Vehicle anti-theft system and method
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1. A method for identifying whether a vehicle has been stolen, the method comprising:
- detecting a usage of said vehicle for its transportation from one location to another, through wireless communication with a unit in the vehicle;
requesting, at the unit in the vehicle, an identification from an identification device;
if said identification is received automatically and without user intervention, comparing said identification with an internal identification setting;
if said internal identification setting does not match said received identification or if said identification is not received, emitting an alert message comprising information concerning said vehicle in a predetermined communication range of said vehicle;
receiving said alert message at a surveillance unit installed in a surveillance station, when said surveillance station is within said predetermined communication range of said vehicle; and
indicating said information concerning said vehicle at said surveillance unit;
whereby a thief of said vehicle is unaware of the request for said identification and the vehicle is identified as a stolen vehicle.
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Abstract
An anti-theft system comprises a digital code in a key ring. The code is transmitted to a client box installed in a car. The box analyses the code and, in the case of theft, transmits a distress signal to a surveillance station. The surveillance station is equipped with a receiver and a display to display information concerning the stolen vehicle. A person at the surveillance station can stop the stolen vehicle or can use a switch on the surveillance station unit that sends a signal to a receiver in the client box and thus turns off the fuel pump of the car.
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1. A method for identifying whether a vehicle has been stolen, the method comprising:
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detecting a usage of said vehicle for its transportation from one location to another, through wireless communication with a unit in the vehicle;
requesting, at the unit in the vehicle, an identification from an identification device;
if said identification is received automatically and without user intervention, comparing said identification with an internal identification setting;
if said internal identification setting does not match said received identification or if said identification is not received, emitting an alert message comprising information concerning said vehicle in a predetermined communication range of said vehicle;
receiving said alert message at a surveillance unit installed in a surveillance station, when said surveillance station is within said predetermined communication range of said vehicle; and
indicating said information concerning said vehicle at said surveillance unit;
whereby a thief of said vehicle is unaware of the request for said identification and the vehicle is identified as a stolen vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An anti-theft system for identifying whether a vehicle has been stolen, the anti-theft system comprising:
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an identification device comprising an identification request receiver for receiving an identification request;
an identification store having a stored identification;
an identification provider for retrieving said stored identification and sending said stored identification in response to said identification request automatically and without user intervention;
a vehicle anti-theft device comprising a unit in wireless communication with the identification device for detecting a usage of said vehicle for its transportation from one location to another;
a vehicle transmitter for requesting an identification of a driver of said vehicle once said usage is detected from said identification device;
a vehicle receiver for receiving a response to said request for said identification from said identification device;
an information store having information concerning said vehicle and an internal identification setting;
an owner detector for detecting if said internal identification setting matches an identification received in said response;
an information emitter for emitting said information concerning said vehicle if said identification received does not match said internal identification setting in a predetermined communication range of said vehicle;
whereby said information concerning said vehicle is received by a surveillance station when said surveillance station is within said predetermined communication range of said vehicle and said vehicle is identified as being stolen.
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