438 results about "School bus" patented technology

The invention disclosed provides a driver monitoring and scoring system that detects and alerts the driver of erratic movements in order to redirect the attention of the driver so the driver can correct the poor driving. The system has the capability to record the instances of driving behavior and report them either immediately via a wireless network or from stored memory. The invention also displays a scoring system where the driver loses points for erratic driving and gains points for problem free driving. The system can maintain a list of high scores sorted by driver such that the driver can strive for higher scores resulting in better driving habits. The system can be used in the vehicle of the general public or in specific cases such as monitoring of drunk driving repeat offenders or in commercial vehicles such as school buses and public transportation.

A passenger restraining harness and support assembly for use with a bench seat mounted in a vehicle. The bench seat includes a frame having a seat support portion with a front portion and a rear portion, a seatback portion coupled to the seat support portion, and legs or supports anchoring the seat to the vehicle. A harness support assembly includes a tower member with a slotted bottom end pivotally coupled to the rear of the seat support, a connecting member having one end adapted to fit into the slot in the tower member and a second end connected to the front of the seat support portion, a belt guide connected to the top of the tower member, and an anchor wing connected to the connecting member. A belt or harness attaches to the support assembly.

In a school bus tracking system, each school bus is provided with a mobile station and an ID. The bus ID's and telephone numbers for the buses' mobile stations are stored in a tracking application / database. At a residence, a parent sends a message to the tracking application that includes the ID of a bus that services the residence, and a radius. The message may be sent using a short message service, i.e., a text message to a particular address utilized by the tracking application. Then, the tracking application causes the locations of the bus mobile station and the parent's mobile station to be periodically polled. When the bus mobile station comes within the radius, the tracking application issues a message to the parent mobile station alerting the parent that the bus is approaching. The system may be used to track other vehicles, objects (e.g., packages), and / or persons.

A local wireless device serves as a unique identifier for students and teachers in a school system. The school is equipped with multiple stationary hubs for tracking the location of students and teachers. The school may also be equipped with multiple mobile hubs, such as hand-held hubs and hubs on school buses, which allow easily and quickly determining if a student or teacher is where he or she should be. The local wireless device may be used in conjunction with a pager, mobile phone, a voicemail device, and devices for storing, reviewing and sending audio and video files. The preferred embodiments also include a single device that provides all of the above-mentioned functions. The preferred embodiments thus disclose many different wireless devices that are all integrated into the school's computer system to customize their function according to the needs of the school.

A safety system and method for buses, and in particular school buses, with the bus having a plurality of seats arrange in rows with at least one aisle running lengthwise of the bus, and a forward seat for a driver, and a door through which students enter and leave the bus. A sensor is associated with each seat to sense if a person is occupying the seat. A safety seat belt and buckle member enable a person seated in a seat to buckle in for safety. A sensor senses if the seat belt is buckled. The condition of each seat is read to determine if the seat is occupied and the seat belt is buckled. A display, within the vision of the bus driver while normally operating the bus, shows the condition of each seat. A telecommunications link is provided between the bus and a remote station and can be operated by the bus driver while normally operating the bus. A global positioning system coupled to the telecommunications link provides to the remote station the location of the bus. Sensors are provided to detect shock, heat, smoke, CO, water, tire pressure, and the entry and exit of students.

A method for providing for enforcement of school bus safety laws in situations in which a driver of a vehicle near a school bus illegally passes the school bus when it is stopping or stopped and its stop-sign arm is deployed and / or emergency signals are on. The method provides a process for identifying and documenting with live streaming video a violation of school bus safety law as it occurs, documenting and preserving the evidence, presenting the evidence of an alleged violation to law enforcement authorities for determination of whether the case should be pursued, processing a citation or civil assessment to obtain payment of a fine or assessment, providing for the alleged violator to review the video and other evidence of the alleged violation, and providing for the payment of the fine or assessment.

Millions of schoolchildren take a ride to and from school on buses every day. Quite frequently we hear about multiple problems with the school buses. The school bus did not arrive on time, the bus did not show up at all, or the time or place of a bus stop has changed without notification—all these problems are unfortunately very common. Today's School Transportation systems do not always work as fast and as reliably as it is reasonably expected. These systems use phone or fax-based communication. These methods are slow, inefficient, and can be catastrophic since children's safety is on the line. Online Schoolchildren Transportation Management Method, System, and Computer Program Products, store data and provide real-time communication between the main participants of the schoolchildren transportation process: school transportation officers, district, county and / or state transportation management, schoolchildren and / or parents, and / or school bus drivers via a Web based network. Embodiments of the present invention allow efficient and streamlined communications between the main participants of the School Children Transportation Process to solve the following: Student's Transportation Change Request and Response; Transportation Information Lookup and Reporting in Real-Time; Transportation Emergencies and Exceptions; Bus Stop Location Change / Addition; Automatic Request / Response Notification Flow; Bus Arrival / Departure information; Management Reporting; Field Trips Request; Special Needs / Handicapped, Front Desk / Call Center Operator and etc. The new system (method, computer program) provides a framework for uniform and standardized information exchange between System Participants, thus guarantying uniform data collection, processing and reporting and opening numerous additional benefits to further utilization of the collected data.

A local wireless device serves as a unique identifier for students and teachers in a school system. The school is equipped with multiple stationary hubs for tracking the location of students and teachers. The school may also be equipped with multiple mobile hubs, such as hand-held hubs and hubs on school buses, which allow easily and quickly determining if a student or teacher is where he or she should be. The local wireless device may be used in conjunction with a pager, mobile phone, a voicemail device, and devices for storing, reviewing and sending audio and video files. The preferred embodiments also includes a single device that provides all of the above-mentioned functions. In addition, a wireless display may be coupled to the local wireless device as needed. The function of these devices may be controlled according to the needs of the system. For example, some of the functions may be disabled during class periods, but enabled between classes. The preferred embodiments thus disclose many different wireless devices that are all integrated into the school's computer system to customize their function according to the needs of the school.

The invention provides a biological identification technology-based school bus safety management method. The method comprises the following steps of acquiring the identity biological identification information of passengers and a driver in a school bus, the state information of a driver seat and the state information of the bus; performing identity authentication on the acquired identity biological identification information and analyzing the acquired state information; judging whether the authentication result and / or the analysis result violate relative safety management laws and regulations; and controlling the operating state of the school bus according to the results. By the method, the aim of comprehensive monitoring can be fulfilled by comprehensively acquiring the information which can influence the safety of the school bus and then controlling the operating state of the school bus.

The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for tracking vehicle riders, such as students riding in a school bus, for example. In one embodiment, the disclosed system has a biometric device, such as a palm vein reader, configured to identify users who are expected to ride a school bus. When a student rider either gets on or off the bus, the biometric device is used to identify the rider. An automated controller on the bus maintains a list of expected passengers on the bus, and based on the biometric device, the controller maintains data, referred to hereafter as “rider data,” indicating whether each expected passenger is currently on the bus. The rider data is updated, in real time, as riders get on and off the bus at various stops.

The invention relates to a detecting and warning device for a school bus. The detecting and warning device comprises a power module, a single chip microcomputer (SCM) control module, a detecting module and a warning module, wherein the power module is composed of a main power supply circuit supplied by an automobile power supply and an auxiliary power supply circuit connected with the main power supply circuit in parallel; the SCM control module is used for receiving data information acquired and detected by the detecting module and sending the data to the warning module after analysis and processing; the detecting module is composed of a sound detecting module and a microwave detecting module and used for acquiring and detecting data information about infrared rays in human bodies and sound respectively; and the warning module comprises an automatic bus door opening module, a sound reminding module and a global system for mobile communications (GSM) short message warning module and is used for executing the data information sent by the SCM control module. The detecting and warning device for the school bus overcomes the shortcomings such as weak self-rescue awareness of children,carelessness of people in charge and the like, and can detect children left in automobiles and inform drivers and other related people timely, therefore accidents of smothered children left in automobiles are prevented.

The invention discloses a school bus safety monitoring system, which comprises vehicle-mounted monitoring terminals installed in a school bus, a school bus safety monitoring cloud computing platform, school bus monitoring computer terminals at school, a school bus monitoring computer terminal at education bureau and mobile phones of school bus taking children's parents, wherein the school bus safety monitoring cloud computing platform is connected with other components through a public wireless communication network or an Internet network. The vehicle-mounted monitoring terminals in the school bus acquire safety data of the school bus in real time; and when the data reach an alarm limit, the vehicle-mounted monitoring terminals give a sound alarm prompt in place and upload the related school bus safety monitoring data to the cloud computing platform. The cloud computing platform has acquisition, management and information distribution functions of the school bus safety monitoring data. The school bus monitoring computer terminals at school and at education bureau and the mobile phones of the school bus taking children's parents are used for receiving safety information distributed by the cloud computing platform and related with the school bus or querying the information. The system can comprehensively and effectively realize safety monitoring and management of the school bus and reduce school bus safety accidents.

The invention discloses a campus safety information interaction management platform device, system and method. Through arrangement of a vertical collection terminal, an intelligent barrier gate, a portable collection terminal and cameras distributed everywhere in the campus, monitoring can be started at moments when students get on a school bus, enter a school gate, have a class and go out of the school gate; the campus safety information interaction management platform device, system and method can monitor children behaviors even when their parents are not around, which provide high safety, and, particularly, a parent picking up safety system is arranged in order to ensure that the children are not picked up by strangers. Besides, through the campus safety information interaction management platform device, system and method, parents can interact with teachers and the school so as to better know the behaviors of the children in the school, promptly find problems of the children and negotiate with the teachers to correct the children; and a forum platform is arranged for interaction and exchange between parents and between parents and teachers.

A safety system and method for school buses in which sensors are associated with each seat to sense if a person is occupying the seat and if the seat belt is buckled. A display, within the vision of the bus driver, shows the condition of each seat. Sensors determine the head count of students on the bus. An alarm signals a mismatch between the head count and seats occupied. A telecommunications link and a global positioning system provides bus location to a remote station. Additional sensors detect shook, heat, smoke, CO, water and tire pressure.

A RFID automatic guarding system for campus safety is disclosed, which applies active ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID technology. The system comprises hanging the RFID active tag on students; transmitting a signal from the RFID locator to the RFID active tag once the students go through general or restricted area where the RFID locator is sited; receiving a driving signal by the RFID active tag from the RFID locator; transmitting stored data from the RFID active tag to the RFID reader; transmitting the stored data from the RFID reader to a middleware server; integrating the stored data by the middleware server; transmitting the integrated data to an application server; meanwhile transmitting the integrated data to parents or school administrators, wherein the integrated data can be received by cellular phone or computer and shows message of arriving school, leaving school, breaking into restricted area, or overstaying on school bus of students.

The invention discloses a school bus monitoring method. The school bus monitoring method includes: acquiring getting on and / or getting off video monitoring images of passengers in a school bus; extracting each human body target to be recognized; partitioning each human body target into a plurality of tracking sub-regions; acquiring a motion trail; and recognizing the number of the passengers getting on and / or getting off the school bus. In addition, the invention further discloses a school bus monitoring system. According to the school bus monitoring method, each human body target in the video monitoring images is partitioned into the multiple tracking sub-regions which are subjected to continuous tracking to obtain motion trails for recognizing the number of the passengers getting on and / or getting off the school bus, so that precise monitoring is realized, and the presently general problem of excessively large or small of the number of people in monitoring results is avoided. Further, personnel information of students in the school bus can be timely and accurately mastered and monitored by monitors to guarantee safety of the students getting on and getting off the school bus and during running of the school bus.

The invention provides a safety monitoring system for a school bus. The safety monitoring system comprises a main control system, a data collection subsystem, a driving record subsystem, a vehicle control subsystem and a wireless transmission subsystem, wherein the main control system is bidirectionally connected with the data collection subsystem, the driving record subsystem, the vehicle control subsystem and the wireless transmission subsystem respectively; the data collection subsystem is used for obtaining vehicle running state parameters in real time and transmitting the parameters to the main control system; the driving record subsystem is used for recording data and video information transmitted from the main control system and a driving recorder; the vehicle control subsystem is used for controlling an accelerator, two flashing lights, a vehicle door and a horn according to the vehicle running situation sent by the main control system; and the wireless transmission subsystem is used for obtaining video and audio signals in the school bus in real time, storing the signals in the driving record subsystem through the main control system and wirelessly transmitting the signals to a server of a school or a school bus company.

School District Administrators have the real-time monitoring of students and school buses during daily school transportation. The IRITRANS® system will provide school districts with real-time bus locations and more importantly the “specific identity of all students on-board”. The system prevents students from becoming lost by boarding or exiting at the wrong assigned bus stop. The iris scanning process is completely mobile from all points of the bus for loading and unloading students with special needs requirements. If a student has a medical emergency the medical history is available to responders for correct treatment. In a hijacking event authorities have access to the real-time GPS location of the bus and the specific identity of students onboard. In the event of a school evacuation, administrators know where the students have been taken and the identity of the students on a specific bus to provide parents. On field trips students are accounted for and not left behind on the return trip. Students will not be abandoned or left sleeping on the school bus.

The invention discloses a system and a method of reserving, dispatching and managing a university school bus. The system comprises a passenger terminal, a server, a database and a school bus terminal, wherein the passenger terminal is used for sending reservation information to the server and the reservation information is stored in the database; the school bus terminal is used for acquiring real-time position information of the school bus and real-time information of a school bus seat, the information is sent to the server, and information in the database is updated in real time; the server comprises a receiving module, a dispatching module and a sending module for receiving information from the passenger terminal and the school bus terminal, dispatching the school bus and sending the generated passenger order and the school bus order to the passenger terminal and the school bus terminal respectively. The problems of difficult university school bus taking, low service level, high no-load rate and ossified dispatching can be effectively solved, and the university school bus utilization rate is effectively improved.

The invention provides an active child safety airbag device for a school bus and a control method thereof. The device comprises an airbag system, an ECU, a main switch, a pressure distribution sensor and a vehicle speed sensor, wherein the main switch, the pressure distribution sensor and the vehicle speed sensor are respectively connected with the ECU, the pressure distribution sensor is arranged on a seat, the airbag system comprises an airbag woven bag, an air supply device, a containing device, an air inlet control valve, an air release control valve and an air pressure sensor, the air inlet control valve, the air release control valve and the air pressure sensor are connected with the ECU, the air inlet control valve is communicated with the airbag woven bag and the air supply device, the air release control valve is communicated with the airbag woven bag and an air exhaust pipeline, the containing device is arranged on the back face of a seat back, and the air pressure sensor is arranged in the airbag woven bag. The device judges whether the airbag system works or not, judges the unfolding opportunity of the airbag woven bag, adjusts the pressure inside the airbag woven bag and provides best protection for child passengers through the sensors and the ECU. The airbag woven bag can be repeatedly used, impact damage and burning in detonation can be eliminated, the environment can not be polluted, and the device is suitable for the school bus, a passenger car and a car.

An adjustable, elevated and externally mounted lighting device (21) for vehicles such as school busses (22) and other types of vehicles, that provides a pool of light (23) to passenger loading and unloading areas for better visibility of passengers, vehicle drivers, and other vehicle operators in the vicinity during hours of darkness. The light's adjustability, combined with a diffused lens (29), provides a broad and bright pool of light (23) without obstructing passenger visibility or driver use of side mirrors (30). The light (21) is connected to the vehicle's on-board electrical power system and is activated automatically without distracting driver attentiveness, but with provisions for manual over-ride activation if needed in special circumstances such as emergencies or wheelchair loading / unloading.

A video camera system for a school bus to replace one or more of the mirror systems typically utilized on school buses today. One or two cameras can be positioned on the sides of the school bus in place of the rearview mirrors presently utilized. A pair of cameras with wide-angle lenses can be positioned on the front fenders of the school bus to replace the cross view mirrors currently used today. One or more cameras can also be positioned on the rear of the school bus to display the environment immediately behind the school bus. Video monitors displaying the images from the cameras can be positioned in the cab of the school bus for viewing by the driver. The monitors from the cameras positioned on the sides of the school bus can be positioned on the A-pillars of the school bus approximately in the locations presently occupied by the rearview mirrors outside of the school bus. The monitors for the cross-view mirrors can be positioned on the dashboard or instrument panel of the school bus, preferably to the right side of the driver and adjacent the egress door. The monitor for the camera(s) on the rear of the bus can be positioned on the windshield of the vehicle. A portable computer could also be provided in place of the stationary monitors, and a central recording system can be utilized to retain the images from all of the cameras for subsequent monitoring purposes.

There is provided a new and useful alarm system for use on a school bus that ensures that drivers walk through the inside of a vehicle prior to exiting. Once the vehicle ignition system has been in the on position for a specified period of time, or the vehicle has traveled at or above a pre-determined speed, the system will enter a set state. The system may also feature means for turning on the interior lights of the vehicle to aid the driver during their visual sweep of the vehicle. The system may also feature means for dis-engaging deactivation means at the rear of the vehicle if it is in the alarm state.

A filter window adapter unit adapted for use with a main split-sash window of school buses is provided. The adapter unit includes a mounting frame adapted to be installed over the main split-sash window and having a top frame member, opposed side frame members, and a bottom frame member all formed integrally together to define an adapter window opening. An outer track portion is formed in the opposed side frame members and extends between the top and bottom frame members. An inner track portion is formed in the opposed side frame members adjacent to the outer track portion and extends between the top and bottom frame members. An inner sash is disposed fixedly in a lower position in the inner track portion and carries a pane of glass. An outer sash is disposed movably in the outer track portion and carries an air filter. The outer sash is raised upwardly so as to cover a main window opening when the main split-sash is opened. As a result, the air filter prevents diesel fumes from the school buses from entering into the interior thereof.

The invention discloses a low-VOC low-odor environmental-friendly flame-resistant glass fiber reinforced PP composite material and a preparation method thereof. The material comprises, by weight, 30-75 parts of PP resin, 10-50 parts of glass fibers, 10-40 parts of environmental-friendly flame-resistant agent, 1-8 parts of compatilizer, 0.1-2.0 parts of absorbing agent, 0.1-2.0 parts of processing agent and 0.1-0.5 part of antioxidant. According to the low-VOC low-odor environmental-friendly flame-resistant glass fiber reinforced PP composite material and the preparation method thereof, the low-odor phosphorus and nitrogen halogen-free flame-resistant agent with big molecular weight and good heat stability is selected and used, the flame-resistant effect is good, and the mechanical property is good; the glass fiber are added, and the PP strength and heat-resistance temperature are improved; the volatile organic compound is removed effectively by adding the absorbing agent and inorganic nano-materials cooperating with a specific double vacuum technique, so that the modified polypropylene with high strength, good heat-resistant performance, low odor and low VOC is obtained; the low-VOC low-odor environmental-friendly flame-resistant glass fiber reinforced PP composite material can be formed by injection moulding and compression moulding; the requirements of the majority of automobile trim parts, especially the automobile trim of a school bus, with high flame-resistant requirement are met.

An asymmetrical mirror lens, usable on front fenders of school buses and similar vehicles, which has a plurality of mirror sections, each having a distinct constant radius of curvature to reduce image distortion. Optional sections located between sections of the constant radius of curvature have a step-wise changing radii of curvature to smooth the image sizes as an object moves across the mirror lens.

An elevated stop indicator light system for vehicles such as school buses comprises a translucent or transparent tubular housing having a strip of light emitting diodes extending therethrough, the housing being secured to a drip rail extending along and above side and / or rear windows of the vehicle by clips fastened to the vehicle. Operation of the elevated light system is coordinated with conventional warning devices, such as a fold-out stop sign and flashing red lights of the bus. The elevation of the stop indicator light system provides a highly visible warning system for surrounding traffic when the view of the conventional warning sign on the side of the bus is obscured by traffic.

The invention provides a safe and intelligent school bus system. The safe and intelligent school bus system comprises a central control system, an acquisition system, a safety system, a monitoring system, a control system and an air-conditioning system. The safe and intelligent school bus system is a safe, intelligent and controllable platform; by adoption of the safe and intelligent school bus system, parents can observe the conditions of children in a school bus in real time, and a school can locate the position of the school bus in real time and record specific students in the school bus and the number of the students in the school bus; and the school bus has a one-click stopping function, a function of one-click checking of the number of the students in the bus, a function of supplementing oxygen in the bus, a safe seat protecting function and an alarm function so that the bus can be stopped automatically, the condition in the bus can be detected automatically, and students taking the wrong bus and the parents of the students taking the wrong bus can be reported automatically, accidents caused by retention of the students in the bus are avoided, and personnel safety of the students is guaranteed.

The invention discloses an intelligentized school bus station reporting and roll calling system which comprises a radio-frequency identification module, a navigation positioning module, a voice module, a power source module, an intelligent information processing module, a wireless communication module, a monitoring center, a server, a short message module and a network communication interface. The intelligent information processing module is connected with the radio-frequency identification module, the navigation positioning module and the voice module. The power source module is connected with the radio-frequency identification module, the navigation positioning module and the intelligent information processing module. The monitoring center is connected with the server, the short message module and the network communication interface. The intelligent information processing module is communicated with the monitoring center through the wireless communication module. According to the intelligentized school bus station reporting and roll calling system, the aims of automatically reporting stations when a school bus stops at the stations, automatically identifying identities of students when the students get on or off the school bus, and reminding the students to get on or off the school bus at the stations can be achieved, the states of the students who take the school bus can be timely sent to parents, the student bus-taking management is facilitated, and the bus-taking management efficiency of the school bus is improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of polypropylene materials, and discloses environment-friendly flame retardant low-odor modified polypropylene and a preparation method and application of modified polypropylene in inner decoration of a school bus. The environment-friendly flame retardant low-odor modified polypropylene comprises the following components by weight percent: 40-90% of polypropylene, 4-30% of a flame retardant, 2-20% of an antismoke agent, 2-5% of an odor adsorbent, 1-5% of a TVOC (Total Volatile Organic Compound) remover and 0.3-1.2% of a stabilizer. According to polypropylene provided by the invention, the effect of excellent mechanical property, good flame retardant effect and low smoke density is realized by selecting a special low-odor nitrogen and phosphorus halogen-free flame retardant and metal hydroxide as the antismoke agent. The odor adsorbent and the TVOC remover are added to effectively remove TVOC and other small molecular matters, so that the modified polypropylene which satisfies the demand on excellent mechanical property, good flame retardant effect, low smoke density, low odor and low TVOC is prepared, and the modified polypropylene can be suitable for inner decoration of the school bus.