Patent ID: 8019545

Claim:
A system for notifying primary and secondary drivers in a vehicle about a position of an object with respect to the vehicle, the system comprising: at least one primary key adapted to be tagged to the primary driver; at least one secondary key adapted to be tagged to the secondary driver; a key ignition device positioned on each of the primary key and the secondary key and configured to generate a driver status signal indicative of whether the driver is at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver; and a controller operably coupled to the key ignition device and adapted to: determine whether the driver of the vehicle is at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver based on the driver status signal; generate a position notification signal indicative of the position of an object with respect to the vehicle to notify at least one of the primary and the secondary driver of the position of the object with respect to the vehicle; and selectively control the operation of generating the position notification signal based on whether the driver of the vehicle is at least one of the primary driver and the secondary driver.