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US 12,260,742 B2Granted
Contextual calibration of connected security device
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames Nicholas Murray, Tarik Safir, Sam Harris, Hasan Akoglu, Julian Aaron Abentheuer, Gabriel Mitchell
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Abstract
A vehicle determines that a vehicle alarm system has been engaged and determines a local context applicable to the vehicle alarm system. The vehicle obtains an alarm system configuration mapping applicable in light of the local context. The vehicle changes sensitivity of one or more sensors associated with the alarm system based on the configuration mapping.
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A vehicle comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- determine that a vehicle alarm system has been set to a first sensitivity level lower than a highest possible sensitivity level;
- detect a trigger event, predesignated as an event that relates to increasing a sensitivity level, under at least a first context defined in conjunction with the trigger event;
- analyze the event to determine if at least the first context is met;
- and
- responsive to at least the first context being met, increase the first sensitivity level to a higher sensitivity level than the first sensitivity level, including expansion of at least one sensor zone associated with at least one vehicle sensor to enable the sensor to sense activity at a greater distance than prior to the expansion.
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A method comprising:
- determining that a vehicle alarm system has been set to a first sensitivity level lower than a highest possible sensitivity level;
- detecting a trigger event, predesignated as an event that relates to increasing a sensitivity level, under at least a first context defined in conjunction with the trigger event;
- analyzing the event to determine if at least the first context is met;
- and
- responsive to at least the first context being met, increasing the first sensitivity level to a higher sensitivity level than the first sensitivity level, including expanding at least one sensor zone associated with at least one vehicle sensor to enable the sensor to sense activity at a greater distance than prior to the expansion.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:
- determining that a vehicle alarm system has been set to a first sensitivity level lower than a highest possible sensitivity level;
- detecting a trigger event, predesignated as an event that relates to increasing a sensitivity level, under at least a first context defined in conjunction with the trigger event;
- analyzing the event to determine if at least the first context is met;
- and
- responsive to at least the first context being met, increasing the first sensitivity level to a higher sensitivity level than the first sensitivity level, including expanding at least one sensor zone associated with at least one vehicle sensor to enable the sensor to sense activity at a greater distance than prior to the expansion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.