Method and system for monitoring a base device by means of a mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11367334-B2
Application number	US-201716086210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	Mar 22, 2016
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a base device (11), in particular a building or part of a building or a vehicle, by means of a mobile terminal (10), wherein the base device (11) has at least one heating device, in particular with a temperature sensor, comprising the steps: determining a current state of the base device (11) by means of the heating device, in particular comprising determining a current temperature at or in the base device (11) by the temperature sensor of the heating device and/or determining an energy supply of the heating device, checking whether the current state is a normal state or an abnormal state and/or whether the current change in state is a normal change in state or an abnormal change in state, and outputting of corresponding information to the mobile terminal (10) and/or by said mobile terminal, at least when an abnormal state and/or an abnormal change in state is detected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for monitoring a vehicle by means of a mobile terminal, wherein the vehicle has at least one heating device having a temperature sensor, comprising the steps of:
a) determining a present state of the vehicle by determining a present temperature on or in the vehicle with the temperature sensor of the heating device and/or determining a supply of power to the heating device,
b) checking whether the present state is a normal change of state or an abnormal change of state, the abnormal change of state being ascertained by forming a difference, and/or a differential, and/or a quotient from the present state of the vehicle and a preceding determined state of the vehicle_and
c) outputting applicable information to the and/or with the mobile terminal at least in the event of discovery of an abnormal change of state,
wherein the present state and/or the present change of state is checked for the possibility of a theft.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein in step a) a cooling fluid temperature inside the vehicle is measured, wherein an abnormal state is discovered in the event of a predetermined cooling fluid temperature being exceeded and/or an abnormal change of state is discovered in the event of a predetermined rise in cooling fluid temperature being exceeded.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in step a) a voltage applied to the heater is measured, wherein an abnormal state is discovered in the event of a predetermined voltage being exceeded and/or an abnormal change of state is discovered in the event of a predetermined rise in voltage being exceeded.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein discovery of an abnormal state results in an automatic call and/or a text message being sent to the mobile terminal and/or discovery of an abnormal state results in a visual and/or audible warning being generated in the mobile terminal, e.g. by means of an application installed therein.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein step a) and/or b) and/or c) is initiated by an input into the mobile terminal.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein step b) and/or c) are performed by the mobile terminal or the vehicle.

7. A system for monitoring a vehicle with a mobile terminal, wherein the vehicle has at least one heating device having a temperature sensor, comprising:
at least one determination device for determining a present state of the vehicle with the heating device comprising determining a present temperature on or in the vehicle with the temperature sensor of the heating device and/or determining a supply of power to the heating device,
a checking device for checking whether the present change of state is a normal change of state or an abnormal change of state, wherein the change of state is ascertained by forming a difference, and/or a differential, and/or a quotient from the present state of the vehicle and a preceding determined state of the vehicle_and
an output device for outputting applicable information to the mobile terminal and/or with the mobile terminal at least in the event of discovery of an abnormal change of state,
wherein the present state and/or the present change of state is checked for the possibility of a theft.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one temperature sensor for determining a cooling fluid temperature and/or at least one determination device for determining a supply of power applied to the heater is provided.

9. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the mobile terminal is a cell phone.

10. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the checking device and/or the output device are part(s) of the vehicle and/or of the mobile terminal.

11. A storage medium containing instructions that prompt at least one processor to implement a method as claimed in claim 1 when the instructions are executed by the processor.

12. The method of claim 2 , wherein the cooling fluid temperature is a cooling water temperature.

13. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the determination device for determining a supply of power determines a voltage.

14. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the present state and/or the present change of state is checked for the possibility of a fire.

15. The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the present state and/or the present change of state is checked for the possibility of a fire.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Bäcker Christian
• Pöhner Michael
• Habbel Georg
• Schweyer Christian
• Beckers Markus
• Rutsche Andreas
• Wegener Fritz
• Zoske Martin
• Schwanecke Michael

Classifications

• G08B17/06 Primary

  Electric actuation of the alarm, e.g. using a thermally-operated switch · CPC title

• H04M11/002

  with telemetering systems (telemetering in general G08C) · CPC title

• H04M11/04 Primary

  with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems · CPC title

• G08B21/182 Primary

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title