Automatic warning system for cars

• US 20040174253A1
• Filed: 03/05/2003
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Power Digital Communications Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Power Digital Communications Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Chien-Yuan
• Application Number:
  US10/378,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20040174253A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.5
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

An automatic warning system for cars, including at least a transmitting unit installed in the car, which can send digital data via wireless transmission and which upon activation connects to a receiving unit; a picture transferal unit, which includes at least one camera structure, which can send pictures taken inside and outside of the car to the transmitting unit; a measuring unit, which registers collisions and abnormal entering into the car and automatically activates the transmitting unit and picture transferal unit; which will in case of abnormal entering into the car as by a car thief or in case of a car accident automatically take pictures of the inner and outer situation of the car and transfer them to the predefined receiving unit, which can be placed at the next police station or with the car owner, thus enabling them to take immediate appropriate measures.

Claims

1. An automatic warning system for cars, comprising at least:

a transmitting unit installed in the car, which can send digital data via wireless transmission and which upon activation connects to a predefined receiving unit;

a picture transferal unit, which comprises at least one camera structure that is connected to the transmitting unit and which can send pictures taken inside and outside of the car to this transmitting unit;

a measuring unit, which is connected to the transmitting unit and the picture transferal unit and which registers collisions and abnormal entering into the car and automatically activates the transmitting unit and picture transferal unit;

wherein in case of abnormal entering into the car as by a car thief or in case of a car accident pictures of the inner and outer situation of the car are taken automatically and transferred to the predefined receiving unit, which can be placed at the next police station or with the car owner, thus enabling them to take immediate appropriate measures.

2. An automatic warning system for cars as recited in claim 1, wherein the complete warning system can be connected to a global positioning system (GPS), which determines the position of the car via satellite, as long as the warning system is activated.