IN-VEHICLE TERMINAL FOR DIAGNOSING VEHICLE USING OBD CONNECTOR

• US 20100145571A1
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KWON, Keekoo, BANG, Joonhak, KIM, Jonguk, KIM, Jaeyoung, AHN, Sungho, LEE, Eunryung
• Application Number:
  US12/632,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20100145571A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

Provided is an in-vehicle terminal including: a GPS receiving unit that receives GPS signals; a communication interface unit that is connected to the vehicle diagnosis connector and receives auto diagnosis information from the vehicle diagnosis connector, and communicates with an electronic control unit in the vehicle through the vehicle diagnosis connector; a control unit that receives and processes the auto diagnosis information and the GPS signal, and calculates traveling information, information about driving conditions, information about parts conditions, and information about replacement of consumables, in order to allow a driver to diagnose condition of the vehicle; and an interactive unit that displays the traveling information, information about driving conditions, information about parts conditions, and information about replacement of consumables for a driver.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle terminal for diagnosing a vehicle, which is connected to a vehicle diagnosis connector mounted in the vehicle, the in-vehicle terminal comprising:

a GPS receiving unit that receives GPS signals;

a communication interface unit that is connected to the vehicle diagnosis connector and receives auto diagnosis information from the vehicle diagnosis connector, and communicates with an electronic control unit in the vehicle through the vehicle diagnosis connector;

a control unit that receives and processes the auto diagnosis information and the GPS signal, and calculates and outputs traveling information, information about driving conditions, information about parts conditions, and information about replacement of consumables, by a stored program, in order to allow a driver to diagnose condition of the vehicle; and

an interactive unit that displays the traveling information, information about driving conditions, information about parts conditions, and information about replacement of consumables for a driver.

2. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface unit obeys the OBD-II connector standard (SAE J-1962) and supports one or more protocols in ISO, KWP, PWM, CAN, and VWP communication protocols.

3. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface unit receives auto diagnosis information from the vehicle diagnosis connector, by using one or more wireless communication methods of Bluetooth, IrDA, and ZigBee.

4. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply unit that converts power from a battery of the vehicle which is supplied from a connecting terminal of the vehicle diagnosis connector into supply power of the in-vehicle terminal and supplies the power to the in-vehicle terminal.

5. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the driving information includes information on one or more of present traveling velocity, average fuel consumption rate, possible traveling distance, average fuel efficiency, instantaneous fuel efficiency, and average RPM of the vehicle.

6. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information about traveling conditions is information that shows whether the driving condition of the vehicle corresponds to any one of low-velocity driving, over-velocity driving, or economical driving.

7. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit that stores map data of the national map, path guide data involved in the map data, and a path guide control program,

wherein the control unit controls execution of a user interface for path search and path setting and creates a path guide object on the map that guides path for a destination selected by a driver, using the stored map data and the path guide control program.

8. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 7, wherein the storage unit divides the national map by grids of predetermined meshes and stores the map data for each grid, and stores index information given with a index for each of the grids.