Patent ID: 7321814
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: B60R,G07C

Abstract:
1. A vehicle condition monitoring system for monitoring a state of a vehicle in an unattended condition comprising: an initial setting storage means for storing an initial setting including at least one of a window setting, a light setting and a door lock setting of the vehicle in the unattended condition; an actual state detection means for detecting an actual state of the vehicle in the unattended condition; a comparison means for comparing the initial setting and the actual state of the vehicle; a reporting means for issuing a report that identifies the existence of a difference between the actual state of the vehicle and the initial setting; a portable device for receiving the report through a wireless communication system; and a time keeping means for keeping time that the vehicle is left in the unattended condition, wherein the reporting means issues the report when a predetermined amount of time has elapsed after the vehicle has been left in the unattended condition.