Apparatus and method for detecting leaving of cellular telephone
First Claim
1. An apparatus for detecting leaving of a cellular telephone having at least one of a function of providing unique information identifying the cellular telephone and a function of obtaining present position information of the cellular telephone, the apparatus comprising:
- a connection section adapted to establish wireless connection to a cellular telephone having a short-haul wireless communication function; and
a leaving determination section adapted to determine that the cellular telephone has been left when connection to the cellular telephone has continued for a certain time; and
a control section adapted to send at least one of the unique information and the present position information to a preset communication destination through the cellular telephone when the leaving determination section determines that the cellular telephone has been left.
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Abstract
There is provided a Bluetooth module part for establishing wireless connection to a cellular telephone having a Bluetooth function and a microcomputer for determining that the cellular telephone has been left when connection to the cellular telephone has continued for a certain time, and the cellular telephone is provided with any one of a function of providing unique information identifying the self and a function of obtaining present position information of the self, and there is provided the microcomputer for sending at least one of a device ID and the present position information to a preset communication destination through the cellular telephone when the microcomputer determines that the cellular telephone has been left.
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4 Claims
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1. An apparatus for detecting leaving of a cellular telephone having at least one of a function of providing unique information identifying the cellular telephone and a function of obtaining present position information of the cellular telephone, the apparatus comprising:
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a connection section adapted to establish wireless connection to a cellular telephone having a short-haul wireless communication function; and a leaving determination section adapted to determine that the cellular telephone has been left when connection to the cellular telephone has continued for a certain time; and a control section adapted to send at least one of the unique information and the present position information to a preset communication destination through the cellular telephone when the leaving determination section determines that the cellular telephone has been left.
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2. An apparatus for detecting leaving of a cellular telephone, comprising:
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a connection section adapted to establish wireless connection between a vehicle-mounted device that the vehicle-mounted device having at least one of a function of providing any one of unique information identifying the vehicle-mounted device and vehicle information identifying the vehicle and a function of obtaining present position information of the vehicle, and a cellular telephone having a short-haul wireless function; a detection section adapted to detect that an accessory switch of a vehicle became an off state; a leaving determination section adapted to determine that the cellular telephone has been left inside the vehicle when connection to the cellular telephone has continued for a certain time since the off state of the accessory switch was detected by the detection section; and a control section adapted to send at least one of the unique information, the vehicle information and the present position information obtained by establishment of the wireless connection to a preset communication destination through the cellular telephone when the leaving determination section determines that the cellular telephone has been left.
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3. A method for detecting leaving of a cellular telephone having at least one of a function of providing unique information identifying the cellular telephone and a function of obtaining present position information of the cellular telephone, the method comprising:
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establishing a wireless connection to a cellular telephone having a short-haul wireless communication function; determining that the cellular telephone has been left when connection to the cellular telephone has continued for a certain time; and sending at least one of the unique information and the present position information to a preset communication destination through the cellular telephone when the cellular telephone is determined to have been left.
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4. A method for detecting leaving of a cellular telephone comprising:
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determining that the cellular telephone has been left inside the vehicle when wireless connection between a cellular telephone having a short-haul wireless function and a vehicle-mounted device providing at least one of functions of providing any one of unique information identifying the self and vehicle information identifying a vehicle and obtaining present position information of the vehicle has continued for a certain time since an accessory switch of the vehicle became an off state; and transmitting at least one of the unique information, the vehicle information and the present position information obtained by establishment of the wireless connection to a preset communication destination through the cellular telephone.
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