Anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles

• US 20040095229A1
• Filed: 11/15/2002
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US10/294,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20040095229A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/101 Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1003 Alarm systems characterised by arm or disarm features
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system

Abstract

An anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles and particularly an apparatus capable of examining incoming phone numbers to prevent vehicle theft. The apparatus mainly consists of a communication module and a vehicle anti-theft module. A fixed line or wireless telephone with a preset phone number may be dialed to the communication module to set or release the vehicle anti-theft module thereby to greatly reduce vehicle theft. The signals of the incoming phone number are generated by communication systems thus cannot be forged or replicated illegitimately, and can prevent replication by burglars during the remote control operation.

Claims

1. An anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles comprising a vehicle anti-theft module and a communication module, wherein:

the communication module includes;

a two-way radio transmission/receiving unit to receive and transmit commands from communication devices outside a vehicle;

a DTMF detection unit to transform audio signals of telephones; and

a control unit linking to the anti-theft module to remote control of anti-theft function, and control operations of various units of the communication module;

the vehicle anti-theft module includes;

a vehicle sensor unit to detect alterations of vehicle conditions and to output a trigger signal to the microprocessor; and

a microprocessor to control operations of various units of the vehicle anti-theft module, and order other units to respond, and receive the triggered anti-theft signal from the vehicle sensor unit.

2. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the control unit includes:

an incoming phone number detection unit for examining data of incoming phone numbers;

a phone number memory unit for setting phone numbers to activate and close the anti-theft module; and

a phone number comparison unit for comparing whether the phone numbers in the phone number memory unit are same as the incoming phone numbers.

3. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the communication module further includes a handfree handset for transmitting sound in the vehicle through the two-way radio transmission/receiving unit to a communication module outside the vehicle when anti-theft is triggered.

4. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the communication module further includes an audio control unit to mute or pause the vehicle stereo system when the two-way radio transmission/receiving unit operates.

5. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the two-way radio transmission/receiving unit is a GSM communication processor.

6. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the communication module further includes a human machine interface to serve as an interface between users and the control unit.

7. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the vehicle anti-theft module further includes an alarm speaker controlled by the microprocessor to generate alarming sound.

8. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the vehicle anti-theft module further includes:

a wireless remote controller for emitting remote control signals to set activation or closing of the anti-theft module;

a radio receiving unit for receiving radio signals emitted from the wireless remote controller; and

a decoding unit for decoding the radio signals of the wireless remote controller and transferring to the microprocessor for processing.

9. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 8, wherein the wireless remote controller and the radio receiving unit are infrared light transmission units.

10. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 8, wherein the wireless remote controller and the radio receiving unit are bluetooth transmission units.

11. The anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles of claim 1, wherein the vehicle anti-theft module further includes a power supply management unit linking to the microprocessor for controlling the communication module.