Vehicle anti-theft device, vehicle anti-theft method, and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11820328-B2
Application number	US-201916968660-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2019
Priority date	Feb 9, 2018
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

This vehicle anti-theft device comprises: a wireless receiver that is installed in a vehicle and receives information including the ID of a portable device transmitted wirelessly from the portable device; a first registration processing unit that registers a first ID received by the wireless receiver, using a predefined procedure, as the ID of the portable device belonging to an owner group; a second registration processing unit that, when a second ID is received by the wireless receiver together with the ID registered by the first registration processing unit, registers the second ID as the ID of the portable device belonging to an affiliate group; and a theft determination processing unit that, on detecting movement of the vehicle without having received the ID registered by the first registration processing unit or the ID registered by the second registration processing unit at that time, determines that the vehicle is in a stolen state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle anti-theft device provided in a vehicle comprising:
a radio receiver for receiving information including an ID of a mobile device wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device;
a radio wave intensity measurement unit for measuring the intensity of the radio wave received from the mobile device;
a first registration processing unit for registering a first ID received by the radio receiver in a predetermined procedure as an ID of a mobile device belonging to an owner group;
a second registration processing unit for registering a second ID received by the radio receiver together with the ID registered in the first registration processing unit as an ID of a mobile device belonging to a concerned person group; and
a theft determination processing unit for determining the vehicle being in a stolen state when the movement of the vehicle is detected while it is received no ID registered in the first registration processing unit or in the second registration processing unit at that time;
wherein the second registration processing unit is configured to register the second ID as an ID of a mobile device belonging to the concerned person group when the degree of change in the reception radio wave intensity from the mobile device having the second ID is similar to that from a mobile device having an ID registered in the first registration processing unit.

2. The vehicle anti-theft device according to claim 1 , wherein the second registration processing unit is configured to register the second ID as an ID of a mobile device belonging to the concerned person group when the number of times the degree of change in the reception radio wave intensity from the mobile device having the second ID being similar to that from a mobile device having an ID registered in the first registration processing unit exceeds a predetermined number of times.

3. The vehicle anti-theft device according to claim 1 , wherein the second registration processing unit is configured to register the second ID as an ID of a mobile device belonging to the concerned person group when a movement of the vehicle is detected and both of the degree of change in the reception radio wave intensity from a mobile device having an ID registered in the first registration processing unit and that from the mobile device having the second ID are smaller than a predetermined value.

4. A vehicle anti-theft method including steps of:
registering IDs each included in information transmitted from a predetermined mobile device having an ID and received by a radio receiver;
measuring the intensity of the radio wave received from the mobile device; and
determining a vehicle being in a stolen state when a movement of the vehicle is detected while no information including a registered ID is received at that time;
wherein:
the step of registering includes:
a first registration step for registering a first ID received by the radio receiver in a predetermined procedure as an ID of a mobile device belonging to an owner group; and
a second registration step for registering a second ID received by the radio receiver together with the ID registered in the first registration step and the degree of change in the reception radio wave intensity from the mobile device having the second ID being similar to that from a mobile device having an ID registered in the first registration step as an ID of a mobile device belonging to a concerned person group; and
the step of determining is executed in a state where it is received no ID registered in the first registration step or in the second registration step at that time.

5. A computer program executed by a processor of a vehicle anti-theft device provided in a vehicle when installed in the processor to perform steps of:
registering IDs each included in information transmitted from a predetermined mobile device having an ID and received by a radio receiver;
measuring the intensity of the radio wave received from the mobile device; and
determining a vehicle being in a stolen state when a movement of the vehicle is detected while no information including a registered ID is received at that time;
wherein:
the step of registering includes:
a first registration step for registering a first ID received by the radio receiver in a predetermined procedure as an ID of a mobile device belonging to an owner group; and
a second registration step for registering a second ID received by the radio receiver together with the ID registered in the first registration step as an ID of a mobile device belonging to a concerned person group and the degree of change in the reception radio wave intensity from the mobile device having the second ID being similar to that from a mobile device having an ID registered in the first registration step; and
the step of determining is executed in a state where it is received no ID registered in the first registration step or in the second registration step at that time.

Assignees

• Jvckenwood Corp

Inventors

• Sekine Takafumi
• Yokoyama Hiroaki

Classifications

• B60R25/24 Primary

  using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user · CPC title

• B60R25/225

  key in lock presence switch · CPC title

• E05B49/00

  Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor {; Mechanical aspects of electronic locks; Mechanical keys therefor (arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; mechanisms including electronic locks actuated by nonmechanical keys such as passive and active electrical keys and other data carriers G07C9/00, G07F7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00)} · CPC title