DE3533713A1 - UNIVERSAL BURGLAR / THEFT PROTECTION SYSTEM - Google Patents

Abstract

A system to protect against burglary or thefts consist of a coded card (1) comprising a fixed code and a keyboard (4) for introducing a code which can be chosen freely, at least two coded card readers (8, 9), a reader (8) to read the fixed code outside an external safety area (6) and a reader (9) arranged inside the outer safety area or outside an internal safety area (7) to read the freely chosen code, which it automatically erases after having read it. A control unit programmable with the coded card opens and closes the safety devices and/or triggers an alarm device. The information is transmitted from the readers to the control unit and from the control unit to the safety devices and/or to the alarm device by electronic transmission devices.

Description

Heinz Raible

description

The present invention is universal Electronic anti-intrusion and theft protection in the form of a system consisting of a code card with unchangeable Fixed codes and a keyboard for entering a freely selectable code, at least for reading devices outside and within an external security area, a programmable one Control unit and an alarm / emergency call device with programmable venting / delaying automatic exists to protect objects of all kinds and all Function and protect users.

From the published documents 2461908, 2557637, 2727126, 2911160, 3047940 and 3440379 are different electronic ones Anti-theft systems known in which keys and cards both unchangeable fixed codes as well Carry freely selectable codes, readers read such codes and control units receive the information from the readers to process. The latest development is the "ESI" system from Ymos and Zeiss Ikon, which a codable key to protect against unauthorized entry into and use of motor vehicles. This and all other electronic anti-theft systems have mechanical and electrical anti-theft systems the advantage." that the use of electronically readable codes is an inexhaustible amount of one another allows different, non-reproducible "keys" and information. However, this advantage is insignificant, as this does not change the purpose of an anti-theft device and practically does not change the protective effect is improved.

In contrast, the shortcomings and disadvantages of known electronic anti-theft systems are considerable. As well as mechanical and electrical anti-theft devices

an electronic anti-theft system can in principle forcibly and with the destruction of system and other components, so that it also after an alarm system required. In addition, the known electronic anti-theft systems are for technical reasons and for reasons of functional reliability, a conventional lock is available that can be operated with a normal key have to open. The user is forced to take a key with him in spite of an electronic code. Since electronic anti-theft systems can only be used as additional safeguards and not significantly To guarantee increased security, they are simply too complex, often too cumbersome and too expensive. Electronic anti-theft systems with freely selectable codes also slow down access to one's own property in that a key or a card must be encoded before the object, e.g. the car door, is opened. There Perpetrators with an increasing number of electronic anti-theft systems with a freely selectable code then to a greater extent if the key or card is encoded and they know the object, the risk of opening it increases of being ambushed and injured. Keys or cards that have already been coded do not protect against this Burglary or theft if they are stolen and the perpetrator locates the object.

The known electronic anti-theft protection systems are not universal because the systems only target a specific one Type of object can be used. If different types of objects are to be protected, the system must be changed or expand the existing system if possible. In addition, anti-theft systems hardly achieve anything Deterrence, unless they contain an alarm system due to the system and known to the general public. Conventional alarm systems, immediately if the object is accessed properly Triggering an alarm are not always the best solution,

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because they only protect objects when someone is nearby. In addition, perpetrators can check the functioning of these alarm systems by triggering an alarm and, if the alarm is triggered, they can move away in a prepared manner or rob or steal the property if the alarm is not triggered. In any case, the object is exposed with or without alarm damage or destruction. The present invention has the object of the disadvantages of the known mechanical and electrical. Eliminate anti-theft devices and electronic anti-theft systems.

For this purpose, the universal burglary / theft protection system (EDS system) according to the invention consists of a code card, reading devices, a control unit and an alarm / emergency call device. Conventional components, such as tilting armature drives, serve as safety devices for opening and closing bolts and locks. These would have to be attached to existing locks, including the bolts and locks, or installed in other places independently; however, their simple structure and low power requirements make them relatively inexpensive and reliable. The electronic transmission of information can take place, for example, using a simple multiplex system, with existing lines, power cables or the body of a motor vehicle being able to serve as information carriers. The functioning of the required electronic components is known and neither their manufacture nor their installation are problematic.

The code card (i), which is advantageously in the format of a check card should be carried out or a credit card, ID, can be a computer or the like, has six code strips on its edges on each side. These CD strips contain an unchangeable fixed code (2.) and eleven one with a freely selectable code (3), which can be entered via a keyboard (4) on the code card, which gets its energy from solar cells (5)

receives, is entered.

The unchangeable fixed codes are used to release external security areas (6), the freely selectable code is used to release internal security areas (7), each unchangeable fixed code being one or more EDS systems can be assigned.

According to the invention, the EDS system consists of an external one and an internal security area, which are specially defined for each property to be protected, e.g. in the case of residential houses: Front door / apartment door, for motor vehicles: driver's door / ignition lock, In the case of safes: steel door for policies and others / steel compartment for jewelry, securities, etc., etc. Outside and inside of the outer security area, but always outside the inner security area, is in each case at least arranged a reader. The reader located outside the outer security area only reads the unchangeable fixed codes, while the reader located within the outer security area is free reads selectable code, and if the reader located outside the outer security area is not used can also read the unchangeable fixed codes. The information from the readers or from just one within the reader located in the outer security area, which then has to be operated twice to the control unit, which regarding the freely selectable Codes can be freely programmed using the code card can. The control unit compares the information entered with the information programmed in, with they compared a read-in correct unchangeable fixed code with an internal fixed program and the external one Must have released the safety area before the freely selectable code entered with the freely programmed internal program for releasing the internal security area.

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The freely selectable code on the code card uird according to the invention automatically deleted by the reader located within the outer security area after reading, so that the code card is generally not encoded when it is not used.

Since the control unit is programmable, every EDS system can have the same freely selectable code and differ only in the unchangeable fixed code.

U en η the right code in the wrong way or in the wrong way Order in the reader outside of the outer security area read in or a wrong code card or a wrong code are used, the control unit shows the error, e.g. by briefly lighting up a lamp, without triggering an alarm. If the Reading device within the outer security area, the control unit, e.g. in motor vehicles, can be programmed in this way be that it triggers an alarm, e.g. in the form of an increasing wailing tone, which is only then interrupted, when the control unit has the correct information due of reading in the correct freely selectable code. The control unit can also be programmed so that it releases the inner security area even if a certain other freely selectable code has been read. This code can cause the control unit to return to the internal security area after a certain period of time to block, to trigger an alarm after a certain time, to send an emergency call that cannot be accessed by unauthorized users can be perceived, or to further information that can be given via an electrical switch, wait and then immediately trigger the alarm. In the case of a motor vehicle in particular, it is advisable to have the control unit in this way to program that the motor vehicle is a certain ZTbit with one of the unchangeable fixed codes in operation can be set, e.g. to use the solar cell-equipped code

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card only have to be coded after leaving an underground car park in daylight in order to escape from danger as quickly as possible or to cover short distances as part of delivery trips without constant coding. The alarm / emergency call device _f, which is an integral part of the EDS system according to the invention, has an automatic release delay mechanism with which the time of an alarm release can be delayed as desired. The alarm / emergency call device, which must have an independent power supply anyway because of the connected warning devices, is programmed either via the control unit or directly with the aid of the code card, so that it also generates an alarm in the event of failure or destruction of the control unit or, in this case, in particular can trigger.

A certain freely selectable code could thus be used also switch off the control unit for any period of time, whether the external or internal security area should also remain blocked for correct code cards without switching off the alarm / emergency call facility at the same time.

One or more readers outside the outer security area, the inconspicuous hemispherical structures with a slot for pushing the code card through, can also be hidden due to their small size, e.g. in ventilation slots. The comparison of the information in the control unit serves as a safe defense against false code cards and codes also the safeguarding of the system in order to make any incorrect information ineffective and to be able to recognize errors. In the event of a power failure, the control unit and the alarm / emergency call facility are equipped with accumulators, their operational readiness is indicated by control lamps that can also serve as operating lights by lighting up when the inner security area is released or the freely selectable code within a

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certain time in a reader within the outer security area must be read in to continue using a vehicle.

In motor vehicles, the decoded code card can during the journey e.g. in the fixed inner part of a steering wheel be housed, with their keyboard for release and to operate the car radio or car telephone, which is coded for reasons of theft protection, or to operate it a traffic flow information or traffic control system can serve. ·

The advantages of the universal burglary / »-Ι * Anti-theft systems are based on the fact that it can do more as an electronic anti-theft system, without complex to build, cumbersome to use or complicated to be in the way of functioning. It is made up of simple and well-known mechanical and electronic components together and, in addition to significantly better protection of objects, also offers real protection for the user personally, which means that the EDS system represents a significant expansion of conventional security devices and also justifies an extra charge.

Ueil the EDS system consists of two separate security areas exists, the outer security area can be seen as a refuge into which the user can e.g. sudden downpour or quickly in the event of impending danger can escape by pushing his code card through a reader located on the object and the next moment the thereby tearing open the unlocked door. The user can then calmly use the code card within the outer security area code and have the inner security area released.

There is often no need to take a key with you, as the EDS system uses conventional locking Eliminates the need for locks, e.g. to do a purchase. This primarily affects the external security

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areas e.g. in the form of hallways or vehicle interiors to, for which a key can usually be dispensed with in the context of the EDS system, because these are areas that cannot be protected against targeted and fast access anyway. In the case of security doors, which often have to be opened and closed again at short intervals, this creates

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Use of a code card in that it can be used more quickly and easily than a key, noticeable relief.

The EDS system also offers extensive protection against theft of the code card and against the destruction of protected objects. Even if the perpetrators are protected If the object is known, the possession of the correct code card is of no use to them, so that there is neither an attack on the user outside of the outer security area is still worth stealing the code card. The threat too violence in order to access the internal security area from the user with the aim of stealing a motor vehicle, for example, to be released is not worthwhile, since the perpetrator has to expect that the user with that of him freely selectable code has triggered a secret or delayed alarm.

Since the alarm / emergency call facility with the automatic trigger delay an integral part of the EDS system and its mode of operation is known, objects protected by the EDS system are usually avoided by perpetrators, so that these objects are only damaged to a lesser extent by the failure of attempted break-ins are exposed.

Drawing 1) shows a code card of the universal EDS system, which also serves as a code and operating card for the car phone.

Drawing 2) shows the structure of the system with an external and internal security area.

Claims (2)

Hein? Raible
Claims ( 1) Universal burglary / theft protection system (EDS system), which consists of a code card, readers for reading the code card, electronic transmission units for transmitting information from the readers to a control unit and from the control unit to security devices a control unit consisting of safety devices for opening and closing bolts and locks and an alarm / emergency call device,
characterized, that a single code card can be part of several EDS systems and unchangeable according to the number of these EDS systems Has fixed codes and also a keyboard for entering a freely selectable code into the code card having, and that at least two readers are arranged are that there is a reader for reading the unchangeable fixed code outside of an external security area and a reader for reading the freely selectable code are located within the outer security area, and that the reader located within the outer security area automatically transmits the freely selectable code after reading on the code card, and that the Control unit is programmable and programmed in The way and order each provide information by reading the unchangeable fixed code and by Reading of the freely selectable code must get in order to get a To be able to release the inner security area, and that the alarm / emergency call facility has a programmable trigger delay automatic owns. t Z Heinz Raible 2. Universal burglary-Z anti-theft system according to claim 1, characterized in that the code card has the format of a so-called ⁿ check card "and can accommodate other functions. 3 · Universal anti-theft protection system according to Claim 1, characterized in that that the control unit for the recognition of codes and the automatic triggering delay system of the alarm ZNotrufeinrichtung φ with respect to the time delay in triggering an alarm or an emergency call with the code card is programmed.