Smart ladder with safety features to avoid accidents and ensure safety before and during usage
View Patent ↗A smart ladder with safety features is disclosed which provides several safety features to avoid accidents and ensure safety before and during usage of the ladder by a person.
1. A smart safety ladder comprising:
a hollow frame of the ladder comprising four side rail legs;
a plurality of weight sensors embedded within the frame of the ladder;
a plurality of gyroscopes embedded within the frame of the ladder;
a plurality of actuators embedded within the side rail legs of the ladder;
a plurality of steps that connect across pairs of the side rail legs;
a temperature monitor embedded within the frame of the ladder;
an onboard computing device embedded within the frame of the ladder, wherein the onboard computing device comprises a smart safety software application that is configured to receive and analyze sensor data received from the weight sensors, the gyroscopes, and the temperature monitor, wherein the smart safety software application of the onboard computing device is further configured to determine a center of gravity of the ladder and weight distribution along each side rail leg of the four side rail legs; and
a plurality of battery packs embedded within the frame of the ladder and configured to provide power to the onboard computing device, the weight sensors, the gyroscopes, the actuators, and the temperature monitor.
2. The smart safety ladder of claim 1 , wherein the side rail legs are adjustable in length.
3. The smart safety ladder of claim 1 , wherein the onboard computing device comprises a single board computer (SBC).
4. The smart safety ladder of claim 3 , wherein the SBC comprises a Raspberry Pi computing device.
5. A smart safety ladder comprising:
a hollow frame of the ladder comprising four side rail legs;
a plurality of weight sensors embedded within the frame of the ladder;
a plurality of gyroscopes embedded within the frame of the ladder;
a plurality of actuators embedded within the side rail legs of the ladder;
a plurality of steps that connect across pairs of the side rail legs;
a temperature monitor embedded within the frame of the ladder;
an onboard computing device embedded within the frame of the ladder, wherein the onboard computing device is configured to output notification data, alert data, and visual data to a mobile device operable by a user of the ladder, wherein the mobile device comprises a smart safety mobile app that is configured to receive the notification data, alert data, and visual data from the onboard computing device and display, in real-time, notifications, alerts, a ladder graphical element, a center of gravity graphical element along the ladder graphical element, and a safe zone graphical element around the ladder graphical element; and
a plurality of battery packs embedded within the frame of the ladder and configured to provide power to the onboard computing device, the weight sensors, the gyroscopes, the actuators, and the temperature monitor.
6. The smart safety ladder of claim 5 , wherein the side rail legs are adjustable in length.
7. The smart safety ladder of claim 5 , wherein the onboard computing device comprises a single board computer (SBC).
8. The smart safety ladder of claim 7 , wherein the SBC comprises a Raspberry Pi computing device.