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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);

Inventor:

Sean L. Helm, Saline, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/28 (2006.01); B60N 2/26 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/2803 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/265 (2013.01); B60N 2/2806 (2013.01); B60N 2/2812 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); B60N 2002/2815 (2013.01);
Abstract

Included are systems and methods for child restraint monitoring. Some embodiments include determining that a child restraint seat has been installed in a vehicle seat of a vehicle, determining whether the child restraint seat is being properly utilized, and detecting an issue with the utilization of the child restraint seat. Some embodiments include determining that a guardian is remote from the vehicle and, in response to detecting the issue with the utilization of the child restraint seat and determining that the guardian is remote from the vehicle, sending a communication to a third party, wherein the communication provides an option to contact the vehicle to regarding improper utilization of the child restraint seat.


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