Antitheft system, method for operating an antitheft system and components of an antitheft system

• US 20030085620A1
• Filed: 10/04/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Herbrik, Heinz
• Application Number:
  US10/264,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20030085620A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/10.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/245 where the antenna reception area plays a role

Abstract

An antitheft system for a vehicle has at least one radio frequency receiver unit (10) which is connected to the vehicle and has at least one first antenna (12), at least one code transmitter (14) with at least one radio frequency transmitter unit which has at least one second antenna (16), and means for evaluating signals which are received by the at least one receiver unit (10). The first antenna (12) or the second antenna (16) is a directional antenna.

Claims

1. An antitheft system for a vehicle having

at least one radio frequency receiver unit which is connected to the vehicle and has at least one first antenna,

at least one code transmitter having at least one radio frequency transmitter unit which has at least one second antenna, and

means for evaluating signals which are received by the at least one receiver unit, wherein at least the first antenna or the second antenna is a directional antenna.

2. The antitheft system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the radio frequency receiver unit which is connected to the vehicle is contained in a transceiver unit, the first antenna operating as a transmission antenna and reception antenna, and

the radio frequency transmitter unit which is provided in the code transmitter is contained in a transceiver unit, the second antenna operating as a transmission antenna and reception antenna.

3. The antitheft device as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the second antenna which is assigned to the code transmitter is provided for receiving signals which are transmitted by the transceiver unit of the vehicle,

the code transmitter has means for modulating the received signals, and

the second antenna which is assigned to the code transmitter is provided for transmitting the modulated signals.

4. The antitheft system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the range of the radio frequency signals is limited.

5. The antitheft system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the evaluation means determine a variable as a measure of the distance between the vehicle and the code transmitter.

6. The antitheft system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the evaluation means determine a variable as a measure of the distance between the vehicle and the code transmitter by means of back scatter radar technology.

7. The antitheft system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system operates in the GHz range.

8. A method for operating an antitheft system for a vehicle, in which

at least one radio frequency receiver unit which is connected to the vehicle receives radio frequency signals via a first antenna,

at least one code transmitter having at least one radio frequency transmitter unit transmits radio frequency signals via at least one second antenna, and

the at least one receiver unit evaluates received signals, wherein at least the first antenna or the second antenna is a directional antenna.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein

the first antenna is used as a transmission antenna and reception antenna of a transceiver unit which is connected to the vehicle, and

the second antenna is used as a transmission antenna and reception antenna of a transceiver unit which is provided in the code transmitter.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein

the first antenna which is assigned to the vehicle transmits radio frequency signals,

the second antenna which is assigned to the code transmitter receives the signals which are transmitted by the first antenna,

the signals which are received by the second antenna are modulated in the code transmitter,

the second antenna transmits the modulated signals,

the first antenna receives the transmitted modulated signals, and

the modulated signals received by the first antenna are evaluated.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the range of the radio frequency signals is limited.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein during the evaluation of the signals received by the receiver unit of the vehicle, a variable is determined as a measure of the distance between the vehicle and the code transmitter.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein during the evaluation of the signals received by the receiver unit of the vehicle, a variable is determined as a measure of the distance between the vehicle and the code transmitter by means of back scatter radar technology.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the system operates in the GHz range.

15. Radio frequency receiver unit for use in an antitheft system for a vehicle comprising:

a driver for receiving data to be transmitted;

a transmitter unit coupled with the driver for modulating the data;

an antenna coupled with the transmitter unit, wherein the antenna is a directional antenna and wherein the radio frequency receiver is connected to the vehicle.

16. Radio frequency receiver as in claim 15, wherein the radio frequency receiver is contained in a transceiver unit.

17. Radio frequency receiver as in claim 15, wherein the transmitter unit comprises a dielectric resonance oscillator coupled with the driver, a mixer coupled with the dielectric resonance oscillator and an intermediate frequency filter/amplifier generating an output signal fed to the antenna.

18. A code transmitter for use in an antitheft system for a vehicle comprising:

a directional antenna for receiving and transmitting of antitheft system data;

a back scatter unit coupled with the directional antenna; and

a dielectric resonance oscillator coupled with the back scatter unit.