FR2882607A1 - Object e.g. wallet, or vehicle e.g. motorcycle, protecting and space e.g. flat, monitoring method, involves sending information from telemonitoring station to owner via radio frequency transmission in case of theft/displacement/break-in - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves positioning a mobile telemonitoring station (1) with satellite units (2) inside or on an object or a vehicle or a space. The station activates dissuasion units (1b) and the satellite units to send the information to an owner remotely through a radio frequency transmission (31) from a portable transceiver (3) in the case of an attempt of theft or displacement or break-in. An independent claim is also included for a device for protecting an object, a vehicle and a space against theft.

Description

Description of the invention

  The present invention relates to a method of mobile protection against theft with or without violence of any type of property: any type of objects or any type of vehicles, fixed or mobile, in operation or not, in private or public places and the surveillance of all types of fixed or mobile spaces, private or public. The present invention also relates to a use of this method, and a device implementing this method.

  Throughout the document after the definition of the title, all types of objects, will be related to items as dissimilar as any type of container, (hand bag, satchel, purse, backpack, laptop suitcase, etc.), any type of clothing (jacket, overcoat, coat, etc.), that of any type of vehicle to two-wheeled land vehicles (such as motorcycle, motorcycle, scooter, etc.) or four-wheeled land vehicles with or without a door (camping car, automobile, Buggy or Quad, etc.), or with means of maritime travel (boats, windsurfing, canoeing, jet skiing, etc.), that of any type of space to the surveillance of spaces such as the interior of a house, an apartment, a bangalow but also of mobile structures (building site, tent, mobile home, etc.) etc. It is known to those skilled in the art many methods and security systems of different types, implementing burglary detection methods, information on the state of protected elements, implementation of actions. of securing after the detection of a break-in, and simultaneously or sequentially the implementation of communication actions of the detected events.

  For each of these processes depending on the nature of the secure elements (objects, vehicles, spaces), the components that allow the implementation of these processes are derived from very different technologies and above all are very specific depending on the field of intervention .

  The elements implementing these methods are generally fixed because they are dedicated to a specific place and mission, and most of them present, for the most part, bulky dimensions. They also require the implementation by a person skilled in the art, either for the installation of the premises / objects to be secured, or for the programming of the installation with respect to the elements of detections and / or deterrents.

  One of the aims of the invention is to propose a device of low cost, of very small size, mobile, capable of securing any type of goods, and a method of great simplicity of implementation.

  The device comprises three essential elements (as shown in Plate 1): a two-way portable radio-wave transmitter / receiver (3), a mobile alarm center (1), and satellite elements (2) (mobile or fixed) in radio connection with the alarm control unit (1).

  The alarm center (1) consists of a radio wave transmitter / receiver and detection elements (1a) (infrared, infrasound, ultrasound, etc.) and deterrents (1b) (siren). The satellite elements (2) in radio communication with the mobile alarm center (1) consist of complementary or redundant elements of detection, deterrence, etc. To secure an object (4), it is necessary to position the mobile alarm center (l) with or without its satellite elements (2) inside or on this object (for example: a coat, a suitcase, etc. .). In case of attempted theft or movement of the object the mobile alarm center (1) warns the owner remotely by a radio transmission (31) on its portable transmitter / receiver (3) thus allowing him to intervene .

  To secure a space (4), it is necessary to have the mobile alarm center (1) with or without its satellite elements (2) in the space to be secured (mobile home, apartment, exhibition venue, etc.). ). In case of attempted theft or displacement or break-in, the mobile alarm center warns the owner remotely by a radio transmission (31) on its portable transmitter / receiver (3) allowing him to intervene.

  Several possibilities are then available: The mobile alarm center (1) according to the choice of its owner can either immediately activate its deterrents (1b) integrated with it and / or activate the satellite elements (2) ( such as a siren, light signals, etc.) or wait for the sending of information from the owner (31) from the portable transceiver (30) and upon receipt of this information activate its deterrents (Ib) integrated and / or activate the satellite elements (2) (such as a siren, light signals, etc.) The mobile alarm center (1) is through a radio transmission a management center detection and deterrence elements.

  In case of theft by violence (for example stolen keys from a vehicle, a briefcase, a laptop), the invention allows the owner to send information from the portable transmitter / receiver ( 3) to the mobile alarm center (1) by a radio wave transmission, and which returns information to its own deterrents (1b) and / or satellite elements (2).

  In any case, the invention remains sufficiently discrete and robust to be difficult to detect or deactivate quickly. The radio wave transmission FSK (Frequency Shift Keying - Modulation by displacement of the frequency) proves to date the most powerful within the framework of this invention. However, a radio transmission in FM band or other may be used.

  More specific procedures may be implemented depending on certain goods such as vehicles (car, motorcycle, quad, etc.). For example in the case of a theft by violence, the method is characterized by the following steps: - at the time of the theft by violence, or rather in the moments that follow, the owner can activate the security of the vehicle to secure at distance (31), by means of a radio wave transmitter / receiver, making it possible to intervene up to distances of several hundred meters to several kilometers.

  Activation of the trip (31), by action by the owner on the transmitter / receiver (3), can initiate a flight situation procedure. Thus, in the case of a legitimate driver who is a victim of aggression during normal use of the vehicle, for example during a stop in traffic, the thief takes control of the vehicle and fled. The owner activates a flight situation procedure which may include an engine stop (2), complete or by short and repeated interruptions, or a degradation of the operation of the engine or the rest of the vehicle, or its slowing down. The vehicle then becomes unusable or difficult to use, and therefore difficult to move and hide. The processing means can also trigger a process which will make the use of the vehicle difficult, for example by disrupting the operation of the engine, or by activating luminous or other sound warning systems, (lb, or 2).

  Similarly, in the case of the theft of an object held by an owner during his removal, such as a briefcase, a coat or a laptop, the owner may activate (31) the security of the objects to be secured. from a distance, by means of its radio wave transmitter / receiver, which can be used up to distances of several hundred meters to several kilometers.

  As before, activating the trip by owner action on the portable transmitter / receiver can initiate a flight situation procedure. Thus, the legitimate owner who is the victim of aggression, activates a flight situation procedure which may include the triggering of a siren, the emission of gas, etc. (1b). The object then becomes difficult to transport, and therefore difficult to move and hide.

  In the case of theft, or attempted theft, in the absence of the owner of the object, the method is characterized by the following steps: a) In the case of a vehicle (4): any type of two-wheeled land vehicle or any type of four-wheeled vehicle with or without a door, means of maritime movement (such as boats, jet ski, etc.)), parked, automatic activation of a blocking the engine (2), to prohibit its starting in the absence of an authorization event (31).

  - In case of detection (la) of movement of the vehicle by an illegitimate driver, call (32) the legitimate driver by a radio wave device (1d); - The person holding this portable transmitter / receiver (3) can then take appropriate measures, for example to warn the police, to take possession of the vehicle, or to order other measures of search or location, deterrence ( 1b or 2), or blocking internal or external to the vehicle. For example using the 2-way radio transceiver, the legitimate driver can activate a chip or any system to allow the subsequent location (5) of the vehicle.

  In the case of an object (4): (hand bag, satchel, purse, laptop, etc.), any type of clothing (a jacket, an overcoat, a coat, etc.), in which or on which is placed the device, automatic activation of a monitoring device.

  In case of movement detection of the object, call (31) of the legitimate owner by a radio device (1d); The person holding this transmitter / receiver can then take the appropriate measures, for example to warn the police, to recover possession of the object, or to order other measures of search or location, deterrence (1 b) . For example using the 2-way radio transmitter / receiver (3), the legitimate owner can activate a chip or any system to allow the subsequent location (5) of the object.

  In the case of surveillance of spaces (4): (inside a house, an apartment but also mobile structures (building site, mobile home, etc.)), in which is placed the device, automatic activation of a monitoring device.

  In case of detection (1 or 2) of movement of an individual in the secure place (4) or the movement of a secure object in this space by an individual, call the legitimate owner by a radio device (3); The person holding this portable radio transmitter / receiver (3) can then take the appropriate measures, for example to warn the security forces, to go quickly to the place of the break-in, to take back possession of the object, or to order other locational or deterrent measures (lb or 2). For example, using the 2-way radio transceiver, the legitimate owner can activate a home automation system (6) such as closing the space (rolling shutter, grid, etc.), a chip or any system aimed at to allow the subsequent location (5) of the object, or to dissuade the individual to remain in the secure place (siren, gas, etc.). Thus, in the case where the flight situation procedure includes a call from the owner by radio transmission (32), the latter will then be informed of the flight and may take appropriate measures, for example signal the theft or search the object (vehicle, briefcase, etc.). The thief will therefore not have additional time to hide or transport the stolen object, which is the case with a system that only activates when the theft is found.

  Similarly, in the case where the flight procedure includes an alert event (31), it should also be noted that the automatic triggering of this flight situation procedure makes it possible to perform this transmission immediately after the flight . Such a transmission is therefore less likely to be hindered by the camouflage, for example of the vehicle, in a room or a closed truck, or to be prevented by the destruction of the transmission antenna.

  In the case of a breach of trust or when the driver has left the vehicle leaving the keys with the vehicle, or the owner has left behind an object, the alert count is triggered by the activation of the portable 2-way radio transmitter / receiver, so that the thief has only a short time to escape before the same flight situation procedure is triggered. As before, the legitimate driver or the rightful owner will be able to remotely activate deterrents (1b or 2) installed on the vehicle or object, and / or elements allowing the subsequent geographical location (5) of the vehicle and or the object.

  According to a particular feature, the flight situation procedure is executed immediately after the alert countdown, and includes the activation of interdiction means (for example restarting the engine (2), or the permanent activation or repeated deterrence means (lb) related to the mobile alarm center (1) or to the satellite elements (2) controlled by the mobile alarm center (1) (siren, light signals, engine shutdown, gas emission or activating an electronic information exchange with a receiver device outside the vehicle by radio transmission, or a combination of such actions.

  According to a particularity, in case of theft the alert count is triggered or is carried out without being reported to the illegitimate driver.

  According to one feature, the internal detection means (la) at the mobile station or forming part of the satellite elements (2) allowing the emission of an alert event (32) comprise a transmitter / receiver device of a signal to radio wave (3).

  According to one feature, the device comprises means for deactivating the device, these means possibly comprising either an electrical and electronic circuit permanently ensuring certain functions modified by the flight situation procedure. According to one feature, the device comprises several central stations. wireless mobile alarms, interconnected by radio wave, as well as radio satellite elements, all forming a mesh of detection elements, deterrent, in connection with one or more portable transmitters / receivers.

  The protection method according to the invention is implemented by means of electrical or electronic information processing or computer, installed in whole or part or on an object, a space, and comprising or communicating with storage means for these information. These processing means may take the form of an electronic box operating for example from logic circuits or using a microcontroller. These processing means communicate with various detection means capable of recognizing certain events occurring in an immobile situation and during the movement of the object or space to be protected. They may also communicate with deterrents or controls affecting the operation of different parts of an object or space.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

  All the means used in the process according to the invention can be produced in different forms, varying according to the applications or variants of the invention.

  Thus, the invention also proposes a device allowing the implementation of such a method, and an embodiment of which is illustrated on the plate 1. In the embodiment described here, this device comprises a wireless mobile unit (1 ) enclosing one or more electrical and electronic circuits, and communicating with the outside by radio connection means.

  The processing means implementing the method according to the invention are contained in the wireless mobile unit (1) and comprise a microcontroller in the form of an integrated circuit communicating with one or more memory circuits of the flash memory type, arranged on a circuit printed and communicating with the outside by direct electrical connection or via relays.

  The entire wireless mobile unit (1) is powered by a built-in rechargeable battery. The wireless mobile unit (1) can also be powered, for charging, mains or other media (cigarette lighter, etc.).

  The detection elements may be infrared, ultrasonic, etc. sensors. but also be a contactor or relay controlled by an external device, for example by a radio or telephone signal receiver used to trigger the alert count as described above. This detection element can also be a proximity detection device of a radio transmitter FSK or FM carried by the owner.

  The actions performed during the flight situation procedure include controlling one or more horns (2), such as a siren, and light signals (house lighting, car horns, etc.). In the case where the good is a vehicle, these actions may also include the control of an engine relay interrupting an electrical communication necessary for the operation of the engine, such as a signal between the power supply of the fuel pump, or the power supply of an ignition coil etc.

  It should be obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention allows embodiments in many other specific forms without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed. Therefore, the present embodiments should be considered by way of illustration, but may be modified within the scope defined by the scope of the appended claims, and the invention should not be limited to the details given above.

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Claims (1)

9 CLAIMS   1. Method of protection against the theft of goods: objects (4), vehicles (4) (means of transport) and the surveillance of volumes or spaces (4), characterized in that it comprises the elements following: an alarm panel (1) mobile, wireless and energetically autonomous, powered by a rechargeable battery, mains or other media (cigarette lighter, etc.), composed of: E detection elements (the ) of the type of shock detector, volumetric ultrasonic, infrared, infrasound, microwave, etc. detector, connected by electronic or electrical connection to the alarm control unit, É of siren-type deterrents (Ib), smoke gas, light signals, etc., connected by electronic or electrical connection to the control panel. These deterrents are triggered in response to an alarm event recorded by the alarm center, E of a two-way radio transmitter / receiver (1d), allowing the reception of a command and / or a remote warning event (21) and the remote transmission of alert events (32), authorization events (32), deterrence events (22), - elements satellites (2) in wireless communication with the alarm control unit (1), complementary or redundant with respect to the detection and deterrence elements included in the central unit (1), and which can act on function elements related to the objects , spaces and vehicles to protect.   a portable two-way radio transmitter / receiver (3) for issuing authorization events (31) and / or alert events (31) and event events; deterring (31), remotely and receiving clearance events (32), alert events (32), and deterrence events (32), remotely.   2. Method according to claim 1 characterized in that it applies to the protection of any type of vehicle (4), moving or stopped, the alarm center (1) and its satellite elements (2) can be placed anywhere and act according to the objects or functions to be protected, by selecting one or more elements of detection and / or deterrence which make up the whole device 3. Method according to claim 2, characterized in it applies to the protection of any type of objects (4) mobile or fixed of different shapes and sizes, the alarm panel can be placed on objects, inside objects, or fixed on the objects and act according to the objects to protect and circumstances by selecting one or more elements of detection and / or deterrence that compose it.   4. Method according to claim 1 to 3 characterized in that it applies to the protection of any type of space (4) of geometry, of different sizes, the alarm center and its satellite elements can be placed n 'anywhere and act according to the objects or functions to be protected in these spaces, by selecting one or more elements of detection and / or deterrence which compose the whole of the device.   5. Method according to claim 1 to 4 characterized in that several alarm panels (1) and their respective satellite elements (2) can be in radio link, to communicate with each other and with one or more portable transmitter / receiver radio (3), and thus form a mesh especially in the case of protection of spaces of specific geometry or the protection of several objects or more vehicles and or the combination of these objectives to protect.   6. Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it comprises the following functions: - in the case of a start of use or detection of movement of a secure object, or the violation a secure space or a break-in on a secure transport means, without deactivating the protection method, issuing an alert signal (21) of one or more satellite elements (2), or a detection elements (la) integrated in the alarm center, to the alarm center (1). The alert signal can then be retransmitted (32) (depending on the programming of the central unit) to the portable radio transmitter / receiver (3), - during use or movement of an object, a vehicle or space violation, taken into account of an alert event, characterized by receiving an alert signal (31) transmitted by the radio transmitter / receiver, portable (3), to the central alarm (1) and or satellite elements (2) and, launching a flight situation procedure. 7. Method according to claim 1 to 6, characterized in that the flight situation procedure is executed: either directly by the alarm control unit on receipt of an alert signal emitted by its own detection elements (the ) and / or by the satellite detection elements (2)> either following the reception of an alert signal (31) transmitted by the portable radio transmitter / receiver (3) towards the alarm center ( 1), and possibly includes a warning count, the activation of the deterrents associated with the power plant, (light signals (1b) or sound signals (1b), smoke gas (1b), etc.), activation of an electronic information exchange by radio transmission, with the satellite elements (2) enabling them to be activated, or with elements (5) allowing the subsequent geographical location of the object, or with elements of the domotic type (6) (shutter closing, camera triggering, etc.) 8. Using the procedure é according to one of claims 1 to 7, applied to the protection against theft, in the course of legitimate use, of an object or a vehicle or space during travel and / or operation, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - during operation and / or movement of the object, or the vehicle or the space after taking control of the object or the vehicle or the space by an illegitimate individual, issuing an alert event (31) by the legitimate owner from a radio transmitter / receiver device (3), and transmitting a signal triggering an alert count or triggering directly the flight situation procedure; - use of normal appearance of the object during alert countdown; - at the end of this alert count, triggering the flight situation procedure with the activation of the deterrent means (lb) related to the alarm center, satellite elements (2) such as activation means for prohibiting the starting of an engine, or the permanent or repeated activation of means for shutting down an engine, the activation of light or sound signals, or the activation of smoke gas, or the activation of domotic type elements (6) (flap closure, gate closure), etc., or elements (5) allowing the subsequent geographical location of the object, or a combination of these actions 9. Anti-theft device object, vehicle, space, comprising means for processing electronic or radio frequency information, characterized in that these processing means comprise information storage means, transmitting / receiving means representing an authorization of use or moves and communicate with means for detecting the state of use and / or movement of the object, the vehicle or the space of the reception means of at least one authorization event, means for receiving at least one alert event, means for counting time performing at least one timer of a fixed duration, and means for implementing a flight situation procedure, processing means triggering a time count, referred to as an alert count, in the event of the use and / or movement of the object, the vehicle or the space, having an alert event transmitted by radio frequency, then executing a procedure of flight situation at the end of this countdown.