Juvenile monitoring system

• US 20050093693A1
• Filed: 10/30/2003
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Cosco Management Incorporated (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Wong, Anthony, Marsden, Andrew W.
• Granted Patent: US 7,098,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.15
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0208 Combination with audio or video communication, e.g. combination with "baby phone" function
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0227 System arrangements with a plurality of child units

Abstract

The present remote child monitoring system includes a plurality of transmitters for transmitting audio signals at different frequencies from different locations and at least one receiver remote from the transmitters for receiving and announcing the transmitted audio signal from the plurality of transmitters. The receiver has a first mode for sequentially announcing the transmitted audio from the transmitters and a second mode for announcing the audio from a selected transmitter.

Claims

1. A remote child monitoring system comprising:

a plurality of transmitters for transmitting audio at different frequencies from different locations;

at least one receiver remote from the transmitters for receiving and announcing the transmitted audio from the plurality of transmitters; and

the receiver having a first mode for sequentially announcing the transmitted audio from the transmitters and a second mode for announcing the audio from a selected transmitter.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver continuously and sequentially announces the transmitted audio from the transmitters in the first mode.

3. The system according to claim 1, including at least two transmitters, and at least one of which is portable.

4. The system according to claim 3, including at least two receivers, each having the first and second modes.

5. The system according to claim 1, including at least two receivers, each having the first and second modes.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the receivers is portable.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the receivers has a transmission mode.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receivers in the first mode announces the audio for each transmitter for a period of 3 to 10 seconds.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitters transmit continuously when turned on.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter includes a switch to select one of at least two frequencies of transmission, and the receiver includes indication of which transmitter is being announced.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the receiver includes a switch to select one of at least two frequencies of transmission for each of the transmitters.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver includes indication of which transmitter is being announced.

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver includes indication of which transmitter is being announced and level of the audio being received.

14. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver includes indication of which transmitter is being announced and level of the audio being announced.

15. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver includes a different indicator for each transmitter and indicates which transmitter is being announced.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein each transmitter has a different color housing, and the indicators have a corresponding color.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver includes indication of level of the audio being announced.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the level indication is a group of indicators activated accumulatively to indicate the level as a group.

19. The system according to claim 1, including a control for selecting between the modes and selecting the transmitter in the second mode.

20. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control includes a first button for the first mode and a separate second button for each of the transmitters.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein the second buttons are translucent and lit when the corresponding transmitter is being announced.

22. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter and the receivers are portable and include a battery source.

23. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter and the receivers include a power source of one of a battery and a plug for a power outlet.

24. A remote child monitoring system comprising:

a plurality of transmitters for transmitting audio at different frequencies from different locations;

at least one receiver remote from the transmitters for receiving and announcing the transmitted audio from the plurality of transmitters; and

the receiver having a first control for selecting sequentially announcing the transmitted audio from the transmitters and a plurality of second controls, one for each transmitter, for selecting and announcing the audio from a selected transmitter.

25. The system according to claim 26, wherein the second controls each include a translucent button which is lit when the corresponding transmitter is being announced.

26. The system according to claim 24, wherein each transmitter has a different color housing and the buttons have a corresponding color.