US 12,330,574 B2
Vehicle occupancy monitor
Allison Beach, Leesburg, VA (US); Andrew Scanlon, Falls Church, VA (US); Matthew Daniel Correnti, Newtown Square, PA (US); Michael Kelly, Washington, DC (US); and Robert Nathan Picardi, Herndon, VA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,535.
Application 18/232,535 is a continuation of application No. 17/550,103, filed on Dec. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,766,977.
Application 17/550,103 is a continuation of application No. 16/900,258, filed on Jun. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,230,246, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,277, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382339 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/26 (2006.01); B60N 2/28 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/01512 (2014.10) [B60N 2/0022 (2023.08); B60N 2/0025 (2023.08); B60N 2/0026 (2023.08); B60N 2/267 (2023.08); B60N 2/274 (2023.08); B60N 2/28 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); B60N 2210/22 (2023.08); B60N 2210/30 (2023.08); B60N 2210/50 (2023.08); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
obtaining first sensor data generated by one or more occupancy sensors integrated with a vehicle;
determining, using the first sensor data, that a living entity that is likely unable to exit the vehicle is inside the vehicle;
obtaining second sensor data generated by one or more environmental sensors integrated with the vehicle;
determining, using the second sensor data, that a dangerous condition likely exists inside the vehicle;
in response to determining that the living entity is inside the vehicle and that the dangerous condition likely exists inside the vehicle, performing one or more actions, including sending a first alert to a first device associated with a first person associated with the vehicle;
after sending the first alert to the first device, obtaining additional sensor data generated by the one or more occupancy sensors integrated with the vehicle;
determining, using the additional sensor data, that the living entity that is likely unable to exit the vehicle remains inside the vehicle; and
in response to determining that the living entity that is likely unable to exit the vehicle remains inside the vehicle, performing one or more additional actions, including at least one of sending a second alert to the first device and sending an alert to a second device associated with a second person associated with the vehicle.