Patent ID: 6404329
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B60W,G07C

Abstract:
An interactive vehicle-security informing and driving-security prompt system, comprising:a) a vehicle communication unit located in a vehicle and communicating wirelessly with a console at a remote location through a communication server, the vehicle communication unit including a first processor operated through a numeric keypad, a display, a voice device, a sensor set, a communication unit for voice communication, a GPS receiver receiving an electronic map with locations of maintenance factories, a memory device connected to the sensor set, and a first transmission unit for wirelessly sending data to the console, the vehicle communication unit powered by a power supply through a stabilizer, the sensor set including an odometer sensor, a brake lining sensor, a brake fluid pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an engine rotation speed sensor, an abnormality sensor, and an engine loudness sensor with a comparator, the sensed loudness being sent to the comparator and compared with a predetermined value and the comparison result being sent to the console, the data sensed by those sensors being sent to the processor for processing and then sent to the console through the transmission unit of the vehicle communication unit; b) a console located remotely from the vehicle and including a second transmission unit for wirelessly sending data to the vehicle communication unit, a communication server and data storage device having stored data relating to a plurality of maintenance factories; and, c) a mobile communication device communicating wirelessly with the vehicle communication unit for remotely controlling the vehicle, the mobile communication device including a second processor, an input unit and a wireless transmitter.