# US 2022/0036720 A1 · Vehicle and method of managing cleanliness of interior of the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0036720 A1 - Document ID: US20220036720A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/110,933 - Filed: 2020-12-03 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-29 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Inventors: Seung Hyun Woo; Min Jae Park; Anastasia Yarygina - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036720A1 ## CPC - G08B 21/24: Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms - G06V 20/59: inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions - G06V 30/2552: {Combination of methods, e.g. classifiers, working on different input data, e.g. sensor fusion} - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - H04N 23/69: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming - H04N 23/90: Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method of managing cleanliness of an interior of a vehicle includes: detecting an indoor state using a detector including at least a camera; generating at least one of first guidance information on a lost article or second guidance information on a contaminant upon detecting at least one of the lost article or the contaminant as a result of the detecting the indoor state; and transmitting the at least one guidance information to the outside. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing cleanliness of an interior of a vehicle, the method comprising: detecting an indoor state using a detector comprising at least a camera; generating at least one of first guidance information on a lost article or second guidance information on a contaminant upon detecting at least one of the lost article or the contaminant as a result of the detecting the indoor state; and transmitting the at least one guidance information to an outside, wherein the detecting the indoor state comprises: detecting at least one object in an indoor region subjected to state detection and recording a location where the at least one object is detected; and after detecting the at least one object and recording the location where the at least one object is detected, detecting whether contamination has occurred in the indoor region excluding the location where the at least one object is detected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first guidance information comprises at least one of an image of the lost article or a position of the lost article in the interior of the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the second guidance information comprises at least one of a position of the contaminant in the interior of the vehicle, a contamination level, a type of the contaminant, an image of the contaminant, an estimated cleaning time, or an estimated cleaning cost. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein a magnification at which the image of the contaminant is captured varies depending on at least one of a size of the contaminant, the contamination level, or the type of the contaminant. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein a magnification at which the image of the contaminant is captured varies depending on a position of the contaminant relative to the camera. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving a response to the second guidance information when the at least one guidance information comprises the second guidance information; and when the received response corresponds to direct cleaning, granting access to the vehicle to a sender of the response. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: waiting for a response to the second guidance information when the at least one guidance information comprises the second guidance information; and when a response to the second guidance information is not received for a predetermined period of time or when a response that does not correspond to direct cleaning is received, imposing a penalty on a sender of the response. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising when a response to the second guidance information is not received for a predetermined period of time or when a response that does not correspond to direct cleaning is received, transmitting third guidance information on the contaminant to a next user. ### Claim 9 (canceled) ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer-readable recoding medium containing a program configured to perform a method of managing cleanliness of an interior of a vehicle, the method comprises: detecting an indoor state using a detector comprising at least a camera; generating at least one of first guidance information on a lost article or second guidance information on a contaminant upon detecting at least one of the lost article or the contaminant as a result of the detecting the indoor state; and transmitting the at least one guidance information to an outside, wherein the detecting the indoor state comprises: detecting at least one object in an indoor region subjected to state detection and recording a location where the at least one object is detected; and after detecting the at least one object and recording the location where the at least one object is detected, detecting whether contamination has occurred in the indoor region excluding the location where each of the at least one object is detected. ### Claim 11 A device for managing cleanliness of an interior of a vehicle, the device comprising: a detector comprising at least a camera; a communicator; and a controller configured to: detect an indoor state based on information acquired using the detector; generate at least one of first guidance information on a lost article or second guidance information on a contaminant upon detecting at least one of the lost article or the contaminant as a result of detection of the indoor state; and perform control such that the at least one guidance information is transmitted to an outside through the communicator, wherein the controller first detects at least one object in an indoor region subjected to state detection and records a location where the at least one object is detected, and then detects whether contamination has occurred in the indoor region excluding the location where the at least one object is detected. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the first guidance information comprises at least one of an image of the lost article or a position of the lost article in the interior of the vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the second guidance information comprises at least one of a position of the contaminant in the interior of the vehicle, a contamination level, a type of the contaminant, an image of the contaminant, an estimated cleaning time, or an estimated cleaning cost. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein a magnification at which the image of the contaminant is captured varies depending on at least one of a size of the contaminant, the contamination level, or the type of the contaminant. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein a magnification at which the image of the contaminant is captured varies depending on a position of the contaminant relative to the camera. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein, when the at least one guidance information comprises the second guidance information and when a response to the second guidance information is received through the communicator and corresponds to direct cleaning, the controller performs control such that access to the vehicle is granted to a sender of the response. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein, when the at least one guidance information comprises the second guidance information, the controller waits for a response to the second guidance information, and wherein, when a response to the second guidance information is not received for a predetermined period of time or when a response that does not correspond to direct cleaning is received, the controller performs control such that a penalty is imposed on a sender of the response. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The device according to claim 17, wherein, when a response to the second guidance information is not received for a predetermined period of time or when a response that does not correspond to direct cleaning is received, the controller performs control such that third guidance information on the contaminant is transmitted to a next user through the communicator. ### Claim 19 (canceled) ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein, when a previous user does not clean the contaminant, the estimated cleaning cost corresponds to a penalty fee to be imposed on the previous user, and wherein, when a next user directly cleans the contaminant, the estimated cleaning cost corresponds to an amount of a reward to be given to the next user.