TW201827265A - Self-Balancing Safety Seat - Google Patents

Abstract

The present of invention provides a self-balancing safety seat comprising: a safety seat which has a drive unit, and setting one initial position; a sensor detects the inertia value of the safety seat at each time point, said inertia value including at least acceleration and/or angular acceleration; a process unit is receiving said inertia signal and analyzing respectively to obtain at least one return command, and the process unit driving the drive unit according said the return command, to let the safety seat return to initial position at the said time point. In order to reduce the inertia force of the safety seat and return to initial position, when the vehicle is turning, braking or driving on bumpy roads, the safety seat can be affected by inertial forces. By the present of invention, it can let the child who rides in the safety seat is not easily frightened or injured, and it also can enhance the safety of child in the vehicle.

Description

Safety seat with automatic balance

The present invention provides a safety seat with automatic balance, and more particularly to a seated portion of the safety seat that will be in a balanced state when the vehicle is traveling.

Press, Car seat is a seat that is attached to the seat of a car for children to ride and to restrain children in the event of a car accident. According to Article 4 of the "Implementation and Advocacy Measures for Safe Carriage for Young Children with Small Cars", when a small car is attached to a road, the young child should be placed in a safety chair in the following manner: 1. Under the age of 1 or Infants under the weight of 10 kg should be placed in the back seat of the vehicle for infants in bed or rear seat for young children to be restrained or positioned. 2. Those who are over 1 year old and under 4 years of age and weigh from 10 kg to 18 kg should sit in the seat of the child in the back seat of the vehicle and restrain or position them. 3. Each safety chair is limited to a young child, and the safety chair and the car seat should be firmly connected according to the instructions in the instructions attached to the safety chair product. The first child safety chair use regulations, such as the child's body type can not be used according to the specified user, you must use the appropriate safety chair. Children over the age of 4 to 12 or weighing between 18 kg and 36 kg should sit in the back seat of the vehicle and use seat belts in accordance with the driver's and passenger's seat belt implementation and publicity guidelines.

However, the conventional car seat, such as the "Children's Safety Seat Auxiliary Fixing Belt" of the Republic of China Patent No. M259729, is provided with an adjusting belt and two side belts; the side belt has a positioning plate at one end and another One end is coupled with a female buckle; the adjusting belt is provided with a male buckle at both ends and is formed with a belt loop; thereby, the adjusting belt is passed through the wearing hole on both sides of the safety seat, and the male buckle at both ends is inserted The side buckle of the side belt, and then the belt to pull the belt to adjust the length of the adjustment belt, so that the safety seat is fixed on the car seat; however, the car travels to the left and right because of the turn, and accelerates or rushes in the car When the vehicle is braked, the safety seat will be upside down, and the child seated in the safety seat will be uneasy due to the ups and downs.

The utility model also provides a "full-coverage lightweight child safety seat" such as the Republic of China Patent Certificate No. M422503, which is a body formed by a foamed material, which is completely coated on the first hard layer. Between the second hard layer and the second hard layer; thereby, the body can be shock-absorbing or buffered; however, although the body can be shock-absorbing or buffered, the car travels to the left and right due to the turn, and accelerates or rushes in the car. When the vehicle is braked, when the moment is greatly reversed, the body only has limited shock absorption or buffering, which may cause the child lying in the safety seat to be scared and panic.

A conventional vehicle safety seat for infants and children and a method of fixing the same is provided by the Chinese Patent No. I378042, which connects the base to the vehicle seat and carries the support seat, and the support seat includes a ride. The back of the chair and the back of the chair, and a cushion body on the back of the seat and the back of the chair, so that the infant can ride or lie on the space formed between the seat and the back of the chair, respectively, providing better for the infant and the head and the body respectively. Covering and cushioning ability to absorb the vibration that may be caused by the vehicle running; thereby, when using the seat, the car seat belt is engaged in the engaging groove to fix the position of the seat; however, the conventional I378042 No. "Infant car seat and its fixing method", the base and the support seat rear end have a gap between the car seat and the car seat, when the car travels side to side, or accelerates, brakes or collides with the car. At this time, the gap will cause the base and the supporting seat to vibrate or sway, thereby causing the baby's head and body to collide with the missing portion of the seat portion and the back of the chair.

In view of this, our inventors are concentrating on further research on car safety seats, and proceeding with research and development and improvement, with a better design to solve the above problems, and after continuous trial and modification, the invention has been made. .

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve the problem that when the vehicle is placed on the vehicle seat, when the vehicle turns, accelerates or brakes, the safety seat is vibrated or shaken, thereby affecting the child's presence. Safety seat safety.

In order to achieve the above object, the inventors provide a safety seat with automatic balance, comprising: a safety seat provided with a passenger seat, the safety seat is provided with a drive corresponding to the bottom end of the passenger seat a unit, the driving unit is configured to have an initial position corresponding to the loading portion; at least one sensing unit is disposed at the loading portion, and the sensing unit is configured to detect the safety seat at each time point An inertia value, the inertia value comprising at least an acceleration and/or an angular acceleration, and respectively generating at least one inertial signal; and a processing unit coupled to the sensing unit and the driving unit; the processing unit receiving the The inertia signal is separately parsed to obtain at least one regression command, and the driving unit is driven by the regression command to cause the carrier to return to the initial position within the time point.

According to the above-mentioned safety seat with automatic balance, a weight measuring unit is further disposed on the loading portion for measuring the weight value of the riding portion, and the processing unit is a receiving unit. The inertial signal and the weight value are respectively analyzed to obtain the regression command.

According to the above-mentioned safety seat with automatic balance, a control unit is further coupled to the processing unit, and the control unit drives the driving unit by the processing unit to set the initial position.

According to the above described safety seat with automatic balance, wherein the sensing unit is an inertial sensor.

According to the safety seat described above, the driving unit is a three-axis motion device or a gyro stabilizer.

According to the safety seat described above, the safety seat is placed inside a vehicle by a safety belt.

It is obvious from the above description and setting that the present invention has the following several advantages and effects, which are detailed as follows:

1. The invention utilizes a sensing unit to detect the inertial force value of the inertial force of the safety seat at each time point, including acceleration and/or angular acceleration, by which the vehicle can be sensed to turn, start, brake or The bumpy road surface causes the safety seat to generate an inertial force state, and the drive unit can return the ride portion to the initial position within the time point to slow down the inertial force of the safety seat. It can make the children in the safety seat not violently shaken by the inertia of the changing state of the driving state, so as to prevent the child from being scared or injured, thereby making the child stable and improving the safety when riding.

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the present invention is a safety seat with automatic balance, comprising:

a safety seat 1 is provided with a loading portion 11 . The safety seat 1 is provided with a driving unit 12 corresponding to the bottom end of the loading portion 11 , and the driving unit 12 is provided with an initial position corresponding to the loading portion 11;

In terms of the arrangement of the safety seat 1, in one embodiment, it can be disposed inside a vehicle 2. In a typical embodiment, the safety seat 1 can be positioned by the safety belt 21 of the vehicle 2. It is disposed at the seat 22 of the vehicle 2, but it is merely illustrative and not limited thereto;

At least one sensing unit 111 is disposed at the loading portion 11 , and the sensing unit 111 detects the inertia value of the inertial force F of the safety seat 1 at each time point, and the inertia value is at least Including acceleration and/or angular acceleration, and respectively generating at least one inertial signal, so in an embodiment, the sensing unit 111 is an inertial sensor;

a processing unit 13 coupled to the sensing unit 111 and the driving unit 12; the processing unit 13 receives the inertia signal and separately parses and obtains at least one regression command, and drives the regression command by the regression command The driving unit 12 is configured to return the riding portion 11 to the initial position during the time; and in order to enable the driving unit 12 to adjust the safety seat 1 in all directions, in a specific embodiment, the driving unit 12 series three-axis motion device or gyro stabilizer.

Specifically, the present invention defines that the X axis is the head direction of the vehicle 2, the Y axis is the side end direction of the vehicle 2 perpendicular to the X axis, and the Z axis is perpendicular to the X axis and toward the top end of the vehicle 2, and the X axis thereof The definitions of the Y-axis and the Z-axis are only for illustrative purposes and are not limited thereto; thereby, the driving process of the vehicle 2 will cause an inertial force to be caused by an unsteady fixed position of the interior of the vehicle 2 due to a change in the driving state. Therefore, when starting in the parking state, or accelerating or decelerating during driving, the inertial force will be generated in the X-axis direction, so the object in the unstable position of the vehicle 2 will be tilted forward or backward due to the inertial force; similarly, driving When steering, the inertial force will be generated on both the X-axis and the Y-axis; while the bumpy road will generate inertial forces on the X-axis and the Z-axis.

The measurement of the inertial force F described above can be calculated by measuring the acceleration or angular acceleration occurring in the seat 11 of the safety seat 1 in an embodiment; and preferably, due to the inertial force F In a preferred embodiment, the weight unit 3 is further disposed on the loading portion 11 to measure the weight of the passenger portion 11 The value is, for example, the weight of the child being loaded, and the processing unit 13 receives the inertia signal and the weight value to separately obtain the regression command.

For the setting of the initial position, since the child's body weight is different, the comfort angle for riding the safety seat 1 is also different, so in a preferred embodiment, a control unit 4 can be provided. The control unit 4 is coupled to the processing unit 2 to set the initial position by the processing unit 2. Specifically, the control unit 4 can pass through the processing unit 2 to control the driving unit 12 to the safety seat. 1 Move to adjust to the position and angle of the child's ride. After the adjustment, you can select to define the position and angle as the initial position.

As described above, as shown in FIG. 3, when the vehicle 2 is subjected to the inertial force F due to the change of the driving state, the sensing unit 111 generates an inertial signal in the direction in which the inertial force F occurs. The inertia signal may be an acceleration value a ₀ and/or an angular acceleration value α ₀ at each time point, and the processing unit analyzes the inertia signal and calculates that the driving unit 12 can be offset or slowed down. The acceleration value a ₀ and/or the acceleration value a _{1 of the} angular acceleration value α ₀ and/or the angular acceleration value α ₁ are generated, and a return command is generated to the driving unit 12, so that the driving unit 12 drives the force in the time point. The force F' of the inertial force F is applied to the safety seat 1 so that the passenger portion 11 can return to the initial position within the time point.

For the definition of the time point, since the inertial force F is generated in a time point, and the effect of canceling or slowing down the inertial force F is achieved, preferably, at least a part of the force F′ is generated during the generation of the force F′ The occurrence time of the force F overlaps each other, and the moment when the inertial force F is generated, the processing unit can estimate the time when the inertial force F may act according to the inertia signal, so that the force F′ can be generated by the time force, that is, It can be used to offset or slow down the inertial force F.

In summary, the technical means disclosed by the present invention can effectively solve the problems of the prior knowledge, achieve the intended purpose and efficacy, and are not found in the publication before publication, have not been publicly used, and have long-term progress, The invention referred to in the Patent Law is correct, and the application is filed according to law, and the company is invited to give a detailed examination and grant a patent for invention.

The above is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the contents of the invention are all It should remain within the scope of this invention.

〔this invention〕

1‧‧‧Safety seat

11‧‧‧Loading Department

111‧‧‧Sensor unit

12‧‧‧Drive unit

13‧‧‧Processing unit

2‧‧‧ Vehicles

21‧‧‧Safety belt

22‧‧‧ seats

3‧‧‧Weighing unit

4‧‧‧Control unit

F‧‧‧Inertial force

F’‧‧‧force

Figure 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing the state of use of the present invention. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the use state and processing unit of the present invention for imparting a reverse force to the drive unit at each point in time when it is tilted forward.

Claims (7)

A safety seat with automatic balance, comprising: a safety seat provided with a passenger seat, the safety seat is provided with a driving unit corresponding to the bottom end of the carrying portion, and the driving unit is corresponding to the carrying portion An initial position is set; at least one sensing unit is disposed in the loading portion, and the sensing unit detects the inertia value of the safety seat at each time point, and the inertia value includes at least acceleration And an angular acceleration, and respectively generating at least one inertial signal; and a processing unit coupled to the sensing unit and the driving unit; the processing unit receiving the inertial signal and separately parsing and obtaining at least one regression command And driving the driving unit by the regression command, so that the loading portion returns to the initial position within the time point. The safety seat with automatic balance as described in claim 1 further includes a weighing unit that is disposed at the loading portion to measure the weight value of the riding portion, and the weight value is The processing unit receives the inertia signal and the weight value to separately determine the return command. The safety seat with automatic balance as described in claim 1, further comprising a control unit coupled to the processing unit, wherein the control unit drives the driving unit by the processing unit to set the initial position. The safety seat with automatic balance as described in claim 2, further comprising a control unit coupled to the processing unit, wherein the control unit drives the driving unit by the processing unit to set the initial position. The safety seat with automatic balance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sensing unit is an inertial sensor. The safety seat with automatic balance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the driving unit is a three-axis motion device or a gyro stabilizer. The safety seat with automatic balance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the safety seat is placed inside a vehicle by a seat belt.