# US 10,311,693 B1 · Vehicle and a method for controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,311,693 B1 - Document ID: US10311693B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/818,359 - Filed: 2017-11-20 - Published: 2019-05-23 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-20 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Inventors: Jeong Kee Lee; Youngkee Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311693B1 ## CPC - G08B 21/22: responsive to presence or absence of persons - B60N 2/0025: {by using weight measurement} - B60Q 1/46: for giving flashing caution signals during drive, other than signalling change of direction, e.g. flashing the headlights {or hazard lights} - B60Q 1/50: for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking - B60Q 5/005: {automatically actuated} - B60Q 9/00: Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 {, e.g. haptic signalling} - G08B 21/0283: {via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM} - G08B 21/24: Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms - B60N 2210/40: Force or pressure sensors - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL ## Abstract A vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle include generating a warning message for passenger confirmation such that a driver of the vehicle confirms whether at least one passenger safely alights from the vehicle by recognizing the warning message. The method for controlling the vehicle includes: primarily confirming a presence or absence of a passenger having not yet exited the vehicle on a basis of opening/closing information of doors; generating a primary warning message for passenger confirmation on a basis of a result of the primary confirmation regarding the presence or absence of the passenger; secondarily confirming the presence or absence of the passenger having not yet exited the vehicle using a human detection sensor; and generating a secondary warning message for passenger confirmation on a basis of a result of the secondary confirmation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising: primarily confirming a presence or absence of a passenger having not yet exited the vehicle on a basis of opening/closing information of doors; generating a primary warning message for passenger confirmation on a basis of a result of the primary confirmation regarding the presence or absence of the passenger; secondarily confirming the presence or absence of the passenger having not yet exited the vehicle using a human detection sensor; and generating a secondary warning message for passenger confirmation on a basis of a result of the secondary confirmation, wherein when the primary warning message is generated, maintenance or cancellation of the secondary warning message is selected and generation or non-generation of the secondary warning message is decided according to the selection result of the maintenance or cancellation of the secondary warning message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the generating the secondary warning message includes: generating the secondary warning message when the presence of the passenger having not yet exited the vehicle is repeatedly detected a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time after a driver of the vehicle exits the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, further comprising: when the secondary warning message is generated in a daytime, generating the secondary warning message using an audible warning and using visual warning; and when the secondary warning message is generated in a nighttime, generating the secondary warning message only using the visual warning. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein: the visual warning includes blinking an emergency lamp of the vehicle; and the audible warning includes honking a horn of the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the human detection sensor includes at least one of a motion sensor, a weight sensor, and a pressure sensor configured to detect the presence or absence of the passenger remaining in the vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one of an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, a vision sensor, a radar sensor, and a LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) sensor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the secondary warning message includes: transmitting a message for passenger confirmation to a mobile device of a driver of the vehicle. ### Claim 8 A vehicle comprising: a door switch configured to detect opening or closing of a door of the vehicle; a human detection sensor configured to detect a presence or absence of a human body; and a controller configured to generate a primary warning message according to a passenger confirmation result based on the opening or closing information of the door, and to generate a secondary warning message according to a passenger confirmation result detected by the human detection sensor, wherein when the primary warning message is generated, maintenance or cancellation of the secondary warning message is selected and generation or non-generation of the secondary warning message is decided according to the selection result of the maintenance or cancellation of the secondary warning message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein: the secondary warning message is generated when the presence of the passenger having not yet exited the vehicle is repeatedly detected a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time after a driver of the vehicle exits the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein: when the secondary warning message is generated in a daytime, the controller generates the secondary warning message using an audible warning and using visual warning; and when the secondary warning message is generated in a nighttime, the controller generates the secondary warning message only using the visual warning. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vehicle according to claim 10, wherein: the visual warning includes blinking an emergency lamp of the vehicle; and the audible warning includes honking a horn of the vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the human detection sensor includes at least one of a motion sensor, a weight sensor, and a pressure sensor configured to detect the presence or absence of the passenger remaining in the vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle according to claim 12, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one of an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, a vision sensor, a radar sensor, and a LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the secondary warning message transmits a message for passenger confirmation to a mobile device of a driver of the vehicle. ### Claim 15 A method for controlling a vehicle comprising: confirming a presence or absence of a passenger having not yet exited the vehicle using a human detection sensor; and generating a primary warning message and a secondary warning message for passenger confirmation on a basis of the confirmation result regarding the presence or absence of the passenger, wherein when the primary warning message is generated, maintenance or cancellation of the secondary warning message is selected and generation or non-generation of the secondary warning message is decided according to the selection result of the maintenance or cancellation of the secondary warning message. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the generating the warning message for passenger confirmation includes: generating the secondary warning message when the presence of the passenger having not yet exited the vehicle is repeatedly detected a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time after a driver of the vehicle exits the vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, further comprising: generating the primary warning message and the secondary warning message using an audible warning and using a visual warning in a daytime; and generating the primary warning message and the secondary warning message only using the visual warning in a nighttime. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein: the visual warning includes blinking an emergency lamp of the vehicle; and the audible warning includes honking a horn of the vehicle.