COMMUNICATION INTERFACE CONVERSION DEVICE

• US 20110137510A1
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kwang Yang Motor Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kwang Yang Motor Company Limited
• Inventors: TSAI, Yi-Yang, HUANG, Qin-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US12/960,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137510A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A communication interface conversion device is suitable for electrically connecting a detecting unit and a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) with different communication interfaces. The communication interface conversion device includes a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a conversion module. The conversion module has a first transceiver unit, a second transceiver unit, an oscillation circuit, a resetting circuit, and a chip unit electrically connected with the first transceiver unit, the second transceiver unit, the oscillation circuit, and the resetting circuit. The first and second transceivers and the chip unit are used to perform data conversion, so that a first signal of the ECU and a second signal of the detecting unit which are of different communication interfaces can be transmitted, thereby improving generality thereof.

Claims

1. A communication interface conversion device, suitable for electrically connecting a detecting unit and a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) with different interfaces, wherein the communication interface conversion device comprises:

a first circuitry, electrically connected with the vehicle ECU, used to transfer a first signal of the ECU;

a second circuitry, electrically connected with the detecting unit, used to transfer a second signal of the detecting unit; and

a conversion module, comprising a first transceiver unit electrically connected with the first circuitry, a chip unit electrically connected with the first transceiver unit, a resetting circuit that is electrically connected with the chip unit and enables the chip unit to be reset, an oscillation circuit electrically connected with the chip unit, and a second transceiver unit electrically connected with the chip unit, wherein the oscillation circuit is capable of transferring a reference frequency to the chip unit, so as to stabilize an operating frequency of the chip unit, and the first signal and the second signal is converted into each other by using the first transceiver unit, the second transceiver unit, and the chip unit.

2. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the first circuitry is a controller area network (CAN) communication interface, and the second circuitry is a K-Line communication interface.

3. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 2, wherein the first signal complies with an ISO11898 communication protocol, the first transceiver unit performs electronic signal conversion on the first signal, so as to enable the chip unit to interpret the first signal, the second signal complies with an ISO14230 communication protocol, the second transceiver unit performs electronic signal conversion on the second signal, so as to enable the chip unit to interpret the second signal, so that the chip unit converts the first signal of the ISO11898 communication protocol and the second signal of the ISO14230 communication protocol into each other.

4. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 3, wherein the detecting unit is a diagnostor of a K-line interface, the diagnostor is electrically connected with the second circuitry, and is used to transfer the second signal of the ISO14230 communication protocol.

5. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 3, wherein the detecting unit has a universal serial bus (USB) converter of a K-line interface, and a computer electrically connected with the USB converter, and the USB converter is electrically connected with the second circuitry, and is used to transfer the second signal of the ISO14230 communication protocol.

6. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the first circuitry is a K-Line communication interface, and the second circuitry is a CAN communication interface.

7. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 2, wherein the first signal complies with an ISO14230 communication protocol, the first transceiver unit performs electronic signal conversion on the first signal, so as to enable the chip unit to interpret the first signal, the second signal complies an ISO11898 communication protocol, and the second transceiver unit performs electronic signal conversion on the second signal, so as to enable the chip unit to interpret the second signal, so that the chip unit converts the first signal of the ISO14230 communication protocol and the second signal of the ISO11898 communication protocol into each other.

8. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 7, wherein the detecting unit is a diagnostor of a CAN interface, the diagnostor is electrically connected with the second circuitry, and is used to transfer the second signal of the ISO11898 communication protocol.

9. The communication interface conversion device according to claim 7, wherein the detecting unit has a USB converter of a CAN interface, and a computer electrically connected with the USB converter, the USB converter is electrically connected with the second circuitry, and is used to transfer the second signal of the ISO11898 communication protocol.

10. A signal conversion method of a communication interface conversion device, comprising:

an instruction setting step, in which a detecting unit sets a transfer instruction, transfers a second signal to a second transceiver unit of a conversion module via a second circuitry;

a first conversion step, in which the second transceiver unit of the conversion module performs electronic signal conversion on the received second signal, and transfers the second signal to a chip unit;

a transferred data conversion step, in which the chip unit of the conversion module converts the received second signal into relay data, sets a frequency and a sampling rate of the relay data, converts the transfer instruction into a reception instruction readable to an electronic control unit (ECU), so as to convert the relay data into a first signal, and transfer the first signal to the first transceiver unit;

a second conversion step, in which the first transceiver unit of the conversion module performs electronic signal conversion on the received first signal, and transfers the first signal to the ECU;

a reply processing step, in which the ECU receives the first signal and reads the transfer instruction, and then replies with another first signal to the first transceiver unit via a first circuitry;

a third conversion step, in which the first transceiver unit of the conversion module performs electronic signal conversion on the received first signal, and transfers the first signal to the chip unit;

a received data conversion step, in which the chip unit converts the received first signal into relay data, and compares the frequency and the sampling rate of the relay data, so as to convert the relay data into a second signal and transfer the second signal to the second transceiver unit; and

a fourth conversion step, in which the second transceiver unit of the conversion module performs electronic signal conversion on the received second signal, and transfers the second signal to the detecting unit.

11. The signal conversion method of the communication interface conversion device according to claim 10, wherein the first circuitry is a controller area network (CAN) communication interface, and the second circuitry is a K-Line communication interface.

12. The signal conversion method of the communication interface conversion device according to claim 11, wherein the first signal complies with an ISO11898 communication protocol, the second signal complies with an ISO14230 communication protocol, and the relay data complies with an ISO15765 communication protocol.