Systems for Soothing and Prolonging Sleep of a Child in a Car Seat

摘要

Systems for soothing and prolonging sleep maintain an experience of riding in a vehicle in a car seat, even as a pattern of driving changes, when vehicle motion ceases or when the car seat is removed from the vehicle. Sensors detect one or more of motion, light and sound in an environment of the car seat. As motion, light and/or associated with the ride decrease, change or stop, a controller automatically controls actuators to apply compensatory motion, light and/or sound in the environment of the car seat, in order to provide continuity of the riding experience and decrease likelihood of an infant awakening or fussing. This allows the driver of the vehicle to concentrate on driving safely, rather than breaking concentration on the road in order to soothe the infant.

主权项

1. A system for soothing or prolonging sleep of a child in an environment of a car seat, comprising:
at least one actuator configured with the car seat or a base of the car seat for imparting one or more of movement, sound and light to the environment; at least one sensor for sensing at least one condition of the environment; a controller for controlling the at least one actuator to induce one or more of motion, sound, and light to the environment based upon the at least one sensed condition such that a level of the sensed condition remains substantially constant.