US 7,321,814 B2
Vehicle condition monitoring system
Yasushi Kanda, Kariya (Japan); Noriaki Terashima, Okazaki (Japan); and Tatsuya Katou, Nagoya (Japan)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/142,476.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-178902 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2004; and application No. 2004-230846 (JP), filed on Aug. 06, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0283286 A1, Dec. 22, 2005
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 701—29  [340/571] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle condition monitoring system for monitoring a state of a vehicle in an unattended condition comprising:
an initial setting storage means for storing an initial setting including at least one of a window setting, a light setting and a door lock setting of the vehicle in the unattended condition;
an actual state detection means for detecting an actual state of the vehicle in the unattended condition;
a comparison means for comparing the initial setting and the actual state of the vehicle;
a reporting means for issuing a report that identifies the existence of a difference between the actual state of the vehicle and the initial setting;
a portable device for receiving the report through a wireless communication system; and
a time keeping means for keeping time that the vehicle is left in the unattended condition,
wherein the reporting means issues the report when a predetermined amount of time has elapsed after the vehicle has been left in the unattended condition.