System and method for reporting vehicle theft using telematics system

• US 7,599,769 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2005
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nou, Seong Taeg
• Primary Examiner(s): Zanelli; Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US11/162,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20060122774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,490 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/32
• 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: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A system and method for reporting a vehicle theft using a telematics system is provided. The system includes a telematics terminal for determining existence or not of a trespasser, generating a theft detection message, and diagnosing the vehicle status and generating diagnostic information; a communication terminal for receiving a predetermined theft notification message and a relevant organization notification or non-notification selection message, and generating a relevant notification request signal; and a service providing center for detecting the inherent number, searching for a subscriber having the inherent number, transmitting a theft notification message, and transmitting a vehicle theft notification message to a relevant organization.

Claims

1. A system for reporting a vehicle theft using a telematics system connected with a relevant organization and having a GPS (Global Positioning System) and a vehicle diagnosing unit diagnosing a vehicle status, the system comprising:

a telematics terminal for determining existence or not of a trespasser, generating a theft detection message having its own inherent number upon existence of the trespasser, driving the GPS to generate position information, and controlling the vehicle diagnosing unit to diagnose the vehicle status and generate diagnostic information;

a subscriber communication terminal for receiving a predetermined theft notification message and a relevant organization notification or non-notification selection message for selection by a subscriber, and for generating a relevant notification request signal in response to the message selected by the subscriber; and

a service providing center for, upon reception of the theft detection message and the position information and diagnostic information, detecting the inherent number from the theft detection message, searching subscriber information for a subscriber having the inherent number, connecting to the subscriber communication terminal having the inherent number for the subscriber to transmit a theft notification message to the subscriber communication terminal, and upon reception of the relevant organization notification request signal from the subscriber communication terminal, transmitting a vehicle theft notification message to a relevant organization.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the theft detection message has a vehicle registration number.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle theft notification message has the vehicle registration number.

4. A method for reporting a vehicle theft using a telematics system having a subscriber communication terminal, a service providing center, a telematics terminal, and a relevant organization connected with the service providing center through a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:

in the telematics terminal, determining existence or not of a trespasser, generating a theft detection message having its own inherent number upon existence of the trespasser, driving the GPS to generate position information, and controlling the vehicle diagnosing unit to diagnose the vehicle status and generate diagnostic information;

in the service providing center, upon reception of the theft detection message and the position information and diagnostic information, detecting the inherent number from the theft detection message, searching subscriber information for a subscriber having the inherent number, and connecting to the subscriber communication terminal having the inherent number for the subscriber to transmit a theft notification message to the subscriber communication terminal;

in the subscriber communication terminal, receiving a predetermined theft notification message and a relevant organization notification or non-notification selection message for selection by the subscriber, and for generating a relevant notification request signal in response to the message selected by the subscriber; and

in the service providing center, upon reception of the relevant organization notification request signal from the subscriber communication terminal, transmitting a vehicle theft notification message to a relevant organization.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the theft detection message has a vehicle registration number.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the vehicle theft notification message has the vehicle registration number.