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Monitoring and alerting vehicle occupants for ignition systems

  • US 10,220,806 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2017
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • a cabin;

    a touchscreen within the cabin;

    an engine to activate responsive to the touchscreen receiving a passcode;

    seats within the cabin;

    occupancy sensor modules to detect occupancy of the seats; and

    a warning controller to;

    initiate a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensor modules, that an occupant has exited the cabin;

    responsive to the touchscreen receiving a reentry of the passcode while the timer is initiated, deactivate the timer to prevent an alert from being emitted; and

    emit the alert responsive to the timer reaching a predetermined threshold.

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