Alarm system and alarm method

• US 10,436,139 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Chen, Shi-Huang, Tsai, Jui-Yang, Liu, Wen-Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Wiltey, Nicholas K
• Application Number:
  US15/426,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20180156150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 974 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/224 Diagnosis of the fuel system
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/101 Engine speed
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 33/006 depending on engine operating conditions, e.g. start, stop or ambient conditions
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/22 Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions in air/fuel ratio feedback systems F02D41/1495, in electric control linkage F02D11/107, in purge control systems F02M25/0809
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

An alarm system is used for a vehicle including a fuel pump and an engine. The alarm system includes a measuring device, a computing device and a warning device. The measuring device is used to read a current rotation speed of the engine and respectively measures a plurality of running times of a plurality of rotation speed values of the current rotation speed. The computing device calculates a plurality of consuming times of the fuel pump corresponding to the rotation speed values according to the running times of the rotation speed values, respectively. When an accumulating consuming time accumulated by the consuming times reaches a default critical value, the warning device generates a warning message.

Claims

1. An alarm system for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a fuel pump and an engine, the alarm system comprises:

a measuring device configured to read and obtain a plurality of rotation speed values of the engine in a real-time basis, and respectively measure a plurality of running times respectively corresponding to the rotation speed values;

a computing device configured to calculate a plurality of consuming times of the fuel pump corresponding to the rotation speed values according to the running times of the rotation speed values, respectively, wherein when one of the rotation speed values reaches a threshold, the computing device multiplies one of the running times corresponding to the one of the rotation speed values by a weighted index and then takes the one of the running times multiplied by the weighted index as one of the consuming times of the fuel pump, wherein the weighted index is positively related to the one of the rotation speed values; and

a warning device configured to generate a warning message when an accumulating consuming time accumulated by the consuming times reaches a default critical value.

2. The alarm system according to claim 1, wherein when another one of the rotation speed values does not reach the threshold, the computing device takes another one of the running times corresponding to the another one of the rotation speed values as another one of the consuming times of the fuel pump corresponding to the another one of the rotation speed values.

3. The alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the default critical value is related to a predetermined operating life of the fuel pump.

4. The alarm system according to claim 1, further comprises:

a database configured to store a predetermined operating life of the fuel pump;

when the fuel pump malfunctions at a time point other the predetermined operating life, the database determines whether to update the predetermined operating life to a new predetermined operating life according to the accumulating consuming time of the fuel pump at the time point of malfunction.

5. The alarm system according to claim 4, wherein the database further calculates a difference between the accumulating consuming time and the predetermined operating life, when the difference is within a threshold range, the database calculates an average value of the accumulating consuming time and the predetermined operating life of the fuel pump and uses the average value to update the predetermined operating life to the new predetermined operating life, and when the difference exceeds the threshold range, the database maintains the predetermined operating life.

6. An alarm method for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a fuel pump and an engine, the alarm method comprises:

reading and obtaining a plurality of rotation speed values of the engine in a real-time basis, and respectively measuring a plurality of running times respectively corresponding to the rotation speed values;

calculating a plurality of consuming times of the fuel pump corresponding to the rotation speed values according to the running times of the rotation speed values, respectively;

when one of the rotation speed values reaches a threshold, multiplying one of the running times corresponding to the one of the rotation speed values by a weighted index and then taking the one of the running times multiplied by the weighted index as one of the consuming times of the fuel pump, wherein the weighted index is positively related to the one of the rotation speed values; and

generating a warning message when an accumulating consuming time accumulated by the consuming times reaches a default critical value.

7. The alarm method according to claim 6, wherein the default critical value is related to a predetermined operating life of the fuel pump.

8. The alarm method according to claim 6, wherein the fuel pump has a predetermined operating life, when the fuel pump malfunctions at a time point other the predetermined operating life, the alarm method further comprises:

calculating an average value of the accumulating consuming time at the time point and the predetermined operating life of the fuel pump and using the average value to update the predetermined operating life to a new predetermined operating life.