Home security system and vehicle-mounted system used by same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9542821-B2
Application number	US-201214353683-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2012
Priority date	Jan 10, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A home security system includes an in-home system and a vehicle-mounted system, wherein the in-home system includes an in-home sensor that is mounted in a home and is capable of detect a state of the home, and an in-home communication module that is capable of communicating with the vehicle-mounted system to sense an abnormality from information of the in-home sensor, and wherein the vehicle-mounted system includes a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted on a vehicle that is capable of a vehicle outside output, and a vehicle-mounted communication module that is capable of communicating with the in-home system via the in-home communication module, and when the in-home system senses the abnormality, an instruction is received from the in-home system via the in-home communication module and vehicle-mounted communication module to deal with the abnormality using the vehicle-mounted device according to the instruction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A home security system that comprises an in-home system that communicates with a vehicle-mounted system, the in-home system comprising:
an in-home sensor that is installed in a home and is capable of detecting a state of the home;
an in-home system manager configured to sense an abnormality in the state of the home from information of the in-home sensor, and decide to instruct a vehicle-mounted device to deal with the abnormality; and
an in-home communication module that is capable of communicating with a vehicle-mounted communication module in the vehicle-mounted system,
wherein the vehicle-mounted device is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of providing an output outside the vehicle, and the vehicle-mounted communication module is capable of communicating with the in-home system via the in-home communication module,
wherein when the in-home system manager senses the abnormality, the in-home communication module transmits the instruction from the in-home system to the vehicle-mounted communication module thus prompting the vehicle-mounted device to deal with the abnormality according to the instruction,
the vehicle-mounted system further comprising a vehicle-mounted sensor that is mounted on the vehicle and is capable of detecting a state around or inside the vehicle, and
wherein the in-home system manager manages access to the information of the in-home sensor and information of the vehicle-mounted sensor by an external terminal such that, when the abnormality is sensed, the in-home system permits the information of the in-home sensor and the information of the vehicle-mounted sensor to be browsed from the external terminal, and
wherein the in-home system confirms which type of the vehicle-mounted device is mounted on the vehicle when the communication between the in-home system and the vehicle-mounted system is established by the in-home communication module and the vehicle-mounted communication module.

2. The home security system according to claim 1 , wherein when the in-home system manager senses the abnormality, the in-home system instructs the vehicle-mounted system to output a message to surroundings of the vehicle using a speaker that is the vehicle-mounted device.

3. The home security system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the in-home system manager senses the abnormality, if the abnormality is determined to be due to a suspicious person, the in-home system instructs the vehicle-mounted system to perform an output to threaten the suspicious person using the vehicle-mounted device.

4. The home security system according to claim 1 , wherein the in-home system further comprises a contact database in which a registrant or a registered facility to be notified of the abnormality is registered in advance when the abnormality occurs,
wherein when the abnormality is sensed, the system notifies the registrant or registered facility registered in advance in the contact database of the effect that the abnormality is sensed via the in-home communication module and the vehicle-mounted communication module.

5. The home security system according to claim 1 , wherein the in-home system further comprises an access destination database in which a registrant or a registered facility capable of accessing the home security system from the external terminal is registered in advance, and a gateway module that performs access restriction on the basis of the access destination database, and
wherein in an access from the external terminal, the access is done through the vehicle-mounted communication module and the gateway module.

6. The home security system according to claim 5 , wherein when the abnormality is sensed, the in-home system permits the in-home sensor, the vehicle-mounted sensor and the vehicle-mounted device to be operated from the external terminal of the registrant or the registered facility registered in advance in the access destination database through the gateway module.

7. The home security system according to claim 4 , wherein the vehicle-mounted system further comprises a microphone, and wherein when the abnormality is sensed, the in-home system makes a phone call to an external terminal of the registrant or the registered facility registered in advance in the contact database.

8. The home security system according to claim 1 , wherein the in-home system further comprises a charging module, and the vehicle-mounted system further comprises a vehicle-mounted battery and a blackout sensing module, and
wherein power required to activate the in-home system is supplied from the vehicle-mounted battery to the charging module when the blackout sensing module senses a blackout in the in-home system.

9. A home security system that comprises an in-home system and a vehicle-mounted system,
the in-home system comprising an in-home sensor that is installed in a home and is capable of detecting a state of the home, and an in-home communication module that is capable of communicating with the vehicle-mounted system to sense an abnormality from information of the in-home sensor, and
the vehicle-mounted system comprising a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of a vehicle outside output, and a vehicle-mounted communication module that is capable of communicating with the in-home system via the in-home communication module,
wherein when the in-home system senses the abnormality, an instruction is received from the in-home system via the in-home communication module and vehicle-mounted communication module to deal with the abnormality using the vehicle-mounted device according to the instruction,
the vehicle-mounted system further comprising a vehicle-mounted sensor that is mounted on the vehicle and is capable of detecting a state around or inside the vehicle, and
wherein when the abnormality is sensed, the in-home system permits the information of the in-home sensor and the vehicle-mounted sensor to be browsed from an external terminal,
wherein the in-home system further comprises an available vehicle information database in which available nearby vehicles are registered in advance when the abnormality occurs, along with information indicative of an order of priority of said available nearby vehicles, and
wherein when the abnormality is sensed, a vehicle-mounted system mounted on the nearby vehicle registered in advance in the available vehicle information database is instructed to deal with the abnormality.

10. The home security system according to claim 9 , wherein the vehicle-mounted system further comprises a vehicle-mounted storage medium, and
wherein the information from the in-home sensor is constantly stored in the vehicle-mounted storage medium when the communication between the in-home system and the vehicle-mounted system is established by the in-home communication module and the vehicle-mounted communication module.

11. The home security system according to claim 9 , wherein the vehicle-mounted system further comprises a vehicle-mounted-system operation authority database that also holds operation propriety information from the external terminal to the vehicle-mounted system, in the registrant or the registered facility capable of accessing the home security system,
wherein the in-home system further comprises an in-home-system operation authority database that also holds operation propriety information from the external terminal to the in-home system, in the registrant or the registered facility registered in advance in the access destination database, and
wherein the operation authority from the external to the registrant or the registered facility registered in advance in the access destination database i

Assignees

• Watanabe Yoshiaki
• Abukawa Masahiro
• Mitsui Takeshi
• Mizuguchi Takehisa
• Nakai Yoshihiro
• Matsubara Tsutomu
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Yoshiaki
• Abukawa Masahiro
• Mitsui Takeshi
• Mizuguchi Takehisa
• Nakai Yoshihiro
• Matsubara Tsutomu

Classifications

• G08B15/00

  Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives · CPC title

• G08B25/009

  Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range · CPC title

• G08G1/0962

  having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages · CPC title

• G08B25/14

  Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements · CPC title

• G08B7/064 Primary

  indicating houses needing emergency help, e.g. with a flashing light or sound · CPC title