Alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles

Abstract

An alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for vehicles, to protect the vehicle and its occupants when stopped, parked or moving, containing a sound alarm, a lighting alarm, a surveillance camera inside the vehicle for face recognition of a non-authorized driver, a remote system for sending information to the police authority, having a smoke release system, surveillance cameras and sensors installed within boxes at external locations of the vehicle. The surveillance cameras monitor the external activity of the vehicle, the images as received by the cameras being analyzed in real time by an internal processing center, provided with an artificial intelligence processor, processing those images by a public domain algorithm, trained for recognizing violence-related objects, wherein the images are processed and transformed into data matrices which are submitted to a neural open code network, for recognizing the presence of violence-related objects in the hands of a person in or near the vehicle.

Claims

1. An alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles, used to protect a stopped, parked, or moving motor vehicle and its occupants being in the stopped, parked or moving motor vehicle comprising: a sound alarm, a lighting alarm, a surveillance camera inside the motor vehicle, for face recognition of a non-authorized driver, a remote system for sending information to a police authority, a smoke release system, surveillance cameras and sensors installed within boxes at external locations of the motor vehicle, wherein the surveillance cameras are intended to monitor the external activity of said motor vehicle, the images as received by said surveillance cameras are analyzed in real time by an internal processing center, provided with an artificial intelligence processor, processing images by a public domain algorithm, using deep learning with an open source neural network, trained for recognizing weapons, wherein images are processed by an open source library, where they are transformed into data matrices which are submitted to the open source neural network that recognizes the weapons, wherein when the artificial intelligence processor recognizes the presence of a weapon in the hands of a person who is near said motor vehicle, and, when detecting violent behavior, the alarm safety device enters a protection mode and starts steps to protect the occupants of the motor vehicle, by issuing a sound alarm, a lighting alarm, by using a horn and lights of the motor vehicle, and activating smoke release devices, jointly installed with the surveillance cameras and the sensors, wherein a smoke curtain is released by a tube towards said person, repelling an attack/robbery and causing said person to evade, simultaneously with the recording of images received by the surveillance cameras and remote remittance of said images and a location of the motor vehicle using a global positioning system (GPS) to the police authority, informing occurrence and publishing location information on an encrypted open code data network.

2. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the public domain algorithm with artificial intelligence and deep learning from an artificial intelligence center, which is installed on the processor of the internal security center, is also able to analyze, from images received from the surveillance cameras, information transmitted by the sensors to detect the violent behavior.

3. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the images received by the surveillance cameras and the information received by the sensors, are analyzed by an artificial intelligence center in real time, and stored on a memory of the internal security center and remotely sent to an external computer in the security center, wherein said data is processed by said external computer, using the public domain algorithm with artificial intelligence and deep learning, to improve and enhance the recognition of violent behavior, with system updating, wherein the external computer, after the system is updated, remotely sends that update back to users, for automatic and non-stop update of the internal processing center, installed at the internal security center in the motor vehicles.

4. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein improvements in the algorithm for recognizing violent behavior as performed by the external computer are remotely sent from said external computer to the internal processing center of the alarm system as installed on the internal security center of motor vehicles, permanently updating and improving the system.

5. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, further comprising an alarm system, comprising the internal processing center, which, by analyzing images and information sent by the cameras and/or sensors, recognizes violent behavior near the motor vehicle, and enters protection mode by activating defenses in the motor vehicle, duly installed within the boxes, installed at external locations of said motor vehicle, by issuing the sound alarm and the lighting alarm, wherein both the sound alarm and the lighting alarm use horns and lights, respectively, already installed in the motor vehicle.

6. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein when a possibility of violent behavior persists, because the person has not been repelled by the sound alarm and/or the lighting alarm, the internal security center activates, with no interference from an occupant of the motor vehicle, the smoke release device or another element for expelling the person, throwing a smoke curtain using the tube, towards the person, so to repel the attack.

7. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the protection mode for the alarm system is configured to be manually activated by an occupant of the motor vehicle using a panic button installed within said motor vehicle at a hidden place, to avoid its identification from outside the motor vehicle, wherein the occupant of the motor vehicle, when activating the panic button, activates the protection mode of the alarm system and its functions are the same as disclosed upon an automatic activation of the protection mode.

8. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 5, the alarm system, upon entering protection mode, enables recording of the images of surveillance cameras and sensors on a memory of the internal security center, wherein said internal security center remotely sends such images to the police authority (18), jointly with the location of the vehicle, obtained by the GPS, or where an occupant of the motor vehicle previously decides.

9. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the boxes comprise two interconnected cases, which are installed on windows, windscreens and rear window of the motor vehicles, a first one of the cases located inside the motor vehicle and a second one of the cases located outside the motor vehicle, wherein the two cases are interconnected by connectors, so to fix them to the window, the windscreen or the rear window and allow passage of a transmission wire from the surveillance cameras, a data transmission wire from the sensors and an outlet tube for the smoke produced by the smoke release device.

10. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, at least one of the boxes is installed on outer rearview mirrors of the motor vehicle and comprises two interconnected cases, wherein the two interconnected cases are installed by embedding one of the cases into a first one of the outer rearview mirrors, and fixing another one of the cases to an external side of a second one of the rearview mirrors, with the surveillance camera, the sensors and the smoke release device turned to a front of the motor vehicle.

11. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the boxes comprise an internal case and an external case, and the smoke release device is installed within the internal and external cases, and comprises a container installed in the internal case, the container containing an electric resistor and a fluid, wherein the electric resistor, upon receipt of an instruction from the internal processing center, heats the fluid which, upon being heated by the electric resistor, evaporates thus becoming smoke, which is pumped by an electric pump or expelled by injection of compressed gas, through a compressed gas tube disposed between the internal case and the external case, to an outlet tube disposed on the external case, being expelled by the outlet tube towards the person.

12. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 11, wherein refilling the fluid of the electrical resistor and the connected tube, constituting the smoke release device, is accomplished by removing the container from the external case, filling the container with new fluid and returning the container into the internal case; and replacing the electrical resistor is accomplished by removing the container from the external case, replacing a damaged electrical resistor with a new electrical resistor and returning the container into the internal case; and replacing the compressed gas tube is accomplished by opening the internal case, removing said compressed gas tube, replacing the compressed gas tube with a new full compressed gas tube and closing the internal case.

13. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the system allows, besides the smoke release device, the use of pepper spray, tear gas, paralyzing shots, electric shock, glaring light, and/or another kind of gas, which are activated by the internal security center, so to repel the person, when the alarm enters protection mode.

14. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 11, wherein the internal security center, the surveillance cameras, the sensors, the smoke release device and the electric pump supplied by a rechargeable self-autonomous battery, which is connected to a battery of the motor vehicle, for a full recharge.

15. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the internal security center is housed inside the motor vehicle in a protected and shielded place, where the artificial intelligence processor, memories, the remote communication system and additional electric/electronic components are disposed.

16. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the boxes with safety devices are installed in any quantity on the windows, windscreens, rear window and/or external rearview mirrors, wherein the internal processing center synchronizes all the boxes, so to activate them simultaneously and/or only by pre-determined events.

17. The alarm, safety device and device for expelling attackers for motor vehicles of claim 1, wherein the alarm system is configured to permit remote connection to the police department, to private intranet networks, public internet, integration with mobile phone applications, or where the user decides, allowing for data exchange, image exchange, location of the motor vehicle, mapping of locations of risk, software update for the device, publication of location information at the encrypted open code data network.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) To complement the present description so to obtain better understanding of the features of the alarm system and according to one of its preferential practical embodiments, the description is followed by the attached set of figures, in which the following was represented as examples but in a non-limitative way:

(2) FIG. 1 is a side view of the motor vehicle, with alarm and safety devices installed on side doors;

(3) FIG. 2 is a front view of the motor vehicle, with the alarm and safety device installed on the windscreen;

(4) FIG. 3 is a rear view of the motor vehicle, with the alarm and safety device installed on the rear window;

(5) FIG. 4 is an aerial view of the vehicle, with the installed alarm and safety devices and the form of operation of sensors;

(6) FIG. 5 is an aerial view of the alarm and safety device, already installed on the window of the motor vehicle;

(7) FIG. 6 shows the internal constituents of the alarm and safety devices;

(8) FIG. 6A shows internal constituents of the alarm and safety devices;

(9) FIG. 7 shows the camera, internally installed on the front windscreen, to record images of the driver and the panic button;

(10) FIG. 8 shows the internal center for the alarm and safety device and the panic button;

(11) FIG. 9 shows the flowchart of operation of the alarm and safety device;

(12) FIG. 10 shows violent behavior detection by the alarm and safety device;

(13) FIG. 11 shows the activation of the alarm and safety device, with the smoke release system and the other safety devices also in operation;

(14) FIG. 12 shows the attacker/thief escaping from the location after the smoke release device is activated; and

(15) FIG. 13 shows the operation flowchart of the alarm and safety device, with the internal operation and connection to the external center.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(16) Concerning the figures as shown, the present application refers to an ALARM, SAFETY DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR EXPELLING ATTACKERS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, and refers, more precisely to an alarm system, safety device and device for expelling an attacker/thief, having a smoke release system (1), surveillance cameras (2) and sensors (2) installed in boxes (4) at outside locations of the motor vehicle (V), wherein the surveillance cameras (2) are intended to monitor (M) the external activity of said motor vehicle (V), the images (36) captured by said surveillance cameras (2) being analyzed in real time by an internal processing center (5), provided with an artificial intelligence processor (6), processing said images (36) by means of a public domain algorithm, which system uses deep learning with an open code convolution neural network, such as: TENSORFLOW (Google Inc.), OPENN (Artelnics), CNTK (Microsoft), THEANO (Theano Inc.), etc.; trained for recognizing violence-related objects, such as: guns, pistols, knives and other melee weapons, wherein images are processed by the open source library OpenCV, where they are transformed into data matrices called Tensors, wherein said data matrices are submitted to a neural open source network, for recognizing objects indicating violence, recognizing the presence of violence-related objects, including fire guns (7), on the hands of the attacker/thief (8), who is near said motor vehicle (V), and, when detecting said violent behavior (CV), it enters protection mode (MP) and starts steps to protect the occupants of the motor vehicle (V), by issuing a sound alarm (9), a lighting alarm (10), by using the lights of the motor vehicle (V) itself and activating smoke release devices (1), jointly installed with surveillance cameras (2) and sensors (3) in boxes (4) on external locations of the motor vehicle (V), wherein a smoke curtain (11) is released by the tube (32) towards the attacker/thief (8), thus repelling the attack/robbery and causing said attacker/thief (8) to evade.

(17) The public domain algorithm with artificial intelligence and deep learning from the processing center with artificial intelligence (5), which is installed on the processor (6) of the internal security center (5), is also able to analyze, from the images (35) received from the surveillance cameras (2), information transmitted (27) by sensors (3) installed within the boxes (4) around the motor vehicle (V), so to detect violent behavior (CV), such as sudden vibration.

(18) The images (35) received from the surveillance cameras (2) and information received by the sensors (3), besides being analyzed by the artificial intelligence center (6) in real time, are also stored in the memory (12) of the internal security center (5) and remotely sent (13) to an external computer (14), where this data is processed by that external computer (14), also provided with the same artificial intelligence algorithm in public domain with deep learning, to enhance the ability of recognition of violent behavior (CV), i. e. by using the system and the permanent remittance (13) of data from all users of the alarm system to the computer (14) of the external security center, the alarm system automatically learns, improves and updates itself, so to detect new ways and methods of violent behavior (CV), wherein the external computer (14) automatically sends (15) such updates back to the users with an internal processing center (6) installed at the internal security center (5) in the motor vehicle (V), being automatically updated (15), wherein said process is continuous.

(19) After such processing by the computer (14) of the external security center, improvements in the algorithm to recognize violent behavior (CV) are remotely forwarded (15) to the internal processing center (6) of the alarm system as installed at the internal security center (5) of motor vehicles (V), permanently updating and improving the system.

(20) The alarm system, by means of its internal processing center (5), by analyzing images (36) and information sent by cameras (2) and/or sensors (3) installed within the boxes (4) around motor vehicles (V), when recognizing violent behavior (CV) near the motor vehicle (V), enters protection mode (MP) by activating defenses in the motor vehicle (V), duly installed within the boxes (4), installed at external locations of said motor vehicle (V), by issuing a sound alarm (9) and a lighting alarm (10), and both the sound alarm (9) and the lighting alarm (10).

(21) When the possibility of violent behavior (CV) persists, i. e. the attacker/thief (8) has not been repelled by the warning sound alarm (9) and/or by the lighting alarm (10), the internal security center (5) activates, with no interference from the user of the motor vehicle (V), the smoke release device (1) or another element for expelling the attacker/thief (8), throwing a smoke curtain (11) by means of the tube (32), towards the attacker/thief (8), so to repel the attack.

(22) The protection mode (MP) for the alarm system may also be manually activated by the user of the motor vehicle (V) by means of a panic button (16) installed within said motor vehicle (V) at a hidden place, so to avoid its identification from outside the motor vehicle (V), wherein the user of the motor vehicle (V), when activating the panic button (16), activates the protection mode (MP) of the alarm system and its functions are the same as disclosed upon the automatic activation of the protection mode (MP).

(23) Besides repelling a possible attack, the present alarm system, upon entering protection mode (MP), enables recording (17) of the images (36) from surveillance cameras (2) and sensors (3) on the memory (12) of the internal security center (5), wherein said internal security center (5) sends these images (36) remotely (13) to the police authority (18), jointly with the vehicle location, obtained by the GPS module, or to where the user of the motor vehicle (V) previously decides, even publishing location information at a Blockchain network (an encrypted open code data network), for statistics, insurance, etc.

(24) The box (4) installed on the windscreen (19) of the motor vehicle (V) is constituted by two surveillance cameras (2), being one surveillance camera (2) turned to the outside of the motor vehicle (V), to monitor external violent behavior (CV), and another surveillance camera (2a) turned to the inside (20) of the motor vehicle (V), so to allow face identification (21) of the driver, wherein, in case of non-recognition of authorized users, the system enters protection mode (MP), by activating a sound alarm (9) and a lighting alarm (10) of the motor vehicle (V), causing the motor vehicle (V) to be turned off, the ignition to be interrupted, the electric system to be turned off, etc., besides remotely transmitting (13) an alert and images (36) to the police authority (18) or to where the user previously decides.

(25) The box (4) wherein surveillance cameras (2), sensors (3) and smoke release systems (1) are housed consists of two interconnected (24) cases (22 and 23), which are installed on the windows (25), windscreens (19) and back window (37) of the motor vehicles (V), wherein one case is located inside (22) the motor vehicle (V) and the other case is located outside (23) the motor vehicle (V), being these two cases (22 and 23) interconnected (24) by connectors, so to attach them to the window (25) of the motor vehicle (V) and allow the passage of the transmission wire (26) from the surveillance camera (2), the data transmission wire (27) from the sensors (3) and the outlet tube (41) for the smoke (11) produced by the smoke release device (1).

(26) In case of installation of the box (4) on the rearview mirrors (38) of the motor vehicles (V), the cases (22 and 23) are installed by embedding the case (22) within external rearview mirrors (38) and fixing the external case (23) on the outside of the external rearview mirror (38), turned to the front of the motor vehicle (V).

(27) The smoke release device (1), installed within the internal (22) and external (23) cases of the box (4), consists of a container (28) installed in the internal case (22), containing an electric resistor (29) and a fluid (30), wherein the electric resistor (29), upon receipt of the instruction (39) from the internal processing center (5), heats the fluid (30) which, upon being heated by the electric resistor (29), evaporates becoming smoke (11), which is pumped by an electric pump (31) or expelled by injection of compressed gas (40), through the connection tube (41) existing between the internal case (22) and the external case (23) of said box (4), to the outlet (32) existing on the external case (23) of the box (4), being expelled (11) by the outlet tube (32) towards the attacker/thief (8).

(28) Refilling the fluid (30) from the electric resistor (29) or the compressed gas tube (40) constituting the smoke release device (1) is an easy operation, just requiring, to refill the fluid (30), to take the container (28) out from the case (23), fill it with new fluid (30) and return the container (28) inside the internal case (22); to substitute the electric resistor (29), just take the container (28) out from the case (23), substitute the damaged electric resistor (29) with a new electric resistor (29) and return the container (28) inside the internal case (22); and, to substitute the compressed gas tube (40), one just needs to open the internal case (22), take said compressed gas tube (40) out, substitute it with a new full compressed gas tube (40) and close the internal case (22).

(29) Besides the smoke release device (1), in countries allowing the use of pepper spray, tear gas, paralyzing shots, glaring light, sound alarm, electric shock, etc., the system may hold such artifacts, which are activated by the internal security center (5), so to repel an attacker/thief (8), when the alarm enters protection mode (MP).

(30) The alarm system, constituted by the internal security center (5), surveillance cameras (2), sensors (3), smoke release device (1) and electric pump (31), is supplied (35) by a self-autonomous rechargeable battery (33), which is connected (34) to the battery of the motor vehicle (V) for full recharge.

(31) The internal security center (5) of the alarm system is housed inside the motor vehicle (V) in a protected and shielded place, where the artificial intelligence processor (6), memories (12), remote communication systems (13) and further electric/electronic constituents are housed.

(32) Boxes (4) with safety devices may be installed inside any quantity on the windows (25), windscreens (19), rear window (37) and/or external rearview mirrors (38) of the motor vehicles (V), wherein the internal processing center (5) performs synchronization of all existing devices, so to activate them simultaneously.

(33) The alarm system at issue allows for remote connection (13) to the police department; to private intranet networks; public internet; integration with mobile phone applications, or who the user determines; allowing for data exchange, image exchange, location of the motor vehicle (V); mapping locations of risk, etc.

(34) The preferred embodiment of the present alarm system has been disclosed, wherein any modifications, adaptations and/or changes should be understood as being within the scope of privilege of the present invention.