Dual watch sensors to monitor children

• US 20040046658A1
• Filed: 07/25/2003
• Published: 03/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jon Turner, Shannon Turner
• Original Assignee: Jon Turner, Shannon Turner
• Inventors: Turner, Jon, Turner, Shannon
• Application Number:
  US10/627,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20040046658A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.11
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0227 System arrangements with a plurality of child units
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0247 System arrangements wherein the alarm criteria uses signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0263 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the direction in which child or item is located
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0294 Display details on parent unit

Abstract

A multi-unit, watch style electronic locator system. A transceiver is worn on the wrist of the caregiver, and transceiver units are worn on the wrists of the children. Each transceiver unit sends out a unique code on the same frequency. The transceiver then detects the separate codes transmitted, and determines when any one of the signal strengths are weak, indicating any one of the children'"'"'s transceivers are out of range, and sounds an alarm. The transceiver watch has buttons to program range distance, and buttons for the number of children monitored. The transceiver can have visual indication showing which child is out of range, and uses the same buttons to set the detection delay for when any one child transceiver is out of range. Codes transmitted from the child watches are unique to the child watch and to the set of child watches monitored by the single caregiver watch.

Claims

1. An electronic child location system, comprising:

a plurality of child unit watches having a code setter, a code generator, transceiver and an antenna;

a parent unit watch having an antenna, a transceiver, plural code detectors, plural distance and direction detectors, a setting controller, a logic circuit, an audio alarm generator, a visual indicator, and a speaker element;

each of said child unit watches code setters programming unique codes for each said child unit watch coupled to said code generator for generating said codes and further coupled to said child transceiver for generating a radio transmission signal and further coupled to said child antenna for transmitting said radio transmission signal;

said parent unit watch antenna receiving said radio transmission signal from each of said child unit watches and coupled to said parent transceiver for demodulating said child radio transmission signal, and further coupled to said plural code detectors for detecting said child codes and further coupled to said plural distance and direction detectors for detecting programmable signal strengths outside of a range of values based on inputs from said setting controller, each of said plural distance and direction detectors coupled to inputs of said logic circuit for detecting if any one or any two or all three of outputs of said plural distance and direction detectors indicates signal strength that is out of range, said logic circuit reporting the direction from which each said child radio transmission originated, and further coupled to said audio alarm or vibration generator for generating an audio alarm output to said speaker element.

2. The electronic child location system of claim 1 further comprising panic buttons on said parent unit and on each of said child units which will produce an alarm sound or vibration on said parent unit if any of said child unit panic buttons is pressed on a child unit and said panic button on said parent unit will produce an alarm on all child units if said parent panic button is pressed on said parent unit.

3. The electronic child location system of claim 1 wherein the cases of said child units are tamper resistant.

4. The electronic child location system of claim 1 wherein the band of said child units are cut-proof and contain a locking mechanism for lockably connecting the first end of said band to the second end of said band.