US 11,679,731 B2
Remote sensor communication adaptive synchronization control for restraint control system
Bankim Patel, Southfield, MI (US); Vincent Colarossi, Southfield, MI (US); Phillippe Aubertin, Southfield, MI (US); Haitham Islim, Southfield, MI (US); Ron Wantuck, Southfield, MI (US); and Stuart Koch, Southfield, MI (US)
Assigned to VEONEER US, LLC, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed by VEONEER US, INC., Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/892,857.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380061 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 21/0132 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/01332 (2014.12) [B60R 21/01554 (2014.10); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01054 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01129 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01265 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic controller comprising:
an electronic control unit including a first serial interface;
a communications controller including a second serial interface and a digital communications interface, the second serial interface in direct communication with the first serial interface via a serial interconnection, and the digital communications interface configured to communicate with a remote sensor;
wherein the communications controller is configured to transmit a voltage sync pulse via the digital communications interface to a sensor in response to a synchronization command received from the electronic control unit via the serial interconnection; and
wherein the voltage sync pulse is one of a plurality of voltage sync pulses transmitted by the communications controller at a regular interval in response to a command received from the electronic control unit via the serial interconnection.