US 11,967,219 B2
System and method of notifying an owner of a lost item in a vehicle
Ke Liu, Lexington, MA (US); Jingyan Wan, Sterling Heights, MI (US); Ron Hecht, Raanana (IL); and Omer Tsimhoni, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,572.
Prior Publication US 2023/0245550 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 21/24 (2006.01); B60R 1/29 (2022.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.