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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
In-vehicle smoke detection and reporting system and method for car sharing and ride sharing vehicles
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Christopher L. Oesterling, Troy, MI (US);
Orhan Bulan, Troy, MI (US);
Dawn M. Chorbagian, Plymouth, MI (US);
David H. Clifford, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Robert Miles, Austin, TX (US);
Paul H. Pebbles, Novi, MI (US);
Hrushit B. Raval, Clinton Township, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A smoke detection system for an interior of a vehicle is provided. The smoke detection system includes a detection module and a reporting module. The detection module, while the vehicle is being used as part of a car sharing or ride sharing service: receives a sensor signal from a smoke detector; compares data included in the sensor signal to smoke characteristic or smoke pattern data; based on the comparison, determines whether an occupant of the vehicle is smoking; and generates an alert signal if the occupant is smoking. The reporting module at least one of: based on the alert signal, visually or audibly provides a warning to the occupant to stop smoking; transmits the alert signal to a mobile device of the occupant to indicate that a smoking event has been detected; or transmits the alert signal to a network device of a service provider to report the smoking event.