Alarming system
First Claim
1. An alarm system method including a normal alarm mode for generating a preliminary alarm for a short time when an alarming sound is detected and a special alarm mode for generating a main alarm for a long time when a successive alarming sound is detected, said alarm system method comprising the step of performing mode switching in such a manner as to shift the normal alarm mode to a preliminary alarm mode when a first alarming sound is detected, and to shift the preliminary alarm mode to the special alarm mode after a first predetermined time has passed from when the first alarm sound was generated, and then to shift the special alarm mode to the normal alarm mode when the successive alarming sound is not detected for a second predetermined time in the special alarm mode.
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Abstract
In a glass smashing alarm system for generating an alarm when a glass smashing sound is detected, the present invention is directed to reduce the possibility of occurrence of an erroneous alarm, and includes a normal alarm mode in which a preliminary alarm is raised for a short time when a glass smashing sound is detected, and a special alarm mode in which a main alarm is raised for a long time when the glass smashing sound is detected, and is constituted in such a manner that mode switching is effected so as to shift the mode to the special alarm mode at the end of the preliminary alarm, and to return it to the normal alarm mode after the passage of a predetermined time if the glass smashing sound is not detected at the end of the main alarm or during the special alarming mode. In another aspect of the invention, generation of an alarm is inhibited if a key unlock switch is turned ON before passage of a predetermined time from detection of the glass smashing sound.
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- 1. An alarm system method including a normal alarm mode for generating a preliminary alarm for a short time when an alarming sound is detected and a special alarm mode for generating a main alarm for a long time when a successive alarming sound is detected, said alarm system method comprising the step of performing mode switching in such a manner as to shift the normal alarm mode to a preliminary alarm mode when a first alarming sound is detected, and to shift the preliminary alarm mode to the special alarm mode after a first predetermined time has passed from when the first alarm sound was generated, and then to shift the special alarm mode to the normal alarm mode when the successive alarming sound is not detected for a second predetermined time in the special alarm mode.
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4. A burglar-proof system for automobiles including means for outputting a predetermined alarm when a sound such as a glass smashing sound is generated, said system comprising means for inhibiting said predetermined alarm when a key unlock switch is turned ON before the passage of a predetermined time from the detection of said sound.
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