Forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method, terminal device, and forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Sasaki, Masashi Nakagawa
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Abstract
A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method assists, in a terminal device, a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item. The forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method includes acquiring a destination for the user; detecting the personal item that exists around the user; and in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notifying information on the personal item that is not detected.
Claims5
A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method that assists, in a terminal device, a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item, the forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method comprising:
- acquiring a destination for the user;
- detecting whether the personal item exists around the user;
- and
- in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notifying information on the personal item that is not detected, wherein:
- detecting whether the personal item exists includes detecting whether the personal item exists when a confirmation request that is sent from an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle is received by the terminal device,
- the in-vehicle device sends the confirmation request to the terminal device based on information on a state of the vehicle, and
- the state of the vehicle includes at least a state in which the user is in the vehicle, and a state in which the user is not in the vehicle.
A terminal device comprising a processing unit configured to execute one or more applications that cause the terminal device to:
- acquire a destination for a user;
- detect whether a personal item exists around the user;
- and
- in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notify information on the personal item that is not detected, wherein:
- the terminal device detects whether the personal item exists around the user when a confirmation request that is sent from an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle is received by the terminal device,
- the in-vehicle device sends the confirmation request to the terminal device based on information on a state of the vehicle, and
- the state of the vehicle includes at least a state in which the user is in the vehicle, and a state in which the user is not in the vehicle.
A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance system that assists a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item, the forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance system comprising:
- an in-vehicle device that is mounted on a vehicle;
- and
- a mobile terminal that is possessed by the user, wherein
- at least one of the in-vehicle device and the mobile terminal includes a processing unit configured to execute applications that cause the at least one of the in-vehicle device and the mobile terminal to acquire a destination for the user, detect whether the personal item exists around the user, and in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notify the user of information on the personal item that is not detected,
- the at least one of the in-vehicle device and the mobile terminal detects whether the personal item exists around the user when a confirmation request that is sent from the in-vehicle device is received by the mobile terminal,
- the in-vehicle device sends the confirmation request to the mobile terminal based on information on a state of the vehicle, and
- the state of the vehicle includes at least a state in which the user is in the vehicle, and a state in which the user is not in the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.