Patent Application
20190225114
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The disclosure and prior art relates to car seat devices and more particularly pertains to a new car seat device for monitoring the health of a child thereon.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a child safety seat that has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface is configured to receive a child thereon. A housing is attached to the child safety seat. A sensing unit is mounted on the housing. The sensing unit is configured to detect when a mass is positioned in the child safety seat and is further configured to detect vital signs of the mass in the child safety seat when the mass is a child. The vital signs include body temperature and heart rate. The sensing unit also detects an ambient temperature of air adjacent to the child safety seat. A display is mounted on the child safety seat and is electrically coupled to the sensing unit. The display displays each of the ambient temperature, the temperature of the child, the heart rate of the child and the weight of the child. A power supply is mounted in the housing. The power supply is electrically coupled to the sensing unit and the display.
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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A sensing unit 24 is mounted on the housing 18. The sensing unit 24 detects when a mass is positioned in the child safety seat 12 and further detects vital signs of the mass in the child safety seat 12 when the mass is a child. The vital signs include body temperature and heart rate. Furthermore, the sensing unit 24 detects an ambient temperature of air adjacent to the child safety seat 12.
The sensing unit 24 comprises a control circuit 26 and a car thermostat 28 that is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26. The car thermostat 28 is in thermal communication with ambient air outside of the housing 18 and measures the temperature of the ambient air. A child thermostat 30 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26 and is in thermal communication with a body of the child when the child is positioned in the child safety seat 12. The child thermostat 30 measures the body temperature of the child's body. A heartbeat sensor 32 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26 and abuts the child when the child is in the child safety seat 12 to measure a heartbeat of the child. A weight sensor 34 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26 and the weight sensor 34 detects when a mass of greater than 5.0 pounds is positioned in the child safety seat 12.
A display 36 is mounted on the child safety seat 12. The display 36 is electrically coupled to the sensing unit 24 and displays each of the ambient temperature, the temperature of the child, the heart rate of the child and the weight of the child. A blower 38 is mounted on the child safety seat 12 and blows air toward a central area 40 of the child safety seat 12 when turned on. The blower 38 is electrically coupled to the sensing unit 24 and turned on when the sensing unit 24 detects a dangerous ambient temperature. The dangerous ambient temperature is an ambient temperature greater than 90° F.
A transceiver 42 is mounted on the housing 18 and is detectable by an external navigation system. The external navigation system comprises a global positioning system wherein in an emergency situation the child safety seat 12 can be located using the global positioning system.
An extrinsic electronic device 44 is positioned remote of the housing 18 and has an audio file stored thereon. A sound emitting unit 46 is mounted on the child safety seat 2 and is in electrical communication with the extrinsic electronic device 44. The sound emitting unit 44 receives the audio file from the extrinsic electronic device 44 and emits the audio file when received.
The sound emitting unit 46 comprises a sound emitter 48 that is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26. The sound emitter 48 is mounted on the child safety seat 12. A receiver 50 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 26 and is electrically coupleable to the extrinsic electronic device 44. Moreover, the extrinsic electronic device 44 selectively sends the audio file to the receiver 50 wherein the sound emitter 48 emits the audio file.
A power supply 52 is mounted in the housing 18. The power supply 52 is electrically coupled to the sensing unit 24, the display 36, the blower, the transceiver 42 and the sound emitting unit 46. The power supply 52 comprises a battery wherein the battery is rechargeable.
In use, the child safety seat 12 is positioned in an interior of a vehicle. The child is placed on the upper surface 14 and is detected by the sensing unit 24. The sensing unit 24 detects each of the ambient temperature, the temperature of the child, the heart rate of the child and the weight of the child wherein the detected value is visible on the display 36. If the sensing unit 24 detects an ambient temperature over the dangerous ambient temperature the blower 38 is turned on to blow air toward the child to cool the child. The transceiver 42 can be detected by global positioning system to detect the child safety seat 12. Further, the sound emitting unit 48 is equipped to receive and play the audio file from the extrinsic electronic device 44.
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.
