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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7825780 | Cellular augmented vehicle alarm notification together with location services for position of an alarming vehicle A cellular alarm notification signal is received wirelessly from an alarming vehicle, and a position of a cellular transceiver of the alarming vehicle is requested and provided to police, security, emergency personnel, and/or surveillance cameras. A vehicle alarm no... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7812711 | Passenger vehicle safety and monitoring system and method A passenger vehicle safety system is provided which comprises a violation system, a warning system or an inside system. The violation system collects evidence of traffic violation occurring in a vicinity of a passenger vehicle. The warning system provides a warning ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7466218 | System and method of controlling vehicle communications during emergency conditions A method and a system for controlling communications between a vehicle telematics device and a call center. The method includes determining an emergency condition. A communications priority is determined. Information is selectively communicated between the vehicle t... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7443286 | Anti-theft system for vehicle and anti-theft device for vehicle An anti-theft system for a vehicle includes an on-vehicle machine including reporting means configured to report by radio an illegal activity affecting the vehicle to a designated opponent to be reported to in a case where the illegal activity is detected; and an ex... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432796 | Security control system for managing registration of ID codes for portable devices A security control system for improving security. The security control system includes a portable device, having a communication function and a portable device ID code. A security controller includes a memory for recording a controller ID code. The security controll... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7420467 | RFID asset management method and system for vehicles A method for inventorying and monitoring an asset located in an vehicle asset management area. The method involves an inventorying of a presence of an asset within an vehicle asset management area based on a detection of a RFID tag associated with the asset within t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7394349 | Device and method to detect presence in a motor vehicle A device to detect the presence of a living being in a motor vehicle includes a carbon dioxide sensor to measure a concentration value representing the carbon dioxide concentration in the motor vehicle, an analysis... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7369035 | Motorcycle electronic key system In an electronic key system for a motorcycle including the control unit mounted on a specific vehicle and a mobile transmitter-receiver carried by a user, the specific vehicle includeing an openable and closable seat on which the user sits, and is provided with a st... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355511 | Notification managing apparatus and notification managing method for vehicle An apparatus for managing a notification from an in-vehicle device to a person to be notified includes an information acquiring unit that acquires information on the person; and a means selecting unit that selects a notification means based on the information acquir... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342483 | Method for contacting stolen vehicles A method and system for locating a stolen vehicle includes the steps of receiving at least one stolen vehicle input associated with the stolen vehicle at a call center and assigning a first ping rate responsive to the input. An automated request is sent in accordanc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336001 | Door lock control device A door lock control device prevents deterioration in anti-theft property of a vehicle by restricting unjust cancellation of a locked state of a door of the vehicle. In-vehicle operation detecting means detects a predetermined operation performed in a compartment of ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327229 | Proactive anti-theft system and method A proactive anti-theft system and method for a vehicle that contacts a call center and a 911 center. The call center communicates with the local police dispatch center and contacts the vehicle's owner to confirm theft or other incident involving the vehicle. The ant... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327230 | Vehicle immobiliser/alarm A security system having security devices with hierarchical levels of access provided to coded keys which may be hand held transmitter units, is disclosed. The levels of access are master which is restricted to the manufacturer, seller and installer, supervisor whic... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319392 | Glassbreak alarm recorder for false alarm verification A glass breakage detector (100) having an acoustic transducer (102) for sensing first acoustic waves (130) and for providing a first analog signal (110) representative of the received first acoustic waves (130), an analog to digita... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315242 | Combination car alarm and personal locator system A combination vehicle alarm and locator device. The device includes a housing, a vehicle alarm activator positioned within the housing including a transmitter for activating an alarm system on a vehicle and an infrared transmitting device located in the housing for ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312696 | Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods A vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller. The controller may cooperate with the vehicle position determining device and the wireless communications device to send vehicle position i... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298246 | Vehicle security monitoring device A vehicle security monitoring device monitors sound or movement within a vehicle to determine an abnormal condition such as intrusion of a thief. Upon determination, the device transmits sound picked up within the vehicle to a portable monitor unit carried by the ow... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7286045 | Method for identifying vehicles A method for identifying a vehicle includes receiving a stolen vehicle input at a call center and receiving a confirmation input at a call center. A vehicle code display command is sent from the call center to a telematics unit of the stolen vehicle and a vehicle co... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7250851 | Method for locating sensors mounted each on a vehicle wheel Each sensor is provided with an emitter and the vehicle is provided with a corresponding receiver adapted to receive signals emitted by each sensor. The receiver is provided with at least one antenna disposed such that it is not located substantially equidistantly f... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245200 | Door unlocking controller and control method thereof When a request to unlock a door of one side portion of a vehicle is input, an ID request signal is transmitted from a first transmitting antenna provided in the one side portion, and an alarm signal is transmitted from a second transmitting antenna provided in the o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245210 | Vehicle electronic key system A vehicle electronic key system includes a control device mounted on a vehicle and an electronic key for transmitting a response signal in response to reception of a request signal from the control device. The control device includes means for outputting a request s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233234 | Airbag electrical control unit An airbag electrical control unit mounted in a vehicle includes a position detecting circuit that detects a current position of the vehicle; a computing circuit that computes impact that the vehicle undergoes using a signal from a sensor; and a notifying circuit tha... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230349 | High intensity discharge lamp ballast with anti-theft operating mode A high intensity discharge (HID) assembly comprises ballast circuits which includes a micro-controller, and an HID headlamp. In order to deter theft of the HID assembly from a vehicle, the micro-controller communicates with a vehicle computer, checks the VIN of the ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7206645 | Mobile, unitary, wall-plugged, temperature and/or power monitoring and warning system for critical spaces A system comprising a housing, an electrical bus, a connector module for connecting the electrical bus to a power source, a battery module so as to provide power to the electrical bus when the power source is not supplying power to the electrical bus, a sensor modul... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202781 | Automatic watching system There is provided a monitoring system for remotely monitoring an item or activity, the monitoring system including a recording device for recording a visual record of the item, a communicator for communicating the visual record, and a security device for controlling... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199702 | Wireless proximity sensor reader transmitter A wireless security system includes a control panel, a radio frequency receiver hardwired to the control panel, a plurality of wireless sensors having a standardized data output for communicating with the radio frequency receiver as well as a proximity reader. The a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198227 | Aircraft cargo locating system An aircraft cargo locating system determines the location and weight of aircraft cargo placed in unit loading devices. A wireless tag, such as an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag is affixed to each of the loading devices. The system receives information fro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187944 | Onboard cell phone automatic dialing device An onboard automatic cell phone dialing device includes a magnet received in a casing and selectively energized by a control circuit, a dialing finger selectively movable relative to a bracket which is adjustably sandwiched between two crossbars inside the casing an... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173521 | Tire air pressure warning system and method for warning against tire air pressure To issue a warning against an improper (a lowered) air pressure in accordance with a vehicle state and driver's presence/absence, the warning system includes air pressure measuring means for measuring an air pressure of a tire of a vehicle; air pressure judging mean... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171293 | Vehicle drive system controller A drive system controller that improves the level of security for a vehicle. A main microcomputer activates an image recognizer when wireless communication is established with a portable device. The image recognizer images a vehicle occupant to generate image data a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167084 | Temporary key invalidation for electronic key and locking system Methods and apparatus are provided for rendering electronic keys left behind in a vehicle temporarily inactive. The apparatus comprises a vehicle security control module in wireless communication with the electronic keys, and having operatively coupled together a re... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7154398 | Wireless communication and global location enabled intelligent health monitoring system A wireless communication and global location enabled intelligent health monitoring system comprising of a plurality of wireless medical sensor apparatus that include an active sensor, a transducer, a digital-to analog converter, a frequency synthesis, a plurality of... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151448 | Automatic watching system There is provided a monitoring system for remotely monitoring an item or activity, the monitoring system including a recording device for recording a visual record of the item, a communicator for communicating the visual record, and a security device for controlling... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145435 | Security system using a transmitting signal of a wireless communication terminal and a method for using the same A security system using a transmitting signal of a wireless communication terminal and a method using the same are disclosed. In order for security certification, a specific information and numerical information included in the signal transmitted for dialing from th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145485 | Vehicle identification code storing device and method for storing vehicle identification code A device stores a vehicle identification code that includes a character string of a plurality of digits. The device includes a writing request detection section that detects a request for writing the vehicle identification code. An encoding section compresses and en... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129838 | Vehicle intrusion monitoring system and method A vehicle intrusion monitoring system that eliminates unnecessary image capture and transmission by controlling the timing of image capture by a camera installed inside a vehicle. A control ECU in the vehicle intrusion monitoring system issues a first image capture ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109852 | Vehicle occupancy intruder security system A vehicle security system includes a monitoring device for sensing the presence of a body within the vehicle. A transmitter is provided in the vehicle for broadcasting an intrusion signal exterior to the vehicle in response to the monitoring device sensing the prese... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102487 | Detector and lock controller using same A lock controller has main apparatus provided to a lockable door and a detector for detecting an approaching or retreating target object. The detector includes an oscillator device for generating a transmission wave, a branching device for branching the transmission... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102493 | Asset monitoring and tracking system An apparatus and method for monitoring and reporting the status of a mobile asset are described, where the mobile asset may be moved by a transport vehicle from a starting location to a destination location. The method includes providing destination information to a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091834 | Theft preventive device An antitheft device is provided, whereby a person who attempts to commit a theft of a vehicle can be captured, having an improved crime prevention performance to thefts of vehicles, electrical equipment mounted on vehicles, money and articles left inside vehicles an... | 08/15/2006 |
