VEHICLE INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE AND VEHICLE INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD

• US 20130304308A1
• Filed: 01/12/2012
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nippon Seiki Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nippon Seiki Company Limited
• Inventors: Maruyama, Yousuke, Kobayashi, Nobuaki
• Application Number:
  US13/981,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20130304308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/31.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/154 Combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/155 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/186 Displaying Information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/52 Control of displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/213 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/215 characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2306/15 Failure diagnostics
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00

Abstract

Provided are a vehicle information acquisition device and a vehicle information acquisition method which are capable of accelerating the update time of vehicle information that needs to be updated in a short time and enhancing convenience. A vehicle information acquisition device (200) transmits respective pieces of request data each requesting any one of multiple kinds of vehicle information in a predetermined order via a vehicle diagnosis connector (302) provided in a vehicle (300) and receives, from the vehicle (300) side, respective pieces of response data indicating the respective pieces of vehicle information to thereby periodically acquire the respective pieces of vehicle information. The vehicle information acquisition device is characterized by transmitting, among the respective pieces of request data, request data that requests vehicle information having a higher update priority at a higher frequency than request data that requests vehicle information having a lower update priority.

Claims

1. A vehicle information acquisition device for sending a plurality of request data in a predetermined order each requesting any one of a plurality of vehicle information through a vehicle diagnosis connector provided in a vehicle and receiving a plurality of response data giving the respective types of vehicle information from the vehicle-side, thereby periodically acquiring the respective types of vehicle information,

wherein, among the plurality of request data, the request data that requests vehicle information having a higher update priority is sent more frequently than the request data that requests vehicle information having a lower update priority.

2. The vehicle information acquisition device according to claim 1, wherein, when the response data is received or when a predetermined time has elapsed since the sending of the request data, the next request data is sent.

3. The vehicle information acquisition device according to claim 1, comprising an update priority setting function for changing the update priorities.

4. The vehicle information acquisition device according to claim 1, wherein the acquired vehicle information is sent to an external equipment.

5. The vehicle information acquisition device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information acquisition device is integrated with a display means that can display the vehicle information and sends the acquired vehicle information to the display means.

6. A vehicle information acquisition method for sending a plurality of request data in a predetermined order each requesting any one of a plurality of vehicle information through a vehicle diagnosis connector provided in a vehicle and receiving a plurality of response data giving the respective types of vehicle information from the vehicle-side, thereby periodically acquiring the respective types of vehicle information,

wherein, among the plurality of request data, the request data that requests vehicle information having a higher update priority is sent more frequently than the request data that requests vehicle information having a lower update priority.

7. The vehicle information acquisition method according to claim 6, wherein, when the response data is received or when a predetermined time has elapsed since the sending of the request data, the next request data is sent.

8. The vehicle information acquisition method according to claim 6, wherein the update priorities can be switched.

9. The vehicle information acquisition method according to claim 6, wherein the acquired vehicle information is sent to an external equipment.