JP3217361U - In-vehicle information provider - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an in-vehicle information providing apparatus that can provide users with various additional functions such as decoding of a vehicle failure code, tire pressure information and driving safety monitoring, anti-theft and audiovisual entertainment via a network, and satisfying each user's needs. To do. An in-vehicle information providing apparatus includes a vehicle travel information connector, a tire pressure receiving module, an acceleration detection module, a battery module, a WiFi hotspot sharing module, a server communication module, A Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication module 17, a failure code support module 18, and a data processing module 19 are included. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle information providing apparatus, and more particularly to an in-vehicle information providing apparatus having a plurality of functions.

  As the development of science and technology progresses, electronic devices have progressed, and various electronic systems and electronic components have been incorporated into automobiles one after another. This has improved the driving safety and audiovisual entertainment needs of users. Satisfies. Most current automobiles are equipped with an on-board electronic control unit (ECU), which can detect, control and record all vehicle conditions, and also have an on-board fault diagnosis system (OBD) installed in the vehicle. . This in-vehicle failure diagnosis system is connected to the in-vehicle electronic control unit, and can acquire the vehicle travel information and the failure message recorded by the in-vehicle electronic control unit. The in-vehicle type failure diagnosis includes a socket for connecting to a vehicle external display device or a computer communication connector, thereby providing in-vehicle information. When a trouble or failure occurs in an automobile, the in-vehicle failure diagnosis system issues a failure code and a warning signal, which is useful for the maintenance of the automobile.

  The common fault code in the vehicle travel information provided by the existing in-vehicle fault diagnosis system (OBD) cannot be read directly by the driver. A maintenance computer can be used to finally interpret and diagnose it. However, from the time the vehicle breaks down until the in-vehicle information diagnosis is performed, the driver does not know about the car trouble at all and understands the details only after receiving explanation from the maintenance staff. (For example, parts to be replaced due to breakdowns, estimates of maintenance services) cause consumer service disputes.

  In-vehicle fault diagnosis systems are already capable of notifying various real-time data and common fault codes (DTCs), and are more convenient for making diagnostics at the time of failure. Has only a single function of reading the fault code of the in-vehicle electronic control unit, and is mainly used as a diagnostic tool for faults, and does not meet other needs such as safe driving, audiovisual entertainment or anti-theft It is.

  The present invention was made in view of the above problems, and can provide users with a variety of additional functions such as decoding of vehicle failure codes, tire pressure information and driving safety monitoring, anti-theft and audiovisual entertainment via the network, It aims at providing the vehicle-mounted information provision apparatus which can satisfy each user's needs.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to the present invention is an in-vehicle information providing apparatus used for transmitting in-vehicle information of an automobile to a mobile device, and is a mounting unit used for attaching to the automobile And a vehicle travel information connector that is provided on the mounting portion and is used to connect an in-vehicle electronic control unit of the automobile and acquire vehicle traveling information including a common failure code, and the vehicle. A tire pressure receiving module used for receiving tire pressure information from the tire pressure sensor, an acceleration detecting module provided on the mounting portion and used for obtaining detection information by detecting a moving state of the automobile, The vehicle is provided on the mounting portion and connected to the acceleration detection module, and the vehicle is stopped or stopped. A battery module used to continue supplying the required power of the acceleration detection module at the time, and wirelessly transmitted to the driver action evaluation server in the cloud, and the driver action evaluation for the car A server communication module used for performing, a WiFi hotspot sharing module provided on the mounting unit and connected to the server communication module and used to provide a WiFi hotspot to the vehicle occupant, and the mounting unit A Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication module used for performing data communication with the mobile device and providing it to a driver of the automobile, and provided on the mounting portion and connected to the vehicle travel information connector, The common fault code is A fault code corresponding module used for converting the information into diagnostic information, and the vehicle travel information connector, the tire pressure receiving module, the acceleration detecting module, the server communication module, and the Bluetooth (registered trademark) provided in the mounting portion. ) Connected to the communication module and the failure code handling module, and generates the in-vehicle information by one or more of the vehicle travel information, the tire pressure information, the detection information, and the diagnosis information, and the in-vehicle information And a data processing module used to transmit the driver behavior assessment server and / or the mobile device.

  As an embodiment of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention, it further includes a positioning module that is provided on the mounting unit and obtains position information of the mounting unit, the data processing module is connected to the positioning module, and the vehicle The in-vehicle information is generated based on one or more of travel information, tire pressure information, detection information, diagnosis information, and position information.

  As an example of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention, the positioning module is a GPS positioning module.

  As an example of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention, the acceleration detection module includes a gravity sensor (G-sensor).

  As an example of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention, the vehicle travel information connector is an OBDII connector.

  As an example of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention, the failure code support module includes an automatic data update unit that automatically updates the common failure code and the diagnostic information online.

  As an example of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention, the server communication module includes a 4G antenna.

  As an example of the vehicle information providing apparatus according to the present invention, the tire pressure receiving module includes a tire pressure signal connector connected to a tire pressure receiver used to receive the tire pressure information from the tire pressure sensor of the automobile. Including.

  The in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention can add other additional functions to the in-vehicle information providing apparatus by installing a tire pressure receiving module, an acceleration detection module, a WiFi hotspot sharing module, a server communication module, and a fault code corresponding module. it can. With this, the user knows the vehicle diagnosis information through the in-vehicle information providing apparatus of the present invention, and confirms vehicle driving safety (including tire air pressure) and theft prevention, while the contents of the Internet by connecting the communication module also when riding. Since the in-vehicle information is fed back to the cloud server while enjoying the information, it is possible to satisfy the user's needs and improve the added value and market competitiveness of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus.

In order to make the above and other objects, features, advantages, and embodiments of the present invention more comprehensible, the following detailed description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It is a figure which shows an example of the connection of the vehicle-mounted information provision apparatus by this invention, and a mobile device. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the vehicle-mounted information provision apparatus by this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, embodiment described below is an example for making an understanding of this invention easy, and does not limit this invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 2, an in-vehicle information providing apparatus 100 according to an example of the present invention is used to transmit in-vehicle information of an automobile to a mobile device M, and the in-vehicle information providing apparatus 100 is attached to an automobile. A mounting unit 10 used, a vehicle travel information connector 11 provided on the mounting unit 10 and used to connect the on-vehicle electronic control unit C of the automobile and acquire vehicle travel information including a common fault code; A tire pressure receiving module 12 provided on the mounting portion 10 and used for receiving tire pressure information from a tire pressure sensor of the automobile, and a detection information provided on the mounting portion 10 for detecting a moving state of the automobile. An acceleration detection module 13 used to obtain the acceleration detection module 13 and the acceleration detection module 1 Connected to the battery module 14 and used to keep supplying the required power of the acceleration detection module 13 when the vehicle is stopped or power is cut off. A server communication module 15 that is wirelessly transmitted to the server S and used for evaluating the driver's behavior with respect to the vehicle, and provided on the mounting unit 10 and connected to the server communication module 15, and a WiFi hot spot is connected to the vehicle S A WiFi hotspot sharing module 16 used for providing to a passenger, and Bluetooth (registered trademark) provided in the mounting unit 10 and used for performing data communication with the mobile device M and providing it to the driver of the automobile. ) Communication module 17 and the above 10 and connected to the vehicle travel information connector 11 and used to convert the common fault code into corresponding diagnosis information, and a fault code corresponding module 18 provided in the mounting portion 10, Connected to the information connector 11, the tire pressure receiving module 12, the acceleration detecting module 13, the server communication module 15, the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication module 17, and the failure code corresponding module 18, the vehicle running information, In order to generate the in-vehicle information based on one or more of tire pressure information, the detection information, and the diagnosis information, and transmit the in-vehicle information to the driver action evaluation server S and / or the mobile device M Data processing module 19 used .

  This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The mounting portion 10 is a housing that houses the plurality of functional modules, and the housing can be attached to an automobile. A vehicle travel information connector 11, a tire pressure signal connector 121, an expansion connector 191, and a SIM card connector 151 of the server communication module 15 are installed in the mounting portion 10. In particular, the vehicle travel information connector 11 is an OBDII connector, It connects with the vehicle-mounted electronic control unit C and acquires vehicle travel information. A tire pressure signal connector 121 in the tire pressure receiving module 12 is connected to a tire pressure receiver 122. The tire pressure receiver 122 receives tire pressure information detected from a tire pressure sensor of an automobile via wireless. The expansion connector 191 is connected to another module for improving functions, and the SIM card connector 151 is connected to a SIM card. The SIM card connector 151 is connected to the server communication module 15 and enables wireless network communication to the driver behavior evaluation server S in the cloud through the SIM card. As an example of the present invention, the server communication module 15 is a 4G mobile communication module, and a 4G antenna is included in this module.

  More specifically, as an example of the present invention, the vehicle travel information generated by the in-vehicle electronic control unit C is the current vehicle information such as travel speed, acceleration, coolant temperature, battery voltage, current travel distance and engine load. In addition to the above information, the vehicle common failure code such as SAE failure code or ISO failure code is also included. The data processing module 19 can generate in-vehicle information and provide it to the user as a reference after calculating data such as gasoline consumption based on the current state of the vehicle in the vehicle travel information. Further, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data processing module 19 calculates the gasoline consumption amount based on the tire air pressure information and the detection information sent from the tire air pressure receiving module 12 and the acceleration detection module 13, and the in-vehicle information corresponding thereto. Can be generated and provided to the user as a reference.

  Also, as an example of the present invention, the common fault code in the vehicle travel information can be directly converted into the corresponding diagnostic information by installing the fault code corresponding module 18, and this diagnostic information has the meaning of the contents by the user. It can be decoded as it is. As a result, it is possible not only to clarify the problem of the automobile failure via the mobile device M at an early stage, but also to avoid a dispute that may occur during repair between the user side and the maintenance staff side.

  This will be described with reference to FIG. For the purpose of adding the vehicle positioning function, the positioning module 152 is installed on the mounting unit 10 to acquire the position information of the automobile to which the mounting unit 10 is attached. The data processing module 19 generates the in-vehicle information based on one or more of the vehicle travel information, the tire air pressure information, the detection information, the diagnosis information, and the position information through the positioning module. Therefore, the current vehicle position information can be displayed in the in-vehicle information and provided to the user as a reference during driving. As an example of the present invention, the positioning module 152 can be used as a GPS positioning module and can be integrated into the server communication module 15, so that the volume of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus 100 can be reduced. The GPS positioning module also includes a GPS antenna.

  The present invention further has an anti-theft function. As shown in FIG. 2, the acceleration information of the automobile to which the mounting unit 10 is attached is obtained by providing the acceleration detecting module 13 on the mounting unit 10. The acceleration detecting module 13 includes a gravity sensor (G-sensor). )including. While the vehicle engine is stopped and parked, the battery module 14 continues to provide the required power for the acceleration detection module 13. Thus, when the car is stolen and moved, the acceleration detection module 13 detects the acceleration caused by the movement, and the acceleration module 13 makes a determination based on the state of acceleration of the car and then returns the data processing module 19. Then, the vehicle information is transferred to the mobile device M and the driver action evaluation server S under the control of the data processing module 19 to notify the user and the related person of the vehicle movement.

  This will be described with reference to FIG. In the present invention, by installing the server communication module 15, the in-vehicle information of the in-vehicle information providing apparatus 100 can be transmitted to the driver action evaluation server S in a wireless manner. More specifically, the data processing module 19 can transmit vehicle travel information, for example, sudden acceleration and braking conditions to the driver action evaluation server S in the cloud. Then, the driver action evaluation server S evaluates the vehicle traveling information of the automobile according to a predetermined evaluation criterion, and determines whether or not the user driving the automobile is a dangerous driving. On the other hand, the server communication module 15 can be connected to the Internet via wireless, and the WiFi hotspot sharing module 16 is connected to the server communication module 15 so that all the vehicle occupants can connect to the Internet through the WiFi hotspot. Is possible. Therefore, all the passengers' mobile devices can enjoy the audiovisual entertainment provided from the Internet content through the WiFi hotspot sharing module 16 and the server communication module 15.

  As an example of the present invention, in order to update the common fault code in the fault code corresponding module 18 and the diagnosis information for the common fault code in real time, the present invention further includes an automatic data update unit ( Specifically, the automatic data update unit performs remote management of SIM card data and related applications through wireless download technology (OTA, Over-The-Air), and the present invention. The common fault codes and diagnostic information can be automatically updated online. The present invention includes a tire pressure receiving module 12, an acceleration detecting module 13, a battery module 14, a server communication module 15, a WiFi hot spot sharing module 16, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication module 17, a fault code handling module 18, and a data processing module. By mounting 19 on one mounting portion 10, the in-vehicle information providing apparatus 100 can be made compact, and it is clear that such a modular compact design is convenient for mounting on a car. It is.

  According to the above configuration, the in-vehicle information providing apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes the tire pressure receiving module 12, the acceleration detecting module 13, the server communication module 15, the WiFi hot spot sharing module 16, the fault code handling module 18, and the data processing module. By installing each of the 19 units, not only is it convenient for diagnostic maintenance in the event of a vehicle failure, but it can also be used for vehicle driving safety, anti-theft and access to Internet content, etc., thus satisfying all user needs and providing in-vehicle information It is possible to improve the added value and market competitiveness of the device.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. The above-described embodiment is an exemplification, and this embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the technical idea described in the claims of the present invention. It is included in the technical scope of the device.

The following description of the symbols is intended to make the above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention more comprehensible.
10 ... Loading part, 11 ... Vehicle travel information connector,
12 ... Tire pressure receiving module, 13 ... Acceleration detection module,
14 ... Battery module, 15 ... Server communication module,
16 ... WiFi hotspot sharing module,
17 ... Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication module,
18 ... Fault code support module, 19 ... Data processing module,
100: In-vehicle information providing device, 121: Tire pressure signal connector,
122 ... Tire pressure receiver 151 ... SIM card connector
152 ... Positioning module, 191 ... Expansion connector,
C: In-vehicle electronic control unit, M ... Mobile device,
S: Driver action evaluation server.

Claims (8)

An in-vehicle information providing apparatus used for transmitting in-vehicle information of an automobile to a mobile device,
A mounting portion used to attach to the automobile;
A vehicle travel information connector provided on the mounting portion, connected to an on-vehicle electronic control unit of the automobile, and used to acquire vehicle travel information including a common fault code;
A tire pressure receiving module provided on the mounting portion and used to receive tire pressure information from a tire pressure sensor of the automobile;
An acceleration detection module provided on the mounting portion and used for obtaining detection information by detecting a moving state of the automobile;
A battery module that is provided on the mounting portion and connected to the acceleration detection module, and is used to continue supplying the required power of the acceleration detection module when the automobile stops an engine or a power failure;
A server communication module that is provided in the mounting unit, wirelessly transmitted to a driver behavior evaluation server in the cloud, and used for performing a driver behavior evaluation for the vehicle;
A WiFi hotspot sharing module provided on the platform and connected to the server communication module and used to provide WiFi hotspots to the vehicle occupant;
A Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication module provided in the mounting unit and used for performing data communication with the mobile device and providing the data to a driver of the vehicle;
A fault code corresponding module which is provided on the mounting part and connected to the vehicle travel information connector and used to convert the common fault code into corresponding diagnostic information;
The vehicle is connected to the vehicle travel information connector, the tire pressure receiving module, the acceleration detection module, the server communication module, the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication module, and the failure code corresponding module provided on the mounting portion. The in-vehicle information is generated based on one or more of driving information, tire pressure information, detection information, and diagnostic information, and the in-vehicle information is transmitted to the driver action evaluation server and / or the mobile device. And a data processing module used for the purpose.   A positioning module that is provided in the mounting unit and that acquires position information of the mounting unit; the data processing module is connected to the positioning module; and the vehicle travel information, the tire pressure information, the detection information, The in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle information is generated based on one or more of the diagnostic information and the position information.   The in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the positioning module is a GPS positioning module.   The in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acceleration detection module includes a gravity sensor (G-sensor).   The in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle travel information connector is an OBDII connector.   The in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the failure code handling module includes an automatic data update unit that automatically updates the common failure code and the diagnostic information online.   The in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the server communication module includes a 4G antenna.   The tire pressure receiving module includes a tire pressure signal connector connected to a tire pressure receiver used to receive the tire pressure information from the tire pressure sensor of the automobile. 8. The in-vehicle information providing apparatus according to any one of items 7.

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