Image transferrable anti-theft system

• US 20080061951A1
• Filed: 08/30/2006
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tien Lun Liu
• Original Assignee: Tien Lun Liu
• Inventors: Liu, Tien Lun
• Application Number:
  US11/512,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20080061951A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.15
• 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

Abstract

An anti-theft system includes a carrier such as a vehicle and a camera is located in the space such as the driver cabinet of the carrier and is controlled by a controller. The camera can be activated when the entrance member is opened and a transferring device is electrically connected to the controller so as to transfer images videoed by the camera to a receiving device which can be a cellular phone, a computer or a PDA.

Claims

1. An anti-theft system comprising:

a carrier having a space defined therein;

a controller connected to the carrier and being electrically connected to a driving device and an entrance member of the carrier;

a camera located in the space of the carrier and being controlled by the controller and being activated when the entrance member is opened, and

a transferring device electrically connected to the controller and transferring images videoed by the camera to a receiving device which controls the controller to activate the camera.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera is a CCD camera.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving device is one of a cellular phone, a computer such as a laptop, or a PDA.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transferring device transfers the images by way of GSM, GPRS, bluetooth, far infra-red transferring or internet.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving device is an engine.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the entrance member is a door.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is powered by a power source of the carrier.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the space of the carrier is a driver cabinet.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the space is in a cargo trailer of the carrier.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a switch device is driven by the controller and activates the transferring device to transfer the images from a chosen camera to the receiving device.