SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VEHICLE CONDITION ALERT
First Claim
1. In a seat belt restraint, a seat belt monitoring system for indicating the current and/or prior compliance of proper usage of said seat belt restraint in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a seat belt restraint system including a seat belt restraint having a restraining belt, a latch, a buckle, a plurality of sensors for monitoring proper seat belt use, and a processing module for processing the outputs of the said plurality of sensors;
a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled to the restraining belt, wherein the first plurality of LEDs emit a red light, when a fault condition exists;
a second plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled to the restraining belt, wherein the second plurality of LEDs emit a green light when no fault conditions exist;
wherein the fault conditions are selected from a group consisting of any of a seat belt status fault, an ignition status fault and an door status fault; and
alerting means for alerting the status of the seat belt usage to a user, wherein the alerting of the status is selected from a group consisting of any of a visual alert, an audible alert, a printable report, a database, a storage medium, an email, SMS message, and a network transmission.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for monitoring the usage of individual vehicular seat belts. The seat belt provides a visual indication of seat belt usage using a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to alert the compliance of proper seat belt usage. The system is capable of providing a visual indication, an audible indication, a historical timestamp for seat belt usage, a display and/or data relating to seat belt use to a communication interface. The processing module is capable of storing and outputting prior and current use of seat belt usage to any third party entities monitoring such use.
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20 Claims
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1. In a seat belt restraint, a seat belt monitoring system for indicating the current and/or prior compliance of proper usage of said seat belt restraint in a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a seat belt restraint system including a seat belt restraint having a restraining belt, a latch, a buckle, a plurality of sensors for monitoring proper seat belt use, and a processing module for processing the outputs of the said plurality of sensors; a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled to the restraining belt, wherein the first plurality of LEDs emit a red light, when a fault condition exists; a second plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled to the restraining belt, wherein the second plurality of LEDs emit a green light when no fault conditions exist; wherein the fault conditions are selected from a group consisting of any of a seat belt status fault, an ignition status fault and an door status fault; and alerting means for alerting the status of the seat belt usage to a user, wherein the alerting of the status is selected from a group consisting of any of a visual alert, an audible alert, a printable report, a database, a storage medium, an email, SMS message, and a network transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for monitoring status of a vehicle for indicating the condition of a current and/or a prior usage of the vehicle, the system comprises:
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a plurality of sensors for a vehicle for capturing a plurality of conditions of the vehicle; a communication module for communicating the signals over a network; a processing module for processing the outputs of the said plurality of sensors; a storage module for storing the plurality of signal received from the sensors, wherein the plurality of signal are appended with at least one of a date or a time stamp at the time of storage; and a plurality of alerting means, wherein each of the plurality of alerting means configured to produce alert for a plurality of conditions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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