Method of monitoring a vehicle interior
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1. A method of monitoring an interior of an automotive vehicle against an incursion, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) detecting sound waves in said interior;
(b) converting detected sound waves into electrical measurement signals representing the detected sound waves;
(c) amplifying said electrical measurement signals and supplying amplified electrical measurement signals to a computer;
(d) storing in said computer sample signals representing incursion conditions;
(e) automatically in said computer comparing said amplified electrical signals with the stored sample signals in accordance with a test function constituting least one of an identity test function and a similarity test function; and
(f) automatically with said computer triggering an alarm upon determination of an incursion determined by said test function by comparison of said amplified electrical signals with at least one of the stored sample signals, sound waves detected in said interior being generated by superimposition of sound waves on sound waves reflected within said interior from a sound wave emitter generating primary acoustic pulses in the vehicle interior, said sample signals stored in said computer representing sound waves produced by a primary sound wave source and reflected in a vehicle interior and other sound waves superimposed thereon.
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Abstract
A vehicle interior is monitored by storage of sample signals in a memory of a computer and comparison of at least one stored sample signal with a signal picked up on a detector of sound waves from the interior of the vehicle. An identity or similarity test is conducted by the computer and an alarm device is triggered when the predetermined degree of similarity is reached to signal an incursion.
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1. A method of monitoring an interior of an automotive vehicle against an incursion, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting sound waves in said interior; (b) converting detected sound waves into electrical measurement signals representing the detected sound waves; (c) amplifying said electrical measurement signals and supplying amplified electrical measurement signals to a computer; (d) storing in said computer sample signals representing incursion conditions; (e) automatically in said computer comparing said amplified electrical signals with the stored sample signals in accordance with a test function constituting least one of an identity test function and a similarity test function; and (f) automatically with said computer triggering an alarm upon determination of an incursion determined by said test function by comparison of said amplified electrical signals with at least one of the stored sample signals, sound waves detected in said interior being generated by superimposition of sound waves on sound waves reflected within said interior from a sound wave emitter generating primary acoustic pulses in the vehicle interior, said sample signals stored in said computer representing sound waves produced by a primary sound wave source and reflected in a vehicle interior and other sound waves superimposed thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of monitoring an interior of an automotive vehicle against an incursion, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting sound waves in said interior; (b) converting detected sound waves into electrical measurement signals representing the detected sound waves; (c) amplifying said electrical measurement signals and supplying amplified electrical measurement signals to a computer; (d) storing in said computer sample signals representing incursion conditions; (e) automatically in said computer comparing said amplified electrical signals with the stored sample signals in accordance with a test function constituting least one of an identity test function and a similarity test function; and (f) automatically with said computer triggering an alarm upon determination of an incursion determined by said test function by comparison of said amplified electrical signals with at least one of the stored sample signals, wherein at predetermined time intervals alternately electrical measurement signals produced by sound waves in the interior are compared with sample signals stored in the computer and representing sound waves generated by a break of a vehicle window and primary sound wave pulses are generated in the interior by at least one acoustic transmitter and are reflected in the interior so that reflected sound waves and sound waves superimposed thereon are converted into electrical measurement signals and compared with sample signals representing reflected sound waves and sound waves superimposed thereon, and upon determination of a window break a primary sound wave pulse is generated and the test function is applied with a sample signal corresponding to reflected and superimposed sound waves in the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for monitoring an interior of an automotive vehicle against an incursion, said apparatus comprising:
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at least one sound detector in communication with said interior for detecting sound waves in said interior and converting detected sound waves into electrical-measurement signals representing the detected sound waves; at least one amplifier connected to said detector for amplifying said electrical-measurement signal; a computer connected to said amplifier and having at least one processor and at least one memory for storing in said computer sample signals representing incursion conditions, said processor automatically comparing said amplified electrical signal with stored sample signals in accordance with a test function constituting at least one of an identity test function and a similarity test function; means for automatically generating with said computer an alarm upon determination of an incursion by said test function on comparison of said amplified electrical signal with at least one of the stored sample signals; and at least one sound generator in said interior controlled by said computer for irradiating a primary sound wave pulse into said interior. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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