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Definitions

• Patent Application entitled “A HIGHLY EFFICIENT MULTI-FREQUENCY VOLTAGE REGULATING CIRCUIT INCORPORATING A MAGNETIC FIELD POWER SENSOR AND PROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC FIELD DETECTION” was filed April 16, 1998, in the names of Pieter Schieke and Willem Smit and assigned to the same assignee as the present U.S. Patent Application.
• the disclosures of the above referenced applications are hereby incorporated by reference.
• This invention relates generally to wireless security systems and specifically, to transmitter, receiver and transponder devices capable of encoded operation over a wide range of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
• the current state of the art describes transmitter, receiver and transponder security devices that operate in either the RF spectrum or which communicate via magnetic field.
• the signals transmitted by RF devices may be encoded for the purpose of enhancing security by preventing others from capturing the transmissions and making subsequent unauthorized use.
• magnetic field transponders operate in a non-encoded mode.
• the present invention overcomes the limitations of RF only or magnetic field only wireless security devices.
• the wireless security system shall be comprised of a base unit device and a remote unit device. It is another object of the present invention that the part of the security system comprising the remote unit device can be miniaturized to relative smallness to the extent that it can be embedded, for example, within an automobile key.
• the part of the security system comprising the remote unit device can convert magnetic field energy to DC electrical energy for the purposes of supplying power to the remote unit device and for conserving battery power and for re-charging the battery.
• the processing unit for the remote unit shall be implemented on a single, monolithic integrated circuit and shall be capable of encode processing and control for both RF operation and magnetic field operation.
• the processing unit for the base unit shall be capable of encode and decode processing and control for both RF operation and magnetic field operation.
• the present invention in the magnetic field mode shall typically operate within a band of the electro-magnetic spectrum of approximately 100 KHz to 100 MHz.
• the present invention In the RF mode the present invention shall typically operate within a band of the electro-magnetic spectrum of approximately 100 MHz to 500 MHz.
• a wireless security system comprising of a base unit and a remote unit, each capable of RF and magnetic field operation.
• the base unit is comprised of a power supply, a base processing unit, a RF receiver and a base magnetic field converter circuit.
• the remote unit is comprised of a battery, a remote processing unit, a RF transmitter, a remote magnetic field converter circuit, a manual control and an energy storage device.
• Figure 1 is a block diagram of the present invention which includes the base unit and the remote unit.
• Figure 2 is a block diagram of the base processing unit.
• Figure 3 is a block diagram of the remote processing unit.
• Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the magnetic field converter circuit.
• a wireless security system 100 capable of encoded RF and encoded magnetic field communication is disclosed.
• the system 100 is comprised of a base unit 110 capable of encoded magnetic field transmission and encoded magnetic field reception and encoded RF reception and a remote unit 150 capable of encoded magnetic field transmission and encoded magnetic field reception and encoded RF transmission which communicates with the base unit.
• the present invention does not disclose or claim one or more methods for encoding and decoding data. There are numerous methods that perform this function which are well known to those skilled in the art. One such method can be found in U.S. Patent 5,517,187, entitled “MICROCHIPS AND REMOTE CONTROL DEVICES COMPRISING SAME" which was patented by several of the same inventors as the present invention and currently assigned to the same assignee as the present U.S. Patent Application, is incorporated by reference.
• the base unit 110 is comprised of a power supply 115, a base processing unit 120 coupled to the power supply 115, a base magnetic field converter circuit 130 coupled to the base processing unit 120 and a RF receiver 140 coupled to the base processing unit 120.
• the power supply 115 is capable of connecting to either a commercially available AC power source or to a DC power source provided by the host of the base unit 120.
• the power supply 115 converts or regulates the input power to low voltage DC power which is coupled to the base processing unit 120.
• the base processing unit 120 controls both RF and magnetic field operation.
• the base processing unit 120 sends signals to the base magnetic field converter circuit 130 for the purpose of communicating with the remote unit 150.
• the base processing unit 120 also receives signals which originated with the remote unit 150 via the base magnetic field converter circuit 130 and RF receiver 140.
• the base processing unit 120 is capable of decoding signals which it receives from the remote unit 150 and encoding signals which are transmitted to the remote unit 150.
• the base magnetic field converter circuit 130 is coupled to the base processing unit 120.
• the base magnetic field converter circuit 130 is capable of generating magnetic fields which are sensed by the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170. Also, the base magnetic field converter circuit 130 is capable of sensing relative weak magnetic fields which are generated by the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170.
• the RF receiver 140 receives RF signals generated by the RF transmitter 180 of the remote unit 150.
• the RF receiver 140 relays these signals to the base processing unit 120.
• the remote unit 150 is comprised of a battery 155, an energy storage device 195 coupled to the battery 155, a remote processing unit 160 coupled to the battery 155 and the energy storage device 195, a remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 coupled to the remote processing unit 160 and indirectly to the battery 155 and the energy storage device 195, a RF transmitter 180 coupled to the remote processing unit 160, a manual control 190 coupled to the
• the battery 155 and the energy storage device 195 supply low voltage DC energy to the remote processing unit 160, the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170, the RF transmitter 180 and the manual control 190.
• the energy storage device 195 is charged by a rectifier- regulator within the remote processing unit 160.
• the energy storage device 195 which can be a simple capacitor, is capable of supplying DC electrical energy to elements of the remote unit 150 requiring power, thereby conserving battery 155 power. If the energy storage device 195 is not charged, the battery 155 supplies power to the elements of the remote unit 150. A detailed description of these functions are found in the previously mentioned U.S.
• the remote processing unit 160 is implemented on a single, monolithic integrated circuit and controls both RF and magnetic field operation.
• the remote processing unit 160 sends signals to the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 for the purpose of communicating with the base unit 120.
• the remote processing unit 160 also receives signals via the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 which originated in the base unit 110.
• the remote processing unit 160 is capable of decoding signals which it receives from the base unit 110 and encoding signals which are transmitted to the base unit 110.
• the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 is coupled to the remote processing unit 160.
• the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 is capable of generating magnetic fields which are sensed by the base magnetic field converter circuit 130. Also, the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 is capable of sensing the magnetic fields which are generated by the base magnetic field converter circuit 130.
• the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 transmits signals generated by the remote processing unit 160 and relays signals received from the base unit 110 to the remote processing unit 160.
• the RF transmitter 180 transmits RF signals generated by the remote processing unit 160 to the RF receiver 140 of the base unit 110.
• the manual control 190 permits manual operation of the remote unit 150. Upon activation of the manual control 190, the remote unit 150 will send a predesignated encoded signal to the base unit 110 via the RF transmitter 180 and/or the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170.
• the manual control 190 may be embodied in a microswitch, button or similar devices known to those skilled in the art.
• the first mode is described as the manual control mode.
• the manual control 190 is asserted.
• the remote unit 150 sends a predesignated encoded RF signal to the base unit 110 and/or modulates a predesignated encoded magnetic field.
• the base unit 110 interprets the signal sent by the remote unit 150 and may acknowledge the signal by either transmitting a response to the remote unit 150 or notifying the host system.
• the second mode is the passive transponder mode.
• the base unit 110 intermittently asserts a magnetic field via the base magnetic field converter circuit 130.
• the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 senses the presence of the intermittent magnetic field and alerts the remote processing unit 160.
• the remote processing unit 160 directs the RF transmitter 180 to send an encoded signal to the base unit 110 and/or the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 to modulate an encoded magnetic field.
• the third mode is the active transponder mode.
• the base unit 110 interrogates the remote unit 150 by asserting an encoded magnetic field via the base magnetic field converter circuit 130.
• the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 senses the interrogating magnetic field and relays the signal to the base processing unit 160.
• the base processing unit 160 analyzes the encoded signal sent by the base unit 110 and directs the RF transmitter 180 to send an encoded response to the base unit 110 and/or the remote magnetic field converter circuit 170 to modulate an encoded magnetic field.
• the functional components of the base processing unit 120 are disclosed. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the base processing unit 120 may include various embodiments in which the functional components described below may be implemented either in software or in hardware.
• the base processing unit 120 is comprised of a plurality of I/O ports 210, encoding logic 220 coupled to at least one of the I/O ports 210, decoding logic 230 coupled to at least one of the I/O ports 210, a base magnetic field converter circuit controller 240 coupled to at least one of the
• I/O ports to the encoding logic 220 and to the decoding logic 230 and a RF serial data receiver 250 coupled to at least one of the I/O ports 210 and to the decoding logic 230.
• the plurality of I/O ports 210 connect the base processing unit 120 with other components in base unit 110 (figure 1) and with programming devices extrinsic to the wireless security system 100 (figure 1).
• Each of the plurality of I/O ports 210 may contain a unique plurality of control lines. Power and ground reference are supplied to the base processing unit 120 via at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 210.
• the encoding logic 220 is coupled to at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 210.
• the encoding logic 220 is responsible for preparing an encoded digital serial bit stream for transmission to the remote unit 150 (figure 1) via the base magnetic field converter circuit controller 240.
• the encoding logic 220 may be accessed by a programming device extrinsic to the wireless security system 100 (figure 1 ) via at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 210.
• the decoding logic 230 is coupled to at least one of the plurality of the I/O ports 210.
• the decoding logic 230 is responsible for decoding the encoded digital serial bit stream received from the remote unit 150 (figure 1) via the base magnetic field converter circuit controller 240 or the RF serial data receiver 250.
• the decoding logic 230 may be accessed by a programming device extrinsic to the wireless security system 100 (figure 1) via at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 210.
• the base magnetic field converter circuit controller 240 is coupled to at least one of the plurality of the I/O ports 210, to the decoder logic 230 and to the encoder logic 220.
• the base magnetic field converter circuit controller 240 sends and receives encoded magnetic field signals via the base magnetic field converter circuit 130 (figure 1).
• the remote processing unit 160 is comprised of a plurality of I/O ports 310, encoding logic 320 coupled to at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 310, a remote magnetic field converter circuit controller 340 coupled to at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 310 and to the encoding logic 320 and a RF serial data transmitter 340 coupled to at least one of the plurality of the I/O ports 310 and to the encoding logic 320.
• the plurality of I/O ports 310 connect the remote processing unit 160 with other components in remote unit 150 (figure 1) and with programming devices extrinsic to the wireless security system 100 (figure 1). Similar to the base processing unit 120 (figure 2), each of the plurality of I/O ports 310 may contain a unique plurality of control lines. Power and ground reference are supplied to the remote processing unit 160 via at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 310.
• the encoding logic 320 is coupled to at least one of the plurality of I/O ports 310.
• the encoding logic 320 is responsible for preparing an encoded digital bit serial stream for transmission to the base unit 110 (figure 1) via the remote magnetic field converter circuit controller 340 or the RF serial data transmitter 350.
• the encoding logic 320 may be accessed by a programming device extrinsic to the wireless security system 110 (figure 1) via one of the
• the remote magnetic field converter circuit controller 340 is coupled to at least one of the plurality of the I/O ports 310 and to the encoder logic 320. In addition to transceiving encoded magnetic field signals, the remote magnetic field converter circuit controller 340 contains a rectifier-regulator 345 which converts magnetic field energy to regulated, low voltage DC electrical energy. The resulting regulated DC electrical energy may be used to charge the energy storage device 195 and to re-charge the battery 155 (figure 1).
• the magnetic field converter circuit 400 is shown as comprised of an inductor 410 coupled to a capacitor 420 in parallel.
• the specifications for the inductor 410 and capacitor 420 are determined by the particular application of the wireless security system 100 (figure 1).

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