Intelligent vehicle occupancy monitoring system
First Claim
1. A system for mitigating the likelihood or preventing the occurrence of leaving a living entity, behind in an unattended vehicle, wherein the living entity is at least one of a child and a pet, wherein a vehicle interior is subjecting the one of the child and the pet to an environment having potentially life threatening conditions, the system comprising:
- a factory installed vehicle controller area network system in operational control with at least one factory installed function, wherein the factory installed functions include a vehicle alarm, a light, a door lock, and a power window actuator;
a head unit controller located within the vehicle and in signal communication with the factory installed vehicle controller area network system,wherein the head unit controller operates in accordance with the following steps;
detecting a physical presence of a living entity within one of an interior of vehicle, an infant seat, or a child car seat;
detecting the presence of one of a driver or a caregiver exiting the vehicle by utilizing data acquired by a vehicle controller area network sensor;
activating at least one factory installed function, by utilizing the factory installed vehicle controller area network system to warn others outside of the vehicle and obtain aid to remove the living entity from the interior of the vehicle;
determining that a proximity threshold between the head unit controller and a remotely carried system monitoring apparatus is satisfied based upon a detected distance between the head unit controller and the associated remotely carried system monitoring apparatus;
in response to the detected physical presence of the at least one living entity left unattended within the vehicle alerting a target recipient by at least one of;
(a) generating a notification message and transmitting the notification message to the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus,(b) sending a signal to the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus to activate an alarm on the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus; and
utilizing a vehicle telematic subscriber service to transmit a notification to at least one target recipient.
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Abstract
A Bluetooth based vehicular internal monitoring device for preventing or mitigating the likelihood of leaving a living entity behind within an unattended vehicle with an interior exhibiting life threatening environmental conditions. The system leverages ultra-low powered micro sensors, and open source communication systems to convey data acquired by a number of remote monitoring apparatuses and a head unit controller. The system is activated using a remote controller area network device attached to the factory installed controller area network system to detect the presence of a driver or caregiver exiting the vehicle when the living entity is present within the vehicle. Should the driver side door open with the living entity within the vehicle, the head unit controller alarms to notify the driver of such. Integration with vehicle telematic services enables delivery of alerts and information to parents, caregivers, emergency contacts, and emergency responders.
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1. A system for mitigating the likelihood or preventing the occurrence of leaving a living entity, behind in an unattended vehicle, wherein the living entity is at least one of a child and a pet, wherein a vehicle interior is subjecting the one of the child and the pet to an environment having potentially life threatening conditions, the system comprising:
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a factory installed vehicle controller area network system in operational control with at least one factory installed function, wherein the factory installed functions include a vehicle alarm, a light, a door lock, and a power window actuator; a head unit controller located within the vehicle and in signal communication with the factory installed vehicle controller area network system, wherein the head unit controller operates in accordance with the following steps; detecting a physical presence of a living entity within one of an interior of vehicle, an infant seat, or a child car seat; detecting the presence of one of a driver or a caregiver exiting the vehicle by utilizing data acquired by a vehicle controller area network sensor; activating at least one factory installed function, by utilizing the factory installed vehicle controller area network system to warn others outside of the vehicle and obtain aid to remove the living entity from the interior of the vehicle; determining that a proximity threshold between the head unit controller and a remotely carried system monitoring apparatus is satisfied based upon a detected distance between the head unit controller and the associated remotely carried system monitoring apparatus; in response to the detected physical presence of the at least one living entity left unattended within the vehicle alerting a target recipient by at least one of; (a) generating a notification message and transmitting the notification message to the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus, (b) sending a signal to the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus to activate an alarm on the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus; and utilizing a vehicle telematic subscriber service to transmit a notification to at least one target recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for mitigating the likelihood or preventing the occurrence of leaving a living entity, behind in an unattended vehicle, wherein the living entity is at least one of a child and a pet, wherein a vehicle interior is subjecting the one of the child and the pet to an environment having potentially life threatening conditions, the system comprising:
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a factory installed vehicle controller area network system in operational control with at least one factory installed function, wherein the factory installed functions include a vehicle alarm, a light, a door lock, and a power window actuator; a head unit controller located within the vehicle and in signal communication with the factory installed vehicle controller area network system; a remotely carried system monitoring apparatus; a wireless transmitter, the wireless transmitter and the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus having compatible wireless communication protocols, wherein the head unit controller operates in accordance with the following steps; detecting a physical presence of a living entity within one of an interior of vehicle, an infant seat, or a child car seat; detecting the presence of one of a driver or a caregiver exiting the vehicle by utilizing data acquired by a vehicle controller area network sensor, the vehicle controller area network sensor including at least one of;
a belt sensor, a seat pressure sensor, a door position sensor, and an ignition sensor;activating at least one factory installed function, by utilizing the factory installed vehicle controller area network system to warn others outside of the vehicle and obtain aid to remove the living entity from the interior of the vehicle; determining that a proximity threshold between the head unit controller and the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus is satisfied based upon a detected distance between the head unit controller and the associated remotely carried system monitoring apparatus; in response to the detected physical presence of the at least one living entity left unattended within the vehicle alerting a target recipient by at least one of; (a) generating a notification message and transmitting the notification message to the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus, and (b) sending a signal to the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus to activate an alarm on the remotely carried system monitoring apparatus; and utilizing a vehicle telematic subscriber service to transmit a notification to at least one target recipient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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