Smart power supply interface, vehicle-mounted electronic component with the same and method of controlling the same

• US 9,994,174 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2017
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Auto-Linked Shanghai Info Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Auto-Linked Shanghai Info Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Cheng, Lin, Chen, Li, Shouyi, Zhang, Jingting, Hu, Pan
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Li, Ce Li
• Application Number:
  US15/594,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20180086293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0238 Electrical distribution centers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/033 characterised by the use of electrical cells or batteries for propulsion puposes B60K1/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06; testing of charge state G01R31/36

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted electronic component with a smart power supply interface includes a smart power supply interface module and a component function module. At the vehicle-side, the smart power supply interface module is connected with the vehicle fuse fox and with the CAN bus of the vehicle, and also is connected with the vehicle transmission gear and the vehicle-mounted sensing module respectively. At the component-side, the smart power supply interface module has an ACC output interface and an ACC enhanced output interface for the gating connection of the ACC interface of the component function module.

Claims

1. A method of controlling

a vehicle-mounted electronic component with a smart power supply interface, including a smart power supply interface module and a component function module, wherein the smart power supply interface module has a vehicle-side interface configured to connect with one or more vehicle lines of a vehicle and a component-side interface configured to connect with the component function module;

the component function module configured to implement a function of the vehicle-mounted electronic component at a vehicle-side, the smart power supply interface module being configured to connect with a vehicle fuse box through an ACC input line, a BAT line and a GND line, the smart power supply interface module being configured to connect with a CAN bus of the vehicle, the smart power supply interface module being configured to connect with a vehicle transmission gear and a vehicle-mounted sensing module respectively through a gear trigger signal line and a sensing module signal line, respectively;

at a component-side, the smart power supply interface module being configured to connect with the component function module through a component-side BAT line, a GND line, a gear trigger signal line, a sensing module signal line and a communication interface;

the smart power supply module being configured to connect with the component function module through an ACC output interface or an ACC enhanced output interface via a gating connection to an ACC interface of the component function module;

the method comprising;

determining whether the smart power supply interface module is properly operating;

if the smart power supply interface module is properly operating, connecting an ACC enhanced interface of the smart power supply interface module with an ACC interface of the component function module;

determining whether the smart power supply interface module is in a sleep mode;

if the smart power supply interface module is not in a sleep mode, using the ACC enhanced output interface of the smart power supply interface module to transfer an electrical level of a BAT to the component function module, thereby causing the component function module to operate properly; and

if the smart power supply interface module is in a sleep mode, setting an electrical level of the ACC enhanced output to be zero (0), thereby causing the component function module to operate in a sleep mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step of determining whether the smart power supply interface module operates properly, if the smart power supply interface module does not operate properly, connecting an ACC output interface of the smart power supply interface module with the ACC interface of the component function module, and a status of the component function module is determined by a status of a vehicle ACC input line.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle has only one CAN bus, and the smart power supply interface module is connected with the only one CAN bus of the vehicle.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle has two CAN buses, and the smart power supply interface module is connected with both of the two CAN buses of the vehicle.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle has only one CAN bus, and the smart power supply interface module is connected with the only one CAN bus of the vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle has two CAN buses, and the smart power supply interface module is connected with both of the two CAN buses of the vehicle.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the component function module includes a navigating module, a rearview module or a driving recording module.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the component function module is a rearview module, the vehicle transmission gear is a reverse gear, and the vehicle-mounted sensing module is a vehicle rearview camera.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the component function module is a driving recording module, the vehicle transmission gear is a driving gear or reverse gear, and the vehicle-mounted sensing module is a driving recording camera.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle-mounted sensing module is a G-sensor.