Child car seat safety system
First Claim
1. A child safety seat for securing a child while in a vehicle, the safety seat comprising:
- one or more belts having fasteners thereon for fastening a child into the seat;
at least one buckle assembly configured for receiving the fasteners therein;
a buckle sensor, the buckle sensor configured for determining whether the fasteners are secured into the buckle assembly;
a processor coupled with the buckle sensor; and
a transceiver for communicating with a control system of the vehicle, the transceiver is configured to;
send and receive signals from the control system, and send signals from the buckle sensor;
receive a signal from the control system, the signal indicating at least what gear the vehicle is in and whether the vehicle'"'"'s ignition is “
on”
or “
off”
; and
signal the control system after a first period of time has passed after receiving a signal that the vehicle'"'"'s ignition is “
off” and
the fasteners are secured into the buckle.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various aspects of child safety seats and safety systems for alerting care givers that a child remains buckled into a safety seat and also for alerting a care giver that a child is not fastened properly in the safety seat. In one aspect a child safety seat for securing a child while in a vehicle comprises one or more belts having fasteners thereon for fastening a child into the seat; at least one buckle assembly configured for receiving the fasteners therein; and a buckle sensor. The buckle sensor is configured for determining whether the fasteners are secured into the buckle assembly; and a transceiver is configured for communicating with a control system of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A child safety seat for securing a child while in a vehicle, the safety seat comprising:
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one or more belts having fasteners thereon for fastening a child into the seat; at least one buckle assembly configured for receiving the fasteners therein; a buckle sensor, the buckle sensor configured for determining whether the fasteners are secured into the buckle assembly; a processor coupled with the buckle sensor; and a transceiver for communicating with a control system of the vehicle, the transceiver is configured to; send and receive signals from the control system, and send signals from the buckle sensor; receive a signal from the control system, the signal indicating at least what gear the vehicle is in and whether the vehicle'"'"'s ignition is “
on”
or “
off”
; andsignal the control system after a first period of time has passed after receiving a signal that the vehicle'"'"'s ignition is “
off” and
the fasteners are secured into the buckle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A child safety seat for securing a child while in a vehicle, the safety seat comprising:
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one or more belts having fasteners thereon for fastening a child into the seat; at least one buckle assembly configured for receiving the fasteners therein; a buckle sensor, the buckle sensor configured for determining whether the fasteners are secured into the buckle assembly; a transceiver for communicating with a control system of the vehicle, the transceiver is configured to send and receive signals from the control system, and send signals from the buckle sensor; a second buckle assembly for receiving fasteners at a child'"'"'s chest; and a second buckle sensor embedded in the second buckle assembly, the second buckle sensor configured to communicate with the at least one buckle assembly. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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9. A child seat safety system comprising:
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a child safety seat for securing a child while in a vehicle, the safety seat comprising; one or more belts having fasteners thereon for fastening a child into the seat; at least one buckle assembly configured for receiving the fasteners therein; a buckle sensor, the buckle sensor configured for determining whether the fasteners are secured into the buckle assembly; a transceiver for communicating with a control system of the vehicle, the transceiver is configured to; send and receive signals from the control system, and send signals from the buckle sensor; receive a signal from the control system, the signal indicating at least what gear the vehicle is in and whether the vehicle'"'"'s ignition is “
on”
or “
off”
; andsignal the control system after a first period of time has passed after receiving a signal that the vehicle'"'"'s ignition is “
off” and
the fasteners are secured into the buckle; anda processor for processing signals received from the buckle assembly and the control system, the processor configured to initiate alerts to the control system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A child safety system comprising:
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a child safety seat for securing a child while in a vehicle, the safety seat comprising; one or more belts having fasteners thereon for fastening a child into the seat; at least one buckle assembly configured for receiving the fasteners therein; a buckle sensor, the buckle sensor configured for determining whether the fasteners are secured into the buckle assembly; a transceiver for communicating with a control system of the vehicle, the transceiver is configured to send and receive signals from the control system, and send signals from the buckle sensor; and a processor embedded in the buckle assembly and coupled with the transceiver for processing signals received from the buckle assembly and the control system, the processor configured to initiate alerts to the control system; and an interface for installation with the control system of the vehicle; and a key fob configured to receive signals from the control system, and provide an alert to a user. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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