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Abstract
A system 100 for a vehicle 16 alerts a user that they have left their mobile device 14 inside the vehicle. After receiving indication that a journey has ended, the system receives movement data for the device over a communication network, and if it system determines from this data that the device has been left in the vehicle, it notifies the user. The communication network may be a cellular network such as 3G or 4G. The mobile device may be associated with the vehicle using an app, and the system may determine during a journey that the device is in the vehicle. After the journey has ended, the system may transmit GPS location data to a remote computer system which has also received location data for the mobile device. The system determines that the device has not been removed from the vehicle if the two locations are substantially the same. The user may be notified using the lights 110 or horn of the vehicle or via the key fob.
Description
(71) Applicant(s):
Jaguar Land Rover Limited (Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV3 4LF, United Kingdom (56) Documents Cited:
US 20160314682 A1 US 20130278415 A1 US 20130154819 A1
US 20140011482 A1 US 20130257604 A1 (58) Field of Search:
INT CL G08B, H04M, H04W Other: EPODOC, WPI (72) Inventor(s):
Jonathan Randall Krzysztof Kobylinski Thomas Popham (74) Agent and/or Address for Service:
Jaguar Land Rover
Patents Department W/1/073, Abbey Road, Whitley, COVENTRY, CV3 4LF, United Kingdom (54) Title of the Invention: Notification system
Abstract Title: Alerting a user that they have left their mobile device in a vehicle (57) A system 100 for a vehicle 16’ alerts a user that they have left their mobile device 14’ inside the vehicle. After receiving indication that a journey has ended, the system receives movement data for the device over a communication network, and if it system determines from this data that the device has been left in the vehicle, it notifies the user. The communication network may be a cellular network such as 3G or 4G. The mobile device may be associated with the vehicle using an app, and the system may determine during a journey that the device is in the vehicle. After the journey has ended, the system may transmit GPS location data to a remote computer system which has also received location data for the mobile device. The system determines that the device has not been removed from the vehicle if the two locations are substantially the same. The user may be notified using the lights 110 or horn of the vehicle or via the key fob.
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TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure relates to a system for a vehicle and particularly, but not exclusively, to a system for notifying a user that a mobile device has been left in the vehicle. Aspects of the invention relate to a system, to a method, to a computer programme product, to a nontransitory computer readable medium, to a processor and to a vehicle.
BACKGROUND
Mobile devices, such as mobile telephones, tablet computers or laptop computers are increasingly common, and users of such devices often find it very important to have them about their person. Accordingly, it can lead to significant inconvenience if a mobile device is left behind, for example in a vehicle.
Systems for determining that a mobile phone has been left in a vehicle have been developed. However, many such systems suffer from the disadvantage that they require the mobile phone to be in direct wireless communication with the vehicle to be effective. This can lead to the systems becoming unreliable, and the system may not function correctly if the communication channel between the mobile phone and the vehicle is switched off.
It is an object of embodiments of the invention to at least mitigate one or more of the problems of the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Aspects and embodiments of the invention provide a system, a method, a computer programme product, a non-transitory computer readable medium, a processor and a vehicle as claimed in the appended claims.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
communication means arranged to communicate with a remote computer system over a first data communication network;
input means arranged to receive an input indicative of an end-of-journey event; output means configured to output data to cause a notification to a user of the vehicle; and control means communicably coupled with said output means, said communication means and said input means, wherein:
upon receipt of said input the control means is configured to receive, via said communication means from said remote computer system, device movement data indicative of a movement of a mobile device; and the control means is configured, in dependence on said device movement data, to determine whether or not the mobile device has been left in the vehicle and, in response to a determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle, to control said output means to cause outputting of a notification indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle. Such a system may be operable to provide a notification that a user’s mobile device, for example a mobile phone, has been left in a vehicle. The system may be operable even when direct wireless communication between the mobile device and the vehicle is not available. The mobile device may be a mobile communications device, for example a mobile phone, a tablet computer or a laptop computer.
Optionally, said first data communication network is a cellular network. This has the advantage that communication between the system and the external computer system may be available over a large proportion of the area in which a vehicle may be expected to operate.
Optionally, during a journey the control means is configured to determine that a mobile device operable to communicate with said remote computer system is located in the vehicle. This may allow the system to determine that the mobile device is inside the vehicle during the journey, and that therefore it should check that it is not left in the vehicle at the end of the journey.
Optionally, the system further comprises a wireless navigation signal sensing means arranged to sense vehicle-originating wireless navigation signal data and communicably coupled with said control means. The wireless navigation signal may be a signal transmitted from orbiting satellites. For example the wireless navigation signal may be a GPS signal or a signal from another navigation system such as GLONASS. Accordingly, the wireless navigation signal sensing means may comprise a GPS sensing means and/or a GLONASS sensing means. The device movement data may comprise device-originating wireless navigation signal data that has been transmitted to the remote computer system by the mobile device. The system may be operable to determine whether or not the device has been left in the vehicle in dependence on the vehicle-originating wireless navigation signal data and the device-originating wireless navigation signal data indicating that the distance between the system and the mobile device is less than a predetermined distance. The vehicle-originating wireless navigation signal data and the device-originating wireless navigation signal data may comprise GPS data or GLONASS data.
Optionally, during a journey the control means is operable to control the communication means to request device movement data from said remote computer system, and said determination that the mobile device is located in the vehicle is performed in dependence on a comparison of said device location data with data obtained from a sensor of the vehicle, which may be a wireless navigation signal sensing means of the mobile device or an accelerometer. This may allow the system to determine that the mobile device is inside the vehicle during the journey, and that therefore it should check that it is not left in the vehicle at the end of the journey.
In an embodiment, the controller is configured to determine that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle in dependence on said device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle for longer than a first predetermined time interval after the end-of-journey event. The first time interval may be selected to ensure that the user is likely to still be near the vehicle when the notification is issued.
Optionally, the system comprises the mobile device.
In an embodiment said mobile device is configured to communicate with said remote computer system to send said device movement data to said remote computer system at a second predetermined time interval. This may ensure that up to date device location data is available when the system requests it from the remote computer system. Optionally, said second predetermined time interval is shorter than said first predetermined time interval. This ensures that the remote computer system is provided with sufficient time to update the device location data after the end-of-journey event.
In an embodiment, said output means comprises one or more lights of the vehicle, and said notification comprises a visual notification issued via said lights. Alternatively or in addition, said output means comprises sound generation means, and said notification is an audible notification.
Optionally, said communication means is configured to transmit vehicle location data indicative of a location of the vehicle to said remote computer system after said end-ofjourney event, said remote computer system being further configured to receive device location data indicative of the location of the mobile device after said end-of-journey event, wherein the remote computer system is arranged to compare the device location data with the vehicle location data and to transmit device movement data indicating that the mobile device has not been removed from said vehicle to the communication means in dependence on said comparison indicating that the location of the mobile device is substantially the same as the location of the vehicle.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of controlling a vehicle comprising:
receiving an input indicative of an end-of-journey event;
receiving device movement data indicative of movement of a mobile device from a remote computer system via a first data communication network; and determining whether or not the mobile device has been left in the vehicle in dependence on said device movement data; and in response to a determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle, causing a notification indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle to be outputted.
Optionally, said first data communication network is a cellular network.
Optionally the method comprises determining that a mobile device operable to communicate with said remote computer system is located in the vehicle during a journey.
In an embodiment the device movement data comprises device-originating wireless navigation signal data that has been transmitted to the remote computer system by the mobile device.
Optionally the method comprises:
requesting device movement data from said remote computer system during a journey;
obtaining vehicle location data from a vehicle wireless navigation signal sensing means; and determining whether or not the mobile device is located in the vehicle in dependence on a comparison of said device movement data with said vehicle location data.
In an embodiment the determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle is made in dependence on said device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle for longer than a first predetermined time interval after the end-ofjourney event.
In an embodiment the method comprises controlling the mobile device to communicate with said remote computer system to send said device movement data to said remote computer system at a second predetermined time interval. Optionally, said second predetermined time interval is shorter than said first predetermined time interval.
In an embodiment said notification comprises a visual notification issued via one or more lights of said vehicle. Alternatively or in addition said notification may be an audible notification.
In an embodiment the method comprises:
transmitting vehicle location data indicative of a location of the vehicle to said remote computer system after said end-of-journey event;
transmitting data indicative of the location of the mobile device to the remote computer system after said end-of-journey event;
comparing the data indicative of the location of the mobile device with the vehicle location data; and transmitting device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in said vehicle to the communication means in dependence on said comparison indicating that the location of the mobile device is substantially the same as the location of the vehicle.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a computer programme product executable on a processor so as to implement a method as described above.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a non-transitory computer readable medium carrying computer readable code which when executed on causes a vehicle to carry out a method as described above.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a processor arranged to implement a method or a computer programme product as described above.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a vehicle comprising a system, a computer programme product, a non-transitory computer readable medium or a processor as described above.
Within the scope of this application it is expressly intended that the various aspects, embodiments, examples and alternatives set out in the preceding paragraphs, in the claims and/or in the following description and drawings, and in particular the individual features thereof, may be taken independently or in any combination. That is, all embodiments and/or features of any embodiment can be combined in any way and/or combination, unless such features are incompatible. The applicant reserves the right to change any originally filed claim or file any new claim accordingly, including the right to amend any originally filed claim to depend from and/or incorporate any feature of any other claim although not originally claimed in that manner.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
One or more embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of a communication system for controlling functions of a vehicle using a mobile device (PRIOR ART);
Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of a system for determining whether or not a mobile device has been left in a vehicle; and
Figure 3 shows a flow chart illustrating the operation of the system shown in figure 2.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Figure 1 shows a prior art vehicle 16 that is provided with a first communication means 22 for communicating with an external server 12 and a second communication means 24 for communicating with mobile devices such as smartphone 14 via a wireless connection 18B. The first communication means may be a relatively long range communication means, for example a transceiver for communicating over a cellular network such as a 3G or 4G network, and the wireless connection 18B may be a connection facilitated by such a network. However, it will be understood that other communication means would also be suitable. For example, the first communication means could be a WiFi (RTM) transceiver operable to communicate with internet-connected WiFi (RTM) networks.
The first communication means enables the vehicle to send data to server 12 and receive data from the server 12. Data sent to the server may be accessible by a user of the vehicle via log in credentials that allow the user to view information about their vehicle that is stored on the server. The server 12 may be operable to send data to the vehicle 16 to control certain vehicle functions via wireless connection 18B.
A user may be able to connect to the server 12 via a wireless connection 18A between a smartphone or other mobile device 14 and the server 12. The wireless connection 18A may be established using a cellular network such as a 3G or 4G network, using WiFi (RTM) or via any other suitable wireless communication method. Communication between the mobile device 14, the server 12 and the vehicle 16 via wireless connections 18A, 18B may allow the user to receive data from their vehicle when they are away from the vehicle. For example, the data connections between the mobile device 14, the server 12 and the vehicle 16 may allow a user to check the fuel level in their vehicle 16 when they are away from the vehicle using their mobile device 14.
The vehicle 16 is also provided with an additional communication means 24 for establishing short range communication between the vehicle 16 and a mobile device such as smartphone 14. The second communication means may be a Bluetooth (RTM) transceiver or any other short-range wireless transceiver. The second communications means may be used to send data from the mobile device to the vehicle when the mobile device is located in the vehicle. For example, the short range wireless connection 20 may be used to send music files or phone contacts from the mobile device 14 to the vehicle 16.
Figure 2 shows a system 100 for a vehicle 16’ that can be used to determine whether or not a mobile device has been left in the vehicle 100 and, if the mobile device has been left in the vehicle, to provide an output indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle.
System 100 comprises a controller 104 and a transceiver 106. Transceiver 106 is a wireless transceiver operable to provide a data communication link with a server 12'. For example, transceiver 106 may be operable to send and receive data via a cellular network (for example a 3G or a 4G network) or a non-cellular wireless network such as a WiFi (RTM) network.
Controller 104 is provided with input means 104i via which the controller is operable to receive data from other vehicle components and output means 104o via which the controller is operable to send data to other vehicle components. As shown in figure 2, input means 104i is connected to sensors 108A, 108B, 108C and output means 104o is connected to notification means, which are the front and rear lights 11 Of, 11 Or in the illustrated embodiment. In the illustrated embodiment sensor 108A is a pressure sensor that is configured to sense changes in pressure on a portion of a driver’s seat of the vehicle and sensor 108B is configured to sense a parking brake of the vehicle being applied or a transmission of the vehicle being placed in a park mode thereof. Sensor 108C is a wireless navigation signal sensor 108C such as a GPS sensor, arranged to provide means for determining the position of the vehicle. As will be described in further detail below, the output from sensor 108C may be used in the determination of whether or not a given mobile device 14' is located in the vehicle 16', and the output from the sensors 108A, 108B may be used by the controller 104 to determine whether or not an end-of-journey event has occurred.
Figure 3 shows a flow chart illustrating how the system 100 may be used to determine whether or not a given mobile device has been left in a vehicle and to notify a user in the event that a the system determines that a mobile device has been left in the vehicle.
The method 200 can only be used if a particular mobile device 14’ has been associated with the vehicle 16’. To associate a mobile device 14' with a vehicle 16' a user of the vehicle and the mobile device may download an app that is operable to allow the mobile device to communicate with server 12', which server is also operable to communicate with the vehicle 16'. It will be understood that server 12' may in fact be operable to communicate with a large number of different vehicles, most of which will not be accessible to the user of the mobile device 14'. Accordingly, after the user has installed the app on the mobile device 14' they may be requested to verify their identity by logging into an account using a unique username and password. The account may be associated with a specific one or more vehicles, and a mobile device may be considered to be associated with a vehicle when the app on the mobile device is logged into an account associated with the vehicle. To ensure that unauthorised users do not log into accounts associated with vehicles that they are not authorised to use log in details may be provided by the manufacturer or vendor when the vehicle is sold or loaned to an end user. Alternatively, the initial association between the mobile device and the vehicle may confirmation from a user located inside the vehicle, who may be presumed to be authorised to use the vehicle.
As will be apparent from the following description, the app installed on the user’s smartphone must have permission to access data indicative of the movement of the mobile device, for example location data from a wireless navigation signal sensor, such as transmitted from orbiting satellites (e.g. GPS satellites or GLONASS satellites), or data indicative of movement of the device from an accelerometer of the device. Furthermore, the app must be configured cause the mobile device 12' either to periodically update the server with the data indicative of movement of the device, or it must be configured to cause the mobile device to send the data indicative of movement of the mobile device to the server in response to a request for data indicative of movement of the device from the server.
If a mobile device has been associated with the vehicle then the method 200 is initiated at step 202. As described above, the association between the mobile device 14’ and vehicle 16’ is made with respect to the server 12’ such that the server 12’ is communicable with both the mobile device 14’ and the vehicle 16’.
In step 204 of the method 200 the controller obtains data indicative of the location of the vehicle from a wireless navigation signal sensor 108C and requests data indicative of the location of the mobile device 14' from the server 12'. The data indicative of the location of the vehicle may be vehicle-originating wireless navigation signal data. In the illustrated embodiment the wireless navigation signal sensor 108C is a GPS sensor. However, it will be understood that sensors for detecting other wireless navigation signals such as GLONASS signals may be provided instead of or in addition to GPS sensor 108C.
When the server 12' receives a request for data indicative of the location of the mobile device 14' it may be configured to send a request for location data to the mobile device 12'. In addition to data indicative of the location of the vehicle and the data indicative of the location of the mobile device, the controller may be provided with data indicative of the time at which the location data for the mobile device and the vehicle were obtained. Once the data indicative of the respective locations of the vehicle and the mobile device have been obtained by the controller 104 the method proceeds to step 206, in which the controller determines whether or not the device location data is consistent with the mobile device being inside the vehicle. This may be achieved by comparing the device location with the vehicle location at a time corresponding to the time at which the device location data was detected, and determining that the device location data is consistent with the device being located in the vehicle if the distance between the device and the vehicle is less than a predetermined threshold.
If the device location data is not consistent with the device being located inside the vehicle then the method ends at step 220. If the device location data is consistent with the device being located in the vehicle then the method proceeds to step 208, in which the controller 104 samples the output from sensor 108B to determine whether or not the parking brake is applied or the transmission is in a park mode. If the parking brake is off and the transmission is in the park mode then the controller 104 determines that an end-of-journey event has not occurred. Step 208 is therefore repeated until the controller determines that either the parking brake has been applied or the transmission has been placed in a park mode.
When the parking brake is applied or the transmission is placed into a park mode the method 200 proceeds to step 210, in which the controller 104 samples the output of sensor 108A to determine whether or not the driver’s seat of the vehicle 100 is occupied. If the driver’s seat is occupied then the controller determines that the driver is still present and therefore an end-of-journey event has not occurred. Accordingly, the method returns to step 208. If the controller 104 determines that the driver’s seat is unoccupied then the method proceeds to step 212, in which the controller makes a determination that an end-of-journey event has occurred, and that therefore the method of determining whether or not a mobile device is still in the vehicle should be performed. The method then proceeds to step 214, in which the controller 104 requests updated device location data from the server 12' and obtains data indicative of the location of the vehicle from GPS sensor 108C. When the server 12' receives a request for data indicative of the location of the mobile device 14' it may be configured to send a request for location data to the mobile device 14'. Alternatively, if the device is configured to periodically update the server 12' with location data then the controller may be configured to wait for a predetermined period of time before requesting data indicative of the location of the mobile device 14' from the server 12'. The predetermined period of time may be longer than the delay between updates of the device location data being sent to the server 12'. This ensures that an update of the device location has been sent to the server before the controller 104 requests the device location data.
Once the location data for the mobile device and the vehicle have been obtained the method proceeds to step 216, in which the controller 104 determines whether or not the device location data is consistent with the device still being located in the vehicle. If the device location data is not consistent with the device still being located in the vehicle then this is indicative of the device having been removed from the vehicle, and that no action is needed. Accordingly, the method proceeds to step 220, at which the method ends.
If the device location data is consistent with the device still being located in the vehicle then this is indicative of the device having been left in the vehicle. Accordingly, the method proceeds to step 218, at which the controller instructs a notification means to issue a notification indicating that a mobile device has been left in the vehicle. In the embodiment illustrated in figure 2 the notification means is the front and rear lights 11 Of, 11 Or. Accordingly, the notification may comprise flashing of the lights in a predetermined pattern. After the controller 104 has instructed the notification means to output the notification indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle the method proceeds to step 220, at which it ends.
Although the embodiment illustrated in figure 2 shows the controller communicating with the front and rear lights of the vehicle 16' to issue a visual notification, it will be understood that the controller could alternatively or additionally communicate with other notification means when the notification is outputted in step 218. For example, the controller may be configured to communicate with a horn of the vehicle, and the notification indicative of a mobile device having been left in the vehicle could comprise sounding the horn for a predetermined length of time, or sounding the horn repeatedly in a predetermined sequence.
In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the vehicle 16' may be provided with a wireless transceiver 112 that is operable to wirelessly communicate with a key fob 114 of the vehicle using a relatively short range wireless communication protocol such as Bluetooth (RTM) or WiFi (RTM). To cause a notification to be issued in step 218 the controller 104 may be operable to instruct the wireless transceiver 112 to send a signal to the key fob 114 requesting it to output a notification. The key fob 114 may be operable to output an audible notification, a visual notification and/or or to vibrate upon receipt of a signal requesting a notification to be outputted by the key fob. A particular advantage of using the key fob to output the notification indicative of a mobile device having been left in the vehicle is that such a notification may be localised to the region around the user, who is likely to have the key fob about their person, thereby avoiding inconveniencing other people who may be in the region around the vehicle 16'.
It will be understood that in steps 204 and 214 the controller 104 could alternatively request data indicative of the location of the mobile device via a direct wireless connection between a short range wireless transceiver of the vehicle, such as Bluetooth (RTM) transceiver 116, and the mobile device 14'. However, a disadvantage of this approach is that users of mobile devices will frequently turn off communication using short range communication protocols such as Bluetooth (RTM) to save power in their mobile device, so it is undesirable to rely on communication using such short range data transfer protocols being available.
In the embodiment described above, the controller 104 is configured to request data indicative of the location of the mobile device 14' (e.g. device-originating wireless navigation signal data) and data indicative of the location of the vehicle 16' (e.g. vehicle-originating wireless navigation signal data) in steps 204 and 214. However, it will be understood that in other embodiments other data indicative of movement of the mobile device 14' may be requested. For example, the controller 104 could be configured to request data from a motion sensor such as an accelerometer of the mobile device 14' in step 204 or in step 214.
If data from accelerometers of the vehicle is requested instead of location data in step 204 then the controller 104 may be configured to determine that the mobile device is in the vehicle and to progress to step 208 if the mobile device has experienced similar accelerations to the vehicle in a time period before the request for motion sensor data was sent.
In an embodiment the controller 104 may be configured to only request data from a motion sensor (e.g. an accelerometer) of the mobile device in step 214. If the data from the motion sensor indicates that the mobile device stopped moving at a time consistent with the end-ofjourney event, such as concurrently with the end of journey event, then this may be considered to be indicative of the mobile device 14' having been left in the vehicle 16', and the controller may be arranged to cause an output indicative of the device 14' having been left in the vehicle 16'. However, if the data from the motion sensor of the vehicle indicates that the mobile device continued to move after the end-of-journey event then this may be indicative of the mobile device having been removed from the vehicle, so the method may end without outputting a notification.
Under some circumstances it may be advantageous to use motion sensor data rather than GPS or other wireless navigation signal data from the mobile device, because users of mobile devices often turn off the GPS sensor of their device to save energy. Accordingly, it may be undesirable to rely on GPS or other wireless navigation signal data indicative of the location of the mobile device being available.
It will be appreciated that other indicators for determining that a journey has ended may be useful, such as the opening of the driver’s door, the unbuckling of the driver’s seatbelt, the status change from engine ignition ON to ignition OFF and/or the locking of the vehicle doors, and it is envisioned that any of the may be used by the system in addition to the sensors 108A-108C described above in order to enhance the reliability of the system in daily use.
It will be appreciated that embodiments of the present invention can be realised in the form of hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software. Any such software may be stored in the form of volatile or non-volatile storage such as, for example, a storage device like a ROM, whether erasable or rewritable or not, or in the form of memory such as, for example, RAM, memory chips, device or integrated circuits or on an optically or magnetically readable medium such as, for example, a CD, DVD, magnetic disk or magnetic tape. It will be appreciated that the storage devices and storage media are embodiments of machine-readable storage that are suitable for storing a program or programs that, when executed, implement embodiments of the present invention. Accordingly, embodiments provide a program comprising code for implementing a system or method as claimed in any preceding claim and a machine readable storage storing such a program. Still further, embodiments of the present invention may be conveyed electronically via any medium such as a communication signal carried over a wired or wireless connection and embodiments suitably encompass the same.
All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and/or all of the steps of any method or process so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or steps are mutually exclusive.
Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise. Thus, unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature disclosed is one example only of a generic series of equivalent or similar features.
The invention is not restricted to the details of any foregoing embodiments. The invention extends to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), or to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the steps of any method or process so disclosed. The claims should not be construed to cover merely the foregoing embodiments, but also any embodiments which fall within the scope of the claims.
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1. A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
communication means arranged to communicate with a remote computer system over a first data communication network;
input means arranged to receive an input indicative of an end-of-journey event; output means configured to output data to cause a notification to a user of the vehicle; and control means communicably coupled with said output means, said communication means and said input means, wherein:
upon receipt of said input the control means is configured to receive, via said communication means from said remote computer system, device movement data indicative of a movement of a mobile device; and the control means is configured, in dependence on said device movement data, to determine whether or not the mobile device has been left in the vehicle and, in response to a determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle, to control said output means to cause outputting of a notification indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle.
2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first data communication network is a cellular network.
3. A system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein, during a journey the control means is configured to determine that a mobile device operable to communicate with said remote computer system is located in the vehicle.
4. A system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the system further comprises a wireless navigation signal sensing means communicably coupled with said control means.
5. A system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said device movement data comprises device-originating wireless navigation signal data that has been transmitted to the remote computer system by the mobile device.
6. A system as claimed in claim 4 or claim 5, wherein, during a journey the control means is operable to control the communication means to request device movement data from said remote computer system, and said determination that the mobile device is located in the vehicle is performed in dependence on a comparison of said device movement data with data obtained from said vehicle wireless navigation signal sensing means.
7. A system as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the control means is configured to determine that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle in dependence on said device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle for longer than a first predetermined time interval after the end-of-journey event.
8. A system as claimed in any preceding claim and further comprising the mobile device.
9. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said mobile device is configured to communicate with said remote computer system to send said device movement data to said remote computer system at a second predetermined time interval.
10. A system as claimed in claim 9 where dependent on claim 7, wherein said second predetermined time interval is shorter than said first predetermined time interval.
11. A system as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said output means comprises one or more lights of the vehicle, and said notification comprises a visual notification issued via said lights.
12. A system as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said output means comprises sound generation means, and said notification is an audible notification.
13. A system as claimed in any preceding claim wherein said communication means is configured to transmit vehicle location data indicative of a location of the vehicle to said remote computer system after said end-of-journey event, said remote computer system being further configured to receive device location data indicative of the location of the mobile device after said end-of-journey event, wherein the remote computer system is arranged to compare the device location data with the vehicle location data and to transmit device movement data indicating that the mobile device has not been removed from said vehicle to the communication means in dependence on said comparison indicating that the location of the mobile device is substantially the same as the location of the vehicle.
14. A method of controlling a vehicle comprising: receiving an input indicative of an end-of-journey event;
receiving device movement data indicative of movement of a mobile device from a remote computer system via a first data communication network; and determining whether or not the mobile device has been left in the vehicle in dependence on said device movement data; and in response to a determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle, causing a notification indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle to be outputted.
15. A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein said first data communication network is a cellular network.
16. A method as claimed in claim 14 or 15, comprising, determining that a mobile device operable to communicate with said remote computer system is located in the vehicle during a journey.
17. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the device movement data comprises device-originating wireless navigation signal data that has been transmitted to the remote computer system by the mobile device.
18. A method as claimed in claim 17, and comprising:
requesting device movement data from said remote computer system during a journey;
obtaining vehicle location data from a vehicle wireless navigation signal sensing means; and determining whether or not the mobile device is located in the vehicle in dependence on a comparison of said device movement data with said vehicle location data.
19. A method as claimed in any one of claims 14-18, wherein the determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle is made in dependence on said device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle for longer than a first predetermined time interval after the end-of-journey event.
20. A method as claimed in claim 19, comprising requesting the device movement data from said remote computer system indicative of the movement of the mobile device at a second predetermined time interval.
21. A method as claimed in claim 20, wherein said second predetermined time interval is shorter than said first predetermined time interval.
22. A method as claimed in any one of claims 14-21, wherein said notification comprises a visual notification issued via one or more lights of said vehicle.
23. A method as claimed in any of claims 14-22, wherein said notification is an audible notification.
24. A method as claimed in any one of claims 14-23 and comprising:
transmitting vehicle location data indicative of a location of the vehicle to said remote computer system after said end-of-journey event;
transmitting data indicative of the location of the mobile device to the remote computer system after said end-of-journey event;
comparing the data indicative of the location of the mobile device with the vehicle location data; and transmitting device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in said vehicle to the communication means in dependence on said comparison indicating that the location of the mobile device is substantially the same as the location of the vehicle.
25. A computer programme product executable on a processor so as to implement a method as claimed in any one of claims 14-24.
26. A vehicle (16') comprising a system as claimed in any one of claims 1-12, a computer programme product as claimed in claim 23, a non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 24 or a processor as claimed in claim 25.
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26. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying computer readable code which when executed on causes a vehicle to carry out a method as claimed in any one of claims 14-24.
27. A processor arranged to implement the method of any one of claims 14-24 or the computer programme product of claim 25.
28. A vehicle comprising a system as claimed in any one of claims 1-13, a computer programme product as claimed in claim 25, a non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 26 or a processor as claimed in claim
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1. A system (100) for a vehicle (16'), the system comprising:
communication means (106) arranged to communicate with a remote computer system (12') over a first data communication network;
input means (104i) arranged to receive an input indicative of an end-of-journey event; output means (104o) configured to output data to cause a notification to a user of the vehicle; and control means (104) communicably coupled with said output means, said communication means and said input means, wherein:
upon receipt of said input the control means is configured to receive, via said communication means from said remote computer system, device movement data indicative of a movement of a mobile device (14'); and the control means is configured, in dependence on said device movement data, to determine whether or not the mobile device has been left in the vehicle and, in response to a determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle, to control said output means to cause outputting of a notification indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle, and said communication means is configured to transmit vehicle location data indicative of a location of the vehicle to said remote computer system (12') after said end-ofjourney event, said remote computer system being further configured to receive device location data indicative of the location of the mobile device (14') after said end-of-journey event, wherein the remote computer system (12') is arranged to compare the device location data with the vehicle location data and to transmit device movement data indicating that the mobile device has not been removed from said vehicle to the communication means in dependence on said comparison indicating that the location of the mobile device is substantially the same as the location of the vehicle.
2. A system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first data communication network is a cellular network.
3. A system (100) as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein, during a journey the control means (104) is configured to determine that a mobile device (14') operable to communicate with said remote computer system is located in the vehicle.
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4. A system (100) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the system further comprises a wireless navigation signal sensing means (108C) communicably coupled with said control means.
5. A system (100) as claimed in claim 4, wherein said device movement data comprises device-originating wireless navigation signal data that has been transmitted to the remote computer system (12') by the mobile device (14').
6. A system (100) as claimed in claim 4 or claim 5, wherein, during a journey the control means (104) is operable to control the communication means (106) to request device movement data from said remote computer system (12'), and said determination that the mobile device (14') is located in the vehicle (16') is performed in dependence on a comparison of said device movement data with data obtained from said vehicle wireless navigation signal sensing means.
7. A system (100) as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the control means (104) is configured to determine that the mobile device (14') has been left in the vehicle (16') in dependence on said device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle for longer than a first predetermined time interval after the end-of-journey event.
8. A system (100) as claimed in any preceding claim and further comprising the mobile device (14').
9. A system (100) as claimed in claim 8, wherein said mobile device (14') is configured to communicate with said remote computer system (12') to send said device movement data to said remote computer system at a second predetermined time interval.
10. A system (100) as claimed in claim 9 where dependent on claim 7, wherein said second predetermined time interval is shorter than said first predetermined time interval.
11. A system (100) as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said output means (11 Or, 11 Of) comprises one or more lights of the vehicle, and said notification comprises a visual notification issued via said lights.
12. A system (100) as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said output means comprises sound generation means, and said notification is an audible notification.
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13. A method (200) of controlling a vehicle (16') comprising: receiving an input indicative of an end-of-journey event;
receiving device movement data indicative of movement of a mobile device (14') from a remote computer system (12') via a first data communication network; and determining whether or not the mobile device has been left in the vehicle in dependence on said device movement data; and in response to a determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle, causing a notification indicative of the mobile device having been left in the vehicle to be outputted (218);
transmitting vehicle location data indicative of a location of the vehicle to said remote computer system after said end-of-journey event;
transmitting data indicative of the location of the mobile device to the remote computer system after said end-of-journey event;
comparing the data indicative of the location of the mobile device with the vehicle location data; and transmitting device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in said vehicle to the communication means in dependence on said comparison indicating that the location of the mobile device is substantially the same as the location of the vehicle.
14. A method (200) as claimed in claim 13, wherein said first data communication network is a cellular network.
15. A method (200) as claimed in claim 13 or 14, comprising, determining that a mobile device operable to communicate with said remote computer system is located in the vehicle during a journey.
16. A method (200) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the device movement data comprises device-originating wireless navigation signal data that has been transmitted to the remote computer system by the mobile device.
17. A method (200) as claimed in claim 16, and comprising:
requesting device movement data from said remote computer system during a journey (204);
obtaining vehicle location data from a vehicle wireless navigation signal sensing means (204); and
09 01 18 determining whether or not the mobile device is located in the vehicle in dependence on a comparison of said device movement data with said vehicle location data (206).
18. A method (200) as claimed in any one of claims 13-17, wherein the determination that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle is made in dependence on said device movement data indicating that the mobile device has been left in the vehicle for longer than a first predetermined time interval after the end-of-journey event.
19. A method (200) as claimed in claim 18, comprising requesting the device movement data from said remote computer system indicative of the movement of the mobile device at a second predetermined time interval.
20. A method (200) as claimed in claim 19, wherein said second predetermined time interval is shorter than said first predetermined time interval.
21. A method as claimed in any one of claims 13-20, wherein said notification comprises a visual notification issued via one or more lights of said vehicle.
22. A method (200) as claimed in any of claims 13-21, wherein said notification is an audible notification.
23. A computer programme product executable on a processor so as to implement a method as claimed in any one of claims 13-22.
24. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying computer readable code which when executed on causes a vehicle to carry out a method as claimed in any one of claims 1322.
25. A processor arranged to implement the method of any one of claims 13-22 or the computer programme product of claim 23.
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