Security system capable of locating a stolen car

• US 6,127,924 A
• Filed: 03/19/1999
• Issued: 10/03/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chin-Hui Hung
• Original Assignee: Chin-Hui Hung
• Inventors: Hung, Chin-Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T.
• Application Number:
  US09/273,222
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426, 340/427, 340/434, 340/439, 340/531, 340/532, 340/533, 340/425.5, 340/539, 340/825.44, 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 455/517, 455/524, 455/456
• US Class Current: 340/7.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data

Abstract

A security system includes a control center, a controller installed in a car, a plurality of base stations installed in gas stations and houses, and a releaser. When a car owner finds that his/her car has been stolen, he/she can make a telephone call to the control center. The control center is guided to call the controller through a pager network and command the controller to enter into a searching mode to transmit a searching signal to search for a base station. After a base station receives and confirms the searching signal, the base station transmits a control signal to activate the controller to stop supplying gas and electricity to the car whereby the car is locked and located. In addition, each base station is integrated with a home security and remote control system to enhance its capability.

Claims

1. A security system capable of locating a stolen car and protecting a house against burglary, said security system comprising:

a control center (11) having a telephone device (112), a master controller (113) and a computer (111), said master controller (113) having an automatic telephone dialer and a pager receiver, said computer (111) having built-in car and car owner data, each of said telephone device (112) and said pager receiver having a phone number;

a controller (12) adapted to be installed in a car for controlling the operation of the car, said controller (12) having a pager receiver module (121) for receiving paging signals, a transmitter module (122) for transmitting wireless signals, and a receiver module (123) for receiving wireless signals; and

a plurality of base stations (13) installed in different locations, each base station (13) having an automatic dialer module (131), a transmitter module (132) for transmitting wireless signals, and a receiver module (133) for receiving wireless signals,

wherein, when a car owner finds that a car has been stolen, a telephone call is connected to the telephone device (112) of said control center (11) to enter said car owner data to be checked against said built-in data so that said master controller (113) calls the pager receiver module (121) of the controller (12) via said automatic telephone dialer to command said controller (12) to enter into a searching mode in which the transmitter module (122) of said controller (12) transmits a wireless searching signal to search for a base station (13), the transmitter module (132) of said base station (13) transmitting a wireless control signal after receiving said wireless searching signal via the receiver module (133) thereof, said controller (12) being activated to control the operation of said car after receiving said control signal via the receiver module (123) thereof.

2. The security system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a releaser (14) capable of communicating with said controller (12) via wireless signals to release said car from being controlled by said controller (12).

3. The security system as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of said controller (12), said plurality of base stations (13) and said releaser (14) has an identification number.

4. The security system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said controller (12) further comprises a central control unit (124), an input connector (125), an output unit (126) and a memory (127) which stores the identification numbers of said controller (12), said plurality of base stations (13) and said releaser (14).

5. The security system as claimed in claim 4, wherein each base station (13) comprises a central control unit (134), an output unit (136), a security input unit (135), an alarm device (138) and a memory (137) which stores the identification number of said controller (12), the identification number of said plurality of base stations (13), the location of each base station (13) and the phone numbers of said telephone device (112) and said pager receiver of said control center (11).

6. The security system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said control signal includes a gas and electricity stop command to stop supplying gas and electricity to said car thereby forcing said car to stop.

7. The security system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said base station (13) transmits the location thereof and the data of said car to said control center (11) via a telephone connection initiated by said automatic caller module (131).

8. The security system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said base stations are adapted to be installed in gas stations and houses which are close to roads.

9. The security system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said security input unit (135) of each base station (13) is adapted to connect to sensors on the windows and doors of a house in which a base station (13) is installed thereby providing a burglary detection and prevention function.

10. The security system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said output unit (136) of each base station (13) is adapted to connect to electrical appliances in a house in which a base station (13) is installed whereby a user can remotely control said electrical appliances by establishing a telephone connection to said base station (13).