Patent ID: 7102491

Claim:
A device for detecting the theft of a movable member that is stolen using a transporter for transporting the movable member in a state where the main driving power of the movable member is at rest, the device for detecting the theft comprising: a state detecting arrangement for detecting a parameter indicative that the movable member is being transported or is stationary; a state judging arrangement for judging a state of the movable member as being stolen, based on signals from the state detecting arrangement; position data-obtaining arrangement for obtaining the position data of the movable member from a unit outside of the movable member, the position data-obtaining arrangement being connected with a source of electrical energy and enabled to obtain the position data only when the state judging arrangement has judged that the movable member is stolen and is being transported with its main driving power at rest and is, then, transported no more; and a communication arrangement for transmitting the position data that is obtained to the unit outside of the movable member.