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Vehicle intruder alert detection and indication

  • US 10,534,819 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2016
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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.

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