RU2202484C1 - Vehicle and immovable property security system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: protection systems. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means of protection of vehicles and immovable property from unauthorized use. User's stationary telephone set, cellular radio telephone and operator's desk of paging communication network are installed outside object under protection and also data processing subsystem connected with above-indicated devices and also with external sources of information provided with server and data storage unit is furnished. Transponder is carried by user. Data remote readout unit to read out data from transponder, cellular mobile communication system module, paging communication receiver and unit to control functional members are mounted on vehicle or object under protection. Additional controller and corresponding indicator are provided for control unit. Data processing server and mobile communication cellular network devices in proposed system enlarged class of algorithms used to form control instructions for object functional members and provide flexible adjustment of algorithms to suit desired purposes. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 1 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to electronic equipment for protecting vehicles (TS) and real estate from unauthorized use.

 There is a known method of controlling the vehicle security system, according to which, when the vehicle is stolen, information about it is transmitted to the central station, code address and command signals are generated, they are transmitted over the air to the vehicle, these signals are decoded and the corresponding vehicle units are blocked, ensuring its forced stop (DE 4318596 A1, B 60 R 25 / 00.08.12.1994).

 The disadvantage of this method lies in the need to create a separate specialized radio communication system with acceptable signal transmission quality, range and bandwidth.

 This drawback is eliminated in inventions in which instead of a specialized radio communication system, channels of standard publicly available communication and data transmission networks are used.

 So, in the CELL-EYE system described in patent WO 00/17021, 60 R 25/04, 25/10, 30.03.2000, remote control of locking / unlocking units of vehicles or devices restricting access to real estate is carried out using a GSM mobile network. The system contains a controller with a memory unit connected via a modem to the GSM module of the cellular mobile network, as well as unauthorized sensors, the outputs of which are connected to the inputs of the vehicle protection system or the protected property, the outputs of which are connected to the controller through the first interface, and an alarm a button connected to one of the controller inputs, the output of which through the second interface is connected to an immobilizer or, in the case of real estate protection, to an access restriction device.

 There is also a method of controlling the vehicle security system, in which the remote access control units use the capabilities of a public paging network. According to this method, when a vehicle owner reports a blocking code to an operator’s office of a paging communication network, an immobilizer is activated via a paging network channel and a vehicle engine is blocked, and a secret unlock code is entered into the immobilizer control unit to compare the engine, compared with the identification code stored in memory and if they coincide, the immobilizer is deactivated, while, as necessary, the blocking and secret unlocking codes are changed, and the identification code is set in de program immobilizer control unit memory through a hidden keyboard (RU 2074826, B 60 R 25/00, 10.03.1997).

 The disadvantage of this method is associated with the lack of the ability to remotely unlock the engine without any manipulation of the data input keyboard that is noticeable to the prying eye.

 This drawback is eliminated in the method according to patent RU 2155683, 60 R 25 / 00.10.09.2000, in which, after the user of the vehicle informs the blocking code of the paging network operator in the operator's office, the immobilizer is activated by the paging channel and blocks the vehicle engine, and To unlock the engine, a secret unlocking code is entered into the immobilizer control unit, compared with the identification code stored in the memory and, if they coincide, deactivate the immobilizer, and, if necessary, change the locking and secret unlocking codes, and the identification code is reprogrammed in the memory of the immobilizer control unit by means of a hidden keyboard, the user of the vehicle is equipped with a transponder card on which the blocking and secret unlocking codes are recorded, the identification code is fixed in the digital memory of the transponder card, and for unlocking the engine and automatically reprogramming the identification code in the memory of the immobilizer control unit, place the transponder card in a special area for remote reading of the identification code from the transponder card to the immobilizer control unit.

 The system that implements this method is the closest in technical essence to the claimed one.

 The disadvantage of this method and the systems that implement it is the limited ability to implement various algorithms for remote control of the functional organs of the protected object, which in practice comes down to blocking / unlocking the vehicle engine by activating / deactivating the immobilizer. This is due to the fact that the server forming the remote control commands in the prototype system is part of the standard equipment of the paging network operator’s bureau. Intervention in the normal mode of its operation can lead to a violation of the normal mode of operation of the entire paging system, which is unacceptable. In addition, a significant portion of vehicle users own cellular phones that have greater capabilities than the pagers to remotely control the vehicle’s functional bodies (central locking, direction indicator, parking lights, dipped beam, power windows, sunroof, air conditioning, rearview mirror, steering column , driver and passenger seats, etc.).

 The objective of the present invention is to expand the capabilities of remote control of the functional organs of the protected object with the possibility of flexible adjustment of control algorithms for specific tasks. At the same time, it is understood that not only vehicles, but also real estate objects (apartments, garages, cottages, etc.) belonging to the owner of the vehicle and other users can act as protected objects.

 To solve this problem, a system that implements the known method of controlling the TS security system and contains a user's stationary telephone connected to a public telephone network or to a dedicated telephone channel, a paging network operator’s office in which the first modem is connected via an output via a telephone message processing server with the input of the second modem, the output of which is connected via the channel of the paging network to the input of the paging receiver located at a removable object, where a control signal generating unit for the functional organs of the guarded object is also installed, the first input of which is connected to the output of the paging receiver, a remote reading unit, the output of which is connected to the second input of the control unit generating signals of the protected object, and the input is inductively coupled to the user has a transponder, an indicator of the control mode of the functional organs of the protected object, the first input of which is connected to the output of the unit for generating control signals for the functional organs of the guarded object, the control outputs of which are connected to the functional organs of the guarded facility, including the immobilizer, is equipped with a subsystem for processing information messages, including a server for processing information messages, an information storage unit, input and output which are connected respectively to the information output and input of the server for processing information messages, the unit for receiving information from external sources, you One of which is connected to the input input of external information of the information processing server, a telephone modem, the input of which is connected to the public telephone network or to a dedicated telephone channel, and the output is to the input of telephone messages receiving the information processing server, a paging modem, input which is connected to the paging output of the information message processing server, and the output is connected to the input of the first modem of the operator office of the paging network, as well as a mobile cellular network link connected via a mobile modem to the input and output of a mobile communication server for processing information messages, and the object module of a mobile mobile network, object mobile modem, and series-connected mobile communication network are introduced into the equipment installed on the protected object a controller, the output of the control commands of which is connected to the third input of the block for generating control signals by the functional organs of the protected object, and the information output to the second the indicator of the control mode of the functional organs of the protected object.

 The drawing shows a functional diagram of the claimed system for protecting vehicles and real estate from unauthorized use.

 The system includes: 1 - stationary telephone set of the user; 2 - subsystem for processing informational messages; 3 - paging network operator bureau; 4 - the first modem; 5 - the second modem; 6 - server processing telephone messages; 7 - paging receiver; 8 - a block for generating control signals for the functional organs of the protected facility; 9 - functional bodies of the protected facility; 10 - transponder (tag or keychain); 11 - channel paging network; 12 - block remote reading; 13 - indicator of the control mode of the functional organs of the protected object; 14 - server processing information messages; 15 - controller; 16 - module mobile cellular network; 17 - object module of a cellular mobile network; 18 - mobile communication modem; 19 - object modem mobile communications; 20 - paging modem; 21 - telephone communication modem; 22 - block receiving information from external sources; 23 - block storage information.

 The stationary telephone set 1 of the user provides the user of the vehicle and / or real estate with the opportunity to connect to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or to a dedicated telephone channel, and the cell phone allows the user to work in a cellular mobile network, for example, in the GSM standard. Through these networks, the user contacts the subsystem 2 for processing information messages, and through it, with the operator bureau 3 of the paging network and the protected object.

A key element of the subsystem 2 for processing informational messages is the server 14 for processing informational messages. Information in it can come from four sources:
- from a PSTN or a dedicated communication channel — through a 21 telephone communication modem;
- from a cellular mobile network - through a series-connected module 16 of a mobile cellular network and a mobile modem 18;
- from external sources of information - through block 22 receiving information from external sources;
- from block 23 information storage.

 One of the outputs of the server 14 for processing information messages through a series-connected paging modem 20 and the first modem 4 of the operator office 3 of the paging network is connected to the input of the server 6 for processing telephone messages of the operator office 3 of the paging network. Another output through the mobile communication modem 18 is connected to the module 16 of the cellular mobile network, through which communication with the equipment installed on the protected object can be provided.

 It is the introduction of an additional server 14 and the equipment of a cellular mobile network into the system that allows us to significantly expand the class of algorithms that can be used to form control commands for the functional organs 9 of the protected object and provide the possibility of flexible adjustment of these algorithms to the tasks being solved.

 As in the prototype system, telephone messages from users are received by the operator office 3 of the paging network, which includes a server 6 for processing telephone messages associated with the first 4 and second 5 modems. The input of the first modem 4 is connected, for example, using a dedicated channel with the output of the paging communication modem 20, which is part of the information message processing subsystem 2.

 The output of the second modem 5 through the channel 11 of the paging network is connected, for example, by radio, with the paging receiver 7, which is part of the equipment of the protected object. The output of the receiver 7 paging communication is connected to the first input of block 8 of the formation of control signals of the functional organs of the protected object. The second input of the unit 8 for generating control signals for the functional organs of the protected object is connected with the output of the remote reading unit 12 inductively coupled to the transponder 10 located at the user’s place. The transponder 10 serves to personify user actions and eliminate the possibility of an impact on the operation of the intruder’s security system. The surface of the transponder 10 is coated with a special one-time coating, for example, paint, secret codes (blocking code, owner’s electronic account codes, etc.) that are visually accessible only after erasing, for example with a coin, a protective coating from the corresponding fields of the transponder 10. In his digital memory, an identification code is fixed, according to which the real estate object "recognizes" its user.

 The third input of the unit 8 for generating control signals for the functional organs of the guarded object is connected to the first output of the controller 15, which is inserted into the system for processing code messages arriving through the "object module 17 of the mobile cellular communication network-modem 19 of cellular communication" circuit from the cellular mobile communication network.

 The control outputs of the unit 8 for generating control signals for the functional bodies of the protected object are connected with the functional bodies 9 of the protected object, for example, with an immobilizer, if the protected object is a vehicle, or with an access restriction device, if the property is under protection .

 One of the outputs of block 8 of the formation of control signals by the functional organs of the protected object is connected to the first input of the indicator 13 of the control modes of the functional organs of the protected object, the second input of which is connected to the second output of the controller 15.

 Blocks 8, 9 and 12 are used in most automotive security systems manufactured by the applicant company (see "Automotive Security Systems". Catalog 2002, Altonika). Possible options for their use in the system under consideration are associated only with changes in software and structural elements, which is not significant from the point of view of the subject invention.

 The ability to display information coming from the controller 15 is provided in the indicator 13 of the control mode of the functional organs of the guarded object through the use of a matrix LED display, as, for example, in the commercially available BLACK BUG SUPER BT-84P security and anti-theft system (see "Automotive security systems" Catalog 2002, Altonika), or a liquid crystal display used in pagers and cell phones.

 As a rule, along with the vehicle’s onboard equipment described above, the vehicle’s protection system also includes unauthorized sensors, sound, light, and, in some cases, radio alarms (see. Automotive Security Systems. Catalog 2002, Altonika). However, the operation of this equipment is not directly related to the subject of this application. The same can be said about the differences between the system of protection against unauthorized use of the vehicle and the system of protection of real estate - for this invention, these differences are also insignificant.

 Since it is unimportant to clarify the essence of the invention whether the protected object is a vehicle or a property, we will restrict ourselves for the sake of simplicity to a consideration of the vehicle's protection system.

 If you want to block the engine (for arming the vehicle or in case of hijacking), the user of the vehicle, who is a subscriber of the paging network, reports this to the user's landline telephone 1 through the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or a dedicated telephone communication channel to subsystem 2 processing informational messages. After processing the message, it is transmitted to the operator office 3 of the paging network. At the same time, the pager address and blocking code are reported to the operator. The operator receives a user message using the first modem 4 and sends a blocking code to the specified address using the second modem 5, using channel 11 of the paging network.

 As the operator can be used as an employee of the operator's office 3, and a special program for processing and transmitting messages installed on the server 6 for processing telephone messages.

 On a vehicle located in the receiving area of the receiving message, a signal with a blocking code is received by the paging receiver 7, sent to the control signal generating unit 8 of the protected object and activates any of the functional organs 9 of the protected object, for example, an immobilizer. The vehicle engine is blocked.

 To block the engine of the vehicle (which may be stolen), the user does not need to know the location of the vehicle. A prerequisite is only the location of the vehicle in the coverage area of channel 11 of the paging network.

 To unlock the engine of the vehicle, a secret unlocking code is entered into the control signal generation block 8 of the functional units of the protected object, which is compared with the identification code stored in the memory of block 8. When they coincide, the specified functional organ 9 is unlocked, for example, as a result, the immobilizer is deactivated.

 The immobilizer can also be deactivated by means of a transponder 10. To do this, the user of the vehicle places the transponder 10 in a specially designated area formed by the emitting antenna of the remote reading unit 12 to remove the identification code from the transponder 10 in the block 8 for generating control signals for the functional organs of the protected object. To read this code in the remote reading unit 12, electromagnetic signals are generated and emitted that activate the digital memory of the transponder 10. In the simplest case, the transponder 10 can serve as an element with a variable (changing in accordance with the identification code) load for the polling signal generator, which is part of the block remote reading 12.

 When changing the secret unlocking code by the user of the vehicle, the transponder 10 is replaced and the identification code is reprogrammed in block 8 of the formation of control signals of the functional organs of the protected object. Entering the reprogramming mode is carried out either as in the prototype system - using a hidden keyboard, or by holding the transponder 10 to the antenna of the remote reading unit 12. One of the outputs of block 8 is connected to the input of the indicator 13 of the control mode of the functional organs 9 of the protected object. The control outputs of block 8 are connected to the functional bodies 9 of the protected object, including an immobilizer - in case the protected object is a vehicle, or with an access restriction system if the real estate object is protected. The remote control circuit of the vehicle’s functional organs using channel 11 of the paging network is implemented in practice in products of the REEF SPACE family (S-300, S-301, S-302, S-303) that are commercially available by the applicant company. It provides remote locking of the car engine (third line of defense) using a paging network and a regular telephone. In S-300 and S-301 products, this lock is cleared by dialing a regular code. In products S-301, S-303 - using a transponder 10.

The models S-302 and S-303 have the following features:
- remote start of the engine of the vehicle;
- turning on the air conditioner;
- inclusion of the heating furnace;
- door openings.

 In addition, the S-300R product provides the possibility of controlling, using the paging network, the elite-class security and anti-theft complexes BLACK BUG SUPER BT-85 and GUARD R-344, also commercially available by the applicant company.

 The second input of the block 8 of the formation of control signals by the functional organs of the protected object is connected to the output of the remote reading unit 12, inductively coupled to the transponder 10.

Introduction to the system of the server 14 for processing informational messages allows not only to realize the above-mentioned potential capabilities of the car security systems of the REEF SPACE family for managing the functional bodies of the vehicle, but also to expand these capabilities even more by using a standard cellular mobile network, for example, the GSM 900 standard / 1800. For this purpose, the system includes:
- to the subsystem for processing informational messages — module 16 of the mobile cellular network, connected via a mobile modem 18 to one of the inputs of the informational message processing server 14;
- the structure of the equipment of the protected object is a series-connected object module 17 of the cellular mobile network, the object modem 19 of the mobile communication and the controller 15, the first output of which is connected to the third input of the block 8 of the formation of control signals of the functional organs 9 of the managed object, and the second output to the additional the input of the indicator 13 of the control mode of the functional organs of the protected object. Through the cellular mobile network, the module 16 and the object module 17 of the cellular mobile network are connected to each other and to the user's cellular telephone.

 An additional extension of the functionality for remote control of the vehicle’s functional bodies is achieved by connecting external sources of information, for example, databases on the current transport situation, information sources of a reference nature, etc. using block 22 for receiving information from external sources to the server 14 for processing information messages and accounting of this external information when the server forms 14 remote control commands by functional bodies of 9 protected objects and service OF DATA.

 All operating modes of the unit 8 for generating the control signals of the functional bodies of the protected object are displayed by the indicator 13 of the functional bodies control mode of the protected object, which, for example, can be lit continuously in the engine blocking mode, and when the lock is turned off, it will first flash rapidly and then go out. The indicator 13 blinks when entering the reprogramming mode of the identification code in the block 8 for generating control signals of the functional bodies of the protected object, as well as in the process of reprogramming it and when writing identification codes from the transponder 10 to the memory of the block 8 for generating control signals for the functional organs of the protected object.

 In addition, the status of the protection system and its nodes can be displayed using mnemonic symbols on the matrix LED display of the indicator 13 of the control mode of the functional organs of the protected object. The display capabilities of the information and the user-friendly interface are further enhanced by the use of a liquid crystal display in the indicator 13.

 The operations described above realize the remote control capabilities of the functional organs of the vehicle inherent in the prototype. In the claimed system, the capabilities of the prototype are significantly expanded by introducing the server 14 for processing information messages into the subsystem 2 for processing information messages and installing an additional controller 15 on board the vehicle, as well as through the introduction of module 16 and the object module 17 of the cellular mobile network into the equipment of the subsystem 2 processing information messages and equipment of the vehicle, respectively. Having a cell phone, the user of the vehicle has the ability to transmit messages through these modules to the subsystem 2 for processing information messages and directly on board the vehicle, as well as receive messages from them in the opposite direction. Via the modem 16 of the cellular mobile network and the object mobile modem 19, these messages are sent to the server 14 for processing information messages and to the controller 15 located on the vehicle, respectively, initiating the specified programs for generating control commands to the functional organs 9 of the protected object.

 For example, the server 14 for processing informational messages can generate in the required format a command package for transmission using the paging modem 20 to the operator office 3 of the paging network. In the specified bureau 3, this message is converted by the first modem 4 into a standard telephone message sent by the clients of this paging network, transmitted to the server 6 for processing telephone messages, and after being converted to the required data transmission format, through the second modem 5 it enters the channel 11 of the paging network . On board the vehicle, the paging communication receiver 7 receives the indicated message and sends it in an agreed format to the first input of the signal generation unit 8 of the control of the functional bodies of the protected object. Further operations have been described above.

 Using the block 22 for receiving information from external sources to the server 14 of the subsystem 2 for processing information messages, the necessary information from external sources can be requested. From the server 14, part of the specified information is redirected to the information storage unit 23 for subsequent retrieval (upon request from the server 14 for processing information messages). At the specified request, the necessary data can be taken from the information storage unit 23 and transmitted via the paging modem 20 to the channel 11 of the paging network for subsequent transmission to users or for automatic input to the vehicle equipment or the protected real estate. In the server 14 for processing informational messages, short text messages can also be generated for transferring them to the user's mobile phone, or code messages for transferring them to the vehicle. The code parcels received by the object module 17 of the cellular mobile network via the object mobile modem 19 are sent to the controller 15 and, depending on the type of message encoded in them, are either transmitted to the control unit 8 generating the control signals of the protected object or displayed on the mode indicator 13 management of functional bodies 9 of the protected facility. In this way, remote control (within the coverage area of the mobile cellular network used) can be carried out by such functional bodies of the vehicle as the engine start system, heating furnace, etc.

 The technology implemented in the claimed system provides the user with the ability to manage the settings of various functional units of the protected object without the use of additional (non-standard) programs, as well as without interfering with the current activities of the operator’s office 3 of the paging network.

 This provides access to external information resources. So, to the server 14 and then to the information storage unit 23, train and airplane flight schedules, terrain maps, optimal traffic routes, including taking into account the current transport situation in the city, information about the trading network, city sights and etc.

 Thus, the combination of essential features of the prototype and newly introduced features allows us to solve the problem. The proposed technical solution represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of anti-theft telecontrolled systems of the REEF SPACE class in the direction of their integration with cellular mobile networks and external databases.

 The applicant company’s experience in the commercial operation of such systems with paging companies indicates the prospects and commercial attractiveness of this area.

Claims (1)

 A system for protecting vehicles and real estate from unauthorized use, comprising a user's stationary telephone connected to a public telephone network or to a dedicated telephone channel, a paging network operator’s office in which the first modem is connected via an output through a telephone message processing server to the input of the second modem the output of which is connected via the channel of the paging communication network to the input of the paging communication receiver located at the guarded object , where a control signal generating unit for the functional organs of the guarded object is also installed, the first input of which is connected to the output of the paging receiver, a remote reading unit, the output of which is connected to the second input of the control unit for generating the control organs of the guarded object, and the input is inductively connected to the user’s transponder, indicator of the control mode of the functional organs of the protected object, the first input of which is connected to the indicator output b a loka for generating control signals for the functional organs of the protected facility, the control outputs of which are connected to the functional bodies of the protected facility, including an immobilizer, characterized in that it is equipped with a subsystem for processing informational messages, including an informational messages processing server, an information storage unit, an input and the output of which is connected respectively to the information output and input of the server for processing information messages, the unit for receiving information from external sources ikov, the output of which is connected to the input input of external information of the server for processing information messages, a telephone communication modem, the input of which is connected to the public telephone network or to a dedicated telephone communication channel, and the output is to the input of receiving telephone messages of the information processing server, paging modem the input of which is connected to the paging output of the information message processing server, and the output is connected to the input of the first modem of the operator office of the paging network, and t also a mobile cellular network module connected via a mobile modem to the input and output of a mobile communication server for processing informational messages, and the object module of a mobile mobile network, object mobile modem, connected in series with each other are introduced into the equipment installed on the protected object and a controller, the output of the control commands of which is connected to the third input of the block for generating control signals by the functional organs of the protected object, and the information output is connected to the sec th input control mode indicator functional bodies of the protected object.