Vehicle security system

• US 20070018797A1
• Filed: 01/20/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2005
• 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:
  US11/335,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20070018797A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.500
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1004 Alarm systems characterised by the type of sensor, e.g. current sensing means using door lock sensors B60R25/1001
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1018 Alarm systems characterised by features related to the general power supply
• 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

Disclosed is a vehicle security system, which uses a detection circuit to detect the supply of electric power from the car battery to the in-car computer and the status of the car ignition switch, and to start a backup power supply for the in-car computer, and drives the in-car computer to send an informing message to a remote receiver via a wireless communication module when the supply of electric power from the car battery to the in-car computer is terminated or when the car ignition switch is switched on during the alert mode of the vehicle security system.

Claims

1. A vehicle security system comprising:

a car battery for the supply of electric power;

a security controller electrically connected to the car battery and alternatively set between an alert mode and a non-alert mode;

an in-car computer electrically connected to the car battery, the in-car computer including a detection circuit and a backup power supply; and

a wireless communication module;

wherein the detection circuit detects the supply of electric power from the car battery when the security controller set in the alert mode;

wherein the backup power supply provides backup power to the in-car computer and the in-car computer controls the wireless communication module to send an informing message to at least one remote receiver when the supply of electric power from the car battery to the in-car computer is interrupted and the interruption is detected by the detection circuit.

2. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the in-car computer further comprises a storage unit, the storage unit stored a plurality of anti-thief events to be selectively contained in the informing message for sending by the wireless communication module to the at least one remote receiver.

3. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detection circuit further detects the transmission of an ignition switched-on signal from an ignition switch to the in-car computer during the alert mode, and drives the in-car computer to send the informing message to the at least one remote receiver via the wireless communication module when detecting the transmission of the ignition switched-on signal from the ignition switch to the in-car computer.

4. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the informing message contains information about the condition that the ignition switch has been switched on.

5. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the in-car computer is electrically connected to the security controller so enabling the backup power supply to provide backup power to the security controller for operation of the security controller when the car battery is disconnected from the security controller.

6. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the security controller is electrically connected to at least one sensor;

the in-car computer further comprises a storage unit storing a plurality of anti-thief events;

when the supply of electric power from the car battery is terminated and the at least one sensor provides a detection signal to the security controller, the security controller transmits a status signal related to the detection signal to the in-car computer to enable the in-car computer to select a corresponding anti-thief event from the storage unit based on the status signal related to the detection signal and transmit the informing message related to the corresponding anti-thief event to the at least one remote receiver via the wireless communication module.

7. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the in-car computer further includes a switch device-electrically connected to the detection circuit and the backup power supply and adapted to control the supply of backup power from the backup power supply to the in-car computer;

the detection circuit provides a detection signal to the switch device of the in-car computer when detecting the condition that the supply of electric power from the car battery has been terminated, the detection signal driving the switch device to switch to the backup power supply to provide the backup power to the in-car computer.

8. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the backup power supply is a rechargeable battery.

9. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the rechargeable battery is selected from a group of a nickel hydrogen battery, a Li-ion battery, a nickel chrome battery and a lithium polymer battery.

10. The vehicle security system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the backup power supply is an uninterrupted power supply.