MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20180334097A1
• Filed: 05/08/2018
• Published: 11/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: ISHIBASHI, Shuichi, GOTO, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 11,117,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 2/0028 of a body part, e.g. of an arm or a leg
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/981 Warning systems, e.g. the seat or seat parts vibrates to warn the passenger when facing a danger
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2210/24 Cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2220/20 using a deterministic algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2230/10 Wired data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling

Abstract

A monitoring system includes: a monitoring device that outputs a warning when detecting abnormality of a monitoring target person in an interior of a vehicle; a housing arranged on a surface on the interior side of a roof of the vehicle; and a release operation unit arranged being exposed to an outer face of the housing, the release operation unit being able to receive an input of a warning release operation. The monitoring device, in a state of outputting the warning, releases the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit. As a result, the monitoring system can appropriately monitor the monitoring target person in the interior of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A monitoring system comprising:

a monitoring device that outputs a warning when detecting abnormality of a monitoring target person in an interior of a vehicle;

a housing arranged on a surface on the interior side of a roof of the vehicle; and

a release operation unit arranged being exposed to an outer face of the housing, the release operation unit being able to receive an input of a warning release operation, wherein

the monitoring device, in a state of outputting the warning, releases the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit.

2. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring device is arranged in the housing.

3. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein

the monitoring device outputs the warning based on a position of the monitoring target person with respect to a state determination region that is three-dimensionally virtualized in the interior of the vehicle.

4. The monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein

the monitoring device outputs the warning based on a position of the monitoring target person with respect to a state determination region that is three-dimensionally virtualized in the interior of the vehicle.

5. The monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit.

6. The monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising:

an illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit.

7. The monitoring system according to claim 3, further comprising:

an illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit.

8. The monitoring system according to claim 4, further comprising:

an illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit.

9. The monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein

a plurality of pairs of the release operation unit and the illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit are arranged, an operation of any one of the pairs is validated and operations of the other pairs are invalidated when the warning is output by the monitoring device,

the illumination unit the operation of which is validated illuminates the release operation unit,

the illumination unit the operation of which is invalidated does not illuminate the release operation unit, and

the monitoring device, in a state of outputting the warning, releases the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is validated, and does not release the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is invalidated.

10. The monitoring system according to claim 6, wherein

a plurality of pairs of the release operation unit and the illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit are arranged, an operation of any one of the pairs is validated and operations of the other pairs are invalidated when the warning is output by the monitoring device,

the illumination unit the operation of which is validated illuminates the release operation unit,

the illumination unit the operation of which is invalidated does not illuminate the release operation unit, and

the monitoring device, in a state of outputting the warning, releases the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is validated, and does not release the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is invalidated.

11. The monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein

a plurality of pairs of the release operation unit and the illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit are arranged, an operation of any one of the pairs is validated and operations of the other pairs are invalidated when the warning is output by the monitoring device,

the illumination unit the operation of which is validated illuminates the release operation unit,

the illumination unit the operation of which is invalidated does not illuminate the release operation unit, and

the monitoring device, in a state of outputting the warning, releases the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is validated, and does not release the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is invalidated.

12. The monitoring system according to claim 8, wherein

a plurality of pairs of the release operation unit and the illumination unit that illuminates the release operation unit are arranged, an operation of any one of the pairs is validated and operations of the other pairs are invalidated when the warning is output by the monitoring device,

the illumination unit the operation of which is validated illuminates the release operation unit,

the illumination unit the operation of which is invalidated does not illuminate the release operation unit, and

the monitoring device, in a state of outputting the warning, releases the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is validated, and does not release the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit the operation of which is invalidated.

13. The monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein

the illumination unit causes an illumination mode for the release operation unit to be variable based on a detection result of the state of the monitoring target person obtained by the monitoring device.

14. The monitoring system according to claim 9, wherein

the illumination unit causes an illumination mode for the release operation unit to be variable based on a detection result of the state of the monitoring target person obtained by the monitoring device.