Proximity sensing infant warmer

摘要

An infant care center having a overheat radiant heater that directs a pattern of infrared energy towards an infant bed to warm an infant positioned on the bed. A proximity sensor is located so as to detect an intrusion into the pattern of infrared radiation, such as when an attending person enters the pattern of radiation to carry our some function on the infant. The proximity sensor detects that intrusion by a caregiver and adjusts the intensity of the infrared radiation emitted by the heater. In the preferred embodiment, the radiant heater is turned off when the caregiver is in the pattern of infrared radiation to avoid discomfort to the caregiver.