US 12,260,742 B2
Contextual calibration of connected security device
James Nicholas Murray, Chelmsford (GB); Tarik Safir, Derbyshire (GB); Sam Harris, Billericay (GB); Hasan Akoglu, Brentwood (GB); Julian Aaron Abentheuer, London (GB); and Gabriel Mitchell, London (GB)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/500,677.
Application 18/500,677 is a continuation of application No. 17/746,053, filed on May 17, 2022, granted, now 11,842,623, issued on Dec. 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062647 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 29/24 (2006.01); G08B 29/18 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 29/24 (2013.01) [G08B 29/185 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
determine that a vehicle alarm system has been set to a first sensitivity level lower than a highest possible sensitivity level;
detect a trigger event, predesignated as an event that relates to increasing a sensitivity level, under at least a first context defined in conjunction with the trigger event;
analyze the event to determine if at least the first context is met; and
responsive to at least the first context being met, increase the first sensitivity level to a higher sensitivity level than the first sensitivity level, including expansion of at least one sensor zone associated with at least one vehicle sensor to enable the sensor to sense activity at a greater distance than prior to the expansion.