Patent Description:
With the development of society, vehicles gradually enter thousands of households and become an indispensable means of transportation for people to travel. However, a car parked in the burning sun often tends to become an "oven" and if a child is inadvertently left in the car, the consequences are unimaginable.

The existing vehicle safety protection method mostly adopts the way that the system automatically opens a vehicle window, and avoids the high temperature in the car from endangering the life safety of children through ventilation, and at the same time, it is convenient for passersby to provide assistance.

In the prior art, when in use, the system automatically opens the window, the passersby can conveniently rescue children, but the property loss in the vehicle is easily caused, and the use is inconvenient.

<CIT>discloses a method to notify a third party if a child is left behind in a vehicle includes securing a motion detector system within a vehicle, the motion detector being secured to a roof of an inner cabin of the vehicle and directed to a rear seat; detecting via the motion detector if a child is left behind in the rear seat after the vehicle is locked and after a driver exits; if the child is left behind, activating an air conditioner via a computer system operably associated with the motion detector; after activating the air conditioner, detecting if the driver has returned to the vehicle; if the driver has not returned, activating a car alarm via the computer system; after activating the car alarm for a predetermined time, determining if the driver has returned; and if the driver has not returned, notifying a third party via a transceiver operably associated with computer system.

<CIT> discloses a method of informing of a child left unattended in a locked vehicle comprises providing a sensor in a child seat, starting the sensor when the ignition is turned off, generating a warning signal and transmitting same from a transmitter in the child seat after a predetermined time elapsed since starting the sensor, receiving the signal in the vehicle to direct a CPU of the vehicle to start an alarm sound signal and turn alarm lights on, and, if the sensor is not disabled, to further unlock door locks and start air conditioner.

<CIT> discloses a safe protection method for the kid in the car including the steps of detecting sounds inside the car when the car is in a parking state, and judging whether there is any kid in the car, controlling the engine to ignite and start up and controlling a gear of a transmission to be locked in a P gear or a neutral gear through the engine ECU when the kid is judged to be in the car, controlling the air conditioner to be subjected to refrigeration or heating through the air conditioner controller, controlling a car window to descend to a preset descending height through a car window lifting mechanism if a car door unlocking signal is not received within a preset time. None of the above disclosure checks whether the air conditioner in the car is normally operated, which makes the whole sate protection system ineffective.

In view of the above problems existing in the prior art, an object of the present application is to provide a safety protection method based on a vehicle-mounted air conditioner for a new energy vehicle and a system thereof, which can ensure the life safety of a child left behind and also can avoid the property loss in the vehicle.

In order to achieve the above objects, the present application provides the following technical solutions.

According to the invention, a safety protection method based on a vehicle-mounted air conditioner for a new energy vehicle includes the following steps:.

With the above technical solutions, in the stopped state of the vehicle, it is detected whether a person is stayed in the vehicle, and it is determined whether the person is trapped according to the staying time of the person; if a child is trapped in the vehicle, an associated contact person is notified with a staying prompt for rescue; the temperature in the vehicle is controlled by the temperature monitoring, so that damage to the trapped child caused by the temperature discomfort in the vehicle can be avoided, in the meantime of ensuring life safety of the detained child, the property loss in the vehicle is also avoided. Moreover, it is ensured that the air conditioner can work normally, and under the condition that the air conditioner breaks down, a reminder is sent to the associated contact person.

Further, in the method according to the invention, the temperature monitoring includes the following steps:.

With the above technical solutions, according to the detected in-vehicle temperature, the level of the current temperature is determined, and at the alerting level, the associated contact person is alerted to turn on the vehicle-mounted air conditioner; at the warning level, the vehicle-mounted air conditioner is automatically started for adjusting the in-vehicle temperature; at the alarm level, an alarm is issued to ask for providing assistance and meanwhile the vehicle issues an alarm and calls the police.

Further, the time monitoring includes the following steps:.

With the above technical solutions, the staying time of the detained person is also classified according to the levels, within the preset warning period of time, only prompting the associated contact person that the person is detained in the vehicle for a long time; if the staying time is longer, warn the associated contact person that the vehicle body is about to issue an alarm; when the staying time reaches the preset alarm period of time, the vehicle issues an alarm and calls the police.

Further, the power monitoring includes the following steps:.

With the above technical solutions, when vehicle power is insufficient, turning on the air conditioner is prohibited so as to save power for the system, so that the system can still operate normally and continue to send a message and issue an alarm.

According to the invention, a safety protection system based on a vehicle-mounted air conditioner for a new energy vehicle includes:.

With the above technical solutions, in the stopped state of the vehicle, it is detected whether a person is stayed in the vehicle, and it is determined whether the person is trapped according to the staying time of the person; if a child is trapped in the vehicle, an associated contact person is notified with a staying prompt for rescue; the temperature in the vehicle is controlled by the temperature monitoring, so that damage to the trapped child caused by the temperature discomfort in the vehicle can be avoided, in the meantime of ensuring life safety of the detained child, the property loss in the vehicle is also avoided.

Further, the vehicle-mounted networking module data is in data connection with the cloud server, and the cloud server is in data connection with a user mobile phone module.

With the above technical solutions, the cloud server is used to connect a user mobile phone module, so that relevant in-vehicle information can be conveniently sent to the associated contact person.

Further, the system further includes: a power monitoring module, provided in the control module and configured to acquire remaining power information of the power supply module via the vehicle-mounted networking module, and send a remaining power signal to the control module.

With the above technical solutions, the monitoring module detects the power of the vehicle body, and when the power is low, the monitoring module reminds the associated contact person that the power is insufficient and closes the air conditioner, so as to save the power and enable the system to run normally.

Further, the human body detection module is achieved with one or more of following manners: infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, microwaves, image recognition, and gravity detection.

By the above technical solutions, the accuracy of human body detection is effectively improved.

Compared with the prior art, the present application can bring beneficial effects as following.

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present application clearer, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the embodiments and accompanying drawings, but the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

As shown in <FIG>, a safety protection method based on a vehicle-mounted air conditioner for a new energy vehicle includes the following steps:.

In particular, the informing of a person staying is used to inform the associated contact person that there is a person stayed in the vehicle for a long time when the vehicle is in a stopping state. The temperature monitoring is used to adjust the temperature in the vehicle, thereby preventing children trapped in the car from being injured due to the temperature in the car being too high or too low. The time monitoring is used to monitor the staying time for the person stayed in the vehicle, and raise an alarm after the child has been trapped in the vehicle for a long time. The power monitoring is used to monitor the power of the vehicle, and if the remaining power is lower than a limit power, prohibiting turning on the air conditioner to ensure that the remaining power in the car is sufficient for the normal operation of the system except for the air conditioner.

As shown in <FIG>, the temperature monitoring includes the following steps:.

As shown in <FIG>, the time monitoring includes the following steps:.

As shown in <FIG>, the power monitoring includes the following steps:.

As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the method further simultaneously performs a signal monitoring, which includes the following steps:.

As shown in <FIG>, a safety protection system based on a vehicle-mounted air conditioner for a new energy vehicle includes an operating detection module, a human body detection module, a timing module, a temperature detection module, an air conditioner control module, a power monitoring module, a control module, vehicle-mounted networking module, a power supply module, a vehicle-mounted air conditioner, a vehicle body component and so on.

The human body detection module is configured to detect whether there is a person stayed in the vehicle when the vehicle stops operating, and send a person staying signal. The human body detection module monitors the in-vehicle situation on a full-day by using a camera with an infrared night vision function that is mounted in a suitable position in the vehicle for performing a human body image recognition. By applying an existing human body image recognition algorithm, to the human body detection module determines whether there is a person in the vehicle based on an analysis of a series of human body-related attributes, and sends the determination result to the control module. If there is a person in the vehicle, the camera will take a photograph of the vehicle at the moment, and send the photograph to the user's mobile phone when the user has a demand for viewing the in-vehicle situation at the mobile phone end. The human body detection module transfers information to the control module via Bluetooth.

The temperature detection module is configured to detect an in-vehicle temperature and send an in-vehicle temperature signal upon determining that a person is stayed in the vehicle. The temperature detection module uses non-contact temperature sensors that are arranged in many positions in the vehicle, and sends the measured temperature signal to the control module via a port for performing AD conversion processing.

The control module is electrically connected with the temperature detection module and the human body detection module, and is configured to perform information processing according to a preset system control logic and control operations of the modules. The control module adopts a single chip microcomputer in the prior art. The information transmission between the control module and the vehicle-mounted networking module is implemented via CAN communication (transmission of control information) and Bluetooth (transmission of pictures).

The timing module is provided in the control module. The timing module adopts a timer in the prior art, and is configured to start timing when the person staying signal indicates that a person is stayed in the vehicle and send a staying time signal.

The operating detection module is provided in the control module, and configured to detect an operating state of the vehicle and send a state signal. Here, in the prior art, the operating state information of the vehicle can be directly obtained from the vehicle-mounted networking module.

The vehicle-mounted networking module is electrically connected between the vehicle-mounted air conditioner and the control module, and configured to control operations of the vehicle-mounted air conditioner in response to a signal from the control module. In particular, the vehicle-mounted networking module may be a core module of a popular vehicle networking technology, for example, an intelligent vehicle-mounted terminal, i.e., Telematics BOX, abbreviated as a vehicle-mounted T-BOX, which implements communication with a background cloud service system/mobile phone APP and a vehicle information display and control function of the mobile phone APP. The vehicle-mounted T-BOX terminal is provided with a SIM card, a <NUM> antenna, a GPS antenna, and the like; and supports Bluetooth and WIFI communication; has an OBD module with dual-core processing, and a CPU architecture with dual-core processing; respectively collects bus data and private protocols related to vehicle buses Dcan, Bean and Pcan for reverse control, so as to implement the transfer of instructions and information, including vehicle state information, control instructions and the like; data is transmitted to a cloud server (bidirectional communication) via a GPRS network, and vehicle body information is actively fed back to a user's mobile phone, such that a dynamic intervention is performed to avoid accidents. Based on the vehicle-mounted T-BOX terminal, the functions of actively/remotely controlling of the vehicle-mounted air conditioner, making a call, communicating with a mobile phone and the like can be realized. When the terminal is in a state of no signal network, the current information (including temperature, human body detection information, vehicle positioning, remaining power, etc.) needs to be recorded periodically, and the latest real-time information is sent to the cloud in a complementary reporting mode when the network is recovered.

The alarm module is provided in the control module, and configured to issue an alarm to a public safety department via a vehicle-mounted SIM card in the vehicle-mounted networking module, wherein the content of the alarm is preset voice alarm information (including vehicle location, vehicle model and color, license plate number and so on); and control the vehicle body component via the vehicle-mounted networking module for realizing vehicle whistling and flashing; and send alarm information to an APP on the user mobile phone via a cloud server of the vehicle-mounted networking module.

The vehicle-mounted air conditioner is configured to drive the air conditioner of the vehicle to perform a refrigeration or heating, and is in data connection with the vehicle-mounted networking module via a CAN communication network. The vehicle-mounted air conditioner receives a control instruction vie a CAN network for performing an operation of refrigeration, heating or turning off, and feeds back an operation state of the air conditioner to the control module in real time. An air conditioner control module is provided in the control module, and configured to control on-off and a temperature adjustment of the air conditioner, and monitor an operating state of the air conditioner. The operation effect of the vehicle-mounted air conditioner may be determined by analyzing the relationship between the temperature change in the vehicle and the time after the air conditioner is turned on, and the result is fed back to the user when the effect is poor.

The power supply module is configured to supply power to each circuit of the system, use a vehicle-mounted power supply as a power supply module of the system, and feedback the remaining power information of the power supply to the control module in real time. The power supply module is connected to the vehicle-mounted networking module through a CAN communication network.

The power monitoring module is provided in the control module, and configured to detect the power remaining in the power supply module, and determine the remaining power, so as to ensure that the power of the power supply module is sufficient to maintain the operation of the main function of the system and alarm.

The vehicle-mounted networking module data is in data connection with the cloud server. The cloud server is a terminal based on the vehicle-mounted T-BOX, and an information service background established by applying a cloud technology; connects the vehicle body with a mobile phone through a GPRS network for information interaction, and integrates and centrally manages user data in the background, so that the user can achieve functions, such as real-time information query and remote vehicle control. When the cloud server is disconnected with the vehicle-mounted terminal, the information received from the vehicle body for the last time is sent to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone is informed that the communication with the vehicle fails at the moment. When the cloud server is disconnected with the user's mobile phone, the information received from the vehicle body at the latest time is sent to the user's mobile phone module after the communication of the mobile phone is recovered. The APP on the user's mobile phone transmits the user's request and control command to the vehicle-mounted networking module via the cloud server and the <NUM> network, and the vehicle-mounted networking module transmits the request and control information to each of modules in the vehicle via the CAN network. The vehicle-mounted networking module obtains information in real time via the CAN network and other communication interfaces (Bluetooth) and uploads the information to the cloud server. The cloud server sends the information to APP on the user's mobile phone through the <NUM> network.

Claim 1:
A safety protection method based on a vehicle-mounted air conditioner for a new energy vehicle, comprising the following steps:
detecting an operating state of the vehicle; and
determining whether the vehicle stops operating by an operating detection module;
if the vehicle stops operating, performing a human body detection and sending a person staying signal by a human body detection module;
when a person stays in the vehicle, detecting a staying time for the person staying in the vehicle by a timing module;
when the staying time exceeds a predetermined period of time, informing an associated contact person that there is a person stayed in the vehicle, and simultaneously performing temperature monitoring by a temperature detection module, time monitoring by the timing module and power monitoring by a power monitoring module;
determining whether the air conditioner is normally operated by an air conditioner control module, and if the air conditioner is normally operated, notifying the associated contact person that the air conditioner is started normally; if the air conditioner is not normally operated, notifying the associated contact person that the air conditioner is started abnormally; and
determining whether the in-vehicle temperature is significantly improved, and if the in-vehicle temperature is not significantly improved, alerting the associated contact person that the air conditioner has a poor effect;
wherein the temperature monitoring comprises the following steps:
presetting an alerting temperature range, a warning temperature range and an alarm temperature range;
detecting and acquiring an in-vehicle temperature;
determining whether the in-vehicle temperature is within the alerting temperature range, and if the in-vehicle temperature is within the alerting temperature range, alerting the associated contact person to start the in-vehicle air conditioner;
determining whether the in-vehicle temperature is within the warning temperature range, and if the in-vehicle temperature is within the warning temperature range, automatically starting the vehicle-mounted air conditioner, and informing the associated contact person that the air conditioner has been started; and
determining whether the in-vehicle temperature is within the alarm temperature range, and if the in-vehicle temperature is within the alarm temperature range, issuing, by the vehicle, an alarm and calling police and simultaneously notifying the associated contact person.