Inspection system for vehicle and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9245392-B2
Application number	US-201414327296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2014
Priority date	Dec 5, 2013
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

An inspection system for a vehicle and a method thereof to inspect whether various electronic components mounted inside a completed vehicle may be normally operated, may include a wireless on-board diagnostics device (OBD) which may be mounted in the vehicle entering an inspection process, a plurality of inspection computers, which wirelessly communicates with the wireless OBD, and may be provided for each corresponding inspection step, and a barcode reader which may be provided in the inspection computers, recognizes a barcode of the vehicle, transmits a vehicle information about the vehicle, on which the inspection may be performed, to the inspection computers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inspection system for a vehicle, which inspects whether various electronic components mounted inside a completed vehicle are normally operated, the inspection system comprising:
a wireless on-board diagnostics device (OBD) which is mounted in the vehicle entering an inspection process;
a plurality of inspection computers, which wirelessly communicates with the wireless OBD, and is provided for each corresponding inspection step; and
a barcode reader which is provided in the inspection computers,
recognizes a barcode of the vehicle, and
transmits a vehicle information about the vehicle, on which the inspection is performed, to the inspection computers.

2. The inspection system of claim 1 , wherein a separate barcode device recognizes the barcode of the vehicle, and the recognized barcode is input to the wireless OBD as a subsystem identification (SSID).

3. The inspection system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless OBD transmits an inspection result of the vehicle received from each inspection step to an inspection computer provided in the corresponding inspection step.

4. The inspection system of claim 1 , wherein a receiver configured to receive information transmitted from the wireless OBD is mounted in the inspection computers.

5. The inspection system of claim 1 , wherein a worker directly mounts the wireless OBD to the vehicle, which has entered the inspection process, and separates the wireless OBD from the vehicle after each inspection step is completed.

6. The inspection system of claim 5 , wherein each inspection computer
matches the vehicle information received from the barcode reader and a vehicle information received from the wireless OBD, and
stores an inspection record of the corresponding vehicle, on which the inspection is performed, in a corresponding inspection step.

7. The inspection system of claim 1 , wherein each inspection step is continuously performed.

8. A method of controlling an inspection system for a vehicle, which inspects whether various electronic components mounted inside an assembly-completed vehicle are normally operated, the method comprising:
mounting, by a worker, a wireless on-board diagnostics device (OBD) before the vehicle enters an inspection step;
recognizing a barcode of the vehicle;
determining whether a subsystem identification (SSID) of the wireless OBD is changed;
recognizing a vehicle information about the vehicle, which has entered an inspection process, in a corresponding inspection step after a change in the SSID of the wireless OBD is completed;
determining whether the recognized vehicle information is matched with a vehicle information received from the wireless OBD;
performing the inspection;
separating, by the worker, the wireless OBD from the vehicle after a completion of each inspection step; and
terminating the inspection process.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method further includes:
mounting, by the worker, the wireless OBD to a corresponding vehicle;
recognizing the barcode of the vehicle by using a separate barcode device;
inputting the recognized barcode to the wireless OBD as an SSID;
receiving a signal output from the wireless OBD;
determining whether the SSID is changed; and
returning the step of inputting the SSID into the wireless OBD again when it is determined that the SSID of the wireless OBD is not changed.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method further includes:
determining that the SSID of the wireless OBD is changed;
recognizing the barcode of the vehicle, which has entered the inspection process, with the barcode reader, and
outputting the vehicle information to an inspection computer;
determining whether the vehicle information about the vehicle output to the inspection computer is matched with the SSID received from the wireless OBD;
when the vehicle information about the vehicle output to the inspection computer is not matched with the SSID received from the wireless OBD,
returning to the step of recognizing the barcode of the vehicle, on which the inspection is to be performed, with the barcode reader, and
outputting the recognized barcode to the inspection computer; and

when the vehicle information about the vehicle output to the inspection computer is matched with the vehicle information received from the wireless OBD, making the vehicle enter each inspection step of the inspection process, and performing the inspection.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method further includes:
upon completing each inspection step of the vehicle
separating, by the worker, the wireless OBD from the vehicle;
determining inspection information about the vehicle from each inspection computer provided for each corresponding inspection step;
after a completion of the separation of the wireless OBD, determining whether the vehicle is normal;
transferring the vehicle; and
completing a control of the inspection system.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Chang Mo
• Kim Dong Myong

Classifications

• G07C5/008 Primary

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G07C5/0841 Primary

  Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B) · CPC title

• G01M17/00

  Testing of vehicles (testing fluid tightness G01M3/00; testing elastic properties of bodies or chassis, e.g. torsion-testing, G01M5/00; testing alignment of vehicle headlight devices G01M11/06; testing of engines G01M15/00) · CPC title

• G01R31/00

  Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere ({measuring superconductive properties G01R33/1238;} testing line transmission systems H04B3/46; testing or measuring semiconductors or solid state devices during manufacture {H10P74/00}) · CPC title

• G07C5/08

  Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time · CPC title