Vehicular safety seat, controller coupled with vehicular safety seat, and vehicular safety seat system

• US 10,434,965 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Yanling
• Primary Examiner(s): Cass, Jean Paul
• Application Number:
  US15/533,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20180194307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6893 Cars
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/26 for children B60N2/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/56 Heating or ventilating devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/879 with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/90 Details or parts not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel

Abstract

The present application discloses a vehicular safety seat for a passenger including a detector configured to detect a plurality of physiological parameters and a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the passenger; a first transmitter configured to transmit a first set of physiological and environmental parameters detected by the detector; a first receiver configured to receive a control signal for controlling at least one parameter from among the plurality of physiological and environmental parameters based on a determination that a monitored parameter in the first set of physiological and environmental parameters has a first value that exceeds a corresponding monitored parameter threshold value; and an adjustor configured to adjust at least one of the plurality of environmental parameters based on the control signal.

Claims

1. A vehicular safety seat for a passenger, comprising:

a detector configured to detect a plurality of physiological parameters and a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the passenger;

a first transmitter configured to transmit a first set of physiological and environmental parameters detected by the detector;

a first receiver configured to receive a control signal for controlling at least one parameter from among the plurality of physiological and environmental parameters based on a determination that a monitored parameter in the first set of physiological and environmental parameters has a first value that exceeds a corresponding monitored parameter threshold value;

an adjustor configured to adjust a specifically monitored environmental parameter of the plurality of environmental parameters based on the control signal; and

a head rest for supporting at least a portion of the passenger'"'"'s head and neck, provided on a seat back of the vehicular safety seat;

wherein the detector is configured to detect a second set of physiological and environmental parameters at a second time interval after the adjustor adjusts the specifically monitored environmental parameter of the plurality of environmental parameters;

the first transmitter is configured to transmit the second set of physiological and environmental parameters;

the adjustor is configured to continue adjusting the specifically monitored environmental parameter of the plurality of environmental parameters based on a determination that the monitored parameter in the second set of physiological and environmental parameters has a second value that exceeds the corresponding monitored parameter threshold value, and is closer to the corresponding monitored parameter threshold value than the first value;

the detector comprises a first temperature sensor configured to sense a skin temperature of the passenger, and a second temperature sensor configured to sense an ambient temperature;

the first temperature sensor is on a first surface of the head rest configured to be at least partially in contact with the passenger'"'"'s neck; and

the second temperature sensor is on a second surface beside the first surface of the head rest configured to have no contact with the passenger;

the adjustor comprises one or more of a temperature adjustor, a music player, a tension adjustor, and a dryer;

the temperature adjustor comprises an air ventilating apparatus on a side surface of a seat back of the vehicular safety seat; and

the specifically monitored environmental parameter is selected from a group consisting of ambient temperature, ambient sound level, tension of a vehicular seat belt, and ambient humidity.

2. The vehicular safety seat of claim 1, wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit the first set of physiological and environmental parameters at every first time interval.

3. The vehicular safety seat of claim 1, wherein the detector comprises a sound sensor for sensing a volume level of sound in the passenger'"'"'s vicinity;

and

the first transmitter is configured to transmit the first set of physiological and environmental parameters when the volume level of sound in the passenger'"'"'s vicinity exceeds a threshold volume level.

4. The vehicular safety seat of claim 1, wherein the detector comprises one or more of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a heart rate sensor, and a pressure sensor.

5. The vehicular safety seat of claim 1, wherein the detector comprises a camera configured to obtain an image of the passenger.

6. A controller configured to be coupled with a vehicular safety seat of claim 1, comprising:

a second receiver configured to receive from the first transmitter the first set of physiological and environmental parameters;

a processor configured to compare the first set of physiological and environmental parameters with a set of threshold physiological and environmental parameters, and determine whether the monitored parameter in the first set of physiological and environmental parameters has the first value that exceeds the corresponding monitored parameter threshold value; and

a second transmitter configured to transmit the control signal to the first receiver;

wherein the detector is configured to detect a second set of physiological and environmental parameters at a second time interval after the adjustor adjusts the specifically monitored environmental parameter of the plurality of environmental parameters;

the first transmitter is configured to transmit to the second receiver the second set of physiological and environmental parameters;

the second receiver is configured to receive from the first transmitter the second set of physiological and environmental parameters;

the processor is configured to compare the second set of physiological and environmental parameters with the set of threshold physiological and environmental parameters, and determine whether any parameter in the second set of physiological and environmental parameters has a value that exceeds a corresponding threshold value; and

the processor is configured to compare the second set of physiological and environmental parameters with the set of threshold physiological and environmental parameters and the first set of physiological and environmental parameters, and determine whether the monitored parameter in the second set of physiological and environmental parameters has a second value that exceeds the corresponding monitored parameter threshold value and is closer to the corresponding monitored parameter threshold value than the first value.

7. The controller of claim 6, wherein the second transmitter is configured to transmit an alarm signal when the second value that is not closer to the corresponding monitored parameter threshold value than the first value.

8. The controller of claim 6, further comprising a display panel configured to display a current set of physiological and environmental parameters associated with the passenger, and an indication whether any parameter in the current set of physiological and environmental parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold value.

9. The controller of claim 6, wherein the controller is integrated into a mobile apparatus or a vehicle-mounted electronic system.