Module for detecting fastening of seat belts and method for detecting by using same

• US 10,035,492 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2015
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wooshin Safety Systems Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Wooshin Safety Systems Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung Sang
• Primary Examiner(s): GIRMA, FEKADESELASS
• Application Number:
  US15/307,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20170050613A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,191 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4816 for sensing locking of buckle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4866 Displaying or indicating arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/48 Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness

Abstract

Provided is a module for detecting fastening of a seat belt, which enables a driver to detect whether passengers fasten seat belts in a transportation means including a plurality of seats and having many passengers, the module including: transmitting units configured to detect whether the passengers seated on the seats fasten the seat belts and selectively generate signals; a receiving unit configured to independently receive the signals transmitted from the transmitting units; and a display unit configured to display information about the seat, of which the passenger fastens the seat belt, to a driver through the information received from the receiving unit, in which the signals generated in the plurality of transmitting units are distinctly separated and transmitted.

Claims

1. A module for detecting fastening of a seat belt in a transportation means including a plurality of seats, the module comprising:

a plurality of transmitting units each provided in each of a plurality of seats of a transportation means, the transmitting units being configured to detect whether a seat belt provided in each of the plurality of seats is fastened and generate a first signal;

a receiving unit configured to receive the first signals transmitted from the transmitting units; and

a display unit configured to display information about each of the plurality of seats based on the first signals received in the receiving unit,

wherein the module is configured such that the display unit displays a first color to define a first colored fastened seat when the seat belt is detected as being fastened, and to display a second color to define a second colored empty seat when the seat belt is detected as not being fastened,

wherein the module is further configured such that, after the transportation means is operated at a predetermined speed or more for a predetermined time, the transmitting units detects again whether the seat belt provided in each of the plurality of seats is fastened, and generates and sends a second signal to the receiving unit,

wherein the module is further configured such that the first colored fastened seat displays a third color when the first colored fastened seat is detected as not being fastened, based on the second signals, and

wherein the module is further configured such that the second colored empty seat displays a fourth color when the second colored empty seat is detected as being fastened based on the second signals.