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Vehicle and local area security system communications

  • US 10,040,424 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2016
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for monitoring exterior security of a vehicle having a computer system for implementing a function of the vehicle when the vehicle is located beyond a vicinity of a local area security system, the function based upon a sensor signal from a vehicle sensor sensing a motion of at least one object exterior to the vehicle, a method for monitoring exterior security of the vehicle comprising:

  • a tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and

    computer program instructions fordetermining the vehicle location to be within the vicinity of the local area security system;

    periodically enabling the vehicle sensor to consume power from a vehicle battery at a periodic rate for producing the sensor signal;

    in response to the vehicle sensor being enabledmonitoring the sensor signal from the vehicle sensor to identify motion of an object exterior to the vehicle; and

    communicating a sensor information signal based upon the sensor signal to the local area security system and the vehicle sensor identifying motion of the object exterior to the vehicle using at least one of an acoustic receiver, an acoustic transceiver, an infrared sensor, an infrared transceiver RADAR, LiDAR, LaDAR, and a video camera.

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