Dual function optic sleep preventing device for vehicle drivers
First Claim
1. An optic dual function sleep preventing system, working on an electric energy source and carried by a mounting device to set on a user'"'"'s head when in use, comprising:
- a dual monitoring system, including;
an optic eyelid monitor properly set in the vicinity of an eye of said user by said mounting device to monitor the movement of the eyelid of said eye when in use, comprising;
an emitter for transmitting appropriate, modulated electromagnetic waves towards said eye; and
a predetermined number of optic sensors for sensing the influence on the intensities of received portion of said waves by said movement of said eyelid, such that when said movement occurs to change said intensities, it is detected by said monitor and a corresponding output is created by said monitor;
a head tilting monitor set on the side of the head of said user carried by said mounting device when in use for detecting a head'"'"'s tilting, comprising an optic tilt switch using a micro optic monitor to detect a small ball'"'"'s rolling in a closed tube system inside said switch due to said tilting;
when said tilting causes said ball'"'"'s rolling to different positions inside said tube system, the intensity of said waves in the regions of said positions, also changes so as to be detected and a corresponding output is created by said tilt switch.
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Abstract
A dual function sleep preventing system comprises a micro optic eyelid monitor, a micro optic tilting monitor, a signal combination circuits and an alarming unit. The eyelid monitor is placed in the vicinity of an eye by an appropriate mounting device when in use, using an emitter to transmit modulated appropriate light signals towards the eye, and using optic sensors to sense the influenced light by the eyelid, to detect the movement of eyelid. The tilting monitor comprises an optic tilt switch set on the side head of a user, using a micro optic monitor to detect a small ball'"'"'s rolling in a closed tube system inside the switch when tilting. Both the monitors are connected to a signal combination circuits, which has an input signal filtering device, a switch part and a counter. The filtering device sets an appropriate time delay range to pick up dangerous long symptoms, base on signal length and the difference between a monitor signal'"'"'s appearing time and another monitor'"'"'s. The counter circuits records the times of those signals'"'"' occurrence. When finding such a symptom, the combination circuits will stimulate a pre-alarming immediately to detect the sleepy state of a user. A fully alarming will follow if the user has no response after a limited waiting time, or if the times of repeating pre-alarming reaches a criteria value set in the counter.
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3 Claims
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1. An optic dual function sleep preventing system, working on an electric energy source and carried by a mounting device to set on a user'"'"'s head when in use, comprising:
a dual monitoring system, including; an optic eyelid monitor properly set in the vicinity of an eye of said user by said mounting device to monitor the movement of the eyelid of said eye when in use, comprising;
an emitter for transmitting appropriate, modulated electromagnetic waves towards said eye; and
a predetermined number of optic sensors for sensing the influence on the intensities of received portion of said waves by said movement of said eyelid, such that when said movement occurs to change said intensities, it is detected by said monitor and a corresponding output is created by said monitor;a head tilting monitor set on the side of the head of said user carried by said mounting device when in use for detecting a head'"'"'s tilting, comprising an optic tilt switch using a micro optic monitor to detect a small ball'"'"'s rolling in a closed tube system inside said switch due to said tilting;
when said tilting causes said ball'"'"'s rolling to different positions inside said tube system, the intensity of said waves in the regions of said positions, also changes so as to be detected and a corresponding output is created by said tilt switch.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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