Vehicle occupant detection system

• US 10,229,572 B1
• Filed: 06/14/2017
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casey, Mark, Elizabeth Casey
• Original Assignee: Casey, Mark, Elizabeth Casey
• Inventors: Casey, Mark, Casey, Elizabeth
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US15/623,183
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0205 Specific application combined with child monitoring using a transmitter-receiver system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0283 via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

A vehicle occupant detection system including at least one weight sensing pad, at least one infrared sensor, and at least one motion sensor disposed within an automobile. Each of the at least one weight sensing pad, the at least one infrared sensor, and the at least one motion sensor is in operational communication with each of a battery and a computer system of the automobile. The computer system is configured to activate at least one of a horn, an alarm, an engine, at least one power window, a wireless communication with a remotely disposed fob, a wireless text communication with a remotely disposed personal electronic device, and a cellular communication with an emergency responder when at least one of the at least one infrared sensor, the at least one weight sensing pad, and the at least one motion sensor detects a passenger disposed within the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle occupant detection system comprising:

at least one weight sensing pad disposed within a seat member of at least one seat of an automobile;

at least one infrared sensor medially disposed on a dashboard of the automobile; and

at least one motion sensor disposed on an interior roof of the automobile;

wherein each of the at least one weight sensing pad, the at least one infrared sensor, and the at least one motion sensor is in operational communication with each of a computer system and a battery of the automobile, wherein the computer system has wireless capabilities;

wherein the computer system is configured to activate at least one of a horn of the automobile, an alarm of the automobile, an engine of the automobile, at least one power window of the automobile, a wireless communication with a remotely disposed fob having wireless capabilities, a wireless text communication with a remotely disposed personal electronic device having wireless capabilities, and a cellular communication with an emergency responder when at least one of the at least one infrared sensor, the at least one weight sensing pad, and the at least one motion sensor detects a passenger disposed within the vehicle after the engine of the automobile is turned off.

2. The vehicle occupant detection system of claim 1 wherein the at least one weight sensing pad is four.

3. The vehicle occupant detection system of claim 2 wherein the at least one motion sensor is two.