APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A DRIVER TO DETECT AND ESCAPE FROM A SINKING VEHICLE

• US 20150370259A1
• Filed: 12/07/2012
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Geeng-Jen Sheu
• Original Assignee: Geeng-Jen Sheu
• Inventors: Sheu, Geeng-Jen
• Application Number:
  US13/707,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20150370259A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/16 slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 7/0573 power driven arrangements, e.g. electrical
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/695 Control circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/72 responsive to emergency conditions, e.g. fire
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/44 Sensors therefore E05Y2400/322, E05Y2400/33, E05Y2400/55, E05Y2400/56, E05Y2400/852 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/17 Emergency applications

Abstract

An apparatus for enhancing a driver to detect and escape from a sinking vehicle is disclosed. When the thin film pressure with a closed and hollow carrier is detecting an outside water pressure is higher than the first predetermined value and making sure the vehicle is sinking into water, the lifting unit is driven to lower down by the motor which is controlled by the micro-controller unit and simultaneously the window glass is opened. The apparatus further comprises an addressing unit connected to the battery and the micro-controller unit for transmitting automatically a help signal and an addressing signal to at least one predetermined receiving unit to achieve the efficiencies of self-assisting with one'"'"'s life and escaping from a sinking vehicle in time and extending the rescue time with no delay, uncertainty or inefficiency.

Claims

1. An apparatus for enhancing a driver to detect and escape from a sinking vehicle, which is disposed at a body of a vehicle, the body is including at least one window and at least one window glass, the vehicle is further comprising a battery, and the apparatus comprising:

a micro-controller unit, disposed in the body and electrically connected to the battery, the micro-controller unit is set a first predetermined pressure value;

a motor, disposed in the body and electrically connected to the battery and the micro-controller unit;

a lifting unit, disposed in the body and cooperated with the window glass, the lifting unit is controlled by the motor to go up or down; and

a thin film pressure sensor with a closed and hollow carrier, disposed at a front end of the body and electrically connected to the battery and the micro-controller unit;

wherein the motor is controlled by the micro-controller unit to rotate and make the lifting unit go down and simultaneously to drive the window glass downward to open the window while the vehicle is sinking into water and an outer water pressure detected by the thin film pressure sensor is higher than the first predetermined pressure value.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an addressing unit, which is a GPS electrically connected to the battery and the micro-controller unit for transmitting a help signal and an addressing signal to at least one predetermined receiving unit.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising an UPS unit electrically connected to the battery.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the UPS unit is a solar thin film UPS unit, which is attached to a surface of the window glass or embedded in the window glass.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the micro-controller unit is further set a second predetermined pressure value for transmitting the help signal and the addressing signal to the at least one receiving unit by the addressing unit while the outer water pressure detected by the thin film pressure sensor is higher the second predetermined pressure value.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 6, the thin film pressure sensor with a closed and hollow carrier is comprising:

a closed and hollow carrier, having a membrane;

a thin film sensing element, disposed at a surface of the carrier; and

two signal transmission lines, respectively connected to the thin film sensing element.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the carrier is with a thin-walled and circular ring section or a thin-walled and hollow box section.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the thin film sensing element is consisted of at least one of following group:

a piezo-electric film sensor, a piezo-resistive film sensor, a strain gauge type sensor, a capacitive type sensor, and a resistive type sensor.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 6, wherein the window is a sunroof.

6. An apparatus for enhancing a driver to detect and escape from a sinking vehicle, which is disposed at a body of a vehicle, the body is including at least one window and at least one window glass, the vehicle is further comprising a battery, and the apparatus comprising:

a micro-controller unit, disposed in the body and electrically connected to the battery, the micro-controller unit is set a predetermined pressure value;

an addressing unit, electrically connected to the battery and the micro-controller unit for transmitting a help signal and an addressing signal to at least one receiving unit; and

a thin film pressure sensor with a closed and hollow carrier, disposed at a front end of the body and electrically connected to the battery and the micro-controller unit;

wherein the help signal and the addressing signal are transmitted to the at least one receiving unit by the addressing unit while an outer water pressure detected by the thin film pressure sensor is higher than the predetermined pressure value.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a UPS unit electrically connected to the battery.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the UPS unit is a solar thin film UPS unit, which is attached to a surface of the window glass or embedded in the window glass.