US 12,434,666 B2
System and method for detecting vehicle intrusions
Krishna Bandi, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Meghna Menon, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Bryan Michael Bolger, Canton, MI (US); and Brennan Hamilton, Birmingham, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,385.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239302 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 25/33 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 25/33 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/305 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G08G 1/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for monitoring vehicle intrusions in a parking lot comprising a plurality of parking spaces, the method comprising:
instructing a vehicle to autonomously navigate to a given parking space from among the plurality of parking spaces;
setting the given parking space to an occupied state in response to the vehicle being positioned within the given parking space;
obtaining infrastructure sensor data from an infrastructure sensor, wherein the infrastructure sensor data includes information indicating a parking state of each of the plurality of parking spaces, and wherein the parking state is one of the occupied state and an unoccupied state;
determining whether the given parking space has transitioned from the occupied state to the unoccupied state based on the infrastructure sensor data; and
in response to determining the given parking space has transitioned to the unoccupied state:
obtaining location data from the vehicle;
determining whether the vehicle is located at a predefined location based on the location data; and
instructing the vehicle to perform a vehicle intrusion routine in response to the vehicle not being located at the predefined location.