Method of the transmission of data

• US 20020017979A1
• Filed: 01/10/2001
• Published: 02/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG (Harting KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG (Harting KGaA)
• Inventors: Metzing, Uwe, Krause, Jens
• Application Number:
  US09/757,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20020017979A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/765 with exchange of information between interrogator and responder
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/45 Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for transmitting data between a transponder which is incorporated in a vehicle and an inquiry station, said transponder being applied by an energy storage of its own which is charged by a charging station via wireless energy transmission. In this method the transponder first passes the transmission range of the charging station whereby the energy storage is being charged, then the transponder reaches the transmission range of the inquiry station causing the inquiry station to send a request signal on a first frequency which is received by the transponder. The transponder then sends the requested data on a second frequency. Since the vehicle passes the transmission range of the inquiry station first, the energy storage of the transponder can be charged during the whole time in which the vehicle resides within this transmission range. After the charge of the energy storage, the transponder can send on a second frequency, which may be higher in order to cope with a larger amount of data, when it resides within the transmission range of the inquiry station with no need for the term of transmission to be reduced on account of charging.

Claims

1. A method for the transmission of data between a transponder (16) which is incorporated in a vehicle (12) and an inquiry station (20), said transponder being supplied by its own energy storage (44) which is charged by a charging station (18) via wireless energy transmission, characterized by the following steps:

said transponder (16) first passes the transmission range (22) of said charging station (18), whereby said energy storage (44) is being loaded,

said transponder (16) reaches the transmission range (24) of said inquiry station (20),

said inquiry station (20) sends on a first frequency a request signal which is received by said transponder (16), said transponder (16) sends the requested data on a second frequency.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said charging station (18) is sending in a range of 125 kHz.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the position of said transponder (16) with respect to said inquiry station (20) is being registered and said request signal is sent only when said transponder is in a position with respect to said inquiry station which is optimal for requesting.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said request signal from said transponder (16) is being evaluated whether a first or a second group of data is to be sent.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said request signal from said transponder (16) is being evaluated whether said transponder has to receive and store data from said inquiry station (20).

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that the evaluation of said request signal depends on the charging conditions of said energy storage (44) of the transponder (16).

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that data is transmitted from said inquiry station (20) to said transponder (16) and stored therein.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said transponder (16) uses a carrier frequency of about 13.56 MHz for sending.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the process of charging said energy storage (44) takes much longer than the process of sending said requested data and in that said transponder (16) can be considered as standing still during the process of reading said data.

10. A transponder (16) for employment in a method according to claim 1, comprising a receiver (32) for a first frequency and an emitter (30) for a second frequency and comprising an energy storage (44) supplying said transponder and being connected to an antenna (40).

11. The transponder according to claim 10, characterized in that said transponder (16) comprises an evaluation circuit for evaluation of a request signal sent by said inquiry station (20).

12. The transponder according to claim 11, characterized in that said transponder (16) comprises at least one EEPROM (60), being readable and writeable by said inquiry station (20).

14. The transmitter/receiver system according to claim 13, characterized in that a position sensor (28) for detecting the position of said transponder (16) with respect to said inquiry station is assigned to said inquiry station (20).

13. A transmitter/receiver system (14) for transmitting data between a transponder (16) which is incorporated in a vehicle (12) and an inquiry station (20), said transponder being supplied by an energy storage (44) of its own which is charged by a charging station (19) via wireless energy transmission, characterized in that said charging station (18) is separated spatially from said inquiry station (20).