Method and apparatus for providing seatbelt notifications
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsCarl N Schaub, Orhan Demirovic, Thomas P Deming, Hong Tang, Bongkyu Park, Jaywan Kim
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a seatbelt reminder are provided. The method includes determining whether a seat is occupied, in response to determining that the seat is occupied, determining whether a seatbelt corresponding to the seat is buckled, in response to determining that the seatbelt corresponding to the seat is unbuckled, determining whether a latch anchor corresponding to the seat is engaged, and in response to determining that the latch anchor corresponding to the seat is unengaged, outputting a seatbelt reminder notification.
Claims10
A method for providing a seatbelt reminder, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, whether a seat is occupied by analyzing seat sensor information from a seat sensor;
- in response to determining that the seat is occupied, determining, by the processor, whether a seatbelt corresponding to the seat is buckled;
- in response to determining that the seatbelt corresponding to the seat is unbuckled, determining, by the processor, whether a latch anchor corresponding to the seat is engaged;
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- in response to determining that the latch anchor corresponding to the seat is unengaged, outputting, by the processor, a seatbelt reminder notification.
A method for suppressing a seatbelt reminder, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, whether a seat is occupied by analyzing seat sensor information from a seat sensor;
- in response to determining that the seat is occupied, determining, by the processor, whether a seatbelt corresponding to the seat is buckled;
- in response to determining that the seatbelt corresponding to the seat is unbuckled, determining, by the processor, whether a latch anchor corresponding to the seat is engaged;
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- in response to determining that the latch anchor corresponding to the seat is engaged, suppressing, by the processor, a seatbelt reminder notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.