Vehicle anti-thief system

• US 20060001317A1
• Filed: 09/28/2004
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SIN ETKE Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: SIN ETKE Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Kuo-Rong, Lee, Chun-Chung, Huang, Cheng-Hung
• Application Number:
  US10/950,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20060001317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/014 comprising means for locking the seat or parts thereof in a driving prevention position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2009 Antitheft state indicator
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates

Abstract

A vehicle anti-thief system is disclosed to include an anti-thief controller that controls on-vehicle electronic components of the vehicle to execute a corresponding abnormal operation, for example, repeatedly locking and unlocking the central lock, repeatedly moving the electric power seat forwards and backwards, driving the fuel pump to pump fuel to the engine intermittently, or driving the shift position sensor to output a same shift position signal, thereby obstructing and hindering from driving the vehicle and causing the thief to suffer from nerves and to give up stealing the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle anti-thief system installed in a motor vehicle and adapted to obstruct normal operation of the motor vehicle, the vehicle anti-thief system comprising an anti-thief controller, a global positioning device, a wireless communication device, and at least one on-vehicle electronic component, said anti-thief controller having connected thereto a plurality of vehicle abnormality detection sensors, said anti-thief controller starting said global positioning device and said wireless communication device and driving said wireless communication device to send out the information of the current position of said motor vehicle calculated by said global positioning device when the engine of said motor vehicle is switched off and when at least one of said vehicle abnormality detection sensors is triggered, wherein:

said anti-thief controller further controls said at least one on-vehicle electronic component to execute a corresponding abnormal operation when starting said global positioning device and said wireless communication device, said at least one on-vehicle electronic component and said corresponding abnormal operation being selected from at least one of the following conditions;

(1) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the central lock of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to repeatedly lock/unlock said central lock;

(2) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the air conditioning system of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive said air conditioning system to produce hot air to abnormally increase the room temperature inside the passenger room of said motor vehicle;

(3) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the fuel pump of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive said fuel pump to pump fuel to the engine of said motor vehicle intermittently;

(4) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the throttle valve of the engine of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive said throttle valve to intermittently block the supply of air to the engine of said motor vehicle;

(5) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is an electric power seat of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive the electric power seat to move to a rear limit position;

(6) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is an electric power seat of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive the electric power seat to move back and forth repeatedly;

(7) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the electric power seat back of an electric power seat of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive the electric power seat back of the electric power seat to incline forward and backward repeatedly;

(8) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is a shift position sensor of an automatic transmission system of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive said shift position sensor to continuously output a same shift position signal;

(9) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is an outside lamp of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive said outside lamp to blink repeatedly;

(10) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is an inside lamp of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to turn on said inside lamp and then turn off said inside lamp repeatedly;

(11) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is an audio device, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to drive said audio device to continuously produce a sound at a predetermined huge volume;

(12) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the electric power windows of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to open and close said electric power windows repeatedly;

(13) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the electric power sunroof of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to open and close said electric power sunroof repeatedly;

(14) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the electric power outside mirror of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to fold said electric power outside mirror back and forth repeatedly; and

(15) said at least one on-vehicle electronic component is the windshield wipers of said motor vehicle, and said corresponding abnormal operation is to move said windshield wipers over the windshield of said motor vehicle continuously.

2. The vehicle anti-thief system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said anti-thief controller is electrically connected to a battery of said motor vehicle to obtain electricity from the battery, said battery further provides electricity to said global positioning device and said wireless communication device and said at least one on-vehicle electronic component.

3. The vehicle anti-thief system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said anti-thief controller is further electrically connected to a spare power supplier of said motor vehicle, said spare power supplier further provides electricity to said global positioning device and said wireless communication device and said at least one on-vehicle electronic component.

4. The vehicle anti-thief system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless communication device is adapted to send out the information of the current position of said motor vehicle calculated by said global positioning device to a cellular telephone of the owner of said motor vehicle wirelessly.

5. The vehicle anti-thief system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless communication device is adapted to send out the information of the current position of said motor vehicle calculated by said global positioning device to a remote control center wirelessly.

6. The vehicle anti-thief system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said remote control center sends out the information of the current position of said motor vehicle received from said wireless communication device of said motor vehicle to a cellular telephone of the owner of said motor vehicle wirelessly.