WO2012049678A2 - Procédé et système pour les soins et la sécurité d'un être vivant dans un espace fermé - Google Patents

Procédé et système pour les soins et la sécurité d'un être vivant dans un espace fermé Download PDF

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WO2012049678A2
WO2012049678A2 PCT/IL2011/000798 IL2011000798W WO2012049678A2 WO 2012049678 A2 WO2012049678 A2 WO 2012049678A2 IL 2011000798 W IL2011000798 W IL 2011000798W WO 2012049678 A2 WO2012049678 A2 WO 2012049678A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/01—Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements, e.g. airbags, safety belt tighteners, in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents
    • B60R21/015—Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements, e.g. airbags, safety belt tighteners, in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents including means for detecting the presence or position of passengers, passenger seats or child seats, and the related safety parameters therefor, e.g. speed or timing of airbag inflation in relation to occupant position or seat belt use
    • B60R21/01512—Passenger detection systems
    • B60R21/0153—Passenger detection systems using field detection presence sensors
    • B60R21/01538—Passenger detection systems using field detection presence sensors for image processing, e.g. cameras or sensor arrays
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/01—Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements, e.g. airbags, safety belt tighteners, in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents
    • B60R2021/01204—Actuation parameters of safety arrangents
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  • the invention is in the fields of alarm systems, human and animal safety, and in special it deals with preventing inappropriate confinement of living creatures to closed spaces.
  • the living creature most exposed to such a danger is a baby or a small child forgotten by mistake, intentionally left by a guardian or entering alone and unable to get out from respectively a car, or a school bus.
  • a guardian leaves a sleeping child in a car for a moment, and unexpectedly that moment continues too long, placing the child in danger.
  • a living creature module for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of a living creature to a closed space.
  • the module includes a processor configured for receiving indications associated with parameters of the closed space, receiving indications for presence of a living creature in the closed space, analyzing the indications and initiating emergency operations for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space.
  • the indications for presence of a living creature in the closed space may be issued by a variety of sensors, a volume sensor, a motion sensor, an image sensor, a microphone, a sensor of carbon dioxide level, or a sensor of oxygen level, for example.
  • the living creature module is linked to a temperature sensor, oxygen level sensor or carbon dioxide sensor sensing the interior of the closed space, thereby receiving one of the indications associated with parameters of the closed space.
  • the living creature module includes a communication interface for conveying data items to recipients.
  • the data items are associated with an identification of an inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space, with indications of the closed space, with indications of the presence of the living creature, and with location of the closed space.
  • Possible recipients are a police station, a control center and a person associated with the closed space and/or living creature.
  • the living creature module includes an interface to an alarm system associated with the closed space.
  • the alarm system may issue indications associated with parameters of the closed space.
  • certain emergency operations may be executed using the alarm system.
  • the living creature module includes an interface to a control system associated with the closed space.
  • the control system may issue indications associated with parameters of the closed space.
  • certain emergency operations may be executed using the control system.
  • the closed space is the interior of a vehicle.
  • the processor is linked to a global positioning system (GPS) device residing on the vehicle, or to a cellular communication device residing in the vehicle, such that it receives an indication of the location of the vehicle.
  • GPS global positioning system
  • a method for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of a living creature to a closed space receiving indications associated with parameters of the closed space, receiving indications for presence of a living creature in the closed space, and analyzing the indications of the closed space and the indications for presence of a living creature in the closed space, initiating emergency operations for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space.
  • the indications associated with parameters of the closed space may be issued by a variety of sensors, a volume sensor, a motion sensor, an image sensor, a microphone, a sensor of carbon dioxide level, or a sensor of oxygen level, for example.
  • Certain emergency operations are initiated one after another, whereby a predetermined time period is allowed to elapse between consequent emergency operations while waiting to a responsive action. Other emergency operations are initiated substantially simultaneously.
  • the analysis determines an emergency status on a scale of several escalating emergency categories.
  • An indication of temperature inside the closed space may be associated with that scale.
  • an instant audio alarm is initiated in case of an identification of a life danger to the living creature inside the closed space.
  • the method includes the step of remote controlling features associated with the closed space to prevent continued inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space.
  • the method includes the steps of remote controlling initiation of emergency operations for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space, and manually controlling initiation of emergency operations thereof.
  • the closed space is the interior of a vehicle.
  • the parameters associated with the closed space of the vehicle may include a closed doors indication, an engine operating status, and an alarm system triggering status.
  • the emergency operations may include a siren operation, a pre-recorded vocal announcement, and a flashing light operation.
  • the method includes fool proof measures like automatic activating of a module for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of a living creature to a closed space, necessitating a conscious action for neutralization of the module, limiting neutralization of the module to a predetermined time duration after which the module is re-activated, rendering the system activation completely free of human intentional action.
  • the method may be performed by a program of instructions.
  • a program storage device readable by a computerized apparatus is provided, tangibly embodying the program of instructions executable by the computerized apparatus to perform the method.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a baby alarm module according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of a living creature to a closed space.
  • each of the verbs "comprise”, “include” and “have”, and conjugates thereof, are used to indicate that the object or objects of the verb are not necessarily a complete listing of members, components, elements or parts of the subject or subjects of the verb.
  • a living creature module for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of a living creature to a closed space.
  • the living creature most exposed to such a danger is a baby or a small child forgotten by mistake by a guardian in respectively a car, or a school bus.
  • a guardian consciously leaves a child in a car for a moment, and unexpectedly that moment continues too long, placing the child in danger.
  • the provided module is applicable as well for other living creatures, and for static closed spaces, like an old man in a bus, a bank associate in a safe room, a worker in a food plant locked in a deep freezer, and a pet which had entered a car while owner arrives home and has been left locked in the car unintentionally.
  • baby alarm module 5 is described within the frame of a system 8 which is associated with a closed space of a vehicle.
  • Module 5 includes a processor 10 configured for receiving indications associated with the vehicle parameters, receiving indications for presence of a baby in the vehicle, analyzing the indications and initiating emergency operations for preventing life danger to a baby left in the closed vehicle.
  • the indications associated with the vehicle parameters may arrive from a variety of sources.
  • a car control 12, which may be either a digital or analog control system may provide indications for engine operation, closed doors, and weight on seats from which the operational status of the car as manned or left may be deduced.
  • Car control 12 may be connected to module 5 directly or through an interface 14. Interface 14 may be used in the reversed direction as detailed below.
  • Another important car parameter is the temperature within the car, as indicated by a temperature sensor 16 sensing the car interior.
  • a temperature sensor 16 sensing the car interior.
  • the interior temperature may quickly approach extreme temperatures, 50-70°c in open parking lot on one hand, and below freezing temperature on the other hand. Such extreme temperatures endanger a baby left in the car and necessitate urgent emergency operations, as detailed below.
  • Temperature sensor 16 may be connected to module 5 directly or through a temperature sensor interface 18. Temperature interface 18 may issue the temperature reading along with an indication for the temperature trend, a positive indication for an increasing temperature reading and a negative indication for a decreasing temperature reading.
  • Yet another crucial indication on the car may be obtained from the car alarm system 20, which is either triggered manually by locking the car, or triggered automatically after leaving the car unattended for a predetermined time duration.
  • an indication for a triggered alarm system is associated to the state of the car.
  • the very indications used by alarm system 20 to trigger itself automatically may be sent to module 5 as indication for the car status.
  • module 5 may be integrated within alarm system 20, thus saving duplicate features like connection to the car control 12. If separated, module 5 may be either connected directly to alarm system 20 or connected to it through an alarm interface 22.
  • An indication for the location of the car may be obtained from a global positioning system (GPS) device 24 residing on the vehicle and linked to module 5, or from a cellular communication device 26 residing in the vehicle.
  • Module 5 may be either connected directly to GPS device 24 or connected to it through a location interface 28.
  • the indications for presence of a baby in the vehicle may be issued by a variety of sensors, motion sensor 31, volume sensor 32, an image sensor 34, microphone 36, sensor 38 of carbon dioxide level, or sensor 40 of oxygen level, for example.
  • Module 5 may be connected to those sensors directly or through a sensor interface 42.
  • Module 5 analyses the car indications and the baby presence indication and thus may identify an emergency situation in which a baby has been left alone in the unattended car and the baby life is in danger to certain degree.
  • the analysis may determine an emergency status on a scale of several escalating emergency categories or statuses, no emergency, preliminary emergency status, intermediate emergency status, and urgent crisis state, for example.
  • an indication of car internal temperature may strongly affect emergency status. At least part of the undertaken emergency operations are derived from the emergency status as detailed below.
  • volume sensor presence indication- positive, doors locked - positive , engine operation- positive - car is attended and no action is needed.
  • Image sensor presence indication- positive, doors locked - positive , engine operation- closed - car is unattended while a baby may be present, and thus an preliminary emergency status is declared for a predetermined time duration, five minutes, for example. Once that predetermined time duration has been elapsed while indications remain as before, the module increases emergency status to intermediate emergency status.
  • Microphone presence indication-positive, doors locked-positive, engine operation- closed, temperature indication- 40°c and increasing, windows closed- car is unattended while a baby may be present and be in life danger. Thus an urgent crisis status is declared.
  • Module 5 initializes emergency operations, preferably in dependence on the emergency status. Certain emergency operations may be executed using alarm system 20. For example, module 5 submits alarm system 20 an order to issue an operation of siren 50, a pre-recorded vocal announcement using a speaker 52, or an operation of a flashing light 54. Other emergency operations may be executed using control system 12. For example, module 5 may submit an order to car control system 12 to switch door lock 56, open window 58, activate car fan 57, or initiate a flashing light 54.
  • module 5 conveys data items to recipients 28, 29 and 30.
  • the data items include an identification of the emergency status of dangerous confinement of a baby in the closed space, indications of the car parameters like engine non-operation, locked doors 56 and closed windows 58, indications of the presence of baby like a recording of a microphone 36 containing a fierce baby cry, along with location of the car.
  • the recipients include several predetermined recipients 28, car owner, nearby police station 29, and a control center 30 associated with the Car alarm system 20, for example.
  • a possible response of the car owner is remote opening of the windows 58 and/or activating the car internal fan 57 to let fresh air enter the car interior, thus decreasing and the temperature, or at least stopping its increase.
  • Certain emergency operations are initiated one after another, whereby a predetermined time period is allowed to elapse between consequent emergency operations while waiting to a responsive action.
  • the predetermined waiting time is between three and ten minutes, and more preferably, four to six minutes.
  • Other emergency operations are initiated substantially simultaneously.
  • a first call is made to the car owner and additional predetermined recipients 28.
  • a phone call to a nearby police station 29 is issued and simultaneously a local siren 50 starts to operate to attract close by persons.
  • the simultaneous operations are initiated within less than three minutes difference, preferably less than half a minute time difference.
  • Module 5 may be installed in the freezer to prevent continuing confinement of such a worker to the closed space of the freezer, thus saving life or preventing irrecoverable medical damage.
  • Module 5 is connected to a motion sensor 31 or image sensor 34 which indicates that a person is present in the freezer.
  • Module 5 is also connected to a control system 12 of the whole plant, which submits an indication from an interlock sensor at the door that the door is closed, as well as an indication from the freezer temperature sensor that the reading is -18°c, for example, and a time reading from control system 12 that working time has elapsed.
  • As module 5 identifies that a person is present in the closed freezer and might be exposed to freezing, it first send an SMS(short message service) message to a plant associate 28 appearing in an emergency calling list. After a short while without response, it calls another associate 28 from that list, a nearby police station, etc. A possible response is remote opening of the door lock 56 by the called associate, letting the confined worker to get out of the freezer.
  • a method 100 for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of a living creature to a closed space is presented in the flowchart of Fig. 2.
  • the method includes several steps which may be performed in any order or simultaneously, unless it is clear from the context that one step depends on another being performed first.
  • Step 110 is receiving indications associated with parameters of the closed space.
  • Step 120 is receiving indications for presence of a living creature in the closed space.
  • Step 130 is analyzing the indications of the closed space and the indications for presence of a living creature in the closed space.
  • Step 140 is initiating emergency operations for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space.
  • the indications associated with parameters of the closed space may be issued by a variety of sensors, a volume sensor 32, an image sensor 34, a microphone 36, a sensor 38 of carbon dioxide level, or a sensor 40 of oxygen level, for example.
  • the method may include the step 150 of remote controlling features associated with the closed space to prevent continued inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space.
  • the method includes the step 160 of remote controlling initiation of emergency operations for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of the living creature to the closed space, and the step 170 of manually controlling initiation of emergency operations thereof.
  • a car owner 28 might stop the emergency operations immediately after executing certain operation to remove the dangerous confinement. However, sometimes it is desired that such stopping is done with full awareness of the car owner 28.
  • a manual operation like opening engine cover and switching a toggle is needed for stopping emergency operations.
  • the method includes fool proof measures like automatic activating 180 of a module 5 for preventing continued inappropriate confinement of a living creature to a closed space, necessitating 190 a conscious action for neutralization of module 5, and limiting 200 neutralization of module 5 for a predetermined time duration after which the module is re-activated.

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L'invention concerne un module de soins et sécurité d'un être vivant pour empêcher un confinement inapproprié prolongé d'un être vivant dans un espace fermé et un procédé de fonctionnement du module. Le module comprend un processeur configuré pour recevoir des indications de l'espace fermé, pour recevoir des indications de présence d'un être vivant, pour analyser les indications et déclencher des opérations d'urgence pour empêcher un confinement prolongé. Les indications de présence d'un être vivant peuvent être émises par un capteur de volume, un capteur d'image, un microphone, un capteur de taux de dioxyde de carbone ou un capteur de taux d'oxygène, par exemple. Le module est relié à un capteur de température qui capte l'intérieur de l'espace fermé et comprend une interface de communication pour adresser des données élémentaires à des destinataires. Les données élémentaires sont une identification de l'état de confinement inapproprié, des indications de l'espace fermé, des indications de la présence de l'être vivant et de localisation de l'espace fermé. Les destinataires possibles sont un commissariat de police, un poste de garde et le propriétaire de l'espace fermé. L'espace fermé peut être l'intérieur d'un véhicule, alors que l'être vivant peut être un bébé ou un petit enfant. Le processeur est relié à un dispositif de système de positionnement global (GPS) ou à un dispositif de communication cellulaire.
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