Escape system for a sinking car and ultrasonic component thereof

• US 10,488,246 B1
• Filed: 11/05/2018
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jr-Hui Hsieh
• Original Assignee: Jr-Hui Hsieh
• Inventors: Hsieh, Jr-Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adnan, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US16/180,106
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0016 Fall in water
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0027 Post collision measures, e.g. notifying emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01211 Expansion of air bags
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01252 Devices other than bags
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01286 Electronic control units
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01 Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements, e.g. airbags, safety belt tighteners, in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents electrical circuits for transmission of signals between steering wheel and the vehicle itself B60R16/027; for electrically actuating belt retractor locking means B60R22/343
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/013 including means for detecting collisions, impending collisions or roll-over
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/23 Inflatable members B60R21/18 takes precedence; connection to inflation fluid source retainers B60R21/217
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/2962 Measuring transit time of reflected waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/2965 Measuring attenuation of transmitted waves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/08 responsive to the presence of persons in a body of water, e.g. a swimming pool; responsive to an abnormal condition of a body of water

Abstract

An escape system for a sinking car and an ultrasonic component thereof are illustrated. In the present disclosure, an ultrasonic signal transmitting unit capable of emitting ultrasonic is installed on the car. When the car falls into the water, based upon an acoustic resistance concept which the ultrasonic propagated in air collides and transmits into the water, a difference between a reflection or transmittance rate of the ultrasonic and a corresponding set value can be calculated, or alternatively, a difference between a reflection time deviation or a reflection distance of the ultrasonic and a corresponding set value can be calculated. Therefore, a warning signal indicating that the car falls into the water can be fast sent, and this makes sure that the rescue opportunity which the car falls into the water can be grasped to decrease the damage or death of the user.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic component, at least comprising:

a case having a housing space therein, at least one side of the case has at least a perforation, and two sides of the perforation have at least two masking pieces being disposed corresponding to the two sides of the perforation, wherein the masking piece and the side of the case have an angle therebetween; and

an ultrasonic module disposed in the housing space, the ultrasonic module comprises an ultrasonic signal transmitting unit, a receiving unit, a calculating unit electrically connected to the receiving unit and a signal transmitting unit electrically connected to the calculating unit;

wherein the ultrasonic signal transmitting unit emits an ultrasonic, the receiving unit receives the ultrasonic;

the receiving unit analyzes a speed of the ultrasonic and converts the speed of the ultrasonic to a transmittance rate,

the receiving unit analyzes a speed of the ultrasonic and converts the speed of the ultrasonic to a reflection rate, or the receiving unit analyzes a time deviation between a time which the ultrasonic signal transmitting unit emits the ultrasonic and a time which the receiving unit receives the ultrasonic, or the receiving unit analyzes a reflection distance according to the time deviation;

the calculating unit compares the transmittance rate sent from the receiving unit to a built-in transmittance rate set value,

the calculating unit compares the reflection rate sent from the receiving unit to a built-in reflection rate set value, or the calculating unit compares the time deviation sent from the receiving unit to a built-in time deviation set value, or the calculating unit compares the reflection distance sent from the receiving unit to a built-in reflection distance set value;

when the transmittance rate is different from the built-in transmittance rate set value,

when the reflection rate is different from the built-in reflection rate set value, or when the time deviation is different from the built-in time deviation set value, or when the reflection distance is different from the built-in reflection distance set value, the calculating unit generates a warning signal which indicates a car has been fallen into water to a signal transmitting unit, and the signal transmitting unit transmits the warning signal via a wired manner or a wireless manner;

wherein the ultrasonic has a transmittance wave, and when the receiving unit analyzes a speed of the transmittance wave, the receiving unit analyzes the transmittance rate by using an equation as follows;

2. The ultrasonic component according to claim 1, wherein the ultrasonic signal transmitting unit and the receiving unit are disposed on a side of the housing space, and when the ultrasonic signal transmitting unit transmits the ultrasonic, a start time is synchronously transmitted to the receiving unit;

the ultrasonic has a reflected wave, the receiving unit receives the reflected wave and marks a receiving time, and the receiving unit subtracts the start time from the receiving time to obtain the time deviation.

3. The ultrasonic component according to claim 2, wherein when the time deviation is less than the time deviation set value, the calculating unit generates the warning signal to the signal transmitting unit.

4. The ultrasonic component according to claim 3, wherein the time deviation set value is the time deviation which the ultrasonic collides a bottom of the case to generate the reflected wave.

5. The ultrasonic component according to claim 2, wherein the reflection distance is a product which the half time deviation multiplies the speed of the ultrasonic, or the reflection distance is a product which the time deviation multiplies the speed of the ultrasonic.

6. The ultrasonic component according to claim 5, wherein when the reflection distance is less than the reflection distance set value, the calculating unit generates the warning signal to the signal transmitting unit.

7. The ultrasonic component according to claim 1, wherein the ultrasonic signal transmitting unit and the receiving unit are disposed on two opposite sides of the housing space.

8. The ultrasonic component according to claim 7, wherein the ultrasonic signal transmitting unit emits the ultrasonic forward the receiving unit.

9. The ultrasonic component according to claim 1, wherein when the transmittance rate is larger than the transmittance rate set value, the calculating unit generates the warning signal to the signal transmitting unit.

10. The ultrasonic component according to claim 9, wherein the built-in transmittance rate set value is 0.

11. The ultrasonic component according to claim 7, wherein the ultrasonic has a transmittance wave, when the receiving unit analyzes a speed of the transmittance wave is larger than the speed of the ultrasonic, the receiving unit analyzes the reflection rate by using an equation as follows:

12. The ultrasonic component according to claim 7, wherein the built-in reflection rate set value is 1.

13. The ultrasonic component according to claim 1, wherein the angle is 5 degrees through 65 degrees.

14. An escape system for a sinking car, which is installed on the car, at least comprising:

the ultrasonic component according to claim 1; and

a main board electrically connected to the ultrasonic component, when the main board receives the warning signal transmitted from signal transmitting unit, the main board is electrically connected to a motor of the car to open at least one car window, and the main board is electrically connected an electromagnetic switch to unlock at least one seat belt.

15. The escape system for the sinking car according to claim 14, further comprising:

an uninterrupted power system which makes power of the escape system for the sinking car be uninterrupted.

16. The escape system for the sinking car according to claim 14, wherein the escape system for the sinking car is electrically connected to a device of the car or a mobile telecommunication apparatus held by a user in the car, the device has a an application installed therein, and when receiving the warning signal, the escape system for the sinking car activates an automatically locating function of the application.

17. The escape system for the sinking car according to claim 16, wherein the application sends a help message or dials a help call via a voice assistant or an automatically dialing function.

18. The escape system for the sinking car according to claim 14, wherein the main board is electrically connected to a speaker of the car, such than the speaker is activated to loud when the main board receives the warning signal.

19. The escape system for the sinking car according to claim 14, wherein the main board has a control unit being electrically connected to the motor, headlights and at least a speaker.