Infant Safety Separation Monitor

• US 20050181743A1
• Filed: 02/13/2004
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ronald Lawson
• Original Assignee: Ronald Lawson
• Inventors: Lawson, Ronald R.
• Application Number:
  US10/708,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20050181743A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/90.300
• 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: G08B 21/0202 Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving

Abstract

An infant safety monitoring device that monitors a transmitters coded radio frequency (RF) signal mounted on an infants vehicle safety seat to a matched RF decoding receiver; that a vehicle driver would carry. This RF transmission and receiving system can operate between 902 and 928 MHz with 916 MHz being the norm, and will sound an audible alarm when the a driver has exceeded an approximate safe distance of 40 feet from their child. The system uses paired hardwired ID addressing to allow for low interfere and providing security with the coded narrow band signal. The coupled units provide monitoring and warning of excessive separation distances between a driver with the receiver and their child in their infant safety seat. The system will help prevent a child from being inadvertently left in a vehicle unattended while the driver strays away.

Claims

1. What I claim as my invention is an infant safety-monitoring system using radio frequency that monitors and warns of an excessive range between a transmitter and matched receiver.

2. A method wherein the system warns a driver of a vehicle that they have exceeded a safe distance from their infant in their infant vehicle safety seat.

3. A method wherein the goal is to prevent an infant from being inadvertently left unattended in a vehicle safety seat.

4. A method wherein the RF transmitter is permanently attached to the infants vehicle safety seat.

5. A method wherein the warning alarm on the receiver sounds when outside an approximate 40 feet transmission range of the transmitter.

6. A method wherein the digital transmitter and receiver units are paired by using encoder and decoder chips with selective ID address codes.

7. A method wherein both units are powered by replaceable batteries providing a minimum of 3.0 VDC to the internal circuitry.

8. A method wherein the battery power are monitored with a low battery LED warning.

9. A method wherein the RF receiver is held by a driver of vehicle in a small key chain size packaging.

10. What I claim as my invention is a transmitter that is capable of transmitting two channels of digitally coded information from 902 to 928 megahertz (MHz).

11. A method wherein the RF signal is encoded with an encoder chip hardwired to a DIP switch to set address codes.

12. A method wherein the transmitters on/off switch provides a data signal on channel 1.

13. A method wherein the transmitters push to test button transmits data to receiver on channel 2.

14. A method wherein the transmitter is encased in a fire retardant ABS plastic case.

15. A method wherein the transmitter will be encased in a case no larger than 3.0 inches by 2.25 inches by 1.25 inches.

16. What I claim as my invention is a digital radio frequency receiver that is capable of receiving digitally coded data signals from a paired transmitter operating between 902 and 928 MHz.

17. A method wherein the RF signal is decoded with a decoder chip hardwired to a DIP switch to set address codes.

18. A method wherein the transmitters on/off switch provides a data signal on channel 1 of the receiver'"'"'s audible alarm circuit.

19. A method wherein the transmitters push to test button transmits data to the receiver'"'"'s channel 2 push to test LED circuitry.

20. A method wherein the receiver is encased in a fire retardant ABS plastic case.

21. A method wherein the receiver will be encased in a case no larger than 3.25 inches by 2.5 inches by 1.25 inches.