MONITORING AND ALERTING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS FOR IGNITION SYSTEMS
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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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Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring and alerting vehicle occupants for ignition systems. An example vehicle includes 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. The warning controller is to initiate a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensor modules, that an occupant has exited the cabin and emit an alert responsive to the timer reaching a predetermined threshold.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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6. A vehicle comprising:
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a cabin; a touchscreen; an override button; an engine to activate upon the touchscreen receiving a passcode; seats; occupancy sensors to detect seat occupancy; and a controller to; initiate a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensors, that an occupant has exited the cabin; deactivate the timer upon the override button being pressed to prevent an alert from being emitted; and emit the alert upon the timer reaching a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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8. A vehicle comprising:
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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; an ignition switch; an ignition switch sensor to monitor the ignition switch; a transmission; a transmission position sensor to monitor a position of the transmission; and a warning controller to; detect whether an occupant has exited the cabin responsive to the ignition switch being activated and the transmission being in park or neutral; initiate a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensor modules, that an occupant has exited the cabin; and emit an alert responsive to the timer reaching a predetermined threshold.
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving a passcode via an input device in a cabin of a vehicle; activating, via a processor, an engine responsive to the input device receiving the passcode; detecting occupancy of seats within the cabin via occupancy sensor modules; initiating, via the processor, a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensor modules, that an occupant has exited the cabin; deactivating the timer to prevent an alert from being emitted responsive to receiving an input via an override button while the timer is initiated; and emitting the alert responsive to the timer reaching a predetermined threshold.
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a passcode via an input device in a cabin of a vehicle; activating, via a processor, an engine responsive to the input device receiving the passcode; detecting occupancy of seats within the cabin via occupancy sensor modules; initiating, via the processor, a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensor modules, that an occupant has exited the cabin; deactivating the timer to prevent an alert from being emitted responsive to the input device receiving a reentry of the passcode while the timer is initiated; and emitting the alert responsive to the timer reaching a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving a passcode via an input device in a cabin of a vehicle; activating, via a processor, an engine responsive to the input device receiving the passcode; detecting occupancy of seats within the cabin via occupancy sensor modules; detecting whether an occupant has exited the cabin responsive to; detecting, via an ignition switch sensor, that an ignition switch is activated; and detecting, via a transmission position sensor, that a transmission is in park or neutral; initiating, via the processor, a timer upon detecting, via the occupancy sensor modules, that the occupant has exited the cabin; and emitting an alert responsive to the timer reaching a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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