SAFETY SEAT

• US 20170158085A1
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Published: 06/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WANG, Lei, LI, Changfeng, YANG, Shengji, DONG, Xue, XUE, Hailin, WANG, Haisheng, CHEN, Xiaochuan, ZHAO, Weijie, LIU, Yingming, DING, Xiaoliang, XU, Rui
• Granted Patent: US 9,956,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0244 with logic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0268 using sensors or detectors for adapting the seat or seat part, e.g. to the position of an occupant
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/22 the back-rest being adjustable B60N2/2878 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5621 by air
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/643 shape of the back-rests B60N2/66 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/20 responsive to moisture

Abstract

A safety seat is provided, including a seat base and a seat back. The seat back includes a framework adjustable in shape and a covering part covering the framework and made of flexible material. A surface of the covering part is provided with multiple sensors for obtaining back position information of a person sitting on the safety seat. The safety seat further includes a data processing device and a driving structure. The data processing device is for receiving the back position information, determine a shape of a back surface of the person and send a covering part adjustment signal. The driving structure is for adjusting a shape of the framework according to the covering part adjustment signal and changing a shape of the surface of the covering part by changing the shape of the framework so as to match the shape of the back surface of the person.

Claims

1. A safety seat, comprising a seat base and a seat back, wherein the seat back comprises a framework adjustable in shape and a covering part that covers an exterior of the framework and is made of a flexible material, and a surface of the covering part is provided with a plurality of sensors configured to sense and obtain back position information of a person sitting on the safety seat;

wherein the safety seat further comprises;

a data processing device configured to receive the back position information obtained by each of the plurality of sensors, determine a shape of a back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat, and send a covering part adjustment signal; and

a driving structure configured to adjust a shape of the framework according to the covering part adjustment signal and change a shape of the surface of the covering part by changing the shape of the framework, wherein the changed shape of the surface of the covering part matches the shape of the back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat.

2. The safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the framework comprises a plurality of support rods connected to each other, and adjacent support rods among the plurality of support rods are connected rotatably;

wherein the driving structure adjusts angles formed by the adjacent support rods according to the covering part adjustment signal to adjust the shape of the framework.

3. The safety seat according to claim 2, wherein the driving structure comprises a driving motor and a plurality of connection rods,

each of the plurality of connection rods is connected to the driving motor, and the plurality of support rods is connected to the plurality of connection rods in a one-to-one correspondence, and

the driving motor drives a corresponding connection rod to move according to the covering part adjustment signal, such that a support rod corresponding to the moved connection rod moves and the angles formed by the adjacent support rods change.

4. The safety seat according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of support rods comprises support rods horizontally arranged in a plurality of rows and support rods vertically arranged in a plurality of columns, there is more than one support rod horizontally arranged in each row and there is more than one support rod vertically arranged in each column, the support rods that are horizontally arranged and the support rods that are vertically arranged intersect each other to form a grid, and the adjacent support rods are rotatably connected.

5. The safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors is a plurality of pressure sensors configured to sense pressures applied on the covering part by a back of the person sitting on the safety seat and obtain pressure signals corresponding to the pressures;

wherein the data processing device comprises;

a first signal receiver, configured to collect the pressure signals obtained by the plurality of pressure sensors, and

a first analyzer, configured to determine the shape of the back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat according to pressure values of the pressure signals obtained by the plurality of pressure sensors.

6. The safety seat according to claim 5, wherein the data processing device further comprises:

a second analyzer, configured to determine, according to the shape of the back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat that is determined by the first analyzer, a back contour region generated by the person sitting on the safety seat on the covering part;

a third analyzer, configured to receive a pressure signal detected by each pressure sensor within the back contour region on the covering part after the driving structure adjusts the shape of the framework according to the covering part adjustment signal, and determine whether a difference between the pressure value of the pressure signal sent by each pressure sensor within the back contour region on the covering part and a predetermined pressure value is within a preset range; and

a first signal transmitter, configured to send an adjustment stopping signal to the driving structure in the case that the third analyzer determines that the difference between the pressure value of the pressure signal sent by each pressure sensor within the back contour region on the covering part and the predetermined pressure value is within the preset range, and send an adjustment continuation signal to the driving structure in the case that the third analyzer determines that the difference between the pressure value of the pressure signal sent by at least one pressure sensor within the back contour region on the covering part and the predetermined pressure value is not within the preset range.

7. The safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors is a plurality of position sensors configured to sense perpendicular distances from the back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat to the surface of the covering part and obtain distance signals corresponding to the perpendicular distances;

wherein the data processing device comprises;

a second signal receiver, configured to collect the distance signals obtained by the plurality of position sensors, and

a fourth analyzer, configured to determine the shape of the back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat according to distance values of the distance signals obtained by the plurality of position sensors.

8. The safety seat according to claim 7, wherein the data processing device comprises:

a fifth analyzer, configured to determine, according to the shape of the back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat, a back contour region generated by the person sitting on the safety seat on the covering part;

a sixth analyzer, configured to receive a distance signal detected by each position sensor within the back contour region on the covering part after the driving structure adjusts the shape of the framework according to the covering part adjustment signal, and determine whether a difference between the distance value of the distance signal obtained by each position sensor within the back contour region on the covering part and a predetermined distance value is within a preset range; and

a second signal transmitter, configured to send an adjustment stopping signal to the driving structure in the case that the sixth analyzer determines that the difference between the distance value of the distance signal obtained by each position sensor within the back contour region on the covering part and the predetermined distance value is within the preset range, and send an adjustment continuation signal to the driving structure in the case that the sixth analyzer determines that the difference between the distance value of the distance signal obtained by at least one position sensor within the back contour region on the covering part and the predetermined distance value is not within the preset range.

9. The safety seat according to claim 1, wherein vents are provided in the seat base, the vents extend to a surface of the seat base, and the seat base is further provided with an air-exhausting device connected to the vents.

10. The safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the surface of the seat base is provided with temperature sensors configured to monitor a surface temperature of the seat base, and the safety seat further comprises a first controller configured to initiate the air-exhausting device in the case that the temperature sensors detect that the surface temperature of the seat base is higher than a preset temperature.

11. The safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the surface of the seat base is provided with moisture sensors configured to monitor a surface moisture of the seat base, and the safety seat further comprises a second controller configured to initiate the air-exhausting device in the case that the moisture sensors detect that the surface moisture of the seat base is greater than a first preset moisture.

12. The safety seat according to claim 11, further comprising

an alarming device configured to alarm by emitting a light or making a sound, and

a third controller configured to initiate the alarming device in the case that the moisture sensors detect that the surface moisture of the seat base is greater than a second preset temperature, wherein the second preset moisture is greater than the first preset moisture.

13. The safety seat according to claim 1, further comprising

an information output system, configured to send data that is calculated by the data processing device for representing the shape of the back surface of the person sitting on the safety seat to a display terminal, to display a simulated back state of the person sitting on the safety seat with an image on the display terminal.

14. The safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat base further is provided with a weight detector configured to detect a weight of the person sitting on the safety seat and a voice player configured to report the weight of the person sitting on the safety seat.

15. The safety seat according to claim 2, wherein the driving structure comprises a plurality of driving motors and a plurality of connection rods, the plurality of connection rods is connected to the plurality of driving motors in a one-to-one correspondence, the plurality of connection rods is connected to connection points of adjacent support rods in a one-to-one correspondence, and positions of the connection points between adjacent support rods has a one-to-one correspondence with positions of respective sensors, and

the plurality of driving motors drives a corresponding connection rod to move according to the covering part adjustment signal, such that a support rod corresponding to the moved connection rod moves and the angles formed by the adjacent support rods change.