Security alarm

• US 7,498,927 B1
• Filed: 08/10/2005
• Issued: 03/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Original Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: Kaji, Koji, Michishige, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Mullen; Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US11/200,734
• Time in Patent Office: 1,301 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426.1, 340/426.24, 340/426.25, 340/426.28, 340/426.36, 340/426.13, 340/429, 340/331, 340/328, 340/326, 340527-529, 340/691.1, 340/691.4, 340/691.5
• US Class Current: 340/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1003 Alarm systems characterised by arm or disarm features
• 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 security alarm system for a vehicle having an alert device, the alert device including an audible alert device, and the security alarm system comprising an intrusion detector for detecting an intrusion event on the vehicle; and an alert controller for controlling the alert device, wherein the alert controller generates an activate instruction to activate the alert device responsive to the intrusion event detected by the intrusion detector and generates a deactivate instruction to deactivate at least the audible alert device after a first predetermined time interval from the generation of the activate instruction, and wherein the alert controller further prevents a generation of an activate instruction of at least the audible alert device during at least a second predetermined time interval after the generation of the deactivate instruction.

Claims

1. A security alarm system for a vehicle having an alert device, the alert device including an audible alert device, and the security alarm system comprising:

an intrusion detector for detecting an intrusion event on the vehicle; and

an alert controller for controlling the alert device,

wherein the alert controller generates an activate instruction to activate the alert device responsive to the intrusion event detected by the intrusion detector and generates a deactivate instruction to deactivate at least the audible alert device after a first predetermined time interval from the generation of the activate instruction, and

wherein the intrusion event includes an opening of a vehicle door, and after the opening of the vehicle door and after the first predetermined time interval, the alert controller prevents the generation of the activate instruction until the closing of the vehicle door.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the alert controller further prevents a generation of an activate instruction of at least the audible alert device during at least a second predetermined time interval after the generation of the deactivate instruction.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the alert device further includes a non-audible alert device for which the alert controller does not prevent the generation of the activate instruction during at least the second predetermined time interval.

4. A security alarm system for a vehicle having an alert device, the alert device including an audible alert device, and the security alarm system comprising:

an intrusion detector for detecting an intrusion event on the vehicle; and

an alert controller for controlling the alert device,

wherein the alert controller generates an activate instruction to activate the alert device responsive to the intrusion event detected by the intrusion detector and generates a deactivate instruction to deactivate at least the audible alert device after a first predetermined time interval from the generation of the activate instruction,

wherein the alert controller further prevents a generation of an activate instruction of at least the audible alert device during at least a second predetermined time interval after the generation of the deactivate instruction, and

wherein the alert controller makes a detection or non-detection decision, at a predetermined decision interval, regarding the detection of the intrusion event by the intrusion detector, where the decision interval is shorter than the first predetermined time interval, and further where after the generation of the activate instruction, the alert controller stops the activation of the alert device in response to a non-detection decision.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the alert device includes a non-audible alert device, for which the alert controller does not prevent the generation of the activate instruction during at least the second predetermined time interval.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the intrusion event includes opening of a vehicle door, and wherein the alert controller prevents the generation of an additional activate instruction after the first predetermined time interval unless the vehicle door has been closed.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the alert controller does not prevent generation of an activate instruction after the second predetermined time interval has elapsed.

8. A security alarm system for a vehicle, comprising:

an intrusion detector for detecting an intrusion event on the vehicle;

an audible alert device;

a non-audible alert device; and

an alert controller in communication with the intrusion detector and the audible and non-audible alert devices, the alert controller for controlling the audible and non-audible alert devices;

wherein the alert controller generates an activate instruction to activate the audible and non-audible alert devices responsive to the intrusion event and generates a deactivate instruction to deactivate the audible alert device after a first predetermined time interval after the generation of the activate instruction,

wherein the alert controller prevents generation of an activate instruction to the audible alert device during a second predetermined time interval after the first predetermined time interval,

wherein the alert controller does not prevent generation of an activate instruction to the non-audible alert device during the second predetermined time interval,

wherein the alert controller makes a detection or non-detection decision regarding the detection of the intrusion event by the intrusion detector at a predetermined decision interval,

wherein after the generation of an activate instruction, the alert controller generates a deactivate instruction to at least the audible alert device in response to a non-detection decision.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the predetermined decision interval is shorter than the first predetermined time interval.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein after the generation of an activate instruction, the alert controller generates a deactivate instruction to the non-audible alert device in response to a non-detection decision.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the alert controller does not prevent generation of an activate instruction to the audible alert device after the second predetermined time interval has elapsed.