JP2007191012A - Portable reporting machine of vehicle anti-theft system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make possible miniaturization while increasing the classes of transmittable information. <P>SOLUTION: The portable notifying machine is provided with a signal processing part 1, a wireless signal transmit/receive part 2, an LED drive 3, and a plurality of indication parts 9<SB>i</SB>(i=1, 2, 3, 4). The signal processing part 1 functions as a control means, and the wireless signal transmit/receive part 2 provided with an antenna 2a transmits and receives a wireless signal with a vehicle anti-theft system. The LED drive 3 drives a plurality of light-emitting diodes LD11, L12, etc. and makes them emit light. Then the indication parts 9<SB>i</SB>have four kinds of operating conditions, each of which has a different luminescent color. Since a plurality of contents of the information to be sent to a user (abnormality and mode setting of the vehicle anti-theft system, a remaining capacity of a secondary battery 7, a dead space) can be indicated by the plurality of (four) indication parts 9<SB>i</SB>by making a distinction by the lighting/light-out states and by a luminescent color, miniaturization can be made possible while increasing the classes of transmittable information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information device of a vehicle antitheft system that prevents theft of a vehicle (automobile).

In recent years, theft of vehicles (not only the theft of the vehicle itself but also the theft of articles and in-vehicle devices placed in the vehicle, etc., the same applies hereinafter) has been increasing rapidly. For this reason, it is detected by a sensor that a suspicious person has entered a parked vehicle, an alarm sound is sounded from a vehicle antitheft device mounted on the vehicle, and the vehicle theft prevention device carries the vehicle theft prevention device. Vehicle anti-theft systems that prevent theft of vehicles by notifying the invasion of suspicious persons by wireless signals from devices have become widespread (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, there is a system in which the operation mode of the vehicle anti-theft device can be switched between a warning mode in which intrusion detection is performed and a non-warning mode in which no intrusion detection is performed by a wireless signal transmitted from a portable notification device (see, for example, Patent Document 2). ).
JP 2004-322748 A JP 2004-203153 A

  By the way, in the portable information device of the vehicle anti-theft system as described above, there are many types of information that should be notified to the user (owner of the vehicle), but it is as small as possible from the viewpoint of portability. It is required to be. However, a large number of display elements corresponding one-to-one with each information in order to notify the various types of information as described above, or a display device that can display a large amount of information such as an LCD is mounted. It becomes difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a portable information device for a vehicle antitheft system that can be downsized while increasing the types of information that can be notified.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 transmits a wireless signal for sounding an alarm sound and notifying the detection of a suspicious person's intrusion when a suspicious person who has been installed in the vehicle and has entered the vehicle is detected. In addition, the wireless anti-theft device is used in a vehicle anti-theft system including a vehicle anti-theft device that can switch the validity / invalidity of intrusion detection according to a control wireless signal transmitted from outside the vehicle. Wireless signal transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving signals, notification means for notifying various information including intrusion detection of a suspicious person by light or sound, operation input for turning on / off power, intrusion to the vehicle anti-theft device Operation input reception for receiving operation input for switching detection to an invalid state and operation input for selecting information to be notified by the notification means from the various information And the vehicle signal theft by controlling the notification means in accordance with the wireless signal received by the wireless signal transmission / reception means, and informing the intrusion detection of the suspicious person in response to the operation input. A command for switching the intrusion detection to an invalid state to the prevention device is transmitted as a wireless signal, and various information is obtained by controlling the notification means according to the wireless signal received by the wireless signal transmitting / receiving means or the operation input. Control means for informing, wherein the informing means comprises a plurality of display units whose emission colors are variable, and the control unit selectively selects one or more of the display units according to the type of information. Each display unit is caused to emit light with a light emission color corresponding to the content of the information.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a housing according to the first aspect, wherein the respective means are mounted and a plurality of the display units are exposed in a line on the front surface, and the control means is responsive to the operation input. When the wireless signal is transmitted by controlling the wireless signal transmitting / receiving means, the plurality of display portions are blinked in the order of arrangement.

  The invention of claim 3 comprises the battery for supplying power to each means in the invention of claim 1 or 2, wherein the notification means comprises a display unit for displaying the remaining capacity of the battery, The control means controls the notifying means when any operation input is received by the operation input receiving means, thereby causing the display section to emit light with a light emission color corresponding to the remaining capacity of the battery.

  The invention of claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a housing for housing each of the means, wherein the operation input receiving means includes a plurality of switches for receiving each operation input, An operating member for operating the switch, and the operating member is provided in the casing such that an operating surface operated by a human finger is located on the back side of the front surface of the casing. It is characterized by that.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of contents of each information can be distinguished and displayed on each display unit, the size can be reduced while increasing the types of information that can be notified.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the wireless signal transmission state is used by causing the light emitted from the display unit to travel in the direction in which the display units are arranged by blinking the plurality of display units in order in the transmission of the wireless signal. Can be easily informed to the person.

  According to the invention of claim 3, wasteful power consumption can be suppressed as compared with the case where the remaining capacity of the battery is constantly notified, and the display is displayed when any operation input is made. Thus, the remaining capacity of the battery can be accurately notified to the user.

  According to invention of Claim 4, since the operation surface of the operation member is located in the back | inner side rather than the housing | casing front surface, the erroneous operation by which an operation member is operated accidentally without intention can be prevented.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The vehicle antitheft system including this embodiment (portable notification device) includes a vehicle antitheft device (not shown) mounted on a vehicle (automobile). This vehicle anti-theft device is, for example, an intrusion detection function for detecting a suspicious person's intrusion into a vehicle by detecting a moving body (suspicious person) existing in the vehicle by using an ultrasonic Doppler effect, a regular engine. Unauthorized unlock detection function that detects unlocking of door locks using keys other than keys and wireless signals, and a hazard lamp that sounds a horn on the vehicle when a suspicious person enters or detects unauthorized unlocking. And a warning function for sending a wireless signal for notifying a suspicious person's intrusion detection or unauthorized unlocking detection to a portable reporting device. In addition, the vehicle antitheft device can be switched between a warning mode in which each function is performed and a non-warning mode in which each function is stopped. For example, the door is locked using an engine key or the like when the engine is turned off. When the door lock is properly unlocked using the engine key or the like, the mode is switched to the non-warning mode. Since such a vehicle antitheft device is well known in the art, detailed illustration and description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing this embodiment, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of each of a front surface, a left side surface, a lower surface, and a back surface. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a microcomputer is a main component, and a wireless signal transmission / reception is performed between a signal processing unit 1 that functions as a control unit and a vehicle antitheft device that includes an antenna 2a. Unit 2, LED driving unit 3 that drives a plurality of light emitting diodes LD11, L12,... To emit light, vibration unit 4 that vibrates housing 20 described later using a piezoelectric element, and alarm that drives a buzzer An alarm sound sounding unit 5 that sounds a sound and the like, and a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) switches SW1, SW2, and SW3, and receives an operation input when each of the switches SW1 to SW3 is operated, and receives a signal processing unit 1 An operation input receiving unit 6 that outputs an operation signal to the battery, a secondary battery 7 that is charged by a charger (not shown), and a power supply unit 8 that stabilizes the output of the secondary battery 7 and creates an operating power supply for each unit. It is equipped with a.

  The wireless signal transmission / reception unit 2 transmits and receives a wireless signal using radio waves as a medium, outputs reception data obtained by demodulating the reception signal to the signal processing unit 1, and transmits transmission data passed from the signal processing unit 1. A transmission signal obtained by modulation is converted into a wireless signal and transmitted.

The plurality of light emitting diodes LD11, 12,... Driven by the LED driving unit 3 are red light emitting diodes LD11, LD21, LD31, LD41 whose emission color is red, and green light emitting diodes LD12, LD22 whose emission color is green. , LD32, and LD42, and the red light emitting diode LDm1 and the green light emitting diode LDm2 (m = ₁ , ₂ , ₃ , 4) are combined to form a total of four display portions 9 ₁ , 9 ₂ , 9 ₃ , 9 ₄ Has been. In each display portion 9 _i (i = 1, 2, 3, 4), the two types of light emitting diodes LDm1 and LDm2 are not emitting light (the light is turned off), and only the red light emitting diode LDm1 is emitting light. There are four types of operation states: a state (red lighting state), a state where only the green light emitting diode LDm2 emits light (green lighting state), and a state where both the light emitting diodes LDm1 and LDm2 emit light simultaneously (orange lighting state). Yes, based on a display control command given from the signal processing unit 1, the LED driving unit 3 drives the LED in any operating state. In addition, the LED drive part 3, the display part _9i , the vibration part 4, and the alarm sounding part 5 are equivalent to an alerting | reporting means.

  The operation input receiving unit 6 is connected to three switches SW1, SW2, and SW3 that are normally open contact type tact switches. When the push button 27 (see FIG. 4) is pressed, the normally open contacts of the switches SW1 to SW3 are connected. When the button is closed, the operation input receiving unit 6 receives an operation input. Then, the operation input receiving unit 6 outputs an operation signal corresponding to the switches SW1 to SW3 that have received the operation input to the signal processing unit 1.

  Charging terminals 10a and 10a are connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the secondary battery 7, respectively. Charging supplied from an external charger (not shown) through the pair of charging terminals 10a and 10a. The secondary battery 7 is charged with the current. Reference numerals 10b and 10b are detection terminals, and a charging current is supplied from the charger only when the pair of detection terminals 10b and 10b and the charging terminals 10a and 10a are both connected to the charger. It has come to be. The power supply unit 8 includes a switching regulator IC that uses the secondary battery 7 as a power supply. When the power is off, the switching regulator IC is in a standby mode to reduce power consumption.

  The electronic components constituting each of the above parts are mounted on the printed wiring board P (see FIG. 4) and housed in the housing 20. The housing 20 includes a case 21 made of a synthetic resin molded product and a decorative plate 22 attached to the front surface of the case 21. The case 21 is formed in a flat and substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the antenna 2a is housed in a cylindrical antenna housing portion 21a projecting from one side surface. The antenna 2a is composed of a rod antenna that can be expanded and contracted, and the sensitivity can be increased by pulling out and extending the antenna housing 21a.

  As shown in FIG. 3D, a battery storage chamber (not shown) for storing the secondary battery 7 is provided in the lower part of the back surface of the case 21, and the battery storage chamber is provided by a battery lid 23 that is detachably attached. Covered. In addition, a hole 24 for radiating an alarm sound generated by the alarm sound sounding unit 5 to the outside of the case 21 is provided in an upper portion on the back surface of the case 21. Further, charging terminals 10a and 10a and detection terminals 10b and 10b are exposed on the bottom surface of the case 21 (see FIG. 3C). When the housing 20 is attached to a charger (not shown), the charger side The terminal is in contact with the terminal.

In the left part of the front surface of the case 21 as viewed from the front, four window holes (not shown) for radiating light emitted from the four display portions 9 _i to the outside are arranged in a line at equal intervals in the vertical direction. The three window holes 26 for projecting the operation portion 25a of the operation member 25 forward are also arranged in a line at equal intervals along the vertical direction. (See FIG. 4). As shown in FIG. 4, the operation member 25 has a rectangular plate-like operation part 25 a inserted through the window hole 26 and a size and shape that does not pass through the window hole 26, and is integrally provided at the rear end of the operation part 25 a. And a synthetic resin molded product having a pushing portion 25b for pushing the push buttons 27 of the switches SW1 to SW3.

The decorative plate 22 attached to the front surface of the case 21 is made of a transparent plate material (half mirror) having a mirror surface on one side (front surface), and faces the three window holes 26 on the front surface of the case 21 as shown in FIG. In addition, three insertion holes 22a through which the operation portions 25a of the three operation members 25 are inserted are provided at equal intervals along the vertical direction. Here, the operation portion 25a of the operation member 25 has dimensions in the front-rear direction so that the operation surface (front surface) operated by a human finger is located on the back side of the front surface of the decorative plate 22 (front surface of the housing 20). Is set. That is, since the operation part 25a does not protrude from the front surface of the housing 20, it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation in which the operation member 25 is operated unintentionally. Although not shown, on the front surface of the decorative plate 22, characters representing the type of information displayed by the display unit 9 _i , for example, “ALARM SET”, “SENSOR ALARM”, “WARNING”, “BATTERY” are displayed. ”Are printed in a line along the vertical direction so as to be adjacent to the display unit 9 _i, and characters representing the functions of the switches SW1 to SW3, for example,“ POWER ”,“ SENSOR OFF ”,“ MODE ” Are arranged in a line along the vertical direction so as to be adjacent to the insertion hole 22a.

In the present embodiment, when the switch SW1 is turned on when the power is turned off and an operation input is received by the operation input reception unit 6, the switching regulator IC of the power supply unit 8 is first activated from the standby mode and the signal processing unit 1 Supply operating power to Then, the microcomputer of the signal processing unit 1 is activated from the standby mode and turned on. When the switch SW1 is turned on for 3 seconds or more in the power-on state, both the microcomputer of the signal processing unit 1 and the switching regulator IC of the power supply unit 8 are switched to the standby mode and turned off. After the microcomputer is activated, the signal processing unit 1 calculates the remaining capacity from the voltage of the secondary battery 7 detected by the power supply unit 8 and controls the LED driving unit 3 to emit light corresponding to the remaining capacity (remaining capacity). green if sufficient, if less than one third orange charging if necessary red) user of the remaining capacity of the secondary battery 7 alone is turned a predetermined time the display unit 9 ₄ (vehicle The person who is the owner and carries the portable reporting device, the same shall apply hereinafter). Further, the signal processing unit 1 controls the wireless signal transmission / reception unit 2 to cause the vehicle anti-theft device to transmit a response requesting wireless signal, and also controls the LED driving unit 3 to display the display unit 9 _i in order from bottom to top. Turn on (flash) green one by one. As a result, notification easy to understand the user of the transmission state of the wireless signal by traveling in a direction of arrangement of the display unit 9 _i the light emitted by the display unit 9 _i.

In addition, the signal processing unit 1, if the wireless signal sent back from the vehicle theft prevention device is received by the wireless signal transceiver 2, and controls the LED driving portion 3 turns off the display unit 9 _i, given the opposite time ( If a wireless signal is not received within a few seconds), the LED drive unit 3 is controlled to turn on the three display units 9 ₁ , 9 ₂ , and 9 ₃ in red from the top, and the alarm sounding unit 5 is controlled to emit a warning sound. The user is informed that the wireless signal is out of the communication range by sounding (for example, a sound such as “beep”). Here, a unique identification code is assigned to each of the vehicle antitheft device and the present embodiment (portable notification device), and both can be recognized from each other using the identification code. No wireless signal is sent or received by mistake with the vehicle anti-theft device.

In the vehicle anti-theft device, when an intrusion of a suspicious person into the vehicle is detected, when it is detected that the door lock is illegally unlocked, or when an operation mode notification request is issued from this embodiment (mobile notification device) When a wireless signal is received, a wireless signal for notifying each situation (suspicious person intrusion detection, door lock fraud detection, setting mode) is transmitted. When the wireless signal transmission / reception unit 2 receives the wireless signal, the signal processing unit 1 performs a process of notifying the user of a situation corresponding to the wireless signal by the notification unit. That is, when receiving a suspicious person intrusion detection, signal processing unit 1 and the display section 9 ₂ controls the LED driving portion 3 controls the alarm sound ringing unit 5 simultaneously with the red lights to sound the alarm sound vibrations The user is notified that a suspicious person has entered by controlling the unit 4 to vibrate the housing 20. Also, when receiving a door lock incorrect lock detection, the signal processing unit 1 is sounding an alarm sound by controlling the audible alarm sounding unit 5 and at the same time the display unit 9 ₃ controls the LED driving portion 3 is lit red Further, the vibration unit 4 is controlled to vibrate the housing 20 to notify the user that the door lock has been unlocked illegally. Incidentally, off the switch SW2 or SW3 is turned on during ringing of the alarm sound, the signal processing unit 1 includes LED driver 3, the vibrating unit 4, a warning sound sound unit display 5 is controlled to the portion 9 ₂ or 9 ₃ Then, the vibration of the housing 20 and the alarm sound are stopped.

On the other hand, when the switch SW3 is turned on and an operation input is received by the operation input receiving unit 6 and the operation signal is received from the operation input receiving unit 6, the signal processing unit 1 receives the operation mode notification request from the wireless signal transmitting / receiving unit. This is done by controlling 2 to transmit a wireless signal. The signal processing unit 1 controls the LED driving unit 3 to display the display unit 9 when the setting mode notified from the vehicle anti-theft device in response to the notification request is the warning mode and the intrusion detection function is valid. ₁ only green light for a predetermined time, a warning mode and intrusion detection function only orange lights certain time the display unit 9 ₁ controls the LED driving portion 3 If is invalid, if a non-guard mode the LED drive unit 3 controlled to be turned off the display unit 9 _1. When the switch SW3 is turned on, the signal processing unit 1 calculates the remaining capacity from the voltage of the secondary battery 7 detected by the power supply unit 8, and controls the LED driving unit 3 to emit light according to the remaining capacity. after notifying the user of the remaining capacity of the secondary battery 7 is lit for a certain time the display unit 9 ₄ color, to transmit a wireless signal notification request to the vehicle theft prevention device controls the wireless signal transmitting and receiving section 2 At the same time, the LED driving unit 3 is controlled to turn on (flash) the display units 9 _i one by one in order from the bottom to the top. If there is no response from the vehicle antitheft device within a predetermined time (several seconds), the LED drive unit 3 is controlled to turn on the three display units 9 ₁ , 9 ₂ , 9 _{3 from the top} and turn on the alarm sound. 5 is controlled to sound a warning sound.

  Here, when the switch SW2 is turned on and an operation input is received by the operation input receiving unit 6 and an operation signal is received from the operation input receiving unit 6, the signal processing unit 1 controls the wireless signal transmitting / receiving unit 2 to be a suspicious person. A command for invalidating the intrusion detection function is transmitted to the vehicle antitheft device by a wireless signal. Then, the vehicle antitheft device that has received the command invalidates only the function of detecting suspicious person intrusion while continuing the warning mode.

Thus, in the present embodiment, information to be notified to the user (abnormality and mode setting in the vehicle anti-theft device, remaining capacity of the secondary battery 7, out of communication range) on a plurality (four) of display units 9 _i . Since the plurality of contents can be displayed by distinguishing them according to the on / off state and the emission color, it is possible to reduce the size while increasing the types of information that can be notified. Also, since one of the switches SW1~3 during power-on to display the remaining capacity by the display unit 9 ₄ only when it is turned on, useless as compared with the case of notifying all times the remaining capacity of the secondary battery 7 The remaining capacity can be accurately notified to the user while suppressing power consumption.

It is a circuit block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view same as the above. The same as above, (a) is a front view, (b) is a left side view, (c) is a bottom view, and (d) is a rear view. It is sectional drawing abbreviate | omitted partially same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

First signal processing section 2 wireless signal transceiver 3 LED driving unit 4 vibrating section 5 warning sound sound unit 6 operation input receiving unit 7 secondary battery 8 power unit 9 ₁ to 9 ₄ display unit SW1~SW3 switch

Claims (4)

In response to a control wireless signal transmitted from outside the vehicle that transmits a wireless signal for sounding an suspicious person's intrusion detection while sounding an alarm sound when a suspicious person installed in a vehicle is detected. Used in a vehicle anti-theft system with a vehicle anti-theft device that can switch between valid and invalid intrusion detection,
Wireless signal transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving the wireless signal to / from the vehicle anti-theft device, notification means for notifying various information including detection of intrusion of a suspicious person by light or sound, and operation for turning on / off the power An operation input receiving means for receiving an operation input for switching the intrusion detection to an invalid state for the vehicle antitheft device, an operation input for selecting information to be notified by the notification means from the various information, and By controlling the notification means according to the wireless signal received by the wireless signal transmission / reception means, the intrusion detection of the suspicious person is notified, and the wireless signal transmission / reception means is controlled according to the operation input to the vehicle antitheft device. Command to switch the intrusion detection to the invalid state using a wireless signal and received by the wireless signal transmitting / receiving means. And it controls the notification means in response to a wireless signal or the operation input and a control means for notifying various information to,
The notification means includes a plurality of display units whose emission colors are variable,
The control means causes one or more of the display units to selectively emit light according to the type of the information, and causes each display unit to emit light with a light emission color corresponding to the content of the information. System mobile reporting machine. A housing that houses each of the means and exposes a plurality of the display units arranged in a line on the front surface,
2. The vehicle theft according to claim 1, wherein when the wireless signal is transmitted by controlling the wireless signal transmitting / receiving unit according to the operation input, the control unit causes the plurality of display units to blink in order. Mobile reporting device for prevention system. A battery for supplying power to each means;
The notification means includes a display unit for displaying the remaining capacity of the battery,
The control unit causes the display unit to emit light with a light emission color corresponding to the remaining capacity of the battery by controlling the notification unit when any operation input is received by the operation input receiving unit. The portable information device of the vehicle antitheft system according to claim 1 or 2. A housing for housing each means;
The operation input receiving means includes a plurality of switches for receiving each operation input, and an operation member for operating the switches,
The said operation member is provided in the said housing | casing so that the operation surface operated with a person's finger | toe is located in the back | inner side rather than the front surface of the said housing | casing. A portable reporting device of the vehicle anti-theft system described.

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