Patent ID: 11924731
Assignee: MOLEX CVS BOCHUM GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  H  A  G | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 13:
14. A method comprising:
providing a telematics control unit (TCU) module including a TCU and a sensor array configured to monitor a passenger interior of a vehicle, the sensor array integrated with the TCU; and
positioning the TCU module within the vehicle as a single unit;, wherein the method includes:
monitoring, via the TCU module, heart rate and/or respiration rate of one or more occupants within the passenger interior of the vehicle;
automatically triggering, via the TCU module, one or more alerts to alert a driver and/or one or more other occupants within the passenger interior in response to a first failure to detect the heart rate and/or respiration rate of at least one occupant after a first predetermined amount of time; and
automatically triggering, via the TCU module, an eCall in response to a second failure to detect the heart rate and/or respiration rate of the at least one occupant within the passenger interior after a second predetermined amount of time.