Wireless sensor or device, portable or detachable from either a motorized or unmotorized vehicle, connected via a phone or electronic tablet application system

• US 10,576,889 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2015
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Danielle Constantine
• Original Assignee: Danielle Constantine
• Inventors: Constantine, Danielle
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Tanmay K
• Application Number:
  US14/886,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20170106794A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,598 Days
• Field of Search: 340435
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 5/006 indicating risk of collision between vehicles or with pedestrians
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/008 for anti-collision purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/165 for passive traffic, e.g. including static obstacles, trees
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

This invention provides for a system of wireless sensor devices, portable or detachable from a vehicle, wirelessly connectable to a mobile electronic appliance and is particularly constructed as a reversing assistant for indicating the proximity between a vehicle and rearward obstacle objects. The sensor devices provided on the vehicle detect the proximity of an obstacle object to the rear of the vehicle and through a transmitter in the sensor devices provides a wireless signal to a receiver, in the mobile electronic appliance located with the driver of the vehicle. The wireless signal is processed by the electronic appliance and provides an indication of the distance between the vehicle and the object. The sensor devices are portable and detachable enabling them to be moved to and from different vehicles and by providing a mobile electronic appliance with wireless features, the reversing system can used by any vehicle eliminating the need to for a fixed wiring of proximity sensors on the vehicle.

Claims

1. A system for aiding in the reversing of a vehicle the system comprising:

a sensor device capable of sensing an object in a path to the rear of said vehicle wherein the sensor device is a proximity sensor in the form of an ultrasonic sensor capable of sending out sound waves which can impact and reflect off of said object and wherein said ultrasonic sensor can reflect sound waves back to the sensor device such that said sensor device can then determine the distance and location of said sensor device relative to said and wherein said sensor device produces a signal representing said distance and location and wherein

said sensor device is provided with a local area networking computer microcomputer transmitter processor communicating with a mobile electronic appliance in the form of a smart phone and wherein said smart phone is provided with computer application software which processes said signal representing said distance and location from said ultrasonic sensor to said object to thereby produce a visual display on the smart phone which visual display shows the location of the object and wherein the computer application software produces an audio output of the location of the object and wherein said sensor device is provided with a power source in the form of a battery and wherein said sensor device is provided with rubber backing and wherein

said sensor device is attachable and detachable from said vehicle by a portable mounting bracket comprising a U-shaped configuration having a semi-circular shape on a bottom portion and an open portion on a top portion and wherein portable mounting bracket is provided with an internal groove and a moisture weep hole on a bottom portion of said mounting bracket wherein said sensor device is insert able from said top of mounting bracket vertically to move downwardly along the internal groove wherein said sensor device rests on said bottom of said portable mounting bracket and wherein said portable mounting bracket is provided with a magnetic fastener having a U-shaped configuration allowing said portable mounting bracket to be attachable and detachable to said rear of said vehicle and wherein said portable mounting bracket is constructed to cooperate with and receive said sensor device and wherein said portable mounting bracket is attachable and detachable to said rear of said vehicle to thereby aide a driver of said vehicle to maneuver said vehicle in a rearward direction and avoid said object in said path of said vehicle.

2. A system for aiding in the reversing, of a vehicle the system comprising:

a sensor device capable of sensing an object in a path to the rear of said vehicle wherein the sensor device is a proximity sensor in the form of an electromagnetic sensor capable of sending out electromagnetic waves which can impact and reflect off of said object and return electromagnetic waves back to said electromagnetic sensor such that said sensor device can then determine the distance and location of said sensor device relative to said object and wherein said sensor device produces a signal representing said distance and location and wherein

said sensor device is provided with a local area networking computer microcomputer transmitter processor communicating with a mobile electronic appliance in the form of a smart phone and wherein said smart phone is provided with computer application software which processes said signal representing said distance and location from said sensor device to said object to thereby produce a visual display on the smart phone which visual display shows the location of the object and wherein the computer application software produces an audio output of the location of the object and wherein said sensor device is provided with a power source in the form of a battery and wherein said sensor device is provided with rubber backing and wherein

said sensor device is attachable and detachable from said vehicle by a portable mounting bracket comprising a U-shaped configuration having a semi-circular shape on a bottom portion and an open portion on a top portion and wherein portable mounting bracket is provided with an internal groove and a moisture weep hole on a bottom portion of said mounting bracket wherein said sensor device is insert able from said top of mounting bracket vertically to move downwardly along the internal groove wherein said sensor device rests on said bottom of said portable mounting bracket and wherein said portable mounting bracket is provided with a magnetic fastener having a U-shaped configuration allowing said portable mounting bracket to be attachable and detachable to said rear of said vehicle and wherein said portable mounting bracket is constructed to cooperate with and receive said sensor device and wherein said portable mounting bracket is attachable and detachable to said rear of said vehicle to thereby aide a driver of said vehicle to maneuver said vehicle in a rearward direction and avoid said object in said path of said vehicle.

3. A system for aiding in the reversing of a vehicle the system comprising:

at least one sensor device capable of sensing and object in a path to the rear of said vehicle wherein the sensor device is a proximity sensor which can determine the distance and location of said sensor device relative to said object in said path and wherein

the sensor device produces a signal representing said distance and location, and wherein

the sensor device is provided with means for communicating with a mobile electronic appliance which processes said signal representing said distance and location of said object to thereby produce an indicator on the mobile electronic appliance regarding the location of said object relative to said rear of said vehicle and wherein

said sensor device is provided with a power source and wherein said sensor device is mountable and demountable from said rear of said vehicle by a portable mounting bracket readily attachable and detachable to said vehicle

and wherein

wherein said portable mounting bracket has a U-shaped configuration and a semi-circular shape on a bottom portion and an open portion on a top portion and wherein said portable mounting bracket is provided with an internal groove and a moisture weep hole on said bottom portion of said portable mounting bracket wherein said sensor device is insert able into said top of said portable mounting bracket vertically to move downwardly along said internal groove wherein said sensor device rests on said bottom of said portable mounting bracket and wherein said portable mounting bracket is provided with a magnet having a U-shaped configuration allowing said portable mounting bracket to be attachable and detachable to said rear of said vehicle to thereby aide a driver of said vehicle to maneuver said vehicle in a rearward direction and avoid said object in the path of the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said sensor drive comprises an electromagnetic sensor which sends out electromagnetic waves which can impact and reflect off of said object and return electromagnetic waves back to said electromagnetic sensor device such that said sensor device can determine and create an electronic signal representing the distance and location of said object relative to said sensor device.

5. A system for aiding in the reversing of a vehicle the system comprising:

at least one sensor device capable of sensing and object in a path to the rear of said vehicle wherein the sensor device is a proximity sensor which can determine the distance and location of said sensor device relative to said object in said path and wherein

the sensor device produces a signal representing said distance and location, and wherein the sensor device is provided with means for communicating with a mobile electronic appliance which processes said signal representing said distance and location of said object to thereby produce an indicator on the mobile electronic appliance regarding the location of said object relative to said rear of said vehicle and wherein

said sensor device is provided with a power source and wherein said sensor device is mountable and demountable from said rear of said vehicle by a portable mounting bracket readily attachable and detachable to said vehicle and wherein

the means for communicating said sensor device with said electronic appliance comprises a local area networking computer system and wherein said mobile electronic appliance is provided a computer software application for processing said signal representing the distance and location of said object from said sensor device to said object to produce said visual display showing the location of said object relative to said rear of said vehicle and wherein

said mobile electronic appliance comprises an electronic tablet and wherein

said portable mounting bracket has a U-shaped configuration and a semi-circular shape on a bottom portion and an open portion on a top portion and wherein said portable mounting bracket is provided with an internal groove and a moisture weep hole on said bottom portion of said portable mounting bracket wherein the sensor device is insert able into said top of said portable mounting bracket vertically to move downwardly along said internal groove wherein said sensor device rests on said bottom of said portable mounting bracket and wherein said portable mounting bracket is provided with a magnet having a U-shaped configuration allowing said portable mounting bracket to be attachable and detachable to said rear of said vehicle to thereby aide a driver of said vehicle to maneuver said vehicle in a rearward direction and avoid said object in the path of the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said sensor device comprises an electromagnetic sensor which sends out electromagnetic waves which can impact and reflect off of said object and return electromagnetic waves back to said electromagnetic sensor such that said sensor device can determine and create au electronic signal representing the distance and location of said object relative to said sensor device.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein said sensor device comprises an ultrasonic sensor which sends out sound waves which can impact and reflect off of said object and return sound waves back to said ultrasonic sensor such that said sensor device can determine and create an electronic signal representing the distance and location of said object relative to said sensor device.