System to alert users of potential ambushers
First Claim
1. An alert system for providing protection to users inside a vehicle, comprising a proximity detection unit including a plurality of sensors that use microwaves to define a proximity radius within which an unauthorized person is not permitted to enter, a power source, a central controller unit, a warning unit connected to said proximity detection unit that actuates light sources and sound sources to warn said unauthorized person to leave said proximity radius upon it being entered, said vehicle'"'"'s doors being locked and said vehicle'"'"'s windows being raised upon the unauthorized person entering said proximity radius, a remote communication unit located within the vehicle and communicating with one or more remotely located entities, a plurality of cameras mounted at predetermined points along the vehicle, wherein said plurality of sensors can be individually activated or deactivated by said users and are mounted to the vehicle using brackets that can be pivoted to different angles with respect to the ground, and wherein said proximity radius is increased or decreased depending on the angle between the plurality of sensors and the ground.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an alert system for providing protection to the users inside the vehicle from potential intruders and ambushers. The alert system includes a proximity detection unit using microwaves to detect any potential ambusher in the vicinity of the vehicle, an alarm unit raises an alarm to alert the users of the vehicle of the potential ambusher(s), a warning unit to warn the potential ambusher to back away and a remote communication unit to broadcast a signal to a remote location to inform the personnel therein about the potential attack. The alert system also includes means to mitigate false alarms. Further, the alert system is capable to be retro-fitted into existing vehicles.
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- 1. An alert system for providing protection to users inside a vehicle, comprising a proximity detection unit including a plurality of sensors that use microwaves to define a proximity radius within which an unauthorized person is not permitted to enter, a power source, a central controller unit, a warning unit connected to said proximity detection unit that actuates light sources and sound sources to warn said unauthorized person to leave said proximity radius upon it being entered, said vehicle'"'"'s doors being locked and said vehicle'"'"'s windows being raised upon the unauthorized person entering said proximity radius, a remote communication unit located within the vehicle and communicating with one or more remotely located entities, a plurality of cameras mounted at predetermined points along the vehicle, wherein said plurality of sensors can be individually activated or deactivated by said users and are mounted to the vehicle using brackets that can be pivoted to different angles with respect to the ground, and wherein said proximity radius is increased or decreased depending on the angle between the plurality of sensors and the ground.
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