US 12,257,974 B2
Child seat monitoring system for a vehicle
Gert Aldeborg, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,558.
Claims priority of application No. 22175851 (EP), filed on May 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382346 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/48 (2013.01) [B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4816 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4866 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system for a child seat in a vehicle, comprising:
a human machine interface unit comprising a sound sensor and a display unit; and
a control unit configured to:
capture, via the sound sensor, a sound associated with a seat belt of the child seat,
determine whether the sound corresponds to a predetermined safe locking sound of the seat belt, and
in response to determining that the sound corresponds to the predetermined safe locking sound of the seat belt, indicate, via the display unit, that the seat belt of the child seat is in a locked state.