Method and apparatus for detecting intrusion into large vehicle

• US 9,643,572 B1
• Filed: 12/03/2015
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Hwang, Soon Cheul
• Primary Examiner(s): GIRMA, FEKADESELASS
• Application Number:
  US14/958,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20170120869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 340554, 340541, 340522, 340552, 340567, 34042624, 340515, 3404261, 34042618, 34042626, 340508, 340517, 34053911, 34053917
• 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 25/30 Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/003 Bistatic sonar systems; Multistatic sonar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/523 for presence detection burglar, theft or intruder alarms G08B13/00, e.g. G08B13/16
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/87 Combinations of sonar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/876 Combination of several spaced transmitters or receivers of known location for determining the position of a transponder or a reflector G01S15/872 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/003 Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/523 Details of pulse systems short-range imaging G01S7/52017; methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound G10K11/18
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/524 Transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/539 using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation; Target signature; Target cross-section

Abstract

A method for detecting a vehicle intrusion includes a first signal transmission process for alternately transmitting a first signal of a waveform through a first transmission module and a second transmission module at a predetermined period, a first intrusion determination process for analyzing a reflected wave received in response to the transmitted first signal to determine whether the intrusion occurred, a second signal transmission process for transmitting a second signal of a pulse waveform, upon detecting the intrusion as a result of the first intrusion determination process, a second intrusion determination process for analyzing a waveform of a reflected wave received in response to the transmitted second signal to determine whether the intrusion occurred, and transmitting a predetermined alarm message indicating that the intrusion occurred upon detecting the intrusion as a result of the second intrusion determination process.

Claims

1. A method for detecting a vehicle intrusion, the method comprising:

a first signal transmission process for alternately transmitting a first signal of a waveform through a first transmission module and a second transmission module at a predetermined period;

a first intrusion determination process for analyzing a reflected wave received in response to the transmitted first signal to determine whether the intrusion occurred;

a second signal transmission process for transmitting a second signal of a pulse waveform, upon detecting the intrusion as a result of the first intrusion determination process;

a second intrusion determination process for analyzing a waveform of a reflected wave received in response to the transmitted second signal to determine whether the intrusion occurred; and

transmitting a predetermined alarm message indicating that the intrusion occurred upon detecting the intrusion as a result of the second intrusion determination process.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising identifying a transmission module detecting the intrusion according to a transmitted pulse waveform among the first transmission module and the second transmission module upon detecting the intrusion as a result of the first intrusion determination process.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein only the identified transmission module is activated and the second signal is transmitted through the activated transmission module.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a waveform of the received reflected wave is an analog waveform;

and

whether the intrusion occurred is determined based on an amplitude change of the received reflected wave in the first intrusion determination process and the second intrusion determination process.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a waveform of the received reflected wave is an analog waveform;

and

whether the intrusion occurred is determined based on a frequency change of the received reflected wave in the first intrusion determination process and the second intrusion determination process.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of transmission periods corresponding to the first signal and the second signal and transmission time periods of the first signal and the second signal during the transmission periods is set to be different.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising performing a control to change directed directions of the first transmission module and the second transmission module during the first signal transmission process,

wherein, upon detecting the intrusion in the first intrusion determination process, the change in the directed directions is stopped and the second signal is transmitted at a time point of the intrusion detection.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first signal and the second signal are each an ultrasonic signal.

17. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

9. A vehicle intrusion detection apparatus, comprising:

a pulse generator for generating a pulse waveform signal with a predetermined transmission period;

first and second transmission modules for amplifying and transmitting the generated pulse waveform signal;

a reception module for receiving a reflected wave received in response to the transmitted pulse waveform signal;

a communication processor for communicating with an external apparatus; and

a controller for performing a control to alternately transmit the pulse waveform signal through the first and second transmission modules at a predetermined period and for determining whether an intrusion occurred based on a change in a waveform of the received reflected wave,

wherein the determination, by the controller, of whether the intrusion occurred, comprises a first intrusion determination process and a second intrusion determination process, and

in the first intrusion determination process, upon detecting the intrusion, the controller identifies a transmission module related to the occurred intrusion and activates only the identified transmission module to transmit the pulse waveform signal through only the identified transmission module and performs the second intrusion determination process and analyzes a waveform of a reflected wave received in the second intrusion determination process to determine whether the intrusion occurred, and

in the second intrusion determination process, upon detecting the intrusion, the controller transmits a predetermined alarm message, indicating that the intrusion occurred, to a vehicle controller through the communication processor.

10. The vehicle intrusion detection apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a switch for performing a control to transmit the generated pulse waveform signal by any one of the first transmission module and the second transmission module according to a control of the controller.

11. The vehicle intrusion detection apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller differently sets at least one of transmission periods of the pulse waveform signal transmitted in the first intrusion determination process and the second intrusion determination process and transmission time periods of the pulse waveform signal during the transmission periods.

12. The vehicle intrusion detection apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the pulse waveform signal is an ultrasonic signal.

13. The vehicle intrusion detection apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the received reflected wave is an analog signal;

and

the reception module comprises a receiver for receiving the analog signal, an amplifier for amplifying the received analog signal, a filter for filtering the amplified analog signal, and an analog-to-digital converter for converting the filter analog signal to a digital signal.

14. The vehicle intrusion detection apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the waveform of the received reflected wave is an analog waveform;

and

the controller determines whether the intrusion occurred based on at least one of an amplitude change and a frequency change of the received reflected wave.

15. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle intrusion detection apparatus comprising,

a pulse generator for generating a pulse waveform signal with a predetermined transmission period,

first and second transmission modules or amplifying and transmitting the generated pulse waveform signal,

a reception module for receiving a reflected waveform received in response to the transmitted pulse waveform signal,

a communication processor for communicating with an external apparatus, and

a controller for performing a control to alternately transmit the pulse waveform signal through the first and second transmission modules at a predetermined period and for determining whether an intrusion occurred based on a change in a waveform of the received reflected wave; and

a vehicle controller for transmitting an intrusion alarm upon receiving a predetermined control signal indicating that the intrusion is detected from the vehicle intrusion detection apparatus,

wherein the determination, by the controller, of whether the intrusion occurred comprises a first intrusion determination process and a second intrusion determination process, and

in the first intrusion determination process, upon detecting the intrusion, the controller identifies a transmission module related to the occurred intrusion and activates only the identified transmission module to transmit the pulse waveform signal through only the identified transmission module and performs the second intrusion determination process and analyzes a waveform of a reflected wave received in the second intrusion determination process to determine whether the intrusion occurred; and

in the second intrusion determination process, upon detecting the intrusion, the controller transmits a predetermined alarm message, indicating that the intrusion occurred, to the vehicle controller through the communication processor.

16. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein two vehicle intrusion detection apparatuses are installed at one side of an internal portion of the vehicle.