Patent ID: 11919475
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A vehicle comprising:
a body forming a cabin;
a sensor disposed on a portion of the body and configured to obtain sound or vibration data from outside the cabin, including a first combination of frequencies and locations of a first plurality of sounds or vibrations from the sound or vibration data outside the cabin;
a computer memory configured to store a plurality of known signatures pertaining to a plurality of different types of vehicle theft events, the plurality of known signatures comprising a second combination of frequencies and locations corresponding to different sounds or vibrations, as to a plurality of types of events, including vehicle theft events; and
a processor configured to:
compare a signature of the sound or vibration data with the plurality of known signatures stored in the computer memory, by comparing the first combination of frequencies and locations of the first plurality of sounds or vibrations from the sound or vibration data outside the vehicle with the second combination of frequencies and locations of a second plurality of sounds or vibrations from the plurality of known signatures stored in the computer memory; and
determine whether a vehicle theft event is occurring based on the comparing of the signature of the sound or vibration data with the plurality of known signatures, including as to the comparing of the first combination of frequencies and locations of the first plurality of sounds or vibrations from the sound or vibration data outside the vehicle with the second combination of frequencies and locations of the second plurality of sounds or vibrations from the plurality of known signatures stored in the computer memory.