Motion detection assembly for use in combination with a motor vehicle

• US 5,319,350 A
• Filed: 12/29/1992
• Issued: 06/07/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dennis Demarco, Frank Demarco
• Original Assignee: Dennis Demarco, Frank Demarco
• Inventors: DeMarco, Frank, DeMarco, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Hezron E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Oda, Christine K.
• Application Number:
  US07/990,982
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426, 340/435, 340/436, 340/903, 340/565, 340/691, 340/693, 307/10.1, 307/10.2
• US Class Current: 340/435
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1004 Alarm systems characterised by the type of sensor, e.g. current sensing means using door lock sensors B60R25/1001

Abstract

An assembly used to protect the driver or occupant of a motor vehicle, particularly police officers or the like from assailants surreptitiously approaching the automobile, when parked without the knowledge of the vehicle'"'"'s occupants. The detection assembly comprises a plurality of motion detectors mounted on the exterior of the vehicle and cooperatively disposed relative thereto so as to monitor a surrounding area or perimeter of substantially 360 degrees. The occupants of the vehicle are warned by an alarm assembly which provides both audible and visible communication indicating that motion has been detected within the monitored external area surrounding the vehicle. In a preferred embodiment the plurality of motion detectors each comprise a microwave and passive infrared detector structure.

Claims

1. A perimeter detection assembly for use in combination with a motor vehicle, said assembly comprising:

a) a detection means mounted on an exterior of the vehicle and structured for detecting motion of an individual relative to the vehicle,

b) control means mounted within the vehicle in accessible relation to an occupant thereof and including an alarm assembly structured to communicate activation of the detection means to the occupant of the vehicle,

c) said control means further including circuitry means connected to an electrical power supply and structured for interconnecting said detection means and said alarm assembly to said electrical power supply,

d) said detection means comprising a plurality of motion detectors being at least four in number and each of said plurality of motion detectors comprising a microwave and passive infrared motion detector,

e) a housing mounted on an upper portion of the vehicle and including said plurality of motion detectors mounted on said housing in said spaced relation to one another,

f) said housing configured to collectively dispose said plurality of motion detectors to detect motion throughout a surrounding area of 360°

relative to the vehicle and each of said plurality of motion detectors positioned to detect motion within a different portion of said surrounding area of 360°

, and

g) said alarm assembly comprising a plurality of alarm structures equal in number to said plurality of motion detectors and each of said motion detectors being connected to activate a separate one of said alarm structures.

2. The assembly as in claim 1 wherein said alarm assembly comprises a plurality of audible alarm structures equal in number to said plurality of motion detectors.

3. The assembly as in claim 1 wherein said housing comprises a round configuration and said plurality of motion detectors are mounted thereon in spaced relation to one another about a periphery thereof.

4. The assembly as in claim 3 wherein said plurality of motion detectors are at least 5 in number.

5. The assembly as in claim 1 wherein said housing and said plurality of motion detectors are water-resistant.

6. The assembly as in claim 1 wherein said housing comprises a multi-sided configuration and includes each of said plurality of said motion detectors mounted on a different side of said housing and directed to monitor outwardly therefrom in a different direction.

7. The assembly as in claim 1 wherein said housing comprises an elongated light bar assembly secured to a roof portion of the vehicle and including two opposite ends and parallel, spaced apart longitudinal sides extending between said opposite ends.

8. The assembly as in claim 7 wherein the light bar assembly includes a different one of said plurality of motion detectors mounted on each of said opposite ends and each of said longitudinal ends.

9. The assembly as in claim 7 wherein said plurality of motion detectors are arranged in a plurality of motion detector pairs, each of said motion detector pairs disposed in spaced relation to one another on said light bar assembly and each of said plurality of motion detectors of each of said motion detector pairs being disposed in an angled relation to one another.

10. The assembly as in claim 9 wherein said light bar assembly includes a different one of said plurality of motion detector pairs mounted on each of said opposite ends and each of said longitudinal sides.