SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE THEFT DETECTION

• US 20150091713A1
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Kohlenberg, Tobias, Singh, Dave Paul, Fulginiti, Dominic, Tadikonda, Mahendra Tadi
• Application Number:
  US14/125,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20150091713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.36
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/32 of vehicle dynamic parameters, e.g. speed or acceleration

Abstract

Various systems and methods for vehicle theft detection are described herein. In an embodiment, a driver of the vehicle is identified with an onboard system. The onboard system then determines whether the driver is an authorized operator of the vehicle, where the determination based on sensor data collected from a sensor installed in the vehicle. When the driver is not an authorized operator of the vehicle, a security recovery process is performed.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. An onboard system for detecting vehicle theft, the onboard system installed on a vehicle and comprising:

a driver identification module adapted to identify a driver of the vehicle;

an authorization module adapted to determine whether the driver is an authorized operator of the vehicle, the determination based on sensor data collected from a sensor installed in the vehicle; and

a recovery module adapted to perform a security recovery process when the driver is not an authorized operator of the vehicle.

27. The onboard system of claim 26, wherein to identify the driver, the driver identification module is adapted to:

detect physical access to the vehicle;

obtain a biometric identification of a person accessing the vehicle; and

use the biometric identification to determine the driver identification.

28. The onboard system of claim 27, wherein the physical access comprises unlocking a door of the vehicle.

29. The onboard system of claim 26, wherein to identify the driver, the driver identification module is adapted to:

detect a key fob;

obtain an identification value from the key fob; and

correlate the identification value with the driver.

30. The onboard system of claim 26, wherein to determine whether the driver is the authorized operator, the authorization module is adapted to:

build a contemporaneous driver profile based on contemporaneous sensor data;

access a driver profile database to obtain a historical driver profile; and

compare the contemporaneous driver profile with the historical driver profile to determine whether the driver profile and historical driver profile are different.

31. The onboard system of claim 30, wherein to build the contemporaneous driver profile, the authorization module is adapted to:

record sensor data; and

associate the sensor data with the driver.

32. The onboard system of claim 31, wherein to record sensor data, the authorization module is adapted to perform at least one of:

record trends of vehicle acceleration;

record trends of vehicle deceleration;

record seat pressure sensor data;

or

record an audio signature of the driver.

33. The onboard system of claim 30, wherein to compile the historical driver profile, the authorization module is adapted to:

entering an initialization mode for a new driver;

collect and storing sensor data for the new driver;

compile the sensor data to create the historical driver profile for the new driver; and

store the historical driver profile in a data store in the vehicle.

34. The onboard system of claim 26, wherein to perform the security recovery process, the recovery module is adapted to disable the vehicle, activate a vehicle alarm, or transmit a message to a person, the person being one of an owner of the vehicle, a law enforcement agent, or a third-party authorized by the owner.

35. The onboard system of claim 26, wherein to perform the security recovery process, the recovery module is adapted to transmit a geographic position of the vehicle to at least one of:

an owner of the vehicle, a law enforcement agent, or a third-party authorized by the owner.

36. The onboard system of claim 26, wherein to perform the security recovery process, the recovery module is adapted to:

access a policy store, the policy store including a rule correlating a threshold condition with a security response;

select the rule based on the sensor data; and

select the security response when the threshold condition is violated.

37. A method for detecting vehicle theft of a vehicle, the method comprising:

identifying a driver of the vehicle with an onboard system;

determining, by the onboard system, whether the driver is an authorized operator of the vehicle, the determination based on sensor data collected from a sensor installed in the vehicle; and

performing a security recovery process when the driver is not an authorized operator of the vehicle.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein identifying the driver comprises:

detecting physical access to the vehicle;

obtaining a biometric identification of a person accessing the vehicle; and

using the biometric identification to determine the driver identification.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the physical access comprises unlocking a door of the vehicle.

40. The method of claim 37, wherein identifying the driver comprises:

detecting a key fob;

obtaining an identification value from the key fob; and

correlating the identification value with the driver.

41. The method of claim 37, wherein determining whether the driver is the authorized operator comprises:

building a contemporaneous driver profile based on contemporaneous sensor data;

accessing a driver profile database to obtain a historical driver profile; and

comparing the contemporaneous driver profile with the historical driver profile to determine whether the driver profile and historical driver profile are different.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the historical driver profile is compiled by:

entering an initialization mode for a new driver;

collecting and storing sensor data for the new driver;

compiling the sensor data to create the historical driver profile for the new driver; and

storing the historical driver profile in a data store in the vehicle.

43. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions for detecting vehicle theft of a vehicle, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

identify a driver of the vehicle with an onboard system;

determine, by the onboard system, whether the driver is an authorized operator of the vehicle, the determination based on sensor data collected from a sensor installed in the vehicle; and

perform a security recovery process when the driver is not an authorized operator of the vehicle.

44. The computer-readable medium of claim 43, wherein the instructions to identify the driver comprise instructions to:

detect physical access to the vehicle;

obtain a biometric identification of a person accessing the vehicle; and

use the biometric identification to determine the driver identification.

45. The computer-readable medium of claim 43, wherein the instructions to determine whether the driver is the authorized operator comprise instructions to:

build a contemporaneous driver profile based on contemporaneous sensor data;

access a driver profile database to obtain a historical driver profile; and

compare the contemporaneous driver profile with the historical driver profile to determine whether the driver profile and historical driver profile are different.