Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Of burglary or unauthorized use
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-17
2007-07-17
Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Of burglary or unauthorized use
C340S426110, C340S574000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10955082
ABSTRACT:
A system and method is described for alerting authorities during a vehicle carjacking or carnapping. The method includes a first step of providing a vehicular radiotelephone communication system with speech recognition and a controller operable to monitor at least one vehicular system. A next step includes defining at least one predetermined sequence of operation of the at least one vehicular system for triggering a silent alert. The sequence can include spoken words or vehicle control operation. A next step includes monitoring the at least one vehicular system for the defined at least one predetermined sequence, such as a hidden switch activation for example. A next step includes activating a silent alert upon detection of the at least one predetermined sequence.
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Fieldman Cy M.
Mazur Maria L.
Raisinghani Vijay S.
Ramos Abigail Z.
Fan Hongmin
Hofsass Jeffery
Temic Automotive of North America, Inc.
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