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  Driver and safety personnel protection apparatus, system and methodUSPTO Application #: 20070028370Title: Driver and safety personnel protection apparatus, system and method Abstract: A system of increasing the safety of motor sports drivers and safety crews including a driver's safety suit having bodily function monitoring capability and the ability to transmit monitored information to an information processing station. A helmet, to be worn by safety crew members, the helmet having communications capability for communication with an information processing station. The helmet having various safety, comfort, communication and protection elements. A driver's helmet having features that provide safety, comfort, protection and communication capabilities. The system also having triage capability in the event of a track incident to further protect and enhance the safety and well being of a driver involved in an incident. (end of abstract)
Agent: Douglas W Rudy Law Offices Of Douglas W. Rudy, LLC - Chicago, IL, US Inventor: Jarrett Seng USPTO Applicaton #: 20070028370 - Class: 002410000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Guard Or Protector, For Wearer's Head The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070028370. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority from Provisional Application No. 60/676,226, filed Apr. 29, 2005, herein incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Today NASCAR and other sanctioning bodies that sanction auto racing are improving racing safety by integrating new technologies in to the sport. Racing sanctions are beginning to mandate the use of the HANS and Hutchins head restraining devices. New soft walls are being installed at tracks across the country. Racecar frames are now being designed and constructed with built in crush zones to help absorb accident impacts. But the underlying theme is that despite the precautions taken, the sport will always have accidents resulting in minor and fatal injuries. [0003] When an accident occurs on the track the safety crew responds as quickly as possible. They have to either run to the scene of the accident or jump on the safety vehicle. This transition time could take anywhere between thirty seconds to several minutes depending on the size of the track and the location of the accident. Every second is crucial to the driver's well being. [0004] Once the safety crew arrives at the scene they are presented with a mess of mangled race cars. They travel from car to car checking on the condition of the driver in each car. Most accidents involve several cars, but others are upwards of ten to twenty cars creating a large lapse of time till they get to a driver that is seriously injured. To add to the hysteria the safety officials have no clue pertaining to the state of the driver. In some scenarios the driver might be knocked unconscious posing many dilemmas. If the driver is knocked out and unable to communicate with safety officials, improper handling of the driver might substantially increase his injuries. In a lot of horrendous wrecks, the drivers need to be cut out of the car. If a driver cannot respond to the safety crew's questions, the safety crew needs to proceed with caution in removing the driver from the car. There is an answer to these issues. The answer provided by the inventor of the system presented herein is to give the safety crew the ability to know the driver's condition before the safety crew arrives at the accident scene. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] The invention presented here is a system that includes hardware and a remote triage protocol for protecting the driver in a car racing accident. The system is supposed to be universal for all forms of racing. This invention pertains to automobile racing and is directed to safety concerns for a driver and elements that allow a safety crew to assist a driver in the event of an accident. One element of the system is a safety helmet to be worn by safety crew members. Another element is Nomex brand fiber underwear that the drivers wear that will monitor their vital signs. Data sensing wire will be woven into the Nomex underwear along with a flexible CPU chip. This data is then received by two sectors, the driver's crew will be able to monitor their driver throughout a race and so will the safety crew. The safety crew members will be wearing a helmet that uses a virtual retinal display system. The virtual retinal display (VRD) is basically a display that gets projected onto a persons eye at a very high resolution. It does not damage the eye in anyway. The system is light and uses hardly any battery power. The VRD is integrated into the helmet along with communications to "Race Control." [0006] If a driver is badly injured the Nomex underwear will recognize his severe injuries and instantly call a helicopter or other resource if needed and also send his vital signs in real time to the hospital up to the very minute he gets to the hospitals emergency room. [0007] In a typical scenario an accident involving several cars occurs. The drivers involved will have all their vital signs transmitted to all the safety crew. This vital sign data can come in various forms. The driver's health status will be transmitted to the visual retinal display in a green color, meaning the driver is OK, a yellow color, meaning the driver needs help, or in red, meaning that there is danger. The color is displayed on a symbol over the driver's car. This will allow the safety crew to know who's car to go to first and the instant knowledge of the driver's condition. [0008] It is an object of this invention to provide a system for increasing the personal safety of motor sports competition drivers and motor sports rescue personnel. This is done by implementing the systems and apparatus as set forth in provisional patent application 60/676,2226. [0009] It is also an object of this invention to provide a triage system for the benefit of race car drivers. [0010] It is also an object to provide a helmet that can be worn by safety crews that includes a visual retinal display and communication capabilities. [0011] It is a further object of this invention to provide an artide of clothing that can be worn by a driver that can sense the driver's vital signs and transmit that data. [0012] Another object of the invention is to allow safety crews approaching an accident to determine the status of the drivers involved in the accident. [0013] Another object of the invention is to provide a racing accident integration system to be used by a safety crew and a race driver that comprises a helmet for the safety crew, the helmet having a communication system including a microphone and a virtual retinal display and a driver's suit for the driver. The driver's suit has a vital signs monitor and a communication link to allow communication between the driver's suit and the helmet of the safety crew. [0014] It is another object to provide a virtual retinal display on the safety crew helmets worn by safety crew members that can display vital signs information sent from the driver's suit. [0015] Another object is to provide a communication link to receive life monitoring system information as data transmitted from a driver's suit. This communications link unit can be a remote receiver that will receive information from the driver's suit and process the information. [0016] One further object is to provide a communications link unit that includes an interface informing the safety crew of each of the drivers' condition after an accident and prioritizing the order of attending to a driver based on the severity of each driver's injuries. [0017] Another object is to provide a switch to control the virtual retinal display. When switched this switch allows the virtual retinal display to switch from an initial display panel showing car numbers of cars involved in an accident to a panel showing the vital signs, or the medical history of a driver, of a car involved in the accident. [0018] One further object is to provide a driver's suit comprising fabric that includes sensors sensing biometric information. Further, the sensors may be connected by optical fibers to a multi-function processor. [0019] The inventor contemplates that his invention includes all systems and methods that can be practiced from all suitable combinations of the various aspects of the invention, as well as those disclosed in the detailed description below and particularly pointed out in the claims. Such combinations have particular advantages not specifically recited in the above summary. [0020] The aspects and applications of the invention presented here are described below in the drawings and detailed specification. Unless specifically noted, it is intended that the words and phrases in the specification and the claims be given the plain, ordinary and accustomed meaning to those of ordinary skill in the applicable arts. The inventors are fully aware that they can be their own lexicographers if desired. The inventors expressly elect, as their own lexicographers, to use only the plain and ordinary meaning of terms in the specification and claims unless they clearly state otherwise and then further, expressly set forth the "special" definition from that term and explain how it differs from the plain and ordinary meaning. Absent such clear statements of intent to apply a "special" definition, it is the inventors' intent and desire that the simple, plain and ordinary meaning to the terms be applied to the interpretation of the specification and claims. [0021] The inventors are also aware of the normal precepts of English grammar. 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