US5420568A
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Wireless door locking and unlocking system for motor vehicles having theft alarm device
Assignee: Marelli Corp
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Filing: 1993-03-30
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Granted: 1995-05-30
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Expires: 2013-03-30
Abstract
Abstract A wireless door locking and unlocking system for locking and unlocking the door of a motor vehicle having a theft alarm device. Further, the wireless door locking and unlocking system may be available for a door or a window of a house or the like. The car theft alarm device detects a car theft positively to produce an alarm signal. In the wireless door locking and unlocking system, the door-unlocking-signal receiving range is adjusted so that the occurrence of theft is positively prevented.
Inventors
- 👤 Tatsumi Iida
- 👤 Masato Hashimoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 07:50
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/0701; G06K19/0712; B; B60; B60R; B60R25/00; B60R25/10; B60R25/1004; G06K19/0707; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/00174; G07C9/00182; G07C2009/00198; G07C2009/00753; G07C2009/00769; G07C2009/00793; G07C2209/00; G07C2209/60; G07C2209/63; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T70/00; Y10T70/50; Y10T70/5889; Y10T70/5973
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A wireless door locking and unlocking system with a control circuit which receives a door locking signal and a door unlocking signal from a transmitter, to lock and unlock a door, an improvement characterized in that the door is allowed to be unlocked in response to the door unlocking signal only when said transmitter is within a first predetermined receiving range from the door and the door is locked in response to the door locking signal when said transmitter is within a second predetermined receiving range, wherein said first receiving range is less than said second receiving range.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A wireless door locking and unlocking system with a control circuit which receives a door locking signal and a door unlocking signal from a transmitter, to lock and unlock a door, an improvement characterized in that the door is allowed to be unlocked in response to the door unlocking signal only when said transmitter is within a first predetermined receiving range from the door and the door is locked in response to the door locking signal when said transmitter is within a second predetermined receiving range, wherein said first receiving range is less than said second receiving range.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
121 words
A wireless door locking and unlocking system with a control circuit which receives a door locking signal and a door unlocking signal from a transmitter, to lock and unlock a door, said system comprising: field strength detecting means for determining, when a door unlocking signal is received from said transmitter, whether or not the magnitude of said door unlocking signal is at least a predetermined value; said control circuit operating to unlock said door when said field strength detecting means has determined that the magnitude of said door unlocking signal is equal to or higher than the predetermined value, and operating to lock said door in response to said door locking signal irrespective of the magnitude of said door locking signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
121 words
A wireless door locking and unlocking system with a control circuit which receives a door locking signal and a door unlocking signal from a transmitter, to lock and unlock a door, said system comprising: field strength detecting means for determining, when a door unlocking signal is received from said transmitter, whether or not the magnitude of said door unlocking signal is at least a predetermined value; said control circuit operating to unlock said door when said field strength detecting means has determined that the magnitude of said door unlocking signal is equal to or higher than the predetermined value, and operating to lock said door in response to said door locking signal irrespective of the magnitude of said door locking signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The wireless door locking and unlocking system as defined in claim 2 further comprising means for adjusting the predetermined value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
125 words
A wireless door locking and unlocking system with a control circuit which receives a door locking signal and a door unlocking signal from a transmitter, to lock and unlock a door, an improvement characterized in that the door is allowed to be unlocked in response to the door unlocking signal only when said transmitter is within a predetermined area from the door, said system comprising: a receiver which receives either said door locking signal or said door unlocking signal from said transmitter, and wherein said receiver comprises: state detecting means for detecting whether said door has been locked or unlocked; and signal-receiving-sensitivity attenuating means for lowering, when said state detecting means detects that said door has been locked, the signal receiving sensitivity of said receiver.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
125 words
A wireless door locking and unlocking system with a control circuit which receives a door locking signal and a door unlocking signal from a transmitter, to lock and unlock a door, an improvement characterized in that the door is allowed to be unlocked in response to the door unlocking signal only when said transmitter is within a predetermined area from the door, said system comprising: a receiver which receives either said door locking signal or said door unlocking signal from said transmitter, and wherein said receiver comprises: state detecting means for detecting whether said door has been locked or unlocked; and signal-receiving-sensitivity attenuating means for lowering, when said state detecting means detects that said door has been locked, the signal receiving sensitivity of said receiver.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The wireless door locking and unlocking system as defined in claim 4 wherein said signal-receiving-sensitivity attenuating means lowers the signal receiving sensitivity of said receiver by way of partially grounding the radio wave applied through an antenna to an RF amplifier of said receiver.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The wireless door locking and unlocking system as defined in claim 4 wherein said signal-receiving-sensitivity attenuating means lowers the signal receiving sensitivity by way of controlling the input of an intermediate frequency amplifier of said receiver.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The wireless door locking and unlocking system as defined in claim 4 wherein said signal-receiving-sensitivity attenuating means lowers the signal receiving sensitivity by way of controlling the gain of an intermediate frequency amplifier of said receiver.
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