Moving object burglar alarm apparatus

• US 20030174051A1
• Filed: 02/07/2003
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Naitou, Norihiro
• Granted Patent: US 6,801,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner

Abstract

A moving object burglar alarm apparatus includes an inquiry unit for, when a theft detection unit detects a theft of a moving object, inquiring whether the moving object burglar alarm apparatus should make a notification about the theft of the moving object of communication terminal equipment disposed outside the moving object burglar alarm apparatus, and a theft notification unit for determining whether the theft notification unit should notify the notification center of the theft of the moving object according to an answer to the inquiry from the communication terminal equipment, and for notifying the notification center of the theft of the moving object when the answer indicates that a notification about the theft is requested.

Claims

1. A moving object burglar alarm apparatus that sends a notification about a theft of a moving object to a certain notification center when a theft detection means detects a theft of the moving object, wherein said apparatus comprises:

an inquiry means for, when said theft detection means detects a theft of the moving object, inquiring whether said moving object burglar alarm apparatus should make a notification about the theft of the moving object of communication terminal equipment disposed outside said moving object burglar alarm apparatus; and

a theft notification means for determining whether said theft notification means should notify said notification center of the theft of the moving object according to an answer to said inquiry from said communication terminal equipment, and for notifying said notification center of the theft of the moving object when the answer indicates that a notification about the theft is requested.

2. The moving object burglar alarm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said apparatus further comprises a means for, when receiving a transmission instruction for transmitting a current position of the moving object from said notification center after notifying said notification center of the theft of the moving object, acquiring and transmitting the current position of the moving object to said notification center.

3. The moving object burglar alarm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said inquiry means inquires whether said moving object burglar alarm apparatus should make a notification about the theft of the moving object of said communication terminal equipment by using an electronic mail including an address of a “

home page”

that exists on an Internet, which is acquired by said moving object burglar alarm apparatus, and said theft notification means determines whether to notify said notification center of the theft of the moving object according to the answer written into said “

home page”

that is accessed by said communication terminal equipment according to the address.

4. The moving object burglar alarm apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said inquiry means inquires whether said moving object burglar alarm apparatus should make a notification about the theft of the moving object of said communication terminal equipment by using an electronic mail including an address of a “

home page”

that exists on an Internet, which is acquired by said moving object burglar alarm apparatus, and said theft notification means determines whether to notify said notification center of the theft of the moving object according to the answer written into said “

home page”

that is accessed by said communication terminal equipment according to the address.

5. The moving object burglar alarm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said inquiry means inquires whether said moving object burglar alarm apparatus should make a notification about the theft of the moving object of said communication terminal equipment by using an electronic mail, and said theft notification means determines whether to notify said notification center of the theft of the moving object according to the answer written in a reply electronic mail from said communication terminal equipment.

6. The moving object burglar alarm apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said inquiry means inquires whether said moving object burglar alarm apparatus should make a notification about the theft of the moving object of said communication terminal equipment by using an electronic mail, and said theft notification means determines whether to notify said notification center of the theft of the moving object according to the answer written in a reply electronic mail from said communication terminal equipment.

7. The moving object burglar alarm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a time that elapses during waiting for the answer exceeds a predetermined time, said theft notification means notifies said notification center of the theft of the moving object.

8. The moving object burglar alarm apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication terminal equipment is a mobile telephone owned by a party to the moving object.