Patent ID: 8884748
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B60K,B60Q,B60R,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for preventing children being left alone in a car, the method comprising the steps of: testing a starting signal, the signal being indicative of a car being started or attempted to be started, and sending the starting signal to a controlling device; upon receiving the starting signal, the controlling device issuing an inquiry to an inquiring device carried by a driver of the car; wherein once the driver receives the inquiry, the driver answers the inquiry by indicating if children are in the car, wherein a “yes” answer from the driver indicates that at least one child is in the car, a “no” answer from the driver indicates that no children are in the car, and “no response” from the driver indicates an answer that at least one child is in the car; the answer from the driver being stored in the controlling device, testing a trip ending signal for the car, and sending the trip ending signal to the controlling device the controlling device issuing an action instruction to a preventing device for preventing children from being left inside the car, if the yes answer or no response answer have been received from the driver and stored in the controlling device, while receiving the trip ending signal; the preventing device taking action to prevent the at least one child from being left inside the car; and after it is determined that no children have been left in the car, issuing a signal by the driver that stops the above stated method.