Vibration-sensing alarm device

• US 6,559,767 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2001
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dennis Huang
• Original Assignee: Dennis Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Daniel J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T.
• Application Number:
  US09/993,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20020121976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: 340/571, 340/568.1, 340/539, 340/686.1, 340/328, 340/502, 340/505, 340/568.7
• US Class Current: 340/571
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1436 with motion detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission

Abstract

A vibration-sensing alarm device has a receiving circuit for receiving radio signals transmitted from a transmitter. A decoder decodes the signals transmitted from the receiving circuit. A control switch is controlled by the decoder to be turned on or off. An alarm circuit is activated to drive an alarm module to generate an alarm when the control switch is turned on and is disabled when the control switch is turned off. A power supply and timing control is provided to supply power and timing signals to the receiving circuit, the decoder, the control switch, and the alarm circuit. A motion sensor is provided for turning on the power supply and timing control when sensing a vibration.

Claims

1. A vibration-sensing alarm device comprising:

a receiving circuit for receiving radio signals transmitted from a transmitter when a distance between the transmitter and the receiving circuit is less than a predetermined distance;

a decoder for decoding the signals transmitted from the receiving circuit;

a control switch controlled by the decoder to be turned on when the receiving circuit fails to receive signals from the transmitter, indicating that the transmitter is farther than the predetermined distance away from the receiving circuit, and to be turned off when the receiving circuit receives signals from the transmitter, indicating that the transmitter is less than the predetermined distance away from the receiving circuit;

an alarm circuit which is activated to drive an alarm module to generate an alarm when the control switch is turned on and a vibration is sensed, and which is disabled when the control switch is turned off;

a power supply and timing control circuit for supplying power and timing signals to the receiving circuit, the decoder, the control switch, and the alarm circuit; and

a motion sensor for turning on the power supply and timing control circuit when sensing a vibration, wherein

turning on of the power supply and timing control circuit causes said alarm circuit to be activated only when the control switch is turned on, and

said control switch is turned on only when said transmitter is farther than the predetermined distance away from the receiving circuit.

2. The vibration-sensing alarm device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the motion sensor has sensed a vibration and an alarm is given by the alarm module, the power supply and timing control will be disabled for stopping the alarm if there is no further vibration sensed by the motion sensor within a predetermined period of time.

3. The vibration-sensing alarm device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the alarm module is a buzzer.

4. The vibration-sensing alarm device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the alarm module comprises a speaker, a voice circuit, and a high voltage discharge circuit, and wherein, in response to an activation of the alarm module, the speaker is driven to generate a small-volume warning sound for several seconds and then a loud warning sound for several seconds;

next, the voice circuit is activated to give a pre-recorded warning message; and

finally the high voltage discharge circuit is activated to generate a high voltage.