Wireless transmitting and receiving device and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10750472-B2
Application number	US-201716346744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2017
Priority date	Nov 9, 2016
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

There are provided: a first communication device; a second communication device that communicates wirelessly with the first communication device; and a state detector that outputs state data indicating a state of a predetermined installation place. The first communication device includes: a storage; and a data controller that selectively executes a transmitting operation to transmit the state data to the second communication device and a storing operation to store the state data in the storage. The second communication device includes a signal generator that generates a stop notification signal notifying that the second communication device in operation stops an operation, and stops the operation after transmitting the stop notification signal to the first communication device. The data controller executes the transmitting operation before the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device, and executes the storing operation after the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless transmitting and receiving device comprising:
a first communication device;
a second communication device configured to communicate wirelessly with the first communication device; and
a state detector configured to detect state data indicating a state of a predetermined installation place, wherein
the first communication device includes:
a cell;
a storage; and
a data controller configured to selectively execute a transmitting operation to acquire the state data from the state detector at first sampling time intervals to transmit the state data to the second communication device without storing the state data in the storage, and a storing operation to acquire the state data from the state detector at second sampling time intervals to store the state data in the storage,

the data controller supplies power to the state detector from the cell to cause the state detector to operate, when acquiring the state data from the state detector,
the state detector includes a corrosion sensor that outputs a current value according to a corrosion degree of the installation place as the state data,
the second communication device includes a signal generator configured to generate a stop notification signal notifying that the second communication device in operation stops an operation,
the second communication device stops the operation after transmitting the stop notification signal to the first communication device,
the data controller executes the transmitting operation before the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device, and executes the storing operation after the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device,
the first communication device alternately repeats a normal mode in which the data controller selectively executes the transmitting operation and the storing operation, and a sleep mode in which the data controller executes neither the transmitting operation nor the storing operation,
the signal generator generates a restart notification signal notifying that the second communication device restarts the operation after the operation stops,
the second communication device transmits the restart notification signal to the first communication device upon restarting the operation after the operation stops,
the first communication device transitions to the sleep mode when the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device, and temporarily transitions from the sleep mode to the normal mode at predetermined time intervals, and
the data controller determines whether the restart notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device while the first communication device temporarily transitions to the normal mode.

2. A vehicle including the wireless transmitting and receiving device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an onboard battery;
an ignition switch configured to start an operation of the vehicle; and
a cigar lighter socket to which power is supplied from the onboard battery when the ignition switch is turned on, and power supply from the onboard battery is stopped when the ignition switch is turned off, wherein
the second communication device is connected to the cigar lighter socket.

3. A wireless transmitting and receiving device comprising:
a first communication device;
a second communication device configured to communicate wirelessly with the first communication device; and
a state detector configured to detect state data indicating a state of a predetermined installation place, wherein
the first communication device includes:
a cell;
a storage; and
a data controller configured to selectively execute a transmitting operation to acquire the state data from the state detector at first sampling time intervals to transmit the state data to the second communication device without storing the state data in the storage, and a storing operation to acquire the state data from the state detector at second sampling time intervals to store the state data in the storage,

the data controller supplies power to the state detector from the cell to cause the state detector to operate, when acquiring the state data from the state detector,
the state detector includes a corrosion sensor that outputs a current value according to a corrosion degree of the installation place as the state data,
the second communication device includes a signal generator configured to generate a stop notification signal notifying that the second communication device in operation stops an operation,
the second communication device stops the operation after transmitting the stop notification signal to the first communication device,
the data controller executes the transmitting operation before the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device, and executes the storing operation after the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device,
the first communication device alternately repeats a normal mode in which the data controller selectively executes the transmitting operation and the storing operation, and a sleep mode in which the data controller executes neither the transmitting operation nor the storing operation,
the first communication device transitions to the sleep mode when the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device, and temporarily transitions from the sleep mode to the normal mode at predetermined time intervals, and
the data controller executes the storing operation while the first communication device temporarily transitions to the normal mode.

4. The wireless transmitting and receiving device according to claim 3 , wherein
the signal generator generates a restart notification signal notifying that the second communication device restarts the operation after the operation stops,
the second communication device transmits the restart notification signal to the first communication device upon restarting the operation after the operation stops, and
the data controller executes, as the transmitting operation, an operation of transmitting, to the second communication device, the state data stored in the storage by the storing operation executed after the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device, when the restart notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device.

5. A vehicle including the wireless transmitting and receiving device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an onboard battery;
an ignition switch configured to start an operation of the vehicle; and
a cigar lighter socket to which power is supplied from the onboard battery when the ignition switch is turned on, and power supply from the onboard battery is stopped when the ignition switch is turned off, wherein
the second communication device is connected to the cigar lighter socket.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Fukuda Katsuhiro
• Yamane Takakazu
• Odagawa Yuki

Classifications

• G08C15/00

  Arrangements characterised by the use of multiplexing for the transmission of a plurality of signals over a common path · CPC title

• H04W68/005 Primary

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• H04W52/028

  switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks · CPC title

• G01N17/00

  Investigating resistance of materials to the weather, to corrosion, or to light · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title