Vehicle activity monitoring system

A vehicle activity monitoring system, comprising:

• a vehicle body structure defining a vehicle interior;
• a vehicle front door movably connected to the vehicle body structure for movement between an open position exposing the vehicle interior and a closed position at least partially concealing the vehicle interior;
• a front door sensor configured to detect movement of the front door between the closed and open positions;
• a rear door movably connected to the vehicle body structure for movement between a closed position at least partially concealing a rear area of the vehicle interior and an open position exposing the rear area of the vehicle interior;
• a rear door sensor configured to detect movement of the rear door between the closed and open positions;
• a shifter position sensor configured to detect a current position of a transmission shifter;
• a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed;
• an alerting device configured to provide an indication that an object has potentially been left in the area of the vehicle interior, the alerting device including a display installed within an instrument panel within the vehicle interior;
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• a controller operably connected to each of the front door sensor, the rear door sensor, and the alerting device,
• the controller being configured to operate the alerting device to provide the indication based on the controller detecting a sequence of events in which the front door is detected to be moved to the open position prior to the rear door being moved to the open position, the operation of the alerting device by the controller not being based on a physical detection of a presence of the object, and
• a visual alert being provided on the display when the shifter position sensor detects the transmission shifter in the park position after operation of the vehicle engine and the vehicle speed sensor detects the vehicle speed exceeding a predetermined speed and after the vehicle activity monitoring system is activated, the visual alert being a message to check the rear area for the object.

A vehicle activity monitoring system, comprising:

• a vehicle body structure defining a vehicle interior;
• a vehicle front door movably connected to the vehicle body structure for movement between an open position exposing the vehicle interior and a closed position at least partially concealing the vehicle interior;
• a front door sensor configured to detect movement of the front door between the closed and open positions;
• a vehicle component movably connected to the vehicle body structure for movement between a closed position at least partially concealing an area of the vehicle interior and an open position exposing the area of the vehicle interior;
• a vehicle component sensor configured to detect movement of the vehicle component between the closed and open positions;
• a shifter position sensor configured to detect a current position of a transmission shifter, and a speed sensor is configured to detect a current speed of the vehicle;
• an alerting device configured to provide an indication that an object has potentially been left in the area of the vehicle interior;
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• a controller operably connected to each of the front door sensor, the vehicle component sensor, and the alerting device,
• the controller being configured to operate the alerting device to provide the indication based on the controller detecting the vehicle component being moved to the open position, the operation of the alerting device by the controller not being based on a physical detection of a presence of the object,
• the controller being further configured to operate the alerting device to cause an audible alert to be output after the vehicle activity monitoring system is activated, after the vehicle speed sensor detects that the vehicle speed has exceeded the predetermined speed and after the shifter position sensor detects that the transmission shifter is in the park position when the front door sensor detects the front door moved from the closed position to the open position and back to the closed position without the vehicle component sensor detecting the vehicle component being moved from the closed position to the open position within a predetermined amount of time.