parent of this division · filed 18 Sep 2008
US 2010/0302022 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Dec 2010
US 7,796,021 B2Parent of this division
Application12/284,040Parent of this continuation
US 2009/0027188 A1Published application
US 8,044,782 B2This patent

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