Vehicle alarm and pager system
First Claim
1. A vehicle alarm and pager system for paging remote individuals and for detecting intruders and notifying vehicle operators of the presence of intruders, the vehicle alarm and pager system comprising:
- an alarm unit for installation on a vehicle and being operable to transmit an alarm signal upon occurrence of an alarm condition;
a remote arming unit for accompanying a vehicle operator, and being selectively operable to transmit a wireless arming signal to the alarm unit, and wherein the alarm unit is operable to receive the arming signal and to arm and disarm upon receipt of the arming signal;
an alert transmitter for installation on a vehicle, and the alert transmitter being operable to receive the alarm signal from the alarm unit and being further operable to transmit a wireless alert signal upon receipt of the alarm signal;
a remote alert transceiver for accompanying a vehicle operator, and the remote alert transceiver being operable to receive the wireless alert signal from the alert transmitter and being further operable to transmit an alert activation signal upon receipt of the wireless alert signal and to transmit a wireless acknowledgment signal to alarm the unit, and the alarm unit being operable to receive the wireless acknowledgment signal;
an alarm device for installation on a vehicle and being operable to receive the alarm signal from the alarm unit, and being further operable to emit an alarm upon receipt of the alarm signal, and wherein the alarm unit is operable to deactivate the alarm device upon receipt of the wireless acknowledgment signal from the remote alert transceiver;
a remote alert device for accompanying a vehicle operator, and the remote alert device being operable to receive the alert activation signal from the remote alert transceiver and being further operable to generate a user signal to notify the vehicle operator of the alarm condition upon receipt of the alert activation signal; and
a remote housing holding the remote arming unit, remote alert transceiver, and remote alert device.
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Abstract
A vehicle alarm system (20) includes an alert transmitter (32), alert receiver (44), alert device (46), arming unit (42), alarm unit (28), and alarm device (30). The alert transmitter (32), alert receiver (44), and alert device (46) are added to the arming unit (42), alarm unit (28), and alarm device (30) of an existing vehicle alarm system to notify a vehicle owner that an alarm condition has occurred when the vehicle owner is beyond audible range of the alarm device (30). An arming unit power source (52) and arming unit controls (54,56) are used to power and control the alert receiver (44) and alert device (46), and the arming unit (42) is coupled with an alert housing (50) to provide a unitary remote assembly (24). A pager unit (72) is provided in the vehicle passenger compartment and transmits a pager signal to the alarm unit (28B). When used with the pager unit (72), the alert receiver (44) is replaced with a transceiver (74) which operates to send an acknowledgment signal (80) back to the pager unit (72) to deactivate a pager indicator light (76). The alert transmitter (32B) is operable to send an encoded wireless signal (40B) to the alert transceiver (74) to inform the vehicle owner of the nature of the alarm condition that has occurred.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle alarm and pager system for paging remote individuals and for detecting intruders and notifying vehicle operators of the presence of intruders, the vehicle alarm and pager system comprising:
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an alarm unit for installation on a vehicle and being operable to transmit an alarm signal upon occurrence of an alarm condition;
a remote arming unit for accompanying a vehicle operator, and being selectively operable to transmit a wireless arming signal to the alarm unit, and wherein the alarm unit is operable to receive the arming signal and to arm and disarm upon receipt of the arming signal;
an alert transmitter for installation on a vehicle, and the alert transmitter being operable to receive the alarm signal from the alarm unit and being further operable to transmit a wireless alert signal upon receipt of the alarm signal;
a remote alert transceiver for accompanying a vehicle operator, and the remote alert transceiver being operable to receive the wireless alert signal from the alert transmitter and being further operable to transmit an alert activation signal upon receipt of the wireless alert signal and to transmit a wireless acknowledgment signal to alarm the unit, and the alarm unit being operable to receive the wireless acknowledgment signal;
an alarm device for installation on a vehicle and being operable to receive the alarm signal from the alarm unit, and being further operable to emit an alarm upon receipt of the alarm signal, and wherein the alarm unit is operable to deactivate the alarm device upon receipt of the wireless acknowledgment signal from the remote alert transceiver;
a remote alert device for accompanying a vehicle operator, and the remote alert device being operable to receive the alert activation signal from the remote alert transceiver and being further operable to generate a user signal to notify the vehicle operator of the alarm condition upon receipt of the alert activation signal; and
a remote housing holding the remote arming unit, remote alert transceiver, and remote alert device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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