DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS FROM A VEHICLE

• US 20140086242A1
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Drew Technologies Incorporated (Opus Group AB)
• Original Assignee: Drew Technologies Incorporated (Opus Group AB)
• Inventors: Drew, Michael, Herron, Brian
• Application Number:
  US14/018,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20140086242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/52 Multiprotocol routers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

The device for transmitting signals from a vehicle may include a controller, a first connector, a second connector, a third connector, and a fourth connector. The controller is in communication each of the connectors. The first connector includes a first connector type, which may be a male J1962 connector type, and is configured of transmitting more of a plurality of signals there through. The second connector includes a second connector type, which may be a female J1962 connector type, and is configured to transmit one of the plurality of signals there through. The third connector includes a third connector type, which may be an RJ45 jack, and is configured to transmit one of the plurality of signals there through. The fourth connector includes a fourth connector type, which may be a universal serial bus connector type, and is configured to send and receive the commands to/from the controller.

Claims

1. A device for transmitting signals from a vehicle, the device comprising:

a controller;

a first connector operatively coupled to the controller, the first connector including a first connector type and capable of transmitting one of a plurality of vehicle protocol signals therethrough;

a second connector operatively coupled to the controller, the second connector including a second connector type and configured to transmit one of the plurality of signals therethrough;

a third connector operatively coupled to the controller, the third connector including a third connector type and configured to transmit one of the plurality of signals therethrough;

wherein the device routes the one of the plurality of signals transmitted through the first connector to one of the second connector or the third connector depending on the type of vehicle protocol signal being transmitted through the first connector.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a fourth connector operatively coupled to the controller, the fourth connector including a fourth connector type and configured to send and receive commands from the controller.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the device converts the vehicle protocol signal transmitted through the first connector from a first protocol to a second protocol.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the first protocol comprises non-standard Ethernet and the second protocol comprises 802.3 100 baseT Ethernet.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the first protocol comprises wired Ethernet and the second protocol comprises 802.11 wireless Ethernet.

6. The device of claim 2, further comprising a pin switcher disposed between the first connector and the second connector and also between the first connector and the third connector.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the first connector type comprises a J1962 male connector.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the second connector type comprises a RJ45 Ethernet connector.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the third connector type comprises a J1962 female connector.

10. The device of claim 2, wherein the fourth connector comprises a USB connector.

11. The device of claim 1, further comprising an 802.11 wireless radio operatively coupled to the controller and configured to transmit an output signal.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein the pin switcher is configured to selectively route signals from the first connector to at least one of the second connector or third connector.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the first connector includes a plurality of pins, and the pin switcher selects a first subset of pins corresponding to a predetermined signal protocol to route the signal from the first connector to the third connector.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the first connector includes a plurality of pins, and the pin switcher selects a first subset of pins corresponding to a predetermined signal protocol to route the signal from the first connector to the second connector.

15. The device of claim 14, further comprising an Ethernet converter, and the signal is routed from the first connector to the second connector via the Ethernet converter.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the Ethernet converter comprises a input selector and a output selector that are coupled to the controller for converting an Ethernet signal input from the first connector to an Ethernet signal output for the second connector.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the Ethernet converter further comprises a plurality of Ethernet convertors corresponding to a plurality of Ethernet conversion algorithms.

18. A device for transmitting signals from a vehicle, the device comprising:

a controller;

a first connector operatively coupled to the controller, the first connector including a first connector type and capable of transmitting one of a plurality of vehicle protocol signals therethrough;

a second connection operatively coupled to the controller, the second connection configured to transmit one of the plurality of signals therethrough;

wherein the device routes the one of the plurality of signals transmitted through the first connector to one of the second connection depending on the type of vehicle protocol signal being transmitted through the first connector; and

wherein the first connector type is a J1962 connector and the second connection is an Ethernet protocol connection type.

19. The device for transmitting signals from a vehicle of claim 18, wherein the Ethernet protocol connection type is an RJ45 jack.

20. The device for transmitting signals from a vehicle of claim 18, wherein the Ethernet protocol connection type is a wireless radio operatively coupled to the controller and configured to transmit an output signal.