Patent ID: 9718441
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60R,G08B

Claim:
1. In a vehicle having a computer system 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 condition exterior to the vehicle, a method comprising: determining the vehicle location to be within the vicinity of the local area security system; and communicating a sensor information signal based upon the sensor signal to the local area security system; enabling the vehicle sensor to consume power from a battery included within the vehicle to produce the sensor signal; coupling to a second vehicle located within the vicinity of the local area security system, the second vehicle having a second vehicle sensor providing a second sensor information signal to the local area security system; and conserving battery power by disabling the vehicle sensor to consume power from the battery based upon the sensor information signal being determined to be redundant to the second sensor information signal.