VEHICLE SECURITY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FLEETS

• US 20120306636A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: TIEMAN, CRAIG A., PETERSON, MARK C.
• Application Number:
  US13/118,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20120306636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.24
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/105 Radio frequency identification data [RFID]
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/20 Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off

Abstract

A vehicle security system for securing a vehicle equipped to determine that a valid radio frequency identification tag is proximate to the vehicle when there is an attempt to start the vehicle. The system includes an authorization device configured to determine that vehicle operation has been authorized, and an interference device configured to receive an authorization signal from the authorization device. The interference device is configured to interfere with the determination that a valid radio frequency identification tag is proximate to the vehicle when the authorization signal does not indicate that vehicle operation has been authorized. The system is readily installed in a vehicle as no electrical connections are required, except for an optional power connection.

Claims

1. A vehicle security system for securing a vehicle equipped to determine that a valid radio frequency identification tag is proximate to the vehicle when there is an attempt to start the vehicle, said system comprising:

an authorization device configured to determine that vehicle operation has been authorized; and

an interference device configured to receive an authorization signal from the authorization device, said interference device configured to interfere with the determination that a valid radio frequency identification tag is proximate to the vehicle when the authorization signal does not indicate that vehicle operation has been authorized.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the interference device comprises a radio frequency jamming device.

3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the authorization device is further configured to unlock a door of the vehicle when the authorization device determines that vehicle operation has been authorized.