Method and arrangement for remotely controlling one or more functions of a motor-driven vehicle

Claim 3

A method according to claim 1, including the steps of: transmitting a second coded signal to the receiver in the vehicle; detecting and identifying said second coded signal; comparing said second coded signal with a vehicle specific code; and activating one or more electronic circuits in the vehicle through use of a control circuit when agreement is found between the second coded signal and the vehicle specific code, so as to activate those functions of the vehicle which were earlier deactivated.

Claim 4

A method according to claim 1, including the steps of: controlling a vehicle locking system so as to lock the vehicle, and interrupting the voltage to one or more of the vehicle electrical circuits so as to deactivate the engine of the vehicle.

Claim 5

A method according to claim 1 wherein the receiver is in the form of a paging device or a mobile telephone and including the step of: delivering a signal to a control circuit when said receiver loses contact with a paging network or a mobile telephone network, said delivered signal corresponding to the signal which the receiver delivers to the control circuit when agreement is found between the first coded signal and the specific vehicle code.

Claim 6

A method according to claim 3, including the step of operating a vehicle window elevating system to close the windows.

Claim 7

An arrangement for remotely controlling one or more of the functions of a vehicle, said arrangement comprising: a receiver which is located in the vehicle for receiving a first coded signal transmitted by a cordless transmitter; a control circuit operable to activate one or more electronic circuits in the vehicle in a manner to deactivate one or more of the vehicle functions; a decoding device included with the receiver for detecting and identifying said first coded signal and for comparing said first coded signal with a specific vehicle code; wherein the receiver is operable to deliver a signal to the control circuit when agreement is found between the first coded signal and the specific vehicle code, and wherein the receiver is responsive to network signals transmitted to the vehicle over a mobile telephone network or a paging network, wherein when the first coded signal is received by the receiver the control circuit operates to first activate a warning device including a loudspeaker for delivering a warning in the form of a speech message which warns the driver of the vehicle that one or more of the vehicle functions are about to be deactivated, and wherein the control circuit, after a predetermined time after the warning device is activated, is operated to control said electronic circuits in such a way that one or more of the vehicle functions are deactivated, the control circuit further being operable to interrupt the voltage to one or more of the vehicle electric circuits so as to deactivate the vehicle engine.

Claim 8

An arrangement for remotely controlling one or more of the functions of a vehicle, said arrangement comprising: a receiver which is located in the vehicle for receiving a first coded signal transmitted by a cordless transmitter; a control circuit operable to activate one or more electronic circuits in the vehicle in a manner to deactivate one or more of the vehicle functions; a decoding device included with the receiver for detecting and identifying said first coded signal and for comparing said first coded signal with a specific vehicle code; wherein the receiver is operable to deliver a signal to the control circuit when agreement is found between the first coded signal and the specific vehicle code, and wherein the receiver is responsive to network signals transmitted to the vehicle over a mobile telephone network or a paging network, wherein when the first coded signal is received by the receiver the control circuit operates to first activate a warning device including a loudspeaker for delivering a warning in the form of a speech message which warns the driver of the vehicle that one or more of the vehicle functions are about to be deactivated, and wherein the control circuit, after a predetermined time after the warning device is activated, is operated to control said electronic circuits in such a way that one or more of the vehicle functions are deactivated, the control circuit further being operable to interrupt the voltage to one or more of the vehicle electric circuits so as to deactivate the vehicle engine.

Claim 9

An arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the receiver is responsive to a second coded signal transmitted by a cordless transmitter; wherein the decoding device is operable to detect and to identify said second coded signal and to compare said second coded signal with a specific vehicle code; and wherein the receiver is operable to deliver a signal to the control circuit when agreement is found between the second coded signal and the specific vehicle code to activate one or more electronic circuits in the vehicle in a manner to reactivate one or more vehicle functions which were earlier deactivated.

Claim 10

An arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the control circuit is operable to control a vehicle locking system so that the vehicle can be locked, whereafter the control circuit is caused to interrupt the voltage to one or more of the vehicle electric circuits so as to deactivate the engine of the vehicle.

Claim 11

An arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the receiver and the decoding device are included in a paging device or a mobile telephone located in the vehicle.

Claim 12

An arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the control circuit includes a computer for controlling the electronic circuits of the vehicle.

Claim 13

An arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the electronic circuits include relays which function to break and make the supply of current to one or more electrical devices in the vehicle.

Claim 14

An arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the receiver is a paging device or a mobile telephone and is operable to receive a network signal from a paging network or a mobile telephone network and to deliver a control signal to the control circuit when the receiver fails to detect the network signal from the paging network or the mobile telephone network, said control signal corresponding to the signal which the receiver is intended to deliver to the control circuit when agreement is found between the first coded signal and the specific vehicle code.

Claim 15

An arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the control circuit is operable to control vehicle electric window elevators so that the vehicle windows can be closed.