JPH10315917A - Alarm device of abnormal condition such as theft of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give an alarm securely to a person such as a driver who is away from an automobile using a portable telephone circuit even when an indefinite person or the driver is not near the automobile. SOLUTION: This alarm device has an abnormality monitoring sensor 5 which monitors the presence or absence of abnormality such as the approach, contact, or entry of a person to an automobile and an alarm circuit part which outputs an alarm signal when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality monitoring sensor 5 which are provided in the automobile. A portable telephone set 12 calls the telephone number of a person to be informed which is memorized in advance when it receives the alarm signal outputted by the alarm circuit part to transmit an alarm by sound.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is installed in a car, monitors whether a person touches, invades, or approaches a car while parked, and issues a warning notification to a driver or a specific report destination. The present invention relates to an alarm device for detecting an abnormal state, such as a theft of a vehicle, which prevents the theft of an automobile or articles in the vehicle, and detects other abnormal states.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to prevent the theft of the vehicle itself and articles in the vehicle, the vehicle is provided with switches and sensors such as a door pin switch for detecting opening and closing of a door. When a horn is activated, a horn is activated to generate an alarm sound, or a light is turned on or blinked to notify an unspecified person in the vicinity that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle. . According to this, for example, a person who attempts to harm the vehicle body or attempts to invade the vehicle body can be discouraged from doing so.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing such a conventional anti-theft alarm device for a vehicle. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an alarm circuit, which receives a control signal from a remote control transmitter 2 by a remote control receiver 3. Microprocessor (CP)
U) and an abnormality detection signal from the radar sensor 5 or the vibration sensor 6, and the controller 4
And a drive circuit 7 for driving a horn or a light under the control of.

Here, the radar sensor 5 functions to detect an intrusion in a set area of a person before the person touches the car. Therefore, by adjusting the sensitivity of the radar sensor 5, the radar sensor 5 is used. It is possible to detect a movement of a person outside or a movement when a hand is put into a car such as a convertible car. The vibration sensor 6 detects vibrations of the vehicle body due to opening and closing operations of a door or a trunk of the car.

Although the radar sensor 5 and the vibration sensor 6 can be built in the alarm circuit section 1, their mounting locations can be freely selected in order to sufficiently exhibit their detection functions. From the meaning, it is desirable to be external.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a small siren that generates different patterns of voices or alarm sounds when the alarm or alarm release mode is set.

In the vehicle anti-theft alarm device having such a configuration, when a control signal is transmitted by the remote control transmitter 2 and the controller 4 of the alarm circuit unit 1 sets an alarm, the vibration sensor 6 operates the vehicle. When the controller 4 detects that the vehicle body has been vibrated by touching the vehicle body, for example, by opening a door, the controller 4 causes the drive circuit 7 to sound a horn or turn on a light.

[0008] Similarly, when the radar sensor 5 detects that a person has approached the car, an alarm is generated by sounding or lighting as described above.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another conventional anti-theft alarm device for automobiles. This connects the transmitter 9 to the drive circuit 7 in the alarm circuit section 1, and the transmitter 9
An alarm signal is transmitted from the antenna 10 to a receiver 11 such as a pager, which is a one-way signal display terminal carried when the driver gets out of the vehicle.

According to this, not only is it possible to issue an alarm to the vicinity of the automobile, but also to issue an alarm for theft or theft to a driver or the like who is carrying the pager away from the automobile.
Therefore, even if the driver is away from the vehicle, the driver can take aggressive measures against theft and take measures.

[0011]

However, in the conventional vehicle anti-theft alarm device shown in FIG. 2, since the alarm means is only a horn or a light attached to the automobile, an unspecified person near the automobile can be used. The driver of the car (owner) who can inform the car but is away from the car
Can not know that an abnormality has occurred in his or her vehicle, and when nobody is around the vehicle, there is a problem that the horn or the like cannot provide any warning effect.

In the conventional anti-theft alarm device for a vehicle as shown in FIG. 3, since the transmitter 9 is connected, the owner (driver) or the like of the receiver 11 who is away from the vehicle is abnormal. Although it is possible to notify that a car has occurred, the radio waves that can be used are limited to radio waves of small power, so the distance to the car must be relatively short, and when entering a building etc. Has a problem that the radio wave does not reach the receiver 11 and the alarm notification cannot be reliably performed. The destination of the report is, of course, limited to the owner of the receiver 11.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem. Even when there is no unspecified person or driver in the vicinity of the car, the present invention is carried out to a driver located away from the car or to an appropriate report destination. It is an object of the present invention to provide an alarm device for an abnormal condition such as theft of a car, which can surely notify an alarm of the theft and other abnormal conditions using a telephone line.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, an alarm device for abnormal conditions such as theft of a vehicle according to the invention of claim 1 is installed in a vehicle, and the approach of a person to the vehicle,
An abnormality monitoring sensor that monitors the presence or absence of an abnormality such as contact or intrusion, and an alarm circuit that outputs an alarm signal when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality monitoring sensor, receives an alarm signal output by the alarm circuit, A telephone is called to a telephone number of a report partner stored in a mobile phone in advance, and an alarm is transmitted by voice.

In a second aspect of the present invention, the abnormal condition monitoring device for an automobile, such as a theft, is configured such that the abnormality monitoring sensor is a radar sensor for detecting a person entering a set area of the automobile.

In the third aspect of the present invention, the abnormal condition alarming device for an automobile, such as a theft, has the abnormality monitoring sensor as a vibration sensor for detecting vibration caused by contact of a vehicle body with a person. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for alarming an abnormal condition such as theft of a vehicle, wherein the abnormality monitoring sensor is a temperature sensor.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for alarming an abnormal condition such as theft of a vehicle, wherein the alarm circuit receives a control command from a remote controller, and the remote controller receives the control command. A controller for setting the alarm circuit to one of an alarm operation mode and an alarm release mode based on a signal.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a warning device for an abnormal state of a car, such as a theft, for selecting a telephone number of a report destination in the alarm circuit section and setting the same in the portable telephone. A changeover switch is provided.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the abnormal condition alarm device for a car theft or the like receives the control command from the remote control transmitter, and the alarm circuit unit operates in any of an alarm operation mode and an alarm release mode. A siren that outputs a signal for identifying the sound by sound is provided.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a device for alarming an abnormal condition such as theft of a vehicle according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an alarm circuit, which receives a control signal from a remote control transmitter 2 by a remote control receiver 3. The controller 4 includes a microprocessor 4 for setting either an alarm or an alarm release mode, and receives an abnormality detection signal from a radar sensor 5, a vibration sensor 6, or a temperature sensor 15 as an abnormality monitoring sensor, and controls the controller 4. Below,
As will be described later, there is provided a sound generation device 7 for notifying the called party of the call that the alarm operation has been performed by sound based on the sound output signal.

Here, the radar sensor 5 functions to detect the approach of a person before the person touches the automobile, and therefore, by adjusting the sensitivity of the radar sensor 5,
It is possible to detect a movement of a person outside a car or a movement when a hand is put into a car such as a convertible car. The vibration sensor 6 detects vibration of the vehicle body due to opening and closing operations of a door or a trunk of the car. Further, the temperature sensor 15 detects an abnormal temperature inside the vehicle, for example, when it is necessary to leave the vehicle with an infant or pet on the vehicle. Then, a parent or the like is informed to prevent danger to infants and the like.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a small siren that generates a different pattern of voice or alarm sound when the alarm or alarm release mode is set.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a portable telephone connected to the controller 4 of the alarm circuit section 1, which receives an abnormality detection output from the radar sensor 5 or the vibration sensor 6, determines a state requiring alertness, and stores it in a memory in advance. The function is to notify the receiver of the report destination telephone set, that is, another portable telephone carried by the driver or the like or a pager.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a destination number changeover switch connected to the controller 4 for switching and selecting the telephone number of the report destination. The actual telephone number of the report destination is set to, for example, “abbreviated 01” and “abbreviated 02” by using the abbreviated dial storage function of the mobile phone 12.

Next, the operation will be described. First, when the driver stops the car in a parking lot or the like and intends to leave the car, the driver uses the remote control transmitter 2 from outside the car to set either the alarm mode or the alarm release mode. The control signal is transmitted to the device 3.

The remote control receiver 3 receives the control signal and determines that the control signal is for the alarm circuit unit 1 corresponding to the vehicle.
Inform The controller 4 sets the alarm circuit 1 to an alarm or an alarm release mode according to the reception result, and outputs a different pattern sound, for example, "beep" or "beep" from the siren 8 according to the set state. .

As a result, by listening to these sounds, the reception of the transmission signal from the remote control transmitter 2
Also, the setting state of the mode can be easily confirmed.

When the alarm circuit 1 is in the alarm setting mode as described above, when the radar sensor 5 detects that a person approaches the automobile, or when the vibration sensor 6
When detecting a vibration of the vehicle body caused by a person trying to enter a vehicle cabin, opening or closing a door or a trunk, or detecting an abnormal temperature in the vehicle by a temperature sensor 15, a controller is provided based on the detection signal. Reference numeral 4 outputs an alarm signal to the mobile phone 12 as information necessary for caution.

For this reason, the mobile telephone 12 is selected by the destination telephone number specified in advance, for example, the destination telephone connected to the controller 4 by the report destination number switch 13 connected to the controller 4. Abbreviated number,
A call is automatically made to the other party's telephone, and the report destination receiving the call is notified that the alarm operation has been performed by a sound based on a sound output signal from the sound generator 7.

For example, when the radar sensor 5 operates, the other party is notified by voice that "This is an alarm. The radar sensor has operated." For this reason, the other party, such as a driver, that has received this sound can immediately go straight to the place where the car is located to avoid or minimize theft. Examples of the abnormality monitoring sensor include a voltage sensor for detecting that the user has forgotten to turn off the light, and other various sensors that operate in an unmanned state without requiring any operation by a person.

[0031]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is installed in a car and the approach of a person to the car,
An abnormality monitoring sensor that monitors the presence or absence of an abnormality such as contact or intrusion, and an alarm circuit that outputs an alarm signal when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality monitoring sensor, receives an alarm signal output by the alarm circuit, Since the mobile phone is configured to make a call to the telephone number of the report destination stored in advance and to send an alert by voice, even when there is no unspecified person or driver near the car, the user leaves the car. The effect is obtained that the alarm notification can be reliably performed to the driver at the position or the appropriate report destination using the mobile phone line.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the abnormality monitoring sensor is configured to be a radar sensor for detecting the intrusion of a person into a certain set area of the vehicle, the abnormality monitoring sensor has left the preliminary theft state. The effect is obtained that the driver or the person concerned at the place can be notified promptly and reliably.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the abnormality monitoring sensor is configured to be a vibration sensor for detecting a vibration caused by a person coming into contact with the body of the automobile.
The effect of being able to reliably and promptly notify a driver or a person at a remote location that the vehicle is actually stolen is obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the abnormality monitoring sensor is configured to be a temperature sensor for detecting an abnormal temperature inside the vehicle, it is possible to determine that the inside of the vehicle is in an abnormal temperature state and to operate in a remote place. It is possible to obtain an effect that the notification can be reliably and promptly made to the person or the person concerned. Further, according to the invention of claim 5, the alarm circuit unit includes a remote control receiver that receives a control command from a remote control transmitter, and the alarm circuit unit performs an alarm operation based on a signal received by the remote control receiver. Since the controller for setting any one of the modes for canceling the alarm is provided, an effect is obtained that the mode of the alarm or the alarm canceling of the alarm circuit unit in the vehicle compartment can be arbitrarily set from a suitable place outside the vehicle compartment.

According to the invention of claim 6, the alarm circuit section is provided with a report destination number changeover switch for selecting a telephone number of a report destination and setting it to the portable telephone. As a result, it is possible to easily and reliably specify the destination to be notified of the alarm from the car from the alarm circuit unit that does not have a numeric keypad, etc., and make it possible to talk with the other party's telephone, thereby simplifying the system and reducing cost. The effect is obtained. In addition, when a car is shared by multiple people, it is necessary to exchange the telephone connected to the alarm circuit unit and send the alarm notification to the appropriate notification partner according to the actual user without fail. Can be.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, in response to a control command from the remote control transmitter, a signal is output by sound to identify whether the alarm circuit section is in an alarm operation mode or an alarm release mode. Since the siren to be output is connected to the alarm circuit section, an effect is obtained that the mode set from outside the vehicle compartment can easily be distinguished from the alarm mode or the alarm release mode by a sound pattern. In addition, by selecting the abnormality monitoring sensor, various abnormal states can be reliably and quickly known at a remote place.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a vehicle anti-theft alarm device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional automobile anti-theft alarm device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another conventional anti-theft alarm device for a vehicle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 alarm circuit section 2 remote control transmitter 3 remote control receiver 4 controller 5 radar sensor (abnormality monitoring sensor) 6 vibration sensor (abnormality start sensor) 8 siren 12 mobile phone 13 report destination number switch

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An abnormality monitoring sensor that is installed in a vehicle and monitors whether there is an abnormality such as approach, contact or intrusion of a person to the vehicle, and an alarm circuit that outputs an alarm signal when the abnormality monitoring sensor detects an abnormality. A mobile phone that receives an alarm signal output by the alarm circuit unit, makes a call to a telephone number of a notification destination stored in advance, and transmits an alarm by voice. Etc. Prevention alarm device. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality monitoring sensor is a radar sensor for detecting an intrusion of a person into a certain set area of the vehicle. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality monitoring sensor is a vibration sensor that detects a vibration caused by a person touching the body of the vehicle. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality inspection sensor is a temperature sensor for detecting an abnormal temperature inside the vehicle. 5. An alarm circuit unit, comprising: a remote control receiver for receiving a control command from a remote control transmitter; and an alarm circuit unit for performing one of an alarm operation and an alarm release based on a signal received by the remote control receiver. The abnormal condition alarm device for an automobile, such as a theft, according to claim 1, further comprising a controller for setting the mode. 6. The automobile according to claim 1, wherein the alarm circuit unit has a report destination number changeover switch for selecting a report destination telephone number and setting the same on the mobile phone. Alarm device for abnormal conditions such as theft. 7. The alarm circuit section receives a control command from the remote control transmitter, and outputs a sound signal for identifying whether the alarm circuit section is in an alarm operation mode or an alarm release mode. The abnormal condition alarm device for theft of a car according to claim 4, wherein a siren is connected.