Can system

• US 7,840,735 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Issued: 11/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Heller, Hans, Schwarz, Konrad
• Primary Examiner(s): Rinehart; Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cerullo; Jeremy S
• Application Number:
  US11/922,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20090210073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,594 Days
• Field of Search: 710/100, 710/104, 710/107, 710/108, 710/305
• US Class Current: 710/107
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40 Bus networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40032 Details regarding a bus interface enhancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4135 using bit-wise arbitration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/462 LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40215 Controller Area Network CAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

A CAN system includes a plurality of CAN modules and a CAN bus connecting the CAN modules. In at least one embodiment, a filter device is mounted between at least one CAN module and the CAN bus, by which CAN messages transported via the CAN bus and destined for the at least one CAN module can be filtered.

Claims

1. A Controller Area Network (CAN) system, comprising:

a plurality of CAN modules;

a CAN bus connecting the CAN modules;

a filter device, inserted between at least one of the plurality of CAN modules and the CAN bus, to filter CAN messages transported over the CAN bus and addressed to the at least one of the plurality of CAN modules; and

a filter condition recording device having an input unit to enter filter conditions for the filter device and a conversion unit to convert the filter conditions into macro instructions, the input device including an interface via which the macro instructions representing the filter conditions are supplyable to the interface of the filter device.

2. The CAN system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the filter device is further usable to reject the maximum possible number of CAN messages that are not intended for the at least one of the plurality of CAN modules.

3. The CAN system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the filter device is further used to reject the greatest possible number of frequently occurring CAN message types.

4. The CAN system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the filter device is further usable to reject the greatest possible number of frequently occurring CAN message types.

5. The CAN system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the filter device is usable to perform the filtering in accordance with at least one freely parameterizable filter condition.

6. The CAN system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the filter device is further usable to perform the filtering in accordance with at least one freely parameterizable filter trigger condition.

7. The CAN system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the trigger condition is designed so that all CAN messages registered at least one of immediately before and immediately after the trigger event are filtered.

8. The CAN system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the filter device is further used to perform the storage of the filtered CAN messages in accordance with a freely parameterizable storage condition.

9. The CAN system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the filter device is further usable to perform the storage of the filtered CAN messages in accordance with a freely parameterizable storage condition.

10. The CAN system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the filter device includes an interface via which filter conditions are supplyable to the filter device from outside.

11. The CAN system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a computation unit to compute the time needed by the filter device for filtering a CAN message according to a particular filter condition.

12. A Controller Area Network (CAN) system test device for testing a CAN system as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

an interface, to connect the CAN system test device to the CAN bus of the CAN system,

an analytical unit, connected to said interface, to analyze CAN messages transported in the CAN bus, and

a filter device, inserted between the interface and the analytical unit, to filter the CAN messages received via the interface.

13. The CAN system test device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the filter device is useable to perform the filtering in accordance with at least one freely parameterizable filter condition.

14. The CAN system test device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the filter device is usable to perform the filtering in accordance with at least one freely parameterizable filter trigger condition.

15. The CAN system test device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the trigger condition is designed so that all CAN messages at least one of registered immediately before and registered immediately after the trigger event are filtered.

16. The CAN system test device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the filter device is usable to perform the storage of the filtered CAN messages in accordance with a freely parameterizable storage condition.

17. The CAN system test device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the filter device includes an interface via which filter conditions are supplyable to the filter device from outside.