Patent ID: 11972669
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A method for controlling a monitoring system for a vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying a location of the vehicle;
capturing sensor data proximate to the vehicle via a plurality of surveillance sensors in connection with the vehicle;
determining a surveillance mode for the vehicle based on the sensor data and a plurality of security factors associated with the location of the vehicle;
activating the surveillance mode in response to the security factors;
monitoring the sensor data and distinguishing a plurality of security events from a plurality of benign events in response to the sensor data, wherein at least one of the security events is distinguished from at least one of the benign events by filtering local noise associated with typical ambient conditions for the location of the vehicle from potential threat conditions associated with elevated or characteristic noise conditions; and
selectively outputting a plurality of alerts in response to the security events and the benign events.