VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for locating a stolen vehicle, the method comprising:
- embedding multiple signal emitting devices in the vehicle, each one of said signal emitting devices being camouflaged among a part of said vehicle and hidden from view, each signal emitting device being independent of a power source for the vehicle and adapted to emit actively without prompt;
registering said vehicle in a central database;
providing readers for receiving signals from signal emitting devices at a plurality of locations in a geographical area;
connecting said readers to a network having a central location such that information being processed by said readers is transferred to and accessible by said central location, and correlated with said central database.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
There is described a method for preventing vehicle theft, the method comprising embedding multiple signal emitting devices in a vehicle, each one of the signal emitting devices being camouflaged among a part of the vehicle and hidden from view, each one of the signal emitting devices being independent of a power source for the vehicle and adapted to emit a signal actively without prompt at a given tuned frequency, at a given time, and at a given signal strength.
-
Citations
22 Claims
-
1. A method for locating a stolen vehicle, the method comprising:
-
embedding multiple signal emitting devices in the vehicle, each one of said signal emitting devices being camouflaged among a part of said vehicle and hidden from view, each signal emitting device being independent of a power source for the vehicle and adapted to emit actively without prompt; registering said vehicle in a central database; providing readers for receiving signals from signal emitting devices at a plurality of locations in a geographical area; connecting said readers to a network having a central location such that information being processed by said readers is transferred to and accessible by said central location, and correlated with said central database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A system for locating stolen vehicles, the system comprising:
-
multiple signal emitting devices embedded in a vehicle and camouflaged among various parts of the vehicle to be hidden from view, each signal emitting device being independent of a power source for the vehicle and adapted to emit actively without prompt; readers placed at a plurality of locations in a geographical area and connected to a network having a central location, said readers receiving signals from said signal emitting devices and transferring reader data to said central location; and a central database at said central location comprising registration data for each vehicle equipped with said signal emitting devices, and whereby said central database is correlated with said reader data to identify vehicles that have been stolen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
-
21. A vehicle comprising multiple signal emitting devices embedded and camouflaged among various parts of the vehicle to be hidden from view, each one of said signal emitting devices being independent of a power source for the vehicle and adapted to emit a signal actively without prompt at a given tuned frequency, at a given time, and at a given signal strength.
-
22. A method for preventing vehicle theft, the method comprising embedding multiple signal emitting devices in a vehicle, each one of said signal emitting devices being camouflaged among a part of said vehicle and hidden from view, each one of said signal emitting devices being independent of a power source for the vehicle and adapted to emit a signal actively without prompt at a given tuned frequency, at a given time, and at a given signal strength.
Specification