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Intelligent vehicle occupancy monitoring system

  • US 10,195,988 B1
  • Filed: 12/19/2017
  • Issued: 02/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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