# US 12,559,995 B2 · Method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle by means of a monitoring system, computer program product, computer-readable storage medium, and monitoring system

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- Number: US 12,559,995 B2
- Document ID: US12559995B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/723,050
- Filed: 2022-12-13
- Published: 2025-02-13
- Granted: 2026-02-24
- Earliest claimed: 2021-12-22
- Assignees: Gestigon GmbH
- Applicants: Gestigon GmbH
- Inventors: Finn Jacobsen; Lisa Jaeschke; Franziska Teichmann
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12559995B2

## CPC

- E05B 81/56: Control of actuators
- G08B 13/19647: {Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle}
- G01S 13/62: Sense-of-movement determination {(G01S13/589 takes precedence)}
- G08B 21/06: indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

A method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle with a monitoring system includes detecting a movement of an object in the interior with a motion detection device, activating an optical detection device to record an image sequence using an electronic computing device, and transmitting the image sequence to a mobile terminal of a user using a communication device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle by a monitoring system, the method comprising:
detecting a movement of an object in the interior by a motion detection device of the monitoring system;
activating an optical detection device to record an image sequence by an electronic computing device of the monitoring system;
transmitting the image sequence to a mobile terminal of a user of the monitoring system by a communication device of the monitoring system;
monitoring for a presence of an access authorization device for the motor vehicle;
suppressing the monitoring of the interior when the access authorization device is present in the motor vehicle; and
initiating the monitoring of the interior in an absence of the access authorization device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical detection device is a camera.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motion detection device is as a radar sensor device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the radar sensor device is operated in a 60 GHz frequency band.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising carrying out an object classification via the motion detection device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein, depending on the object classification, activation of the optical detection device is suppressed.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein, depending on the object classification, a child lock device is activated.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
determining, by the motion detection device, a position of the object in the interior; and
transmitting the position to the mobile terminal with the image sequence.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting a current position of the mobile terminal to the monitoring system; and
initiating monitoring of the interior depending on the current position.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when a movement of the object in the interior is detected, a warning message is also transmitted to the mobile terminal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising storing the image sequence on a memory device of the monitoring system for future retrieval by the mobile terminal or by a display device of the motor vehicle.

### Claim 12

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions, which, when executed by a computer of a monitoring system for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle, causes the computer to;
detect a movement of an object in the interior by a motion detection device of the monitoring system;
activate an optical detection device to record an image sequence by an electronic computing device of the monitoring system;
transmit the image sequence to a mobile terminal of a user of the monitoring system by a communication device of the monitoring system;
monitor for a presence of an access authorization device for the motor vehicle;
suppress the monitoring of the interior when the access authorization device is present in the motor vehicle; and
initiate the monitoring of the interior in an absence of the access authorization device.

### Claim 13

A monitoring system for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle, the monitoring system comprising:
at least one motion detection device;
an optical detection device;
an electronic computing device; and
a communication device,
wherein the monitoring system is configured to:
detect movement of an object in the interior,
activate the optical detection device to record an image sequence,
transmit the image sequence to a mobile terminal,
monitor for a presence of an access authorization device for the motor vehicle,
suppress the monitoring of the interior when the access authorization device is present in the motor vehicle, and
initiate the monitoring of the interior in an absence of the access authorization device.