Methods and apparatus for tamper detection of a vehicle system
AssigneePlusAI, Inc.
InventorsRobert Joseph DINGLI, Timothy P. DALY, JR.
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Abstract
A system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) having a housing and configured to be disposed within an interior of an autonomous vehicle. The system also includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) rigidly disposed with the housing of the ECU. The system also includes a processor configured to receive measurement data from the IMU. The IMU and the processor is powered by a battery separate from a power source of the ECU. The processor is configured to identify a tamper event of the ECU based on the measurement data from the IMU. The processor is also configured to send a signal to cause a tamper response of the tamper event.
Claims23
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving measurement data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) disposed within a housing of an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle, the IMU attached to the housing without being moveable relative to the housing;
- identifying a tamper event associated with the ECU based on the measurement data from the IMU;
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- sending a signal to cause a tamper response to the tamper event, wherein, in response to identification of the tamper event, the signal is sent from a processor associated with the IMU that received the measurement data from the IMU, a power source within the housing of the ECU providing power to the IMU within the housing of the ECU and the processor associated with the IMU, wherein the ECU has a power source operatively coupled to a power source of the vehicle, and the power source of the IMU within the housing of the ECU is independent from the power source of the ECU.
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A system comprising:
- an electronic control unit (ECU) having a housing and configured to be disposed within an interior of a vehicle;
- an inertial measurement unit (IMU) disposed within the housing of the ECU, the IMU attached to the housing without being moveable relative to the housing;
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- a processor associated with the IMU and configured to receive measurement data from the IMU, the processor configured to identify a tamper event of the ECU based on the measurement data from the IMU, the processor configured to send a signal to cause a tamper response of the tamper event, wherein, in response to identification of the tamper event, the signal is sent from the processor that received the measurement data from the IMU, a power source within the housing of the ECU providing power to the IMU within the housing of the ECU, wherein the ECU has a power source operatively coupled to a power source of the vehicle, and the power source of the IMU within the housing of the ECU is independent from the power source of the ECU.
A method comprising:
- sending, from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) disposed within a housing of an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle, the IMU attached to the housing without being moveable relative to the housing, measurement data causing identification of a tamper event of the ECU based on the measurement data and in response to receipt of the measurement data, the measurement data indicating a movement of the ECU relative to the vehicle;
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- receiving, after the tamper event has been identified and at the ECU, a signal, wherein, in response to identification of the tamper event, the signal is sent from a processor associated with the IMU that received the measurement data from the IMU, a power source within the housing of the ECU providing power to the IMU within the housing of the ECU and the processor associated with the IMU, wherein the ECU has a power source operatively coupled to a power source of the vehicle, and the power source of the IMU within the housing of the ECU is independent from the power source of the ECU.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.