Initiating an alert based on a mobile device being left behind
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Mark Schroeder, Dinu Petre Madau, Gary Edward Zack
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Abstract
A system and method for indicating an alert associated with a mobile device are provided. The system includes a device detector to detect whether the mobile device is in a state of wireless charging; an exit signal receiver to detect an event associated with an exit; a device determiner to determine, after the event is detected, whether the mobile device is in an area associated with the wireless charging; and a vehicle notifier to transmit an alert based the determination by the device determiner. Also provided is a method for augmenting a wireless charging system with a notification system.
Claims10
A system for indicating an alert associated with a mobile device, comprising:
- a device detector to detect whether the mobile device is in a state of wireless charging or in an area for wireless charging;
- an exit signal receiver to detect an event associated with an exit;
- a device determiner to determine, after the event is detected, whether the mobile device is in an area associated with the wireless charging;
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- a vehicle notifier to transmit an alert based the determination by the device determiner,
- the device detector further being configured to store an indication that the mobile device has commenced wireless charging, the indication only being resettable when the mobile device is physically removed from the area associated with wireless charging, and
- the device determiner is further configured to make the determination by monitoring the indication, and in response to the indication not being reset, determining that the mobile device is in the area associated with the wireless charging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.