Motor vehicle security system

• US 5,801,615 A
• Filed: 10/07/1997
• Issued: 09/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yuan Tai Su
• Original Assignee: Yuan Tai Su
• Inventors: Su, Yuan Tai
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, TOAN NGOC
• Application Number:
  US08/946,220
• Time in Patent Office: 329 Days
• Field of Search: 340/425.5, 340/426, 340/428, 340/430, 340/825.31, 340/541, 340/539, 340/520, 340/545, 307/10.2, 180/287
• US Class Current: 340/425.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1001 Alarm systems associated with another car fitting or mechanism, e.g. door lock or knob, pedals features related to the general power supply B60R25/1018
• 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 motor vehicle security system including a receiver unit, an alarm unit, and a transmitter unit respectively mounted in a motor vehicle and connected to a car battery of the motor vehicle, the alarm unit and the transmitter unit are respectively connected to the receiver unit, the receiver unit being controlled by a remote controller to provide a check code to the alarm unit and the transmitter unit, the receiver unit been stopped from providing the check code when a door of the motor vehicle is opened by force, the alarm unit and the transmitter unit having a respective self-provided battery power supply and being triggered to produce an audio alarm signal and a radio alarm message respectively when they receive no check code from the receiver unit, the radio alarm message being receivable to car radios.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle security system comprising a receiver unit, an alarm unit, and a transmitter unit respectively mounted in a motor vehicle and connected to a car battery of said motor vehicle, wherein said receiver unit is connected to said alarm unit and said transmitter unit by a power line, a control line and an earth line, and controlled to provide a check code to said alarm unit and said transmitter unit, said receiver unit been stopped from providing said check code when a door of the motor vehicle is opened by force;

said alarm unit and said transmitter unit have a respective self-provided battery power supply and are triggered to produce an audio alarm signal and a radio alarm message respectively when receive no check code from said receiver unit, said radio alarm message being receivable to car radios.

2. The motor vehicle security system of claim 1, wherein said receiver unit comprises:

a receiver circuit adapted to receive a control signal of a remote controller and to provide a corresponding signal output;

a central processing unit adapted to transmit the output signal of said receiver circuit to a decoder, and to provide a check code to an encoder;

a decoder adapted to decode the output signal of said receiver circuit and then feed back the decoded control signal to said central processing unit, causing said central processing unit CPU to control the operation of car door switches of the motor vehicle, said decoder providing a signal output to a driver when it receives no signal from said receiver circuit within a predetermined length of time;

an encoder adapted to encode the check code provided by said central processing unit, and to transmit the encoded check code to said alarm unit and said transmitter unit; and

a driver controlled by said decoder to drive said alarm unit and said transmitter unit.

3. The motor vehicle security system of claim 1, wherein said alarm unit comprises:

a central processing unit adapted to detect the check code of said receiver unit and to provide a control signal to a driver upon an interruption of the transmission of the check code;

a rechargeable battery adapted to provide said alarm unit with the necessary working voltage when the car battery of said motor vehicle provides no power output to said alarm unit;

a charging loop adapted to receive the power of the car battery of said motor vehicle through said receiver unit, said charging loop comprising a relay, said relay being at a normal close status when the power of the car battery of said motor vehicle is transmitting to said alarm unit, said relay being turned from said normal close status to a normal open status, permitting said rechargeable battery to provide the necessary working voltage to said driver when said alarm unit receives no power supply from the car battery of said motor vehicle;

a speaker; and

a driver adapted to produce an audio alarm signal through said speaker when said central processing unit receives no check signal from said receiver unit.

4. The motor vehicle security system of claim 1, wherein said transmitter unit comprises:

a central processing unit adapted to detect the check code of said receiver unit and to provide a control signal to a driver upon an interruption of the transmission of the check code, said central processing unit comprising a memory, and a programming line through which a speech message is programmed in said memory, said central processing unit fetching the speech message from said memory when it receives no check code from said receiver unit, permitting the fetched speech message to be modulated into a radio signal by a transmitter circuit for transmitting into the air;

a rechargeable battery adapted to provide said transmitter unit with the necessary working voltage when the car battery of said motor vehicle provides no power output to said transmitter unit;

a transmitter circuit controlled by said central processing unit to provide a speech message by radio; and

a charging loop adapted to receive the power of the car battery of said motor vehicle through said receiver unit for charging said rechargeable battery, and to let said rechargeable battery provide said transmitter unit with the necessary working voltage when it receives no power output from the car battery of said motor vehicle.

5. The motor vehicle security system of claim 4, wherein said memory is an electronically erasable programmable read only memory.