SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISSUING A NOTICE

• US 20150048937A1
• Filed: 08/15/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: HORBATT, KEVIN R., O'LEARY, MICHAEL F.
• Application Number:
  US13/968,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20150048937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/457
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/543 for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle indicating taxis' state of hire or fare G07B13/045
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005

Abstract

A method of issuing a notice that a vehicle engine has accidentally been left running starts by determining the engine is running The method then determines if the vehicle has moved more than a set distance in a set time. If the engine remains running for set period of time while the vehicle has not moved more than a set distance, the notice is issued.

Claims

1. A method of issuing a notice, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a wireless communication device has not moved more than a set distance within a set period of time;

determining an engine of a vehicle has been running during the set period of time; and

issuing a notice from the wireless communication device if the wireless communication device has not moved more than the set distance, and engine has been running, during the set period of time.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the engine of the vehicle has been running further comprises determining if a vehicle signal has been received by the wireless communication device during the set period of time.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein determining the engine of the vehicle has been running further comprises determining the engine of the vehicle has been running, wherein the vehicle is configured to transmit the vehicle signal only while the engine is running

4. The method of claim 2 wherein determining the engine of the vehicle has been running further comprises determining the engine of the vehicle has been running, wherein the vehicle is configured to transmit the vehicle signal only while an engine switch is turned on.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein determining the vehicle signal has been received further comprises determining if the vehicle signal has been received from the beginning to the end of the set period of time.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising pairing the wireless communication device with the vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising pairing the wireless communication device with the vehicle such that a link key is saved in a communication device memory.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein issuing the notice further comprises activating a communication device speaker.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein issuing the notice further comprises transmitting instructions from the wireless communication device to activate a vehicle horn.

10. A system for issuing a notice comprising:

a wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device further comprises;

a geographic position indicator;

a clock;

a receiver;

an output device; and

a processor coupled to the geographic position indicator, the clock, the receiver, and the output device, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a vehicle signal, wherein the processor is configured to measure a set period of time with the clock, and wherein the processor is further configured to issue the notice with the output device when the vehicle signal is received during the set period of time while the geographic position indicator indicates a location of the processor has not changed by more than a set distance.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising a speaker coupled to the processor, wherein the notice comprises an audible signal issued by the speaker.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the wireless communication device further comprises memory, a link key is saved in the memory, and wherein the processor is configured to utilize the link key to decrypt the vehicle signal.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the wireless communication device is configured to receive the vehicle signal from a frequency of about 2400 millihertz to about 2480 millihertz.

14. The system of claim 10 further comprising a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a vehicle transmitter and an engine, and wherein the vehicle transmitter issues the vehicle signal only while the engine is running.

15. The system of claim 10 further comprising a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a vehicle transmitter and an engine switch, and wherein the vehicle transmitter issues the vehicle signal only while the engine switch is activated.

16. The system of claim 10 wherein the set time is about 2 hours.

17. The system of claim 10 wherein the processor is configured to issue the notice if the vehicle signal is received from the beginning to the end of the set period of time.

18. A system for issuing a notice comprising:

a vehicle having an engine, a run switch for the engine, and a vehicle transmitter, wherein the vehicle transmitter is configured to transmit a vehicle signal only while the run switch is activated; and

a wireless communication device comprising a geographic position indicator, a clock, a receiver, an output device, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine if the wireless communication device has moved more than a set distance using the geographic position indicator, the processor is configured to measure a set period of time with the clock, and the processor is configured to issue the notice with the output device if the vehicle signal is received during the set period of time while the position of the wireless communication device changes by less than the set distance.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the wireless communication device further comprises a communication device memory, the vehicle further comprises a controller memory, wherein the same link key is saved in the communication device memory and the controller memory, and wherein the link key is used to decrypt signals.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the vehicle transmitter is further configured to transmit the vehicle signal only while the engine is running.