VEHICULAR OBSERVATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND SERVER FOR THE VEHICULAR OBSERVATION SYSTEM

• US 20130278446A1
• Filed: 04/19/2012
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: GAU, YUH-SHYING
• Application Number:
  US13/450,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20130278446A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/989
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

An observation system for a vehicle is provided. The observation system includes an observation apparatus and a server. The observation apparatus includes a location identification unit producing a location information and a movement identification unit producing a movement information. The observation apparatus transmits a first movement warning message including the location information to the server when the movement information matches a burglar model, and transmits a second movement warning message to the server when the movement information matches a suspicious burglar model. The server compares a vehicle information with an advanced burglar model in response to the second movement warning message. The disclosure further provides an observation apparatus and a server for the observation system.

Claims

1. An observation system for a vehicle, comprising:

an observation apparatus disposed in the vehicle, comprising;

a location identification unit producing a location information;

a movement identification unit producing a movement information; and

a long distance wireless communication unit; and

one or more servers, comprising;

a long distance wireless communication module communicating with the observation apparatus through the long distance wireless communication unit of the observation apparatus;

a data module storing a vehicle information of the vehicle; and

an analysis module;

wherein when the vehicle is not in operation,

the observation apparatus transmits a first movement warning message comprising the location information to the one or more servers when the movement information matches a burglar model, and transmits a second movement warning message to the one or more servers when the movement information matches a suspicious burglar model; and

the analysis module of the one or more servers compares the vehicle information with an advanced burglar model in response to the second movement warning message.

2. The observation system of claim 1, wherein the movement identification unit of the observation apparatus includes a gravity sensor producing an inertia information and a gyroscope producing an orientation information, the movement information comprises the inertia information and the orientation information, the movement information matches the burglar model when the location information, the inertia information, and the orientation information respectively exceed a first location variation value, a first inertia variation value, and a first orientation variation value during a period of time.

3. The observation system of claim 2, further comprising a lock mechanism disposed in the vehicle, wherein the lock mechanism can be unlocked to allow an engine of the vehicle to be started and locked to disallow the engine of the vehicle to be started, wherein the movement information matches the burglar model when the location information, the inertia information, and the orientation information respectively exceed the first location variation value, the first inertia variation value, and the first orientation variation value during a period of time, the lock mechanism is locked, and the engine of the vehicle is stopped.

4. The observation system of claim 1, further comprising a lock mechanism disposed in the vehicle, wherein the lock mechanism can be unlocked to allow an engine of the vehicle to be started and locked to disallow the engine of the vehicle to be started, the movement identification unit of the observation apparatus includes a gravity sensor producing an inertia information and a gyroscope producing an orientation information;

the movement information comprises the inertia information and the orientation information, wherein the movement information matches the suspicious burglar model when the location information, the inertia information, and the orientation information respectively exceed a second location variation value, a second inertia variation value, and a second orientation variation value during a period of time, the lock mechanism is unlocked, and the engine of the vehicle is stopped.

5. The observation system of claim 1, wherein the second movement warning message comprises the location information, the vehicle information comprises the location information and a usage record of the vehicle.

6. An observation apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a location identification unit producing a location information;

a movement identification unit producing a movement information; and

a long distance wireless communication unit communicating with one or more servers through a long distance wireless network;

wherein the observation apparatus transmits a first movement warning message comprising the location information to the one or more servers when the movement information matches a burglar model, and transmits a second movement warning message comprising the location information to the one or more servers when the movement information matches a suspicious burglar model.

7. The observation apparatus of claim 6, wherein the movement identification unit includes a gravity sensor producing an inertia information and a gyroscope producing an orientation information, the movement information, the movement information comprises the inertia information and the orientation information, the movement information matches the burglar model when the location information, the inertia information, and the orientation information respectively exceed a first location variation value, a first inertia variation value, and a first orientation variation value during a period of time.

8. The observation apparatus of claim 7, wherein the movement information matches the burglar model when the location information, the inertia information, and the orientation information respectively exceed the first location variation value, the first inertia variation value, and the first orientation variation value during a period of time, a lock mechanism of the vehicle is locked to disallow an engine of the vehicle to be started, and the engine of the vehicle is stopped.

9. The observation apparatus of claim 6, wherein the movement identification unit includes a gravity sensor producing an inertia information and a gyroscope producing an orientation information, the movement information comprises the inertia information and the orientation information, the movement information matches the suspicious burglar model when the location information, the inertia information, and the orientation information respectively exceed a second location variation value, a second inertia variation value, and a second orientation variation value during a period of time, a lock mechanism of the vehicle is unlocked to allow an engine of the vehicle to be started, and the engine of the vehicle is stopped.

10. The observation apparatus of claim 6, wherein when the vehicle is in operation,

the observation apparatus acts on an engine controller of the vehicle to stop an engine of the vehicle and disables the engine controller in response to an engine stopping instruction received from the one or more servers.

11. The observation apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a data unit comprising parameters of the observation module and a short distance wireless communication unit communicating with a portable device, wherein the parameters of the observation module are modified through the portable device.

12. A server for a vehicular observation apparatus of a vehicle, comprising:

a long distance wireless communication module communicating with the vehicular observation apparatus through a long distance wireless network;

a data module storing an vehicle information of the vehicle; and

an analysis module comparing the vehicle information with an advanced burglar model in response to a second movement warning message received from the vehicular observation apparatus, wherein the second movement warning message is produced when a movement information of the vehicular observation apparatus matches a suspicious burglar model.

13. The server of claim 12, wherein the second movement warning message comprises the location information, the vehicle information comprises the location information and a usage record of the vehicle.

14. The server of claim 12, wherein the server transmits an engine stopping instruction to enable the observation apparatus to acts on an engine controller of the vehicle to stop an engine of the vehicle and disable the engine controller.