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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2015
Applicants:

Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Dinu Petre Madau, Canton, MI (US);

Gary Edward Zack, Novi, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Mark Schroeder, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Dinu Petre Madau, Canton, MI (US);

Gary Edward Zack, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/24 (2013.01); B60L 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.02);
Abstract

A system and method for indicating an alert associated with a mobile device are provided. The system includes a device detector to detect whether the mobile device is in a state of wireless charging; an exit signal receiver to detect an event associated with an exit; a device determiner to determine, after the event is detected, whether the mobile device is in an area associated with the wireless charging; and a vehicle notifier to transmit an alert based the determination by the device determiner. Also provided is a method for augmenting a wireless charging system with a notification system.


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