US 12,454,219 B2
In-vehicle device
Isamu Nagasawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/610,120.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-051634 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0326689 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 9/002 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0035 (2023.08)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An in-vehicle device comprising:
a parking state detector configured to detect a parking state of a vehicle;
a vehicle cabin situation detector configured to detect a situation in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle;
a child information detector configured to detect presence of a child and position information on the child in the vehicle cabin based on a signal from a seat sensor provided on a child seat in the vehicle cabin;
a temperature information acquisition unit configured to acquire temperature information in the vehicle cabin;
a notification unit configured to, when the child is left in the vehicle cabin, notify outside of the vehicle that leaving of the child has occurred;
a controller configured to, when the vehicle is in the parking state, control a notification mode of the notification unit according to information including the temperature information in the vehicle cabin; and
a vehicle surrounding information acquisition unit configured to acquire surrounding information on the vehicle, wherein
the controller is configured to set a temperature for controlling the notification mode of the notification unit when the acquired surrounding information indicates that there is no person around the vehicle to be lower than a temperature for controlling the notification mode of the notification unit when the acquired surrounding information indicates that there is a person around the vehicle.