Automobile safety device and method of using the same

• US 20070032918A1
• Filed: 03/07/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chang, Yen-Ji
• Application Number:
  US11/368,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20070032918A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00742 by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00821 the components being ventilating, air admitting or air distributing devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 3/0007 Adding substances other than water to the air, e.g. perfume, oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 3/0035 characterised by the control methods for adding the substance
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01512 Passenger detection systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner

Abstract

An automobile safety device and a method of using the same are disclosed. The automobile safety device can offer essential urgent treatment automatically (such as utilizing a wireless communication unit in an automobile to notify an automobile owner to come to the location of the automobile, utilizing a burglarproof system of the automobile in order to bring the passerby'"'"'s attention, turning on an air supply/heat dissipation unit in the automobile or rolling down the windows of the automobile automatically in order to dissipate the heat and supply air) in a situation that people are stranded in the car, by detecting the internal state of the automobile automatically. Hence, the present invention can prevent or reduce the danger that people (especially infant and pre-school children) are stranded in the automobile, such as causing stuffy extremely people'"'"'s accident due to overheat or lack of oxygen.

Claims

1. An automobile safety device, comprising:

a center control unit;

an automobile state sensing unit connected electrically with the center control unit for sensing a state of an automobile;

a life sign sensing unit connected electrically with the center control unit for determining whether to sense whether there is any sign of life in the automobile, according to the state of the automobile;

a life demand value sensing unit connected electrically with the center control unit for determining whether to sense whether life demand value does not conform to a predetermined standard value, according as the life sign sensing unit senses whether there is any sign of life or not in the automobile;

an air supply/heat dissipation unit connected electrically with the center control unit for determining whether to turn on the air supply/heat dissipation unit, according as life demand value sensing unit senses whether life demand value does not conform to the predetermined standard value; and

a wireless communication unit connected electrically with the center control unit for determining whether to transmit out a predetermined signal to notify predetermined correlative persons to come to a location of the automobile.

2. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the state of the automobile is that a total stoppage time during a stoppage state of the automobile whether to reach a predetermined stoppage time of the automobile state sensing unit;

wherein the stoppage state of the automobile is that an engine of the automobile is shut or an odometer of the automobile is stopped.

3. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the life sign sensing unit determines whether to sense whether there is any sign of life in the automobile, according as the total stoppage time during the stoppage state of the automobile whether to reach the predetermined stoppage time of the automobile state sensing unit, wherein the automobile state sensing unit has a time stopping timer for calculating the total stoppage time during the stoppage state of the automobile.

4. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the state of the automobile is that a central locking system of the automobile whether to be turned on to lock car doors of the automobile, wherein the life sign sensing unit determines whether to sense whether there is any sign of life in the automobile, according as the central locking system of the automobile whether to be turned on to lock car doors of the automobile.

5. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first timer unit connected electrically with the center control unit, and the first timer unit and the air supply/heat dissipation unit are turned on at the same time, wherein when a total turn-on time of the air supply/heat dissipation unit reaches a first predetermined time of the first timer unit, a burglarproof system of the automobile is turned off and an engine of the automobile is turned on for supplying power to a battery of automobile.

6. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second timer unit connected electrically with the center control unit, and the second timer unit and the wireless communication unit are turned on at the same time, wherein when a second predetermined time of the second timer unit is up, a burglarproof system of the automobile is turned on and sends out SOS signals.

7. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a third timer unit connected electrically with the center control unit, and the third timer unit and a burglarproof system of the automobile are turned on at the same time, wherein when a total turn-on time of the burglarproof system reaches a third predetermined time of the third timer unit, the burglarproof system is turned off.

8. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the life sign sensing unit is an infrared sensor;

wherein the life demand value sensing unit is an oxygen content/temperature sensor for sensing oxygen content and temperature, and the life demand value sensing unit has a predetermined upper/lower limit value of oxygen content and temperature;

wherein air supply/heat dissipation unit is a heat-dissipating fan for guiding external air into the automobile to supply fresh air and dissipate heat from the automobile.

9. The automobile safety device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an oil quantity sensing unit connected electrically with the center control unit, wherein when oil in an oil box of the automobile are less than a predetermined value, windows of the automobile are rolled down via a window control device of the automobile.

10. A method of using an automobile safety device, comprising:

turning on an automobile state sensing unit connected electrically with a center control unit for sensing a state of an automobile;

turning on a life sign sensing unit connected electrically with the center control unit for sensing that whether there is any sign of life in the automobile, according to the state of the automobile;

if sensing that there are signs of life in the automobile, turning on a life demand value sensing unit connected electrically with the center control unit for sensing that whether life demand value does not conform to a predetermined standard value in the automobile;

if the life demand value does not conform to the predetermined standard value, turning on both an air supply/heat dissipation unit and a wireless communication unit at the same time, wherein both the air supply/heat dissipation unit and the wireless communication unit are connected electrically with the center control unit, the air supply/heat dissipation unit is used to supply external air into the automobile and dissipate heat from the automobile, and the wireless communication unit is used to transmit out a predetermined signal to notify predetermined correlative persons to come to a location of the automobile.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the state of the automobile is that a total stoppage time during a stoppage state of the automobile whether to reach a predetermined stoppage time of the automobile state sensing unit, wherein the stoppage state of the automobile is that an engine of the automobile is shut or an odometer of the automobile is stopped.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the life sign sensing unit determines whether to sense whether there is any sign of life in the automobile, according as the total stoppage time during the stoppage state of the automobile whether to reach the predetermined stoppage time of the automobile state sensing unit, wherein the automobile state sensing unit has a time stopping timer for calculating the total stoppage time during the stoppage state of the automobile.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the state of the automobile is that a central locking system of the automobile whether to be turned on to lock car doors of the automobile, wherein the life sign sensing unit determines whether to sense whether there is any sign of life in the automobile, according as the central locking system of the automobile whether to be turned on to lock car doors of the automobile.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a first timer unit connected electrically with the center control unit, and the first timer unit and the air supply/heat dissipation unit are turned on at the same time, wherein when a total turn-on time of the air supply/heat dissipation unit reaches a first predetermined time of the first timer unit, a burglarproof system of the automobile is turned off and an engine of the automobile is turned on for supplying power to a battery of automobile.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a second timer unit connected electrically with the center control unit, and the second timer unit and the wireless communication unit are turned on at the same time, wherein when a second predetermined time of the second timer unit is up, a burglarproof system of the automobile is turned on and sends out SOS signals.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a third timer unit connected electrically with the center control unit, and the third timer unit and a burglarproof system of the automobile are turned on at the same time, wherein when a total turn-on time of the burglarproof system reaches a third predetermined time of the third timer unit, the burglarproof system is turned off.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the life sign sensing unit is an infrared sensor;

wherein the life demand value sensing unit is an oxygen content/temperature sensor for sensing oxygen content and temperature, and the life demand value sensing unit has a predetermined upper/lower limit value of oxygen content and temperature;

wherein air supply/heat dissipation unit is a heat-dissipating fan for guiding external air into the automobile to supply fresh air and dissipate heat from the automobile.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising an oil quantity sensing unit connected electrically with the center control unit, wherein when oil in an oil box of the automobile are less than a predetermined value, windows of the automobile are automatically rolled down via a window control device of the automobile.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein after the step of automatically rolling down the windows, further comprises turning off an engine of the automobile.

20. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein if the life sign sensing unit can not sense any sign of life in the mobile during a predetermined sensing time, turning off the life sign sensing unit;

when a key of the automobile is inserted into a start key-hole of the automobile or the automobile is started, turning off the life sign sensing unit;

when the life demand value sensing unit is turned on, turning off the life sign sensing unit.

21. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein after the step of turning on the air supply/heat dissipation unit, further comprises:

sensing whether the life demand value conforms to the predetermined standard value in the automobile via the life demand value sensing unit;

if the life demand value does not conform to the predetermined standard value, continuously sensing whether the life demand value conforms to the predetermined standard value; and

if the life demand value conforms to the predetermined standard value, turning off the air supply/heat dissipation unit.