Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle occupancy reminder
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Application No.: US17008748Application Date: 2020-09-01
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Publication No.: US11263890B1Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Carol Garwood
- Applicant: Carol Garwood
- Applicant Address: US NY Bronx
- Assignee: Carol Garwood
- Current Assignee: Carol Garwood
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Bronx
- Agent Kyle A. Fletcher, Esq.
- Main IPC: G08B21/24
- IPC: G08B21/24 ; G08B21/22 ; G08B21/02 ; B60N2/00 ; B60R21/015 ; B60Q3/283 ; B60Q5/00 ; B60Q9/00 ; G07C9/00 ; H04L5/00 ; B62D15/02

Abstract:
The vehicle occupancy reminder is configured for use with a vehicle that is further defined with a vehicle engine control unit (VECU) that generates an ignition off signal and a door open signal. The vehicle occupancy reminder monitors the vehicle for a passenger in a child safety seat. The vehicle occupancy reminder generates a plurality of alarms when: a) a passenger is detected in the child safety seat after the VECU has transmitted an ignition off signal to the vehicle occupancy reminder; or, b) a passenger is detected in the child safety seat after the VECU has transmitted a door open signal to the vehicle occupancy reminder. When the vehicle occupancy reminder detects a selected alarm condition alarm condition, the vehicle occupancy reminder generates a plurality of visual, audible, and tactile alarms that alert an appropriate authority that a selected alarm condition has occured.
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