Patent ID: 8970362
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B60N,G08B

Abstract:
1. A system for implementing a vehicle-integrated child presence and reminder system, comprising: a control system implementing a computer processor, the control system integral with a vehicle; an occupancy sensor disposed in a car seat of the vehicle, the occupancy sensor communicatively coupled to the control system over a wireless network; and logic executable by the control system, the logic configured to: monitor, over the wireless network, the occupancy sensor activated in the vehicle, the occupancy sensor, when activated, indicative of a presence of a child in the car seat; collect data from at least one vehicle sensor; using the data collected from the at least one vehicle sensor and results of the monitor of the occupancy sensor to determine if a triggering event has occurred; and responsive to determining the triggering event occurred, generate an alert, and transmit the alert to an alert component; and monitor, over the wireless network, a status of available battery power of the occupancy sensor, and communicate the status over the wireless network to the control system; wherein the at least one vehicle sensor includes a vehicle speed sensor indicative of a current operating speed of the vehicle.