Vehicle intruder alert detection and indication
AssigneeIP Optimum Limited
InventorChristopher P. Ricci
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Abstract
Methods and systems for a detecting an intruder near or within a vehicle are disclosed. Specifically, a method to detect and identify a person near or within a vehicle as an authorized or an unauthorized user is provided. In the event an unauthorized user is detected within a vehicle, the system may take a number of actions. In one embodiment, the actions comprise providing notice to one or more authorized users of the vehicle, disabling the vehicle, notifying emergency personnel or police, and emitting a visual or audio alarm.
Claims20
A method for managing vehicle intrusions by a vehicle control system, the method comprising:
- detecting, at a motion sensor communicably coupled to a vehicle, movement within a first threshold distance of the vehicle;
- in response to detecting movement within the first threshold distance of the vehicle at the motion sensor, activating one or more electromagnetic sensors communicably coupled to the vehicle;
- detecting, at the one or more electromagnetic sensors, that an entity has made contact with the vehicle;
- in response to detecting that an entity has made contact with the vehicle at the one or more electromagnetic sensors, activating an image sensor mounted externally to the vehicle;
- capturing an image at the image sensor mounted externally to the vehicle;
- comparing the image to one or more images of authorized users of the vehicle stored within a profile database;
- and
- in response to determining that the image does not match the one or more images of authorized users of the vehicle, providing a notice of unauthorized use of the vehicle to a device associated with an authorized user of the vehicle.
A method for managing vehicle intrusions by a vehicle control system, the method comprising:
- detecting, at a motion sensor communicably coupled to a vehicle, movement within a threshold distance of the vehicle;
- in response to detecting movement within the threshold distance of the vehicle at the motion sensor, activating an image sensor mounted externally to the vehicle;
- capturing an image at the image sensor mounted externally to the vehicle;
- comparing the image to one or more images of authorized users of the vehicle stored within a profile database;
- and
- in response to determining that the image does not match the one or more images of authorized users of the vehicle, providing a notice of unauthorized use of the vehicle to a device associated with an authorized user of the vehicle.
A system for managing vehicle intrusions, the system comprising:
- a motion sensor communicably coupled to a vehicle;
- one or more electromagnetic sensors communicably coupled to the vehicle;
- an image sensor mounted externally to the vehicle;
- and
- a vehicle control system installed in the vehicle and configured to:
- detect, at the motion sensor, movement within a first threshold distance of the vehicle;
- in response to detecting movement within the first threshold distance of the vehicle at the motion sensor, activate the one or more electromagnetic sensors communicably coupled to the vehicle;
- detect, at the one or more electromagnetic sensors, that an entity has made contact with the vehicle;
- in response to detecting that an entity has made contact with the vehicle at the one or more electromagnetic sensors, activate the image sensor mounted externally to the vehicle;
- capture an image at the image sensor mounted externally to the vehicle;
- compare the image to one or more images of authorized users of the vehicle stored within a profile database;
- and
- in response to determining that the image does not match the one or more images of authorized users of the vehicle, provide a notice of unauthorized use of the vehicle to a device associated with an authorized user of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.