Burglar alarm built in car stereo

• US 4,638,293 A
• Filed: 08/20/1984
• Issued: 01/20/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Byung-Woo Min
• Original Assignee: Byung-Woo Min
• Inventors: Min, Byung-Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rowland, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Application Number:
  US06/642,431
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• Field of Search: 340/63, 340/64, 340/65, 340/691, 340/693, 307/10 AT, 180/287
• US Class Current: 340/426.34
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1001 Alarm systems associated with another car fitting or mechanism, e.g. door lock or knob, pedals features related to the general power supply B60R25/1018
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 11/02 with vehicles

Abstract

An alarm system for an automobile comprising an alarm circuit chip built into the car stereo housing and interfaced with the stereo circuitry. The alarm system is controlled and programmed by the same selector buttons and controls which operate the car stereo when in an alarm mode. Some of the sensors for the alarm system are disposed in conventional circuit portions of the car, such as the door, hood and trunk light circuits.

Claims

1. A car alarm system comprising:

(a) a radio/tape player device within the car including speakers for generating audio sounds, an electronic control circuit and a plurality of function selector switches;

(b) alarm circuit means for sensing alarm conditions within said car and generating alarm signals in response thereto, said alarm circuit means being programmable by said function selector switches;

(c) mode selection circuit means for operatively interfacing said electronic control circuit and said function selector switches in a normal mode, and operatively interfacing said alarm circuit means and said function selector switches in an alarm mode, said mode selection circuit means being responsive to coded signals generated by the actuation of predetermined ones of said function selector switches to change between the normal and alarm modes; and

(d) disarming means for said alarm circuit means including,

1. input circuit means for inputting multi-bit disarming codes generated by sequential actuation of a plurality of said function selector switches,

2. memory means for storing multi-bit codes input by said plurality of said function selector switches during a programming mode of said disarming means; and

3. equality detector means for determining when a multi-bit code input by the sequential action of said plurality of function selector switches equals the multi-bit code stored in said memory means, and when equal, generating a disarm signal to said alarm circuit means to change said system to said normal mode.

2. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising:

function indicator lights in said radio/tape player for indicating radio/tape player functions in said normal mode and alarm control functions in said alarm mode.

3. The alarm system of claim 1 further comprising:

door light circuit means for each of the doors of the car which energize interior lights in the car when a door is opened; and

door alarm sensor means for sensing when said interior lights are energized and generating an alarm signal in response thereto when in said alarm mode.

4. The alarm system of claim 3, further comprising:

an ignition circuit for said car including an ignition switch having ON and OFF positions; and

exit delay means operatively coupled to said door alarm sensor means for disabling the same for a selected exit delay period in response to turning said ignition switch from ON to OFF and the actuation of at least a predetermined one of said function selector switches.

5. The alarm system of claim 4, wherein said exit delay period is programmable into said alarm circuit means by said selector switches in a program mode.

6. The alarm system of claim 3, further comprising:

hood light circuit means in said car which energizes a hood light under the car hood when the hood is opened; and

hood alarm sensor means for sensing when the hood light is energized and generating a hood alarm signal in response thereto.

7. The alarm system of claim 4, further comprising:

hood light circuit means in said car which energizes a hood light under the car hood when the hood is opened; and

hood alarm sensor means for sensing when the hood light is energized and generating a hood alarm signal in response thereto.

8. The alarm system of claim 7, further comprising:

exit delay modifying means for restarting said exit delay period if said hood is opened during said exit delay period.

9. The alarm system of claim 3, further comprising:

trunk light circuit means in said car which energizes a trunk light under the car trunk when the trunk is opened; and

trunk alarm sensor means for sensing when the trunk light is energized and generating a trunk alarm signal in response thereto.

10. The alarm system of claim 4, further comprising:

exit delay modifying means for restarting said exit delay period if said trunk is opened during said exit delay period.

11. The alarm system of claim 3, further comprising:

an ignition circuit for said car including an ignition switch having ON and OFF positions; and

entry delay means operatively coupled to said door alarm sensor means for disabling the same for a selected entry delay period in response to turning said ignition switch from ON to OFF and the actuation of at least a predetermined one of said function selector switches.

12. The alarm system of claim 11, wherein said entry delay period is programmable into said alarm circuit means by said selector switches in a program mode.

13. The alarm system of claim 1, wherein said alarm circuit means includes a panic circuit means for generating an alarm signal in response to the actuation of a selected one or more function selector switches.

14. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising:

audible signal means for generating a beep signal through said speaker to announce the said alarm states.

15. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising:

valet control means for disabling all alarm functions in response to the actuation of a selected one of said function selector switches.

16. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising:

microphone means for sensing the breaking of glass of the car windows and generating an alarm signal.

17. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising:

photocell means for turning the car headlights on when the ambient light level falls below a predetermined level.

18. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising:

battery voltage detector means for sensing the voltage of the car battery and generating an alarm signal when the voltage falls below a predetermined level.

19. The alarm system of claim 1, further comprising:

lock-out means coupled to said ignition circuit for precluding the engine from starting when the system is in an alarm mode.