Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Meisam Lois Yousif

Saeed David Barbat

Mahmoud Abdelhamid

Nathan Rinderer

Sonya Bentley

Sonya (s D) Bentley

Manibharathi Gudiyattam Gnanamurugan

A system and method for a vehicle includes detecting within a first predetermined time period of a vehicle ignition transitioning from an OFF status to an ON status: (a) a rear door OPEN status; and (b) at least one of: (i) a stored record of rear seat occupancy; and (ii) a rear seat belt BUCKLED status; and outputting a rear seat occupancy indicator within the vehicle upon detecting the vehicle ignition transitioning from the ON status to the OFF status.

Rear seat occupant indication system and method

The vehicle rear occupant alert system provides alerts corresponding to occupancy of rear seats. The system comprises a door position sensor, an ignition sensor, and an alert system. Further, the alert system comprises a processor and a memory. The door position sensor determines a rear door status between an ajar position and a closed position. The ignition sensor determines an ignition state between an ON state and an OFF state. The alert system is coupled with the sensors. The processor adjusts status of the alert system as armed if the rear door transitions from ajar to closed position and the ignition transitions from OFF to ON state. The alert system notifies and alerts a driver to check the rear seat when the ignition transitions to OFF state. The processor rearms the alert system after the ignition transitions from OFF to ON state within a predefined time.

Rear occupant alert system

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