Wireless car security system

• US 5,648,754 A
• Filed: 11/14/1995
• Issued: 07/15/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Shih Ming Hwang
• Original Assignee: Shih Ming Hwang
• Inventors: Hwang, Shih Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US08/558,698
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426, 340/428, 340/430, 340/542, 340/425.5, 340/825.3, 340/825.31, 340/825.36, 307/10.2, 180/287
• US Class Current: 340/426.28
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner

Abstract

A car security system capable of sending out an alarm when a car door is opened by an unauthorized person comprises a power stabilizing circuit for providing working DC power for the security system, a signal amplifying circuit for detecting small voltage change signals in the car battery and for generating therefrom an amplified signal, an alarm circuit including a buzzer and a controlling transistor, a microprocessor for receiving and then evaluating the amplified signal. In operation, when a car door is opened, a voltage change signal is produced, which is then detected for evaluating whether the opening of car door is authorized. If a voltage change signal is detected during conditions other than the car door opening, it is identified as a false alarm.

Claims

1. A car security system, for a car having a car battery, comprising:

a power stabilizing circuit means for providing working DC power for said security system;

an alarm disabling means for disabling the security system under the control of an authorized user;

a signal-amplifying circuit means connected to the car battery for detecting voltage changes in the car battery and for generating an amplified signal, said signal-amplifying means including a coupling capacitor connected between the battery and a signal amplifying circuit for blocking DC signals and ensuring that the amplified signal is representative of voltage changes;

an alarm circuit means including a buzzer which emits an alarm sound;

a microprocessor means connected to the signal-amplifying circuit means and to the alarm circuit means for receiving the amplified signal from the signal-amplifying circuit means, for evaluating the amplified signal and comparing the signal to microprocessor-stored characteristics indicative of the opening of a car door, and for activating the alarm circuit means when said amplified signal is evaluated as corresponding to opening of said car door and the security system is not disabled;

wherein, when said car door is opened, a characteristic voltage change signal of the battery is produced, having specific characteristics recognizable by the microprocessor means as indicating the opening of said car door, and if the security system has not been disabled, the microprocessor means upon identifying the signal as the opening of said car door activates the alarm circuit means to cause the buzzer to emit said alarm sound.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the alarm disabling means comprises means connected to the microprocessor means for receiving a remote, wireless signal, and means in the microprocessor means for disabling the alarm circuit means in reponse to receipt of said wireless signal.