Vehicle antitheft system and vehicle security device

• US 10,112,579 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2017
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Sasaki, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Heard, Erin F
• Application Number:
  US15/451,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20170259784A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/10 actuating a signalling device
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/20 Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/30 Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1427 with transmitter-receiver for distance detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0213 System disabling if a separation threshold is exceeded disabling electrical appliances in case of unplugging G08B13/1409
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements

Abstract

A vehicle antitheft system includes a house security device and a vehicle security device. The house security device includes a detection unit and a transmission unit configured to transmit a notification when a state change of a predetermined security unit is detected by the detection unit. The vehicle security device includes a reception unit configured to receive the notification transmitted from the transmission unit and a function control unit configured to control a vehicle antitheft function depending on whether the notification is received by the reception unit. The function control unit is configured to release the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is not received and a regular vehicle key is used to operate a vehicle, and to restrict releasing of the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is received and the regular vehicle key is used to operate the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle antitheft system comprising:

a house security device including

a detection unit configured to detect an event triggering an alarm of a predetermined security unit installed in a house, and

a transmission unit configured to transmit a notification indicating that the triggering event has occurred when the triggering event is detected by the detection unit; and

a vehicle security device including

a reception unit configured to receive the notification transmitted from the transmission unit of the house security device, and

a function control unit configured to control a vehicle antitheft function depending on whether the notification is received by the reception unit,

wherein the function control unit is configured to allow use of a regular vehicle key to start the vehicle or unlock the vehicle in response to the function control unit not receiving the notification from the reception unit, and

wherein the function control unit is further configured to prohibit use of the regular vehicle key to start the vehicle or unlock the vehicle directly in response to the detection unit of the house security device detecting that the event triggering the alarm has occurred based on receiving the notification at the function control unit of the vehicle security device.

2. The vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle antitheft function is a function of prohibiting starting of a vehicle engine.

3. The vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle antitheft function is a function of prohibiting unlocking of a vehicle door by radio communication.

4. The vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle antitheft function is a function of sounding an alarm when a vehicle door is unlocked using a mechanical key.

5. The vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1, wherein

the house security device further includes an acquisition unit configured to perform searching to find a regular vehicle key located in the house and to acquire identification information of the regular vehicle key when the state change of the predetermined security unit is detected by the detection unit,

the transmission unit is configured to add the identification information of the regular vehicle key acquired by the acquisition unit to the notification and to transmit the notification to the vehicle security device, and

the function control unit is configured to prohibit releasing of the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is received by the reception unit and identification information of a vehicle key used to operate the vehicle matches the identification information included in the notification.

6. The vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit and the reception unit are configured to directly transmit and receive the notification.

7. The vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit and the reception unit are configured to transmit and receive the notification via a system control center interposed between the house security device and the vehicle security device.

8. The vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1, wherein the function control unit is configured to prohibit use of the regular vehicle key to start the vehicle or unlock the vehicle when the vehicle is in a predetermined place.

9. A vehicle security device that prevents theft of a vehicle based on a notification received from a house security device, the vehicle security device comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive the notification indicating that an event triggering an alarm of a predetermined security unit installed in a house is detected from the house security device; and

a function control unit configured to control a vehicle antitheft function depending on whether the notification is received by the reception unit,

wherein the function control unit is configured to allow use of a regular vehicle key to start the vehicle or unlock the vehicle in response to the function control unit not receiving the notification from the reception unit, and

wherein the function control unit is further configured to prohibit use of the regular vehicle key to start the vehicle or unlock the vehicle directly in response to the detection unit of the house security device detecting that the event triggering the alarm has occurred based on receiving the notification at the function control unit of the vehicle security device.

10. A vehicle antitheft system comprising:

a house security device including

a detection unit comprising a processor configured to detect a state change of a predetermined security unit installed in a house, and

a transmission unit comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a notification indicating that the state change is detected when the state change of the predetermined security unit is detected by the detection unit; and

a vehicle security device including

a reception unit comprising a receiver configured to receive the notification transmitted from the transmission unit of the house security device, and

a function control unit comprising a controller configured to control a vehicle antitheft function depending on whether the notification is received by the reception unit,

wherein

the function control unit is configured to release the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is not received by the reception unit and a regular vehicle key is used to operate a vehicle, and to restrict releasing of the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is received by the reception unit and the regular vehicle key is used to operate the vehicle,

the house security device is configured to perform searching to find a regular vehicle key located in the house and to acquire identification information of the regular vehicle key when the state change of the predetermined security unit is detected by the detection unit,

the transmission unit is configured to add the identification information of the regular vehicle key to the notification and to transmit the notification to the vehicle security device, and

the function control unit is configured to prohibit releasing of the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is received by the reception unit and identification information of a vehicle key used to operate the vehicle matches the identification information included in the notification.