Method for providing data packets from a CAN bus, control device and system having a CAN bus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11140001-B2
Application number	US-201816648944-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Priority date	Sep 22, 2017
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for providing data packets (5) from a CAN bus (2), in particular a charging station for a motor vehicle. In order to permit a resource-saving and nevertheless secure possible way of providing data packets (5), steps are provided: detection of the data packets (5) from at least one component (3) of the CAN bus (2) by a detection unit (10) which is part of the CAN bus (3), creation of at least one web resource (6) which contains the data packets (5) in accordance with a predetermined specification by a computing unit (11), wherein only data packets (5) which are related in accordance with the predetermined specification are combined in the at least one web resource (6), transmission of a content of the at least one web resource (6) from the computing unit (11) to a receiving device (4) by means of a communication unit (12) via a data link (7) having a transmission protocol that differs from the CAN bus (2).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for providing data packets from a CAN bus, the method having the acts of:
capturing the data packets from at least one component of the CAN bus by a capture unit that is part of the CAN bus,
creating multiple web resources, which contain the data packets, according to a predetermined specification by a processor, wherein only data packets that are related according to the predetermined specification are combined in the web resources, each of the multiple web resources having a respective, unique address,
conveying a content of the web resources from the processor to a receiving device via a data connection, using a transmission protocol that is different than the CAN bus, by a communication unit.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the content of the web resources is conveyed to the receiving device with an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) protocol or a CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) protocol as the transmission protocol.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the predetermined specification stipulates that the creating of the web resources results in a content of the data packets being interpreted, and the content is used to ascertain whether the data packets are related.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the predetermined specification is provided at least in part by a program module that is received from the receiving device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that the processor, configured by the receiving of the program module, interprets the data packets in a manner adapted to the receiving device, to an instance of application and/or to the at least one component of the CAN bus.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the content of the web resources is conveyed to the receiving device without granting the receiving device access to the processor and/or the CAN bus beyond the conveyance.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that only such data packets as the receiving device has the authorization to receive are combined in the web resources.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the data packets comprise a respective identifier and the predetermined specification stipulates that such data packets having the same identifier are combined in the web resources.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the data packets have a respective information type, and the predetermined specification stipulates that data packets of the same information type and/or of the ready signal are combined in the web resources.

10. A controller for providing data packets from a CAN bus of a charging station for a motor vehicle, the controller comprising;
a capture interface, which is connectable to the CAN bus, configured to capture the data packets from at least one component of the CAN bus,
a processor configured to create multiple web resources, which contain the data packets, according to a predetermined specification, wherein only data packets that are related according to the predetermined specification are combined in the web resources, each of the web resources having a respective, unique address,
a communicator configured to convey a content of the web resources from the processor to a receiving device via a data connection, using a transmission protocol that is different than the CAN bus.

11. A system for providing data packets, the system comprising:
a controller comprising a capture interface, which is connectable to a CAN bus, configured to capture the data packets from at least one component of the CAN bus, a processor configured to create multiple web resources, which contain the data packets, according to a predetermined specification, wherein only data packets that are related according to the predetermined specification are combined in the web resource, each of the web resources having a respective, unique address, and a communicator configured to convey a content of the web resources from the processor to a receiving device via a data connection, using a transmission protocol that is different than the CAN bus,
the CAN bus having a component that is configured to convey the data packets to the controller, and
a receiving device for retrieving the web resources from the control device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that capturing comprises capturing the data packets from the at least one component, the at least one component of the CAN bus being in a charging station for a motor vehicle.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9 , characterized in that the information type of the data packets comprises a ready signal.

14. The method as claimed in claim 2 , characterized in that the predetermined specification stipulates that the creating of the web resources results in a content of the data packets being interpreted, and the content is used to ascertain whether the data packets are related.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , characterized in that the predetermined specification is provided at least in part by a program module that is received from the receiving device.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , characterized in that the processor, configured by the receiving of the program module, interprets the data packets in a manner adapted to the receiving device, to an instance of application and/or to the at least one component of the CAN bus.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 , characterized in that the content of the web resources is conveyed to the receiving device without granting the receiving device access to the processor and/or the CAN bus beyond the conveyance.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , characterized in that only such data packets as the receiving device has the authorization to receive are combined in the web resources.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18 , characterized in that the data packets comprise a respective identifier and the predetermined specification stipulates that such data packets having the same identifier are combined in the web resources.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19 , characterized in that the data packets have a respective information type, and the predetermined specification stipulates that data packets of the same information type and/or of the ready signal are combined in the web resources.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Bode Sebastian
• Kovatsch Matthias

Classifications

• H04L2012/40215

  Controller Area Network CAN · CPC title

• B60L53/66

  Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L12/40013 Primary

  Details regarding a bus controller · CPC title