Patent ID: 7145448

Claim:
A seatbelt reminder system for outputting a reminder for an occupant when the occupant leaves a seatbelt unfastened, comprising: a first detection element for detecting a fastened state of a seatbelt associated with a primary occupant's seat; a primary occupant's seat reminder element for outputting a reminder according to a predetermined first pattern when an unfastened state of the seatbelt of the primary occupant's seat is detected by said first detection element; a second detection element for detecting a fastened state of a seatbelt associated with a secondary occupant's seat; a secondary occupant's seat reminder element for outputting a reminder according to a predetermined second pattern when an unfastened state of the seatbelt of the secondary occupant's seat is detected by said second detection element; and a synchronization element operative when the output of the reminder according to the second pattern is to be started by said secondary occupant's seat reminder element while the reminder according to the first pattern is being output by said primary occupant's seat reminder element, to synchronize the reminder according to the first pattern and the reminder according to the second pattern with each other.