Gas monitoring system and gas monitoring method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiro SUZUKI, Takashi KAWAURA
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Abstract
A gas monitoring system and a gas monitoring method make it possible to identify plural gas sensors having a single specification and which are connected to one trunk line. Trunk line connectors have identification configurations for allowing information concerning positions where the trunk line connectors to be identified are arranged. Hydrogen sensors have a single specification (the same specification). When connectors of the hydrogen sensors are fitted to the trunk line connectors, the hydrogen sensors store the sensor IDs, which are assigned to the hydrogen sensors, in memory units based on the identification configurations of the trunk line connectors.
Claims9
A gas monitoring system using a plurality of gas sensors connected to one trunk line, the gas monitoring system comprising:
- the gas sensors having connectors, with a plurality of unique IDs being assignable to the gas sensors;
- trunk line connectors provided for the trunk line, the connectors of the gas sensors being fittable to the trunk line connectors;
- a control device connected to the trunk line for controlling each of the gas sensors,
- wherein:
- the trunk line connectors have identification configurations for allowing identification of information concerning positions of the trunk line connectors;
- the gas sensors have ID setting units for assigning the unique IDs to the gas sensors based on the identification configurations of the trunk line connectors when the connectors of the gas sensors are fitted to the trunk line connectors;
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- the control device has a gas sensor identification memory unit for storing information concerning positions of the gas sensors associated with the unique IDs of each of the gas sensors.
A gas monitoring method using gas sensors equipped with connectors having a single specification, the connectors of the gas sensors being fittable to trunk line connectors with position-corresponding unique IDs provided at plural positions of one trunk line that is connected to a control device;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- when the connectors of the gas sensors are fitted to the trunk line connectors along with the position-corresponding unique IDs, assigning unique IDs corresponding to the position-corresponding unique IDs of the trunk line connectors to the gas sensors, which are equipped with the connectors fitted to the trunk line connectors;
- transmitting the unique IDs, which are assigned to the gas sensors equipped with the connectors, to the control device through the trunk line;
- and
- checking the unique IDs, which are assigned to the gas sensors equipped with the connectors and are received by the control device, for matching with the position-corresponding unique IDs corresponding to position information of positions, which is stored by the control device in correspondence with positions of the trunk line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.