Method of securing car against theft by incorporating antitheft status LED in remote controller

• US 20080197986A1
• Filed: 02/15/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tse Hsing Chen
• Original Assignee: Tse Hsing Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Tse Hsing
• Application Number:
  US11/706,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20080197986A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.15
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2009 Antitheft state indicator
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user

Abstract

In a method of securing car against theft, a status LED light set is incorporated in a remote controller for an antitheft main unit mounted on the car. The method includes the step of providing the remote controller with a CPU circuit; a transmission circuit for transmitting codes to remotely actuate or release an actuated status of the antitheft main unit; a button set for setting a security code for actuating the antitheft status and inputting a PIN (personal identification number) code for releasing the antitheft status; a status LED light set for indicating an actual status of the antitheft main unit; and a power supply circuit; so that the remote controller not only remotely controls the antitheft main unit, but also indicates the actual status of the antitheft main unit.

Claims

1. A method of securing car against theft by incorporating antitheft status LED in remote controller, comprising the steps of utilizing extra pins on a CPU circuit of a wireless remote controller for an antitheft main unit mounted on a car to electrically connect to a status LED light set;

and using buttons of a button set on said wireless remote controller to set a security code for remotely actuating said antitheft main unit on the car, and input a PIN code for remotely releasing said antitheft main unit from an actuated status;

whereby there is not any wire between said antitheft main unit and said wireless remote controller, and said wireless remote controller may be used to remotely control the antitheft main unit via said button set and indicate an actual status of said antitheft main unit via LED lights at the same time.

2. The method of securing car against theft by incorporating antitheft status LED in remote controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of specifying a particular button of said button set on said remote controller for actuating said antitheft main unit and causing said status LED lights to flash when said antitheft main unit is actuated;

and presetting a fixed get-out time limit using said button set, so that said antitheft main unit immediately enters into the actuated status as soon as said fixed get-out time limit lapsed.

3. The method of securing car against theft by incorporating antitheft status LED in remote controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of presetting a fixed release time limit using said button set;

whereby when a user gets in the car while said antitheft main unit is still in the actuated status, the user is allowed to input said PIN code using said button set within said fixed release time limit to release said antitheft main unit from the actuated status.

4. The method of securing car against theft by incorporating antitheft status LED in remote controller as claimed in claim 3, further comprising the step of presetting a fixed re-input times limit, within which the user is allowed to input said PIN code again in case that the user should get in the car and input an incorrect PIN code.