Device, method and system for communicating with a control unit of a motor vehicle

• US 9,594,712 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2014
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Laichinger, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Cleary, Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US14/332,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20150026372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4004 Coupling between buses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4208 being a system bus, e.g. VME bus, Futurebus, Multibus
• 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 control unit for controlling or regulating a component, including a processing arrangement for controlling or regulating the component for connecting the control unit to a bus for communicating with a further control unit; an application tool port for connecting the control unit to an application tool for communicating with the control unit; and a connecting arrangement for connecting the application tool port and the bus port so that the application tool is able to communicate via the bus port, and a bus, a motor vehicle, a method, an application tool, and computer program products.

Claims

1. A control unit for controlling or regulating a component, comprising:

a control arrangement, including;

a processing arrangement to control or regulate the component;

a bus port to connect the control arrangement to a vehicle bus for communicating with a further control unit;

an application tool port to connect the control arrangement to an application tool for communicating with the control arrangement; and

a connecting arrangement to connect the application tool port and the bus port so that the application tool is able to communicate via the bus port, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured via a debug interface of an emulator.

2. The control unit of claim 1, wherein the connecting arrangement includes a circuit.

3. The control unit of claim 1, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured by program instructions which are carried out in the control arrangement.

4. The control unit of claim 3, wherein the processing arrangement includes a processor and a memory, and wherein the program instructions are stored in the memory and are carried out by the processor.

5. The control unit of claim 1, wherein the application tool port is configured as an emulator probe port having a vehicle bus interface configured for connection to a vehicle bus port of the application tool.

6. A bus for at least one control unit,

for controlling or regulating a component, the at least one control unit including a control arrangement having:

a processing arrangement to control or regulate the component;

a bus port to connect the control arrangement to a vehicle bus for communicating with a further control unit;

an application tool port to connect the control arrangement to an application tool for communicating with the control arrangement; and

a connecting arrangement to connect the application tool port and the bus port so that the application tool is able to communicate via the bus port, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured via a debug interface of an emulator.

7. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a bus for at least one control unit for controlling or regulating a component, the at least one control unit including a control arrangement having;

a processing arrangement to control or regulate the component;

a bus port to connect the control arrangement to a vehicle bus for communicating with a further control unit;

an application tool port to connect the control arrangement to an application tool for communicating with the control arrangement; and

a connecting arrangement to connect the application tool port and the bus port so that the application tool is able to communicate via the bus port, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured via a debug interface of an emulator.

8. A method for operating a control unit, the method comprising:

connecting an application tool port and a bus port of a control unit so that an application tool, which is connected to the application tool port, is able to communicate via the bus port;

wherein the control unit is for controlling or regulating a component, and wherein the control unit includes a control arrangement having;

a processing arrangement to control or regulate the component;

the bus port to connect the control arrangement to a vehicle bus for communicating with a further control unit;

the application tool port to connect the control arrangement to the application tool for communicating with the control arrangement; and

a connecting arrangement to connect the application tool port and the bus port so that the application tool is able to communicate via the bus port, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured via a debug interface of an emulator.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured by program instructions which are carried out in the control arrangement.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the processing arrangement includes a processor and a memory, and wherein the program instructions are stored in the memory and are carried out by the processor.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the application tool port is configured as an emulator probe port having a vehicle bus interface configured for connection to a vehicle bus port of the application tool.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the connecting arrangement includes a circuit.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program, comprising:

a program code arrangement having program code for operating a control unit, by performing the following;

connecting an application tool port and a bus port of a control unit so that an application tool, which is connected to the application tool port, is able to communicate via the bus port;

wherein the control unit is for controlling or regulating a component, the control unit including a control arrangement having;

a processing arrangement to control or regulate the component;

the bus port to connect the control arrangement to a vehicle bus for communicating with a further control unit;

the application tool port to connect the control arrangement to the application tool for communicating with the control arrangement; and

a connecting arrangement to connect the application tool port and the bus port so that the application tool is able to communicate via the bus port, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured via a debug interface of an emulator.

13. An application tool for communicating with a control unit, comprising:

an application tool arrangement to communicate via an application tool port in order to communicate via a bus;

wherein the control unit is for controlling or regulating a component, and wherein the control unit includes a control arrangement having;

a processing arrangement to control or regulate the component;

a bus port to connect the control arrangement to a vehicle bus for communicating with a further control unit;

the application tool port to connect the control arrangement to the application tool arrangement for communicating with the control arrangement; and

a connecting arrangement to connect the application tool port and the bus port so that the application tool is able to communicate via the bus port, wherein the connecting arrangement is configured via a debug interface of an emulator.