Infant soothing carrier assembly and apparatus

摘要

Apparatus and systems drive an infant carrier through space while providing soothing acceleration and/or sonic components. Infant-soothing swaying and vibrating mechanisms help to calm an upset infant and/or help the infant to fall asleep. Embodiments described herein include infant carriers capable of self-locomotion and/or platforms capable of self-locomotion with snap-in fasteners to accept an infant carrier. In some embodiments, a platform with an attached infant carrier travels along a track or monorail. In some embodiments, an infant carrier with wheels may be pulled by a toy providing the locomotion. Some embodiments incorporate a device controller with biofeedback mechanisms to adaptively pinpoint characteristics of soothing motions and sounds appropriate to a selected soothing task for a particular infant in a particular emotional state.

主权项

1. An infant soothing carrier assembly, comprising:
an infant carrier capable of self-locomotion; a set of wheels rotatively coupled to the infant carrier to provide support for rolling motion along a path between points within a selected space and to transfer soothing vibrations and swaying motions to the infant carrier as the infant carrier moves along the path; a device controller communicatively coupled to the set of wheels to perform at least one of determining the path, controlling navigation along the path, controlling magnitudes of the soothing vibrations and swaying motions, and monitoring an infant in the infant carrier; a steering mechanism coupled to the set of wheels to control a direction of travel by setting an angle between at least one wheel position and a current direction of travel; and an electromechanical device coupled to the steering mechanism to impart motion to the steering mechanism responsive to signals from the device controller.