Patent Application
20210082269
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The disclosure relates to tracking devices and more particularly pertains to a new tracking device for inhibiting a caregiver from leaving a child unattended.
The prior art relates to tracking devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tracking unit that is wearable on a child's wrist. The tracking unit broadcasts a tracking signal. An electronic device is carried by a caregiver and the electronic device receives the tracking signal. The electronic device emits an audible alarm when the tracking signal falls below a pre-determined signal strength. In this way the electronic device alerts the caregiver that the caregiver has moved beyond a pre-determined distance from the child.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The tracking unit 12 includes a control circuit 30 that is coupled to the bracelet 16. a transmitter 32 is coupled to the bracelet 16. The transmitter 32 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 30 and the transmitter 32 broadcasts the tracking signal. The transmitter 32 may be a radio frequency transmitter or the like and the transmitter 32 may employ Bluetooth communication protocols. A power supply 34 is coupled to the bracelet 16, the power supply 34 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 30 and the power supply 34 comprises at least one battery.
An electronic device 36 is included and the electronic device 36 is carried by a caregiver 38. The electronic device 36 receives the tracking signal. Additionally, the electronic device 36 emits an audible alarm when the tracking signal falls below a pre-determined signal strength. In this way the electronic device 36 alerts the caregiver 38 that the caregiver 38 has moved beyond a pre-determined distance from the child 15. The electronic device 36 may be a smart phone or other similar type of personal electronic device.
The electronic device 36 includes a receiver 40 that is coupled to the electronic device 36 and the receiver 40 receives the tracking signal from the transmitter 32. The receiver 40 may be a radio frequency receiver or the like and the receiver 40 may employ Bluetooth communication protocols. The electronic device 36 includes an electronic memory 42 that stores data comprises tracking software. A signal analyzer 44 is included and the signal analyzer 44 is in electrical communication with the receiver 40. The signal analyzer 44 communicates an alert input to the tracking software when the signal analyzer 44 determines the strength of the tracking signal has fallen below a pre-determined threshold.
A display 46 is coupled to the electronic device 36 such that the display 46 is visible to the caregiver 38. The display 46 displays alert indicia 48 when the tracking software receives the alert input. In this way the caregiver 38 is alerted that the caregiver 38 has moved beyond the pre-determined distance from the child 15. Additionally, the electronic device 36 may include a speaker 50 that emits an audible alarm when the tracking software receives the alert input. The pre-determined distance for alerting the caregiver 38 may be programmed with the tracking software. Additionally, the name of the child 15 may be programmed into the tracking software.
In use, the bracelet 16 is worn around the child's wrist 14 and the tracking unit 12 is synched with the electronic device 36. The pre-determined distance and the child's name are programmed into the tracking software. The display 46 displays the alert indicia 48 and the speaker 50 emits the audible alarm when the caregiver 38 moves beyond the pre-determined distance from the child 15. In this way the caregiver 38 is inhibited from inadvertently leaving the child 15 unattended in a vehicle or the like.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
