Vehicle task reminder device

• US 9,214,079 B1
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sultan Saad Alzahrani
• Original Assignee: Sultan Saad Alzahrani
• Inventors: Alzahrani, Sultan Saad
• Primary Examiner(s): Bugg, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): AKKI, MUNEAR T
• Application Number:
  US14/299,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 340/988, 340/995.17, 340/425.5, 340/426.19, 340/426.22, 701/400, 701/425
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A vehicle task reminder device includes a clock, a GPS used indicate location and direction, and a memory used to store predetermined information. The device also includes an emitter used to activate an alarm signal, a processor having circuitry used to set a to do list, sync the to do list with the GPS and the clock, lock the car, cause the emitter to activate the alarm signal when a current time and location correspond to any task of the at least one to do list, check, when the alarm signal is activated, if a task is completed, and deactivate the alarm signal and update the at least one to do list. The processor also compares, upon the turn off of the car engine whether the current location corresponds to the predetermined home address, and asks to update the to do list if correspondence occurs and unlock the car.

Claims

1. A device for use in a vehicle comprising:

a clock configured to indicate time;

a GPS configured to indicate location and directions;

a memory configured to store at least one to do list, a predetermined address as home address, an alarm period as a predetermined alarm period;

an emitter configured to activate an alarm signal;

a processor programmed to

set a to do list having a plurality of tasks, time and geographic locations corresponding to each task,

sync the to do list with the GPS and the clock,

lock the vehicle,

cause the emitter to activate the alarm signal when a current time and location correspond to any task of the at least one to do list,

check, after the alarm signal is activated, if a task is performed,

deactivate the alarm signal and update the at least one to do list if that task is completed, and

deactivate the alarm signal and reset the time of the alarm signal to the predetermined alarm period if that task is not performed,

compare, in response to the vehicle engine being turned off, a current location of the vehicle to the predetermined home address, and send a request to a display asking a user to update the to do list, when the current location corresponds to the predetermined home address,

unlock, when every task on the to do list is performed or the to do list is updated, the vehicle,

wherein upon a determination by the GPS that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the home address, the processor only allows the vehicle to be unlocked after every task on the to do list has been performed or the to do list is updated.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a car.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the to do list may be inputted manually and/or remotely.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the remote input of the to do list may be done through at least one of a server, a smart phone, vehicle'"'"'s automated keys and a personal computer.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is locked in response to the to do list being saved in memory and synchronized with GPS and time.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the to do list is only saved and synchronized with GPS and time in response to the vehicle being locked.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the processor only allows the engine of the vehicle to be activated or deactivated after every task on the to do list has been performed or the to do list is updated.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to check, when the alarm signal is activated, if a task is not completed, and deactivate the alarm signal and reset for the predetermined alarm period.

9. The device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a tracking device located in the vehicle configured to track automated keys of the vehicle,

an emitter located in the vehicle'"'"'s automated keys configured to emit a reminder signal,

wherein the processor is further programmed to send a signal to activate the emitter located in the vehicle'"'"'s automated keys to emit, in response to the system GPS detection of a new location of the vehicle'"'"'s automated keys when the user is not in the vehicle, a reminder signal, when the detected GPS location of the vehicle'"'"'s automated keys corresponds to a geographic location in the to do list.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the processor determines that a task on the to do list is performed when the location of the vehicle determined by the GPS corresponds to a geographic location in the do list corresponding to the task.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the processor determines that a task on the to do list is performed when the location of the vehicle determined by the GPS corresponds to a geographic location in the do list corresponding to the task and is located at the geographic location for a predetermined period of time.

12. A method of operating a device that indicates reminders from a vehicle, comprising:

storing, in a memory, at least one to do list,

an address as a predetermined home address, and an alarm period as a predetermined alarm period;

setting a to do list having a plurality of tasks, time and geographic locations corresponding to each task;

synchronizing the to do list with the GPS and the clock;

locking the vehicle;

activating, via an emitter, an alarm signal when a current time of the clock and/or location of the GPS correspond to any task of the at least one to do list;

checking, via a processor, when the alarm signal is activated, if the task is performed, and deactivating, via the processor, the alarm signal and updating the at least one to do list;

deactivating the alarm signal and updating the to do list for the at least one pre-determined alarm period if the task is not performed;

comparing, via the processor, when the vehicle engine is turned off and in response the deactivation of the device, the current location to the predetermined home address, and asking a user to update the to do list, when the current location corresponds to the predetermined home address;

unlocking the vehicle in response to every task on the to do list being updated.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the to do list may be inputted manually and/or remotely.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the processor causes the vehicle to be locked in response to the to do list being saved in memory and synchronized with GPS and time.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the to do list is only saved and synchronized with GPS and time after the vehicle is locked.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein, in response to the GPS determining that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the home address, processor only unlocks the vehicle after the to do list is updated.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further programmed to check, when the alarm signal is activated, if a task is not completed, and deactivate the alarm signal and reset for the predetermined alarm period.

19. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

emitting, via an emitter located in car keys, a reminder signal,

activating, via a processor, the emitter to emit, in response to the GPS detection of a new location when the user is not in the vehicle, a reminder signal.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of operating a device that indicates reminders from a vehicle, the method comprising:

storing at least one to do list,

an address as a predetermined home address, an alarm period as a predetermined alarm period;

setting a to do list having a plurality of tasks, time and geographic locations corresponding to each task;

synchronizing the to do list with the GPS and the clock;

locking the vehicle;

activating, via an emitter, the alarm signal when a current time of the clock and location of the GPS correspond to the at least one to do list;

checking when the alarm signal is activated, if the task is performed, and deactivating, via the processor, the alarm signal and updating the at least one to do list;

deactivating the alarm signal and updating the to do list for the at least one pre-determined alarm period if the task is not performed;

comparing when the vehicle engine is turned off and in response the deactivation of the device, the current location to the predetermined home address, and asking a user to update the to do list, when the current location corresponds to the predetermined home address;

unlocking the vehicle in response to every task on the to do list being updated.