Vehicle alarm system, method and computer program product for avoiding false alarms while maintaining the vehicle alarm system armed
AssigneeNingbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd.
InventorsAlbin Hagström, Johnny Tran Nguyen
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Abstract
A vehicle alarm system configured to avoid false alarms while maintaining the vehicle alarm system armed. The vehicle alarm system includes: at least a first sensor configured to detect at least a first living object; a processing circuitry operatively connected to the least a first sensor configured to cause the vehicle alarm system to: detect at least a first living object inside of a vehicle by the at least first sensor; and reduce, or unarm, at least a first alarm function of the vehicle alarm system in response to detecting the at least first living object, while at least a second alarm function of the vehicle alarm system is configured to be armed.
Claims9
A vehicle alarm system configured to avoid false alarms while maintaining the vehicle alarm system armed, the vehicle alarm system comprises:
- a camera positioned in the vehicle to image at least a living object in the vehicle;
- a tilt sensor that detects an amount of tilt of the vehicle;
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- a processing circuitry operatively connected to the camera and configured to detect and characterize the living object in images generated by the camera to identify the living object as belonging to one of a first type of living objects or a second type of living objects, and, wherein the first type of the living object is a human child or an animal and the second type of the living object is a human adult to cause the vehicle alarm system to:
- in response to characterizing the living object as belonging to the first type of living objects, reduce or unarm at least a first alarm function of the vehicle alarm system that generates an alarm in accordance with the tilt detector detecting tilt or movement of the vehicle, while at least a second alarm function of the vehicle alarm system that generates an alarm in accordance with detecting intrusion into the vehicle is armed.
A method of controlling a vehicle alarm system for avoiding false alarms while maintaining the vehicle alarm system armed, the method comprising:
- detecting a living object inside of a vehicle from images generated by a camera in the vehicle;
- characterizing the living object to identify the living object as belonging to one of a first type of living objects or a second type of living objects;
- wherein the first type of living objects is a human child or an animal and the second type of the living objects is a human adult and
- in response to characterizing the living object as belonging to the first type of living objects, reducing or unarming at least a first alarm function of the vehicle alarm system that generates an alarm in accordance with detecting tilt or movement of the vehicle, while at least a second alarm function of the vehicle alarm system that generates an alarm in accordance with detecting intrusion into the vehicle is armed.
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