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US 10,093,230 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for notifying of objects
OwnerStephen Anderson, William Asdell +2inventors
InventorsStephen Anderson, William Asdell, Karen Haubert, Thomas Kimbrell
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for notifying of objects are provided. The method includes detecting a presence of an occupant, detecting a position of an object associated with the occupant, and illuminating an area corresponding to the position of the object. The method may be used to notify occupants of a vehicle of an object placed in the vehicle by the occupant.
Claims17
A method of notifying of an object associated with an occupant, the method comprising:
- detecting a presence of an occupant in a space of a vehicle;
- detecting a position of an object associated with the occupant;
- determining whether the vehicle is nearing, arriving, or has arrived at a destination based on destination information received from an occupant or a device of an occupant and global navigation information corresponding to a location of the vehicle;
- and
- illuminating an area corresponding to the position of the object in response to determining that the vehicle is nearing, arriving, or has arrived at the destination.
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An apparatus that notifies of an object associated with an occupant, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory comprising computer executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to read and execute the computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing the at least one processor to:
- detect a presence of an occupant in a space of a vehicle;
- detect a position of an object associated with the occupant;
- determining whether the vehicle is nearing, arriving, or has arrived at a destination based on destination information received from an occupant or a device of an occupant and global navigation information corresponding to a location of the vehicle;
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- control to illuminate an area corresponding to the position of the object in response to determining that the vehicle is nearing, arriving, or has arrived at the destination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.