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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl A. Munch, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/300 ;
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) helps protect an occupant ( ) of a vehicle ( ). The apparatus ( ) includes first means ( ) for non-intrusively sensing at least one health condition of the vehicle occupant ( ) and for producing a first output signal ( ) indicative of the health condition of the vehicle occupant ( ). The apparatus ( ) further includes 2ND means ( ) for transmitting a health condition signal derived from the first output signal ( ) to a person at a location remote from the vehicle ( ) to convey health condition information to the person and to enable the person to determine a suitable type of response.