Remote control type of automatic control device for the automobile door

• US 4,896,050 A
• Filed: 07/18/1988
• Issued: 01/23/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chen Shin-Chung
• Original Assignee: Chen Shin-Chung
• Inventors: Shin-Chung, Chen
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, Jr., William M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ip, Paul
• Application Number:
  US07/220,306
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 307/9, 307/10 R, 307/10 AT, 307/117, 70/264, 70/276, 70/277, 70/278, 70/279, 340/64, 340/63, 340/825.34, 340/825.31, 340/825.72, 340/825.69, 340/825.54, 340/52 D, 340/52 F, 340/542, 340/543, 340/539, 180/280, 180/281, 180/282, 180/286, 180/287, 180/268, 180/273, 180/289, 180/271, 361/172, 318/16, 318/280, 318/286
• US Class Current: 307/10.2
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 77/54 Automatic securing or unlocking of bolts triggered by certain vehicle parameters, e.g. exceeding a speed threshold triggered by vehicle collision E05B77/12
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses

Abstract

A remote control type of automatic control device for automobile door wherein of the car doors and its locking device is provided with a micro-switch for sensing the state of the car door and the state of the locking device. The locking devices are controlled by locking coils. The locking devices of all the car doors can be locked when a car-speed detecting circuit, a switch circuit and a delay circuit all have a specific output. When the car is parked, an unlocking trigger circuit can unlock all the locking devices. There is a receiving circuit to receive a signal sent by a remote control device. As soon as a signal is received, a trigger will be triggered. The output terminal of the trigger is connected with two NAND gates. One of the input terminals of each two NAND gates is connected one of the two contact points of a micro-switch on the main car door. The output signals of the two NAND gates are used for driving two negatively triggered mono-stable circuits each with a different operation time; an remote control device can send out a signal to the receiving circuit so as to automatically control the operation of the locking devices of the car doors. Since the operation time of the two negatively triggered mono-stable circuits is different, they can drive a indicating lamp which will have different blinking times to indicate the operation state of the locking devices.

Claims

1. An automatic remote control locking and unlocking devices for automobile doors and the like, comprising in combination:

a plurality of interconnected circuits including

(I) a receiving circuit;

(II) a control circuit;

(III) a switch circuit;

(IV) a delayed locking circuit connected to said switch circuit;

(V) a car-speed detecting circuit;

(VI) a first locking circuit;

(VII) a second locking circuit;

(VIII) a first unlocking circuit; and

(IX) a second unlocking circuit;

said receiving circuit at least including;

(a) a trigger having input and output terminals;

(b) two NAND gates, each having at least first and second input terminals;

(c) two negative triggering mono-stable circuits;

(d) an input transistor;

(e) an output transistor;

(f) a micro-switch, having unlocking and locking contacts and a center contact, operatively connected to a respective main car door, with the center contact of said micro-switch being grounded;

wherein

an input terminal of said trigger is connected to said input transistor, and upon receipt of a respective signal an output terminal of said trigger is emitting a signal;

the first input terminal of each of said two NAND gates is respectively connected to the output terminal of said trigger;

the second input terminal of each of said two NAND gates is respectively connected to the unlocking and locking contacts of said micro-switch;

the output terminals of said NAND gates are respectively connected with said locking contacts of said microswitch;

said locking contact of said micro-switch being connected respectively with the input terminals of said negative triggering mono-stable circuits for respectively effecting unlocking or locking; and

the output terminals of said negative triggering mono-stable circuits being connected to the base of said output transistor;

(g) a relay connected with the collector of said output transistor; and

(h) an indicating lamp operable by way of said relay;

said control circuit including said first recited microswitch and associated micro-switches for the locking devices of car doors, and said control circuit further including said switch circuit;

(i) an AND gate connected to the output terminals of said first locking circuit, said switch circuit and said car-speed detecting circuit, and the output of said AND gate controlling said second locking circuit;

(j) locking coils in respective of said locking and unlocking circuits, for the car-door locking device, with said locking coils being connected in parallel at the output terminal of said delayed locking circuit, and with said locking devices on the car doors being locked up automatically upon at least three circuits having an "H" output terminal of the second unlocking circuit connected with respective unlocking coils of the locking devices of the car doors;

(k) at least one OR gate for controlling of the respective unlocking circuit being controlled by said OR gate;

(l) an unlocking control switch of which one terminal is grounded, with the other terminal being connected through a first inverter with the input terminal of said OR gate; and

(m) the first inverter as aforesaid, connected to said second unlocking circuit and with another input terminal of said OR gate, with either pressing of said unlocking control switch and the car being stopped, said unlocking control switch starting to operate, and said OR gate generating an output signal to drive said respective unlocking circuit to substantially automatically release the car'"'"'s locking devices.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the output terminals of the respectively negative triggering mono-stable circuits in said receiving circuit are respectively connected with the reset and setting terminals of a front stage D-type flip-flop circuit in an alarm circuit including at least an amplifier and an alarm, wherein the positive and negative terminals of said front stage D-type flip-flop circuit are connected with the input and reset terminals of a rear stage D-type flip-flop circuit respectively, and the output terminal of said rear stage D-type flip-flop circuit is adapted to drive said amplifier, with the respective clock terminal of said rear stage D-type flip-flop circuit being connected with the collector of a respective car door transistor, of which the base is connected, through said car door, to ground in such a way that when the car door is being opened without utilization of said receiving circuit, said front stage flip-flop circuit transmits a high potential signal to the input terminal of said rear stage flip-flop circuit and with the respective car door transistor being in its cutoff state, said clock terminal of said rear stage D-type flip-flop circuit is changed from low potential to high potential, with the output terminal being subjected to a high potential according to the input terminal thereof so as to drive said alarm for emitting a burglar warning signal.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein a reset terminal of said trigger in said receiving circuit is controlled with a further transistor and said first inverter is connected between the output terminal of said further transistor and said reset terminal, and wherein the base of said reset terminal is connected, through a car door switch to ground, such that when the car door is opened, said car door switch is brought to its closed state to cause said further transistor to become inactive and the reset terminal of said trigger being in its low potential state to cause deactivation of said trigger.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein one input terminal of said two NAND gates of said receiving circuit is connected with the output terminal of its associated said NAND gates to allow operation of only one of said NAND gates.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein a resistor connected with one of the negative triggering mono-stable circuits in said receiving circuit and the resistor connected with one of the negative triggering mono-stable circuit in said receiving circuit are different in value so as to generate different output signals.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein one of the negative circuits in said control circuit has said AND gate to provide an output, with the input terminal of said AND gate being connected with said switch circuit, and between the input terminal of said second unlocking circuit and the other input terminal of said AND gate, there are a diode, a first resistor, and a second inverter, all connected in series sequence;

and between said diode and said first resistor, between said first resistor and said second invertor, a second resistor and capacitor are connected respectively in parallel between the input terminals of said second unlocking circuit; and

when said circuit is having a positive voltage, said voltage will pass through said diode and said first resistor to charge said capacitor and to cause said second inverter to have a low potential output, but in the event of having no input, said capacitor will discharge via said first resistors connected therewith so as to cause said second inverter to have a high potential output, and as long as the car door is in its locking state, said AND gate will have a high potential output to drive said unlocking circuit to operate and to have every locking coil energized to provide the function of automatically releasing the locking device.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the car-speed detecting circuit of said control circuit includes a speed sensor;

and after a car speed is being sensed by said speed sensor, a signal from said sensor is passing a pre-amplifier for comparison and amplification, and then said signal is transmitted to the clock terminal of a counter, with the reset terminal of said counter being connected with a quartz oscillator and a divider for generating a time base signal; and

the output terminal of said counter being connected with one of said respective negative triggering mono-stable circuits so as to sense the car speed by way of frequency counting technique.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein said car-speed detecting circuit in said control circuit performs the function of a frequency/voltage converter for processing an input signal, said signal passing through a series of resistors and capacitors, and said capacitors being connected reversely with a diode to a charge-and-discharge circuit including a capacitor and resistors;

and after said signal passing through a Schmitt inverter with a high frequency output, said capacitor in said charge-and-discharge circuit being charged such that said Schmitt inverter will have a high potential, and the purpose of detecting the car speed being accomplished.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein by means of a respective circuit a remote control unit is being used to control said respective locking device directly;

and after said receiving circuit receiving a signal, said locking device being unlocked or locked in accordance with the condition of said locking device in that moment with said locking device being locked or released automatically in accordance with the car condition of being driven or parking.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein said second unlocking circuit is substantially the same as said second locking circuit.