System and method for detecting a mobile device and providing notification to an operator of a vehicle

Abstract

A system for providing a notification with a vehicle may include a vehicle communications system configured to communicate with a mobile device, an object detection sensor with a range including an area outside of the vehicle, a notifier, configured to notify an operator of the vehicle outside of the vehicle, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive communication from the vehicle communications system and determine when a mobile device is within an interior of the vehicle, receive communication from the object detection sensor and determine that an operator of the vehicle is outside of the vehicle, provide a notification using the notifier to indicate that the mobile device is within the interior, in at least some locations of the vehicle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.