Child tracking device

• US 9,747,770 B1
• Filed: 06/09/2016
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Albertha Bartlett
• Original Assignee: Albertha Bartlett
• Inventors: Bartlett, Albertha
• Primary Examiner(s): Barakat, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US15/177,702
• Time in Patent Office: 446 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/06 Children, e.g. for attention deficit diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0266 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact distance between parent and child or surveyor and item
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0294 Display details on parent unit
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A child tracking device including a wrist watch lockable onto a child'"'"'s wrist in operational communication with a remote monitoring receiver unit with a liquid crystal display (hereinafter “LCD”) screen and a remote mobile device, such as a cellular phone, via a software application to continuously track a child'"'"'s location and to provide an alert in the event the child strays a pre-set distance from either the remote monitoring receiver unit or the remote mobile device or leaves a designated geographical zone.

Claims

1. A child tracking device configured to continuously monitor a distance of a child from a supervising adult and a location of the child, the child tracking device comprising:

a child-worn wrist watch comprising;

a central liquid crystal display;

at least one control button disposed proximal the central liquid crystal display;

a global positioning system receiver disposed within the wrist watch;

a transmitter disposed within the wrist watch;

a battery-operated first central processing unit disposed within the wrist watch, the central processing unit being in operational communication with the central liquid crystal display, the at least one control button, the global positioning receiver, and the transmitter;

a first portion and a second portion of a wrist band attached to the central liquid crystal display, the first portion and the second portion disposed on a bottom end and a top end, respectively, of the central liquid crystal display, each of the first and second portions of the wrist band having a distal end;

a safety clasp lock directly interconnecting the first and second portions of the wrist band together;

a remote monitoring receiver unit comprising;

a receiver disposed within the remote monitoring receiver unit, the receiver in wireless communication with the transmitter of the wrist watch;

an LCD receiver display disposed on the front side of the remote monitoring receiver unit;

an LCD monitor disposed on a front side of the remote monitoring receiver unit;

at least one control switch disposed on the remote receiver housing proximal the LCD monitor;

a battery-operated second central processing unit disposed within the remote monitoring receiver unit, the second central processing unit in operational communication with the receiver, the LCD receiver display, the LCD monitor, and the at least one control switch;

a remote mobile device comprising;

a receiver unit in wireless operational communication with the transmitter disposed within the wrist watch;

a remote LCD display;

a third central processing unit having at least one software application installed thereon, the third central processing unit being in operational communication with the receiver unit and the remote LCD display;

wherein the central processing unit of the wrist watch calculates the distance a signal from the transmitter traveled to be received by each of the receiver disposed within the remote monitoring unit and the receiver unit disposed within the remote mobile device;

wherein upon calculation of a distance traveled by the signal greater than a predetermined safe distance from each of the remote monitoring unit and the receiver unit, an alert notification is displayed on each of the LCD receiver display, the LCD monitor, and the remote LCD display;

wherein the at least one software application includes a global positioning system navigation map displayed on the remote mobile device, wherein the global positioning navigation map is configured to display the global position of a wearer of the wrist watch, and wherein the software application is configured to maintain a continuous record of the global position of the wearer of the wrist watch.

2. The child tracking device of claim 1 wherein the remote mobile device is a cellular phone.

3. The child tracking device of claim 1 wherein the at least one software application is configured to permit designation of a geographical zone on the global positioning system navigation map, wherein upon the designation of a geographical zone, if the wearer of the wrist watch is located outside of the geographical zone, an alert message is displayed on each of the LCD receiver display, the LCD monitor, and the remote LCD display.

4. A child tracking device configured to continuously monitor a distance of a child from a supervising adult and a location of the child, the child tracking device comprising:

a child-worn wrist watch comprising;

a central liquid crystal display;

at least one control button disposed proximal the central liquid crystal display;

a global positioning system receiver disposed within the wrist watch;

a transmitter disposed within the wrist watch;

a battery-operated first central processing unit disposed within the wrist watch, the central processing unit being in operational communication with the central liquid crystal display, the at least one control button, the global positioning receiver, and the transmitter;

a first portion and a second portion of a wrist band attached to the central liquid crystal display, the first portion and the second portion disposed on a bottom end and a top end, respectively, of the central liquid crystal display, each of the first and second portions of the wrist band having a distal end;

a safety clasp lock directly interconnecting the first and second portions of the wrist band together, the safety clasp lock having a parallelepiped clasp housing pivotably disposed on the distal end of the first portion of the wrist band, the clasp housing having an open external end and a cylindrical rotational lock mechanism laterally disposed within the clasp housing, the lock mechanism having an open position and an alternate closed position, and a hook disposed on the distal end of the second portion of the wrist band, the hook engaging the lock mechanism, wherein upon the rotation of the lock mechanism toward and alternately away from the distal end, the lock mechanism locks and alternately releases the hook therefrom;

a remote monitoring receiver unit comprising;

a receiver disposed within the remote receiver housing, the receiver in wireless communication with the transmitter of the wrist watch;

an LCD receiver display disposed on the front side of the remote receiver housing;

an LCD monitor disposed on a front side of the remote receiver housing;

at least one control switch disposed on the remote receiver housing proximal the LCD monitor;

a battery-operated second central processing unit disposed within the remote receiver unit, the second central processing unit in operational communication with the receiver, the LCD receiver display, the LCD monitor, and the at least one control switch;

a remote mobile device comprising;

a receiver unit in wireless operational communication with the transmitter disposed within the wrist watch;

a remote LCD display; and

a third central processing unit having at least one software application installed thereon, the third central processing unit being in operational communication with the receiver unit and the remote LCD display;

wherein the central processing unit of the wrist watch calculates the distance a signal from the transmitter traveled to be received by each of the receiver disposed within the remote monitoring unit and the receiver unit disposed within the remote mobile device;

wherein upon calculation of a distance traveled by the signal greater than a predetermined safe distance from each of the remote monitoring unit and the receiver unit, an alert notification is displayed on each of the LCD receiver display, the LCD monitor, and the remote LCD display; and

wherein the at least one software application includes a global positioning system navigation map displayed on the remote mobile device, wherein the global positioning navigation map is configured to display the global position of a wearer of the wrist watch, and wherein the software application is configured to maintain a continuous record of the global position of the wearer of the wrist watch.

5. The child tracking device of claim 4 wherein the remote mobile device is a cellular phone.

6. The child tracking device of claim 4 wherein the at least one software application is configured to permit designation of a geographical zone on the global positioning system navigation map, wherein upon the designation of a geographical zone, if the wearer of the wrist watch is located outside of the geographical zone, an alert message is displayed on each of the LCD receiver display, the LCD monitor, and the remote LCD display.