System and Method for Interfacing with a Control Network of a Vehicle
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system adapted for, among others, interfacing with a control network of a vehicle, said system comprising a program for monitoring data available in said control network and adapted to send selected data to a data link of said vehicle; a processor for receiving said selected data from said data link and decoding said selected data into decoded data available for subsequent use.
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34 Claims
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13. A method for accessing proprietary information in an Electronic Control Unit (“
- ECU”
) of a vehicle and reporting various operation information available from said ECU to a generic peripheral device, the method comprising;instructing the ECU to provide a duplicate of information communicated to or from the ECU; receiving the duplicate information from the ECU in a first format; translating the duplicate information from the first format to a second format, the second format different from the first format and readable to the peripheral component; reporting the translated information to the peripheral component; wherein translating the duplicate information from the first format to a second format is implemented by a non-native program installed on the ECU. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- ECU”
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19. A system for interfacing with a control network of a vehicle, said system comprising:
a circuitry including a microprocessor and a memory for compiling a database of digital instructions, said digital instructions configured to direct the circuitry to; monitor the control network for information; retrieve at least a select portion of said information in a first format readable to the control network; translate the select portion of the information to a second format, the second format readable to at least one peripheral component; and communicate the translated information to the peripheral component using an onboard vehicle communication device;
wherein the circuitry is installed on an Electronic Control Unit of a vehicle as an aftermarket part.- View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for interfacing with a controller area network (“
- CAN”
) of a vehicle, said system comprising;a circuitry including a microprocessor and a digital memory for compiling a database of digital instructions, said digital instructions configured to direct the circuitry to; monitor the CAN for information; retrieve at least a select portion of said information in a first format readable to the CAN; communicate the select portion of said information to the peripheral component using an onboard vehicle communication device; a second circuitry with a microprocessor and a digital memory residing in the peripheral device and translating said information to a second format readable to the peripheral device; wherein the circuitry is installed on an Electronic Control Unit of a vehicle as an aftermarket part.
- CAN”
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24. A method for accessing the electronic control system (“
- ECU”
) of a vehicle, the method comprising;installing a non-native program on the ECU system, the ECU system operating on a Controller Area Network (CAN) of the vehicle and using a proprietary communication format; detecting information communicated through the ECU in the proprietary format; translating the information received from the ECU from the proprietary format to information in an alternative format; and providing the translated information in the alternative format to a peripheral device; wherein the non-native program is an aftermarket parasitic program for detecting communications through the ECU in the proprietary format. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
- ECU”
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27. A vehicle Electronic Control System (“
- ECU”
) comprising;a first circuitry for receiving control information from a first node of the vehicle in a first format and transmitting the information to a second node of the vehicle in a second format, the first circuitry using a proprietary protocol for communicating with the first node and the second node; a second circuitry for detecting information received or transmitted by the first circuitry in the proprietary protocol and translating the information to a non-proprietary format; a bus for communicating with at least one of the first circuitry or the second circuitry; wherein the second circuitry is an aftermarket part installed as an addition to the first circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- ECU”
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