ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM AND ANTI-THEFT CONTROL METHOD

• US 20100253490A1
• Filed: 11/28/2008
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakai, Naoki, Nukano, Tomohiko, Koizumi, Takahiro, Nishimura, Ryuuji, Morita, Kyohhei, Kameda, Kazumasa
• Application Number:
  US12/734,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20100253490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.100
• 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: G08B 13/1672 using sonic detecting means, e.g. a microphone operating in the audio frequency range

Abstract

An anti-theft system of a vehicle includes multiple speakers 1, 2, 3 and 4 that detect an impact applied to the vehicle; and a security ECU 10 that executes a detection unit identification process for identifying a speaker that detects the impact first on the basis of values of signals from multiple speakers 1, 2; 3 and 4; an impact location estimation process for estimating that the impact is applied to a window glass when a value of a signal from the identified speaker is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and estimating that the impact is applied to a vehicle body when the value of the signal from the identified speaker is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value; and an impact location identification process for estimating a distance between the estimated detection unit and a generation source of the impact by a correction coefficient for a case that the estimated impact location is the window glass when the estimated impact location is the window glass, estimating the distance between the estimated detection unit and the generation source of the impact by a correction coefficient for a case that the estimated impact location is the vehicle body when the estimated impact location is the vehicle body, and identifying the impact location from the window glass, the vehicle body, and other locations on the basis of the estimated distance.

Claims

1. An anti-theft system of a vehicle comprising:

a plurality of detection units that detect an impact applied to the vehicle; and

a control device that executes;

a detection unit identification process for identifying a detection unit that detects the impact first on the basis of values of signals from the plurality of detection units;

an impact location estimation process for estimating that the impact is applied to a window glass when a value of a signal from the identified detection unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and estimating that the impact is applied to a vehicle body when the value of the signal from the identified detection unit is less than the predetermined threshold value; and

an impact location identification process for estimating a distance between the estimated detection unit and a generation source of the impact by a correction coefficient for a case that the estimated impact location is the window glass when the estimated impact location is the window glass, estimating the distance between the estimated detection unit and the generation source of the impact by a correction coefficient for a case that the estimated impact location is the vehicle body when the estimated impact location is the vehicle body, and identifying an impact location from the window glass, the vehicle body, and other locations on the basis of the estimated distance.

2. The anti-theft system according to claim 1, wherein the control device executes a thunder determination process for determining whether the impact applied to the vehicle is caused by a thunder on the basis of the value of the signal from the detection unit.

3. The anti-theft system according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is one of a speaker, a radio wave sensor, a vibration sensor, and a sound sensor mounted in the vehicle.

4. The anti-theft system according to claim 1, wherein the control device executes an alarm control process for outputting an alarm sound when the impact location is the window glass or the vehicle body.

5. The anti-theft system according to claim 1, wherein the impact location identification process is for defining a distance between the detection unit that detects the impact first among the plurality of detection units that detect the impact applied to the vehicle and the generation source of the impact as a standard distance, and calculating how far away distances between other detection units and the generation source are from the standard distance on the basis of a difference between input times of signals representing the impact from the detection unit that detects the impact first and other detection units.

6. The anti-theft system according to claim 1, wherein the impact location identification process is for identifying the location of the generation source of the impact by converting distances between the plurality of the detection unit that detect the impact applied to the vehicle and the generation source of the impact to distances on a given plane.

7. The anti-theft system according to claim 6, wherein the impact location identification process is for identifying an intersection of circles of which radii are distances between at least three of the detection units and the generation source of the impact on the given plane as the generation source of the impact on the given plane.

8. An anti-theft control method of a vehicle executing:

a detection unit identification step that identifies a detection unit that detects an impact first on the basis of values of signals from a plurality of detection unites that detects the impact applied to the vehicle;

an impact location estimation step that estimates that the impact is applied to a window glass when a value of a signal from the identified detection unit in the detection unit identification step is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and estimates that the impact is applied to a vehicle body when the value of the signal from the identified detection unit is less than the predetermined threshold value;

an impact location identification step that estimates a distance between the estimated detection unit and a generation source of the impact by a correction coefficient for a case that the estimated impact location is the window glass when the estimated impact location in the impact location estimation step is the window glass, estimates the distance between the estimated detection unit and the generation source of the impact by a correction coefficient for a case that the estimated impact location is the vehicle body when the estimated impact location is the vehicle body, and identifies the impact location from the window glass, the vehicle body, and other locations on the basis of the estimated distance.