Granted Patent B2

US 12,325,374 · App. 18/610,311 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Inventors: Anan Hasan (Julis, IL); Shy Mindel (Hod-HaSharon, IL)

Assignee: BabyArk LTD

B60R21/01556B60N2/2806B60R21/01542B60R21/01566G06N3/04H04W4/12B60N2/268B60N2/274

Abstract

Claims (28)

1. A computer implemented method for generating a model for detecting safety seat events, comprising:

receiving a plurality of records, each represents measurements taken by one or more motion sensors mounted on a child safety seat or a base of a child safety seat installed in a vehicle while the vehicle is static or in motion, each of the measurements is associated with a child, child seat, or base related event;

training at least one model with the plurality of records;

classifying and associating the measurements for the training with driving conditions to detect the driving condition of the vehicle; and

outputting the at least one model for detecting an occurrence of child related events based on new measurements taken by another motion sensor installed on another child safety seat or another base of another child safety seat, wherein said child related events consist of a presence of a child in the safety seat and a child activity level when said presence is detected.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the measurements is associated with vehicle driving condition measurements of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the measurements is associated with vehicle driving pattern measurements of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion, based on detecting patterns in the measurements taken by the motion sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the driving condition is selected from a group consisting of urban conditions, highway conditions and field conditions.

5. A computer implemented method for executing a model, for detecting safety seat events, comprising:

receiving a plurality of records, each represents measurements taken by one or more motion sensors mounted on a child safety seat or a base of a child safety seat installed in a vehicle while the vehicle is static or in motion;

executing at least one model to classify each of the plurality of records, wherein said execution is conducted at least partially on a local processor located on a child safety seat or in a base of the child safety seat;

detecting an occurrence of a child related event based on outputs of the execution of the at least one model, wherein said child related event consists of a presence of a child in the safety seat and a child activity level when said presence is detected; and

activating a protection mechanism by a protection mechanism unit according to the detected occurrence of child related event.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein each of the one or more motion sensors is a member of a group consisting of: an accelerometer and a gyroscope.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising presenting a notification about the occurrence of the child related event while the vehicle is in motion.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising detecting the driving pattern of the vehicle, based on the one or more motion sensors mounted on the safety seat or the base of the safety seat by detecting patterns in the measurements taken by the one or more motion sensors, and adjusting the protection mechanism to the detected driving pattern according to the detected occurrence of child related event.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the child activity level is selected from a group consisting of: a sleeping child, an awake child, a crying child, a relaxed child, an unquiet child and an uncomfortable child.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein when the child related event is detected while the vehicle is static for a period longer than a predetermined threshold, an alert indication is activated by the protection mechanism unit.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the alert indication is a light indication or a sound indication.

12. The method of claim 5 , further comprising analyzing an installation process of the safety seat or of the base of the safety seat based on the one or more motion sensors and notifying when the installation is wrong.

13. The method of claim 5 , wherein the protection mechanism is selected from a group consisting of: an alert to a driver of the vehicle, an air bag of the vehicle and tighten seat belt of the safety seat.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein when the protection mechanism is the air bag of the vehicle, said air bag is adjusted to a size, weight and age of the child.

15. The method of claim 5 , wherein when the safety seat is connected to a cellular phone, a dedicated phone application sends an alert notification to the connected cellular phone, as a text message or as a voice message or as an incoming call.

16. The method of claim 5 , wherein the model is using CNN architecture or a RNN architecture.

17. The method of claim 5 , further comprising identifying an accident situation according to the model output and notifying the driver of the vehicle of said identified accident situation.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein when an accident situation is identified and the safety seat or the base of the safety seat is connected to a cellular phone, a dedicated phone application sends a notification to the connected cellular phone, about the accident.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising identifying the safety seat must be replaced, by detecting a separation of at least 2 mm, of two parts of the base of the safety seat, which are linked together by an energy absorption element, and notifying the driver of the vehicle that said safety seat must be replaced.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the notification to the driver of the vehicle that the safety seat must be replaced is a light or sound indication.

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