CPC G08B 21/24 (2013.01) [B60R 1/29 (2022.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8006 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of notifying an owner of a lost item in a vehicle during a trip, the vehicle having a vehicle compartment, the method comprising:
providing at least one sensor to sense the lost item in the vehicle compartment;
sensing, at an end of the trip when an occupant of the vehicle has left the vehicle, the lost item on a point relative to a spherical coordinate system to define a sensed item data;
determining a position of the lost item in cartesian coordinates based on the sensed item data to define a position data;
translating the sensed item data and the position data for visualization of the lost item to define an item image of the lost item relative to the vehicle compartment;
updating an inventory list of lost objects to include the lost item with the item image;
tagging the lost item in the inventory list with a trip identifier that is unique to the trip;
matching the trip identifier with a user identifier that is unique to the last occupant of the vehicle during the trip associated with the trip identifier;
identifying the owner of the lost item by matching the trip identifier with the user identifier;
providing notification to the owner of the lost item; and
providing viewable access of the item image such that the image is viewed by the owner of the lost item.
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