Patent ID: 9741224
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless in-vehicle reminder device comprising: a housing including a plug to snugly insert into a socket or a port of a vehicle to connect to a power source of the vehicle; a first wireless transceiver configured to communicate on a first wireless link with a first wireless module of a handheld mobile device; a reminder mechanism configured to provide a reminder in a form of an alarm signal as at least one of an audio warning and a visual warning to the handheld mobile device over the first wireless link in response to a warning event detected in the vehicle; a motion sensor configured to detect whether there is motion inside the vehicle beyond a predetermined threshold level and collect motion data for the reminder mechanism to provide the alarm signal; a voice sensor configured to detect whether there is audio inside the vehicle beyond a predetermined threshold level and collect audio data for the reminder mechanism to provide the alarm signal; and a wireless module to detect vehicle ignition OFF information for the reminder mechanism to provide the alarm signal based on the motion data, the audio data and the vehicle ignition OFF information.