IP Library Granted Patent US 10,207,675
Granted Patent B2
US 10,207,675 · App. 16/069,014 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Vehicle keyless system and on-vehicle device of vehicle keyless system

Inventor: Yuuki Nakashima (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
B60R25/01B60R25/20E05B81/56
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Patent No.
US 10,207,675
App. No.
16/069,014
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

At acquisition of a first unit command signal RC( 1 ) of which storage is completed and in a case that the ring buffer stores a part of a second unit command signal RC( 2 ), the CPU acquires the first unit command signal and the part of the second unit command signal upon receiving a first interrupt signal BQ( 1 ), and then separates the first unit command signal and the part of the second unit command signal from each other. When having received a second interrupt signal BQ( 2 ), the CPU acquires the remaining of the second unit command signal, and combines the remaining of the second unit command signal and the part of the second unit command signal. Accordingly, the second unit command signal once separated is acquired as a signal having all data completed.

Claims (45)

1. A vehicle keyless system comprising:

a portable device configured to transmit a command signal; and

an on-vehicle device configured to receive the command signal transmitted from the portable device and control an on-vehicle component in response to the command signal as received, wherein

the portable device includes an operation unit, a portable-side control unit, and a transmission unit,

the portable-side control unit controls the transmission unit to transmit, at a predetermined time interval, a unit command signal as the command signal in accordance with an operation made on the operation unit,

the on-vehicle device includes a reception unit including a ring buffer, and an on-vehicle-side control unit,

the reception unit receives the unit command signal, stores received unit command signals in the ring buffer in an order of reception, and outputs an interrupt signal to the on-vehicle-side control unit at each time when the reception unit completes storage of the received unit command signal in the ring buffer,

the on-vehicle-side control unit acquires, when the interrupt signal is input, the unit command signal from the ring buffer, and executes command processing for controlling the on-vehicle component based on the unit command signal as acquired, and

the on-vehicle-side control unit includes a signal acquisition processing unit configured to control an execution timing of acquisition and an amount of acquisition when the on-vehicle-side control unit acquires a target unit command from the ring buffer and in a case that the ring buffer stores at least a part of a unit command signal as received by the reception unit subsequent to the target unit command , so that the unit command signal as received subsequent to the target unit command signal is acquired in a state that all data is completed.

2. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1 , wherein

the on-vehicle-side control unit transitions from a sleep state to an operational state when a first unit command signal that is the unit command signal received by the reception unit for first time is stored in the ring buffer and a first interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and

when transitioned to the operational state and in a case that the ring buffer stores the first unit command signal and a part of a next unit command signal that is the unit command signal as received by the reception unit subsequent to the first unit command signal, the signal acquisition processing unit:

acquires the first unit command signal and the part of the next unit command signal, and then separates the first unit command signal and the part of the next unit command signal from each other; and

acquires, when the next unit command signal is entirely stored in the ring buffer and a second interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, a remaining of the next unit command signal stored in the ring buffer and combines the part of the next unit command signal and the remaining of the next unit command signal.

3. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1 , wherein

the on-vehicle-side control unit transitions from a sleep state to an operational state when a first unit command signal that is the unit command signal as received by the reception unit for first time is stored in the ring buffer and a first interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and

when transitioned to the operational state and in a case that the ring buffer stores the first unit command signal and a part of a next unit command signal that is the unit command signal as received by the reception unit subsequent to the first unit command signal, the signal acquisition processing unit waits until the next unit command signal is entirely stored in the ring buffer and a second interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and then acquires the first unit command signal and the next unit command signal from the ring buffer and separates the first unit command signal and the next unit command signal from each other.

4. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1 , wherein

the on-vehicle-side control unit transitions from a sleep state to an operational state when a first unit command signal that is the unit command signal received by the reception unit for first time is stored in the ring buffer and a first interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and

when transitioned to the operational state and in a case that the ring buffer stores the first unit command signal and a part of a next unit command signal that is the unit command signal received by the reception unit subsequent to the first unit command signal, the signal acquisition processing unit:

acquires the first unit command signal stored in the ring buffer; and then

waits until the next unit command signal is entirely stored in the ring buffer and a second interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and acquires the next unit command signal stored in the ring buffer.

5. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined time interval as a transmission interval of the unit command signal transmitted from the portable device is shorter than a time taken for state transition of the on-vehicle-side control unit from a sleep state to an operational state.

6. An on-vehicle device of a vehicle keyless system configured to receive a unit command signal transmitted from a portable device at a predetermined time interval and control an on-vehicle component, the on-vehicle device comprising:

a reception unit including a ring buffer; and

a control unit, wherein

the reception unit receives the unit command signal, stores received unit command signals in the ring buffer in an order of reception, and outputs an interrupt signal to the control unit at each time when the reception unit completes storage of the received unit command signal in the ring buffer,

the control unit acquires, when the interrupt signal is input, the unit command signal from the ring buffer and executes command processing for controlling the on-vehicle component based on the unit command signal as acquired, and

the control unit includes a signal acquisition processing unit configured to control an execution timing of acquisition and an amount of acquisition when the control unit acquires a target unit command from the ring buffer and in a case that the ring buffer stores at least a part of a unit command signal as received by the reception unit subsequent to the target unit command signal, so that the unit command signal as received subsequent to the target unit command signal is acquired in a state that all data is completed.

7. he on-vehicle device of the vehicle keyless system according to claim 6 , wherein

the control unit transitions from a sleep state to an operational state when a first unit command signal that is the unit command signal received by the reception unit for first time is stored in the ring buffer and a first interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and

when transitioned to the operational state and in a case that the ring buffer stores the first unit command signal and a part of a next unit command signal that is the unit command signal as received by the reception unit subsequent to the first unit command signal, the signal acquisition processing unit:

acquires the first unit command signal and the part of the next unit command signal, and then separates the first unit command signal and the part of the next unit command signal from each other, and

acquires, when the next unit command signal is entirely stored in the ring buffer and a second interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, a remaining of the next unit command signal stored in the ring buffer and combines the part of the next unit command signal and the remaining of the next unit command signal.

8. The on-vehicle device of the vehicle keyless system according to claim 6 , wherein

the control unit transitions from a sleep state to an operational state when a first unit command signal that is the unit command signal as received by the reception unit for first time is stored in the ring buffer and a first interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and

when transitioned to the operational state and in a case that the ring buffer stores the first unit command signal stored in the ring buffer and part of a next unit command signal that is the unit command signal as received by the reception unit subsequent to the first unit command signal, the signal acquisition processing unit waits until the next unit command signal is entirely stored in the ring buffer and a second interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and then acquires the first unit command signal and the next unit command signal from the ring buffer, and separates the first unit command signal and the next unit command signal from each other.

9. The on-vehicle device of the vehicle keyless system according to claim 6 , wherein

the control unit transitions from a sleep state to an operational state when a first unit command signal that is the unit command signal as received by the reception unit for first time is stored in the ring buffer and a first interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and

when transitioned to the operational state and in a case that the ring buffers stores the first unit command signal and a part of a next unit command signal that is the unit command signal received by the reception unit subsequent to the first unit command signal, the signal acquisition processing unit:

acquires the first unit command signal stored in the ring buffer; and then

waits until the next unit command signal is entirely stored in the ring buffer and a second interrupt signal is input from the reception unit, and acquires the next unit command signal stored in the ring buffer.

10. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined time interval as a transmission interval of the unit command signal transmitted from the portable device is shorter than a time taken for state transition of the on-vehicle-side control unit from a sleep state to an operational state.

11. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined time interval as a transmission interval of the unit command signal transmitted from the portable device is shorter than a time taken for state transition of the on-vehicle-side control unit from a sleep state to an operational state.

12. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined time interval as a transmission interval of the unit command signal transmitted from the portable device is shorter than a time taken for state transition of the on-vehicle-side control unit from a sleep state to an operational state.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071577/0598 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051234/0881 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 046307 FRAME: 0532. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Jul 17, 2018
From: NAKASHIMA, YUUKI
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047248/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2018
From: NAKASHIMA, YUUKI
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046307/0532 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-054677 · Mar 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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