EP0572302A1 - Alarmsystem und -verfahren mittels einer Analyse des Signals eines Sensors - Google Patents

Alarmsystem und -verfahren mittels einer Analyse des Signals eines Sensors Download PDF

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EP0572302A1
EP0572302A1 EP93401315A EP93401315A EP0572302A1 EP 0572302 A1 EP0572302 A1 EP 0572302A1 EP 93401315 A EP93401315 A EP 93401315A EP 93401315 A EP93401315 A EP 93401315A EP 0572302 A1 EP0572302 A1 EP 0572302A1
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Didier Pedemas
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  • the present invention relates to an alarm method and system by analyzing a reception signal from a sensor detecting a standing wave regime established in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, in particular by ultrasonic waves, so as to detect by modifications to said standing wave regime intrusion into the passenger compartment.
  • the intrusion detection signal can be extremely similar to signals from other events such as, for example, impacts on the vehicle, thermal or hygrometric modifications, in particular in the case of ultrasound, etc.
  • AGC automatic gain correction
  • the automatic gain correction makes it possible to lower or decrease the overall gain, at least on the first stages, so as to lower the output signal from the processing chain below a certain level. threshold.
  • the AGC gives the maximum gain. If the overall gain of the chain is high, and the intrusion which occurs at this time is rapid and causes an unfavorable displacement of the standing wave regime, the detection chain is saturated and it no longer makes it possible to detect the phenomenon of 'intrusion.
  • the invention also relates to an alarm system comprising at least one transmitter producing a standing wave regime in the passenger compartment of a vehicle under alarm, and at least one receiver, characterized in that it comprises means for carrying out an adaptation of the reception characteristics of the system, the output of which is connected to processing means which in particular comprise means for extracting the detection signal from thermal noise, then means for extracting the intrusion signals from the detection signals and means alarm.
  • FIG 1 there is shown a preferred embodiment of an alarm system implementing the method of the invention.
  • the alarm system comprises at least one module 1 emitting ultrasonic waves which includes a capsule emitting ultrasonic waves when an electrode thereof is activated by oscillations, for example at 40 kilohertz produced by an oscillator circuit 5 which it is connected to it by a wired link 6.
  • the oscillator is connected to an output port 10 of a microcontroller M which supplies it with a control and / or power signal.
  • the alarm system also includes at least one receiver 2 consisting of a capsule 14 for receiving ultrasonic waves, the output 16 of which is connected to an input of an amplifier 15 with controllable gain.
  • the amplifier 15 includes at least one gain control input connected to at least one other output port 13 of the microcontroller M.
  • the receiver 2 also includes a demodulator circuit 18 connected to an output 17 of the amplifier 15 with controllable gain.
  • the output 19 of the demodulator 18 is connected to a port 20 for analog digital conversion of the microcontroller M.
  • the microcontroller M also comprises at least one input port 9 connected by a suitable link 8 to a sensor 7 for measuring the environment such as a temperature sensor or a relative humidity sensor, or an atmospheric pressure sensor, etc. .
  • the microcontroller M also comprises at least one input port 22 connected by a suitable link 24 to a control device 25 constituted for example by at least one push button operated by the user of the alarm system to activate the alarm system.
  • this control device can be supplemented by command input means making it possible in particular to reconfigure the microcontroller M, or to load it with a new work program, or new data.
  • the microcontroller M also includes an output port 21 connected to a device 23 for displaying voice type messages (using a voice synthesizer), or sound (using a buzzer or other speaker ) or alphanumeric (using a console or a liquid crystal panel), or of viewing information in light and / or colored form (by means of light-emitting diodes, colored or not, the lighting and extinction indicates the state of the alarm system).
  • voice type messages using a voice synthesizer
  • sound using a buzzer or other speaker
  • alphanumeric using a console or a liquid crystal panel
  • viewing information in light and / or colored form by means of light-emitting diodes, colored or not, the lighting and extinction indicates the state of the alarm system.
  • the microcontroller M comprises at least one output port 26 connected to a control input 27 of an alarm device which can be constituted in particular by an alarm siren and / or by a means producing a function invalidation signal of the protected vehicle as a signal to inhibit the injection or ignition computer, a signal to block the alternator, etc.
  • the microcontroller M has an electrical power supply input 11 connected to a power supply device, for example constituted by a voltage regulator connected to the vehicle battery, or on any other electricity generating device and in particular on a power supply.
  • a power supply device for example constituted by a voltage regulator connected to the vehicle battery, or on any other electricity generating device and in particular on a power supply.
  • uninterruptible power supply to resist power outages or sabotage while the alarm system is in operation.
  • the capsule for receiving the ultrasonic waves is here represented by the reference 30 and is connected between ground and a suitable input 31 of a first amplifier 32 with controllable gain whose gain control input 33 is connected by a suitable link 34 to an access terminal 46 of the module 49 integrating the microcontroller M.
  • This access terminal 46 delivers a control signal whose value represented in particular by the DC voltage level makes it possible to determine the gain which it is desired to fix on the first amplifier 32.
  • the amplified output 35 of the amplifier 32 is connected to an input of a demodulator 36, the output 37 of which is connected to the input of a first filter 38, of the low-pass type, the output 39 of which is transmitted from a part at an input of a second filter 40, of high-pass type, and by a link 42 to an access 52 of the aforementioned module 49 and which is connected to a first analog-digital conversion port CAN1 of the microcontroller M.
  • the output 41 of the high-pass filter 40 is connected to the input of a second amplifier 43 with controllable gain, the gain control input 44 of which is connected by a suitable link 45 to an access terminal 47 of the module 49.
  • the amplified output of the second amplifier 43 is connected by a suitable link to an access terminal 48 of the module 49, and is transmitted to a second analog-digital conversion port of the microcontroller M.
  • the part of the assembly disposed to the left of the access terminals 46, 47, 48, 52 of the module 49 is of the analog type and is constituted by a standard circuit suitable for any type of detection according to the invention, for any vehicle.
  • the part arranged to the right of the same terminals, and which has been designated under the term of module 49, is rather of digital nature and is specific to a type of vehicle, to a given type of application.
  • the personalization, or specialization, of each module is carried out in software so as to facilitate the standardization of the mass production of the alarm system according to the invention, which is a notable advantage of the present invention, in the measure where it allows a significant reduction in manufacturing costs. However, this reduction in costs is directly linked to the architecture of the assembly and to the particular nature of the process used, as will be seen.
  • the method of the invention consists in providing a succession of learning and scanning phases, succession determined in advance, but certain phases of which can be postponed depending on the circumstances.
  • the alarm system When the alarm system according to the invention is started, one begins with an initial learning phase during which the system transmitter 1 sends a wave train of determined shapes.
  • the emission of a wave train is executed in such a way that the receiver 2 detects at the start and / or at the end of each pulse an ultrasonic wave in progressive mode, characteristic of the volume and of its conventional conditions.
  • the microcontroller which collects the data, then performs a learning process on the assumption that there is no intrusion in progress.
  • the microcontroller stores the minimum value and the maximum value of the received wave.
  • Figure 3 there is shown the case of such reception.
  • the microcontroller activated according to a particular program recorded in a memory area not shown of the microcontroller M is received by the receiver 2, the latter develops a response represented by the OR curve, representative of the received wave.
  • the signal received by the receiver 2 is transmitted to the analog-digital conversion port 19 of the microcontroller M, a particular program of which, recorded in a memory area not shown of the microcontroller M, makes it possible to store the minimum value Vmin and the maximum value Vmax.
  • the learning phase is completed when the pair of acquired values (Vmax, Vmin) is stable, that is to say that it no longer varies during the emission of new OE wave trains. .
  • this situation occurs after a few hundred milliseconds for 50 millisecond wave trains with ultrasound waves at 40 kilohertz. Therefore, according to another embodiment, there is a predetermined number of acquisitions corresponding to a sufficient time for the ultrasound system to be stabilized.
  • the microcontroller M deduces detection data, using pre-recorded tables or by calculation according to a pre-recorded law, from adaptation values of the processing chain.
  • these adaptation values are constituted by a gain control value applied to the first amplifier 32 by the microcontroller M by means of the link 34.
  • the gain value of the first amplifier makes it possible to bring the average value Vm of the reception signal SR (FIG. 3b) to a value such that: Vm ⁇ Vsat - G where Vsat is the saturation value of the processing chain and G is a predetermined guard value according to the characteristics of the reception chain.
  • the microcontroller M develops as adaptation values a gain value of the second amplifier 43, which is transmitted to it by a link 45 at its input 44, such as the maximum peak value of the output signal of the high pass filter 40 of the processing chain (in which the reception signal loses its DC component) is still less than the saturation value with a guard value g which corresponds in particular to the detection value of a possible intrusion.
  • a gain value of the second amplifier 43 which is transmitted to it by a link 45 at its input 44, such as the maximum peak value of the output signal of the high pass filter 40 of the processing chain (in which the reception signal loses its DC component) is still less than the saturation value with a guard value g which corresponds in particular to the detection value of a possible intrusion.
  • the microncontroller M ensures that: Vcm ⁇ Vsat - g.
  • the reception chain will be suitable for maximum sensitivity detection without having to fear saturation at the time of detection of a possible intrusion.
  • this learning phase is repeated at predetermined intervals, for example with a predetermined periodicity, repetition which is interrupted upon detection of an intrusion.
  • the modifications of the previous settings adaptation values are only accepted if they are confirmed after several learning phases, for example five phases separated by 500 milliseconds.
  • FIG. 4 a flow diagram of the functions is shown, which in the invention is implemented in the microcontroller M in the form of a program, so as to carry out a detection of the reception signal while largely eliminating the noise.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 show spectral reception characteristics according to the invention.
  • the microcontroller M comprises an input routine or subroutine 60 of the data X (p), with p representing the order of the digital sample acquired on the analog conversion port 48 at the output of the second amplifier analog 43 (figure 2).
  • the flow of sequential data X (p) is supplied to a memory, the addressing of which makes a switch 61 towards a plurality of high-pass and / or low-pass filterings carried out by operators F1, F2, ..., FN in number N and which operate in parallel.
  • the selection means 70 also includes a first output 71 of the selected average, demodulated and filtered, transmitted to a means 76 for processing and recognizing the levels and the durations, and a second output 72 which transmits the number of the filtering channel Fi to be chosen as will explain it.
  • FIG. 5 shows the spectral characteristics recognized in the present invention.
  • a high pass type digital filtering is used according to an FPH spectral characteristic which is adapted according to the circumstances.
  • ⁇ X (p)> ⁇ a (p - P0 + 1) .X (p- P0 + 1) + a (p - P0 + 2) .X (p- P0 + 2) + ... + a ( p) .X (p) ⁇ / P0
  • the chosen filtering channel Fi corresponded to a situation where the noise level was higher than the level of the filtered signal, it might be too late to change the filter Fi if an intrusion took place at this time.
  • the fact of having a battery of filtering channels makes it possible, during the adaptation (or learning) step, to early select the filtering channel Fi0 matched which produces on a 69-i0 output a minimum voltage value.
  • This value i0 is transmitted by the means 70 to a selection member by a link 74 connected to its output 72 and which makes it possible to direct the following data acquired during the next step of scanning (or monitoring) to the channel of filtering Fi0 suitable.
  • FIG. 6 another spectral characteristic has been shown in which the filters all have the same cut-off frequency fc, but slopes of order 1, order 2, etc., respectively.
  • the filtering having the lowest slope (lowest order) possible and / or at minimum detection in the absence of an intrusion.
  • the filters are successively calculated using a single subroutine, to which, during the previous adaptation phase, a command (equivalent to the aforementioned switching command 74) is transmitted which regulates the frequency of cutoff and / or filter order.
  • the inventors have measured that in general, the events which did not correspond to intrusion situations and which triggered the false alarms of the systems of the prior art, have close spectral characteristics, but durations and different levels.
  • the processing means 76 performs a measurement of the levels received ⁇ X (p> * selected and compares them to predetermined thresholds. When it is observed that the duration of a received signal, of level higher than the predetermined threshold, exceeds a certain value, the output 77 of the processing means 76 is placed at an active level which activates an alarm device or any alarm action indicating that an intrusion has occurred.
  • FIG. 7 there is shown an embodiment of an algorithm which is used in the processing means 76.
  • the data which comes from the filtering means Fi selected as described above, are here designated by X (n). They are sampled at a predetermined frequency, equal to 100 Hz in a preferred embodiment, during a step S1.
  • a high-pass filtering is carried out at a cutoff frequency greater than a noise threshold frequency, equal in a preferred embodiment to 10 Hz.
  • the output X1 (n) is transmitted to a demodulation means, which performs, during a step S3, the calculation of the absolute value of the filtered signal.
  • X2 (n) is subjected during a step S4 to a smoothing.
  • this smoothing is performed by a low-pass filter having a cutoff frequency equal to 5 Hz and a slope of order 1.
  • This threshold value is used, at least in part, to define an intrusion threshold which makes it possible to trigger an alarm action.
  • This value Cmax is taken equal to 80 in one embodiment, which corresponds to a duration of 800 milliseconds for a detection signal level greater than the detection threshold. This makes it possible to correctly detect, without the risk of false alarms, an intrusion.
  • a second counter D is incremented, which therefore measures the duration during which the level of the detection signal is below the intrusion threshold S.
  • a test S8 is executed to find out whether the current value of the second counter D is greater than a threshold value N which moreover serves to determine the detection threshold S of step S5.
  • N 30 was chosen which corresponded to a duration of 300 milliseconds, less than the duration Cmax of 800 milliseconds on the first counter. It can therefore be seen that the two counters C and D make it possible to overcome situations of false alarms in which, in particular, except during periods of silence less than the second maximum duration of 300 milliseconds, repeated shocks for example, could be confused with intrusions.

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