MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AN OBJECT TO BE SECURED AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AS WELL AS CORRESPONDING METHOD

• US 20100164699A1
• Filed: 01/18/2007
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Mohapatra, Prakash
• Application Number:
  US12/161,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20100164699A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.130
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2025/1016 Remote signals alerting owner or authorities, e.g. radio signals
• 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: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/02 Mechanical actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

In order to further develop a monitoring system (100; 100) for monitoring at least one object (30) to be secured against unauthorized access as well as a corresponding method, the monitoring system (100; 100′) comprising—at least one transponder unit (40), in particular to at least one mobile phone, which transponder unit (40) can be carried with him or her by an authorized user (200), and at least one monitoring unit (10), in particular at least one monitoring chip, being designed for triggering the transmission of at least one message (m), in particular of at least one phone call or of at least one short message or of at least one multimedia message, to the transponder unit (40), in such way that the authorized user (200) is informed in case of unauthorized request of access to the object (30), in particular in case someone is trying to steal the object (30), it is proposed that the monitoring system (100; 100′) comprises at least one remote control unit (20; 20′) being designed for activating and deactivating the monitoring unit (10) by the authorized user (200), and that the transmission of the message (m) is triggered in the activated state of the monitoring unit (10) in case of request of access to the object (30).

Claims

1. A monitoring system for monitoring at least one object to be secured against unauthorized access, the monitoring system comprising

at least one transponder unit, in particular to at least one mobile phone, which transponder unit can be carried with him or her by an authorized user, and

at least one monitoring unit, in particular at least one monitoring chip, being designed for triggering the transmission of at least one message, in particular of at least one phone call or of at least one short message or of at least one multimedia message, to the transponder unit,

wherein the monitoring system comprises at least one remote control unit being designed for activating and deactivating the monitoring unit by the authorized user, and

that the transmission of the message is triggered in the activated state of the monitoring unit in case of request of access to the object.

2. A monitoring unit for the monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein being designed for triggering the transmission of the message in the activated state of the monitoring unit in case of request of access to the object.

3. The monitoring unit according to claim 2, characterized by being designed

for detecting mechanical forces or mechanical stress being applied to the monitoring unit and

for triggering the transmission of the message in such case of application of mechanical forces or of mechanical stress.

4. The monitoring unit according to claim 1, characterized by being assigned to, in particular arranged at and/or comprised in, at least one access device, in particular at least one door, such as at least one door lock, and/or at least one window, of the object, in particular of a transport means, such as of a vehicle.

5. The monitoring unit according to claim 1, characterized by at least one piezoelectric crystal generating electricity in case of application of mechanical forces or mechanical stress.

6. The monitoring unit according to claim 1, characterized by

at least one memory unit for storing at least one contact address data of the transponder unit, in particular at least one phone number of the mobile phone, and/or

at least one unique identification number

being transmittable to the transponder unit together with the message and/or

being storable in the transponder unit, in particular in at least one memory unit of the transponder.

7. A remote control unit for the monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein being designed for activating and deactivating the monitoring unit.

8. The remote control unit according to claim 7, characterized in that

activating the monitoring unit is performed by enabling and/or starting the operable state of the monitoring unit, in particular by the authorized user, for example during or after locking the access device of the object, and

deactivating the monitoring unit is performed by disabling and/or canceling the operable state of the monitoring unit, in particular by the authorized user, for example before or during requesting access to the object, such as before or during unlocking the access device of the object.

9. The remote control unit according to claim 1, characterized by

being assigned to, in particular arranged at and/or comprised in, the transponder unit and/or

being designed for programming the monitoring unit with at least one contact address data of the transponder unit, in particular with at least one phone number of the mobile phone.

10. A transponder unit for the monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein being designed for receiving the message having been triggered in the activated state of the monitoring unit in case of request of access to the object.

13. Use of a method according to claim 11 and/or of at least one monitoring system according to claim 1, in particular

of at least one monitoring unit, for example of at least one security system, such as of at least one smart locking system, according to claim 1, which monitoring unit can be assigned to, in particular arranged at and/or comprised in, at least one access device, in particular at least one door, such as at least one door lock, and/or at least one window, of at least one object, in particular of at least one transport means, such as of at least one vehicle, to be secured against unauthorized access,

of at least one remote control unit according according to claim 1, which remote control unit can be carried with him or her by an authorized user, and

of at least one transponder unit according to claim 10, which transponder unit can be carried with him or her by the authorized user,

for monitoring the object to be secured against unauthorized access, in particular for monitoring at least one access device, for example at least one door, in at least one automotive or non-automotive application, for example for preventing theft of at least one vehicle.

11. A method for monitoring at least one object to be secured against unauthorized access, the method comprising the steps of

activating at least one monitoring unit, in particular at least one monitoring chip,

monitoring if access to the object is requested and

triggering the transmission of at least one message, in particular of at least one phone call or of at least one short message or of at least one multimedia message, to at least one transponder unit, in particular to at least one mobile phone, if access to the object is requested.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the step of monitoring if access to the object is requested comprises detecting if mechanical forces or mechanical stress are applied to the monitoring unit.