Patent ID: 6452484
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An electronic remote control vehicle security system with user remote programmability of sensor sensitivity, comprising:a sensor device responsive to a disturbance phenomenon to provide a sensor signal indicative of a disturbance event; alarm apparatus for generating an alarm response in the event the sensor device is tripped by a disturbance event while the system is armed; a wireless remote control transmitter for transmitting wireless remote signals to control functions of the security system, said transmitter including a circuit for transmitting a coded signal initiated by the user to adjust the sensitivity of the sensor to disturbance events; a receiver mounted within the vehicle for receiving the wireless remote signals and generating receiver signals in response to said receipt; a sensitivity adjustment circuit responsive to the receiver signals and receipt of the coded signal to incrementally adjust the sensitivity of the sensor to disturbance events according to user initiated coded signals.