Video monitoring system for car seat
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1. A video monitoring system for use with a child car seat, comprising:
- at least one video camera mounted in a child car seat for generating a video image signal of an occupant sitting in the child car seat;
a transmitter mounted to the child car seat and coupled to said at least one video camera for wirelessly transmitting said video image signal;
a receiver located remotely with respect to the child car seat for receiving said video image signal so-transmitted;
a video display coupled to said receiver for displaying an imaged based on said video image signal; and
a portable housing encasing said receiver and said video display.
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Abstract
A video monitoring system for use with a child car seat has video camera(s) mounted in the car seat. The video images are wirelessly transmitted to a remote receiver/display encased in a portable housing that can be removably mounted in the vehicle in which the car seat is installed.
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1. A video monitoring system for use with a child car seat, comprising:
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at least one video camera mounted in a child car seat for generating a video image signal of an occupant sitting in the child car seat;
a transmitter mounted to the child car seat and coupled to said at least one video camera for wirelessly transmitting said video image signal;
a receiver located remotely with respect to the child car seat for receiving said video image signal so-transmitted;
a video display coupled to said receiver for displaying an imaged based on said video image signal; and
a portable housing encasing said receiver and said video display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A video monitoring system for use with a child car seat, comprising:
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at least one video camera mounted in a child car seat for generating a video image signal of an occupant sitting in the child car seat;
a transmitter mounted to the child car seat and coupled to said at least one video camera for wirelessly transmitting said video image signal;
power management means mounted on the child car seat and coupled to said at least one video camera and said transmitter for supplying power thereto, said power management means including a rechargeable battery serving as a local source of said power and at least one port for receiving said power from a remotely-located source of said power;
a receiver located remotely with respect to the child car seat for receiving said video image signal so-transmitted;
a video display coupled to said receiver for displaying an imaged based on said video image signal; and
a portable housing encasing said receiver and said video display. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A video monitoring system for use with a child car seat, comprising:
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at least one video camera mounted in a child car seat for generating a video image signal of an occupant sitting in the child car seat;
a transmitter mounted to the child car seat and coupled to said at least one video camera for wirelessly transmitting said video image signal;
means for remotely controlling activation of said at least one video camera and said transmitter;
power management means mounted on the child car seat and coupled to said at least one video camera and said transmitter for supplying power thereto, said power management means including a rechargeable battery serving as a local source of said power and at least one port for receiving said power from a remotely-located source of said power;
a receiver located remotely with respect to the child car seat for receiving said video image signal so-transmitted;
a video display coupled to said receiver for displaying an imaged based on said video image signal; and
a portable housing encasing said receiver and said video display, said portable housing configured for facilitating mounting of same in a vehicle in which the child car seat is installed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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