Patent ID: 7813856

Claim:
A seatbelt monitoring system for use onboard a vehicle having a seat assembly including at least one seat and seatbelt, comprising: a wireless seatbelt status detector, comprising: a seatbelt latch sensor; a first wireless transceiver; and a controller coupled to the seatbelt latch sensor and to the first wireless transceiver, the controller configured to send a seatbelt latch signal via the first wireless transceiver when the seatbelt latch sensor indicates a change in latch status; and a vehicle seatbelt status indicator, comprising: a second wireless transceiver; and a processor coupled to the second wireless transceiver, the processor configured to send a receipt signal to the wireless seatbelt status detector after receiving the seatbelt latch signal via the second wireless transceiver; wherein the controller is further configured to: (i) re-send the seatbelt latch signal if the receipt signal is not received within a predetermined time period, and (ii) create an error log after a predetermined number of successive re-send attempts.