Sensor for vehicle and vehicle including the same

• US 9,658,332 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2015
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Dong Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Kwok, Helen
• Application Number:
  US14/645,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20160154095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/87 Combinations of sonar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2015/932 for parking operations

Abstract

A sensor for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a processor including first to sixth pins; first to third input pins connected with a connector; and an exchange circuit including first to third pins connected with the processor and the first to third input pins, and fourth to sixth pins connected with the processor, and a vehicle according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of sensors for a vehicle, each of which includes: a processor including first to sixth pins; first to third input pins connected with a connector; and an exchange circuit including first to third pins connected with the processor and the first to third input pins, and fourth to sixth pins connected with the processor; and an electronic control unit (ECU) connected with the plurality of sensors for a vehicle by a bus topology method.

Claims

1. A sensor for a vehicle, comprising:

a processor including a power supply pin, a local interconnect network (LIN) pin, a ground pin, and first to three address pins;

first to third input pins configured to be connected with a connector electrically connected with an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle, and configured to receive a power signal, a ground signal, and a local Interconnect network (LIN) signal through the connector; and

an exchange circuit including first to third pins connected with the first to third input pins, fourth to sixth pins connected with the first to three address pins of the processor, and a logic circuit provided between the first to third pins and the fourth to sixth pins,

wherein the first to third input pins are connected with the first to third pins of the exchange circuit and the first to three address pins of the processor, and are configured to deliver the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal to the first to third pins of the exchange circuit and the first to three address pins of the processor,

wherein the logic circuit is configured to deliver the power signal, the LIN signal, and the ground signal received from the connector through the first to third pins of the exchange circuit to the power supply pin, the LIN pin, and the ground pin of the processor, respectively, through the fourth to sixth pins of the exchange circuit.

2. The sensor of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to identify each of the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal received through the first to third input pins by determining signal levels delivered to the first to third address pins of the processor.

3. The sensor of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to identify a pin receiving a bit from the ECU of the vehicle among the first to third address pins of the processor as a pin which receives the LIN signal.

4. The sensor of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to identify a pin in a high state among the first to third address pins of the processor as a pin which receives the power signal, and a pin in a low state among the first to third address pins of the processor as a pin which receives the ground signal, by reading the signal levels delivered to the first to third address pins of the processor.

5. The sensor of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to set an address of the sensor by comparing the identified each of the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal received through the first to third input pins and a predetermined address designating table.

6. The sensor of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to set an address of the sensor based on the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal delivered to the first to third address pins of the processor through the first to third input pins.

7. The sensor of claim 1, wherein the sensor for the vehicle is an ultrasonic sensor for transceiving data with the vehicle through LIN communication.

8. A vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of sensors for the vehicle, each of which includes;

a processor including a power supply pin, a local interconnect network (LIN) pin, a ground pin, and first to three address pins;

first to third input pins configured to be connected with a connector, and configured to receive a power signal, a ground signal, and a local Interconnect network (LIN) signal through the connector; and

an exchange circuit including first to third pins connected with the first to third input pins, fourth to sixth pins connected with the first to three address pins of the processor, and a logic circuit provided between the first to third pins and the fourth to sixth pins; and

an electronic control unit (ECU) connected with each of the plurality of sensors, through the connector, by a bus topology method,

wherein the first to third input pins are connected with the first to third pins of the exchange circuit and the first to three address pins of the processor, and are configured to deliver the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal to the first to third pins of the exchange circuit and the first to three address pins of the processor,

wherein the logic circuit is configured to deliver the power signal, the LIN signal, and the ground signal received from the connector through the first to third pins of the exchange circuit to the power supply pin, the LIN pin, and the ground pin of the processor, respectively, through the fourth to sixth pins of the exchange circuit.

9. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to identify each of the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal received through the first to third input pins by determining signal levels delivered to the first to third address pins of the processor.

10. The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to identify a pin receiving a bit from the ECU among the first to third address pins of the processor as a pin which receives the LIN signal.

11. The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to identify a pin in a high state among the first to third address pins of the processor as a pin which receives the power signal, and a pin in a low state among the first to third address pins of the processor as a pin which receives the ground signal, by reading the signal levels delivered to the first to third address pins of the processor.

12. The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to set an address of the plurality of sensors by comparing the identified each of the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal received through the first to third input pins and a predetermined address designating table.

13. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to set an address of the plurality of sensors based on the power signal, the ground signal, and the LIN signal delivered to the first to third address pins of the processor through the first to third input pins.

14. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the plurality of sensors includes an ultrasonic sensor transceiving data with the ECU through LIN communication.