Patent ID: 7039207
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: A47C,B60N,G10K,H04R

Abstract:
1. An entertainment and pacification system for use with a child car seat, comprising: a plurality of audio sources coupled to a child car seat, each of said plurality of audio sources generating an audio signal when activated; an anti-noise audio system coupled to the child car seat for, when activated, detecting ambient noise in the vicinity of a headrest area of the child car seat and generating a canceling audio signal that is identical in magnitude and out-of-phase with respect to said ambient noise; a plurality of audio speakers mounted in the child car seat; controllable switching means coupled to said plurality of audio sources, said anti-noise audio system and said plurality of audio speakers for, at any given time, selectively controlling activation of i) one of said plurality of audio sources wherein said audio signal generated thereby is coupled to at least one of said plurality of audio speakers, and ii) said anti-noise audio system wherein said canceling audio signal generated thereby is coupled to at least one of said plurality of audio speakers; and said switching means controlling said activation by commands generated at one of first controls located at the child car seat and second controls located remotely with respect to the child car seat, said switching means including means for discriminating between said commands generated by said first controls and said commands generated by said second controls wherein said commands generated by said second controls override commands generated by said first controls.