The invention discloses an
air filter. The
air filter is installed on a motor vehicle and comprises a shell, wherein a
filter element is arranged in the shell; a
radio frequency identification device(RFID) tag is arranged on the
filter element; an RFID reader-writer for reading and writing the RFID tag is arranged on the shell; an air inlet and an air outlet are formed in the shell; a
pressure sensor is arranged on the air outlet; and a controller is arranged in the shell and is used for connecting with a vehicle-mounted
electronic control unit (ECU) of the motor vehicle. The invention further discloses an anti-fake and pre-alarm method for the
filter element the of
air filter. The method comprises the steps of checking the authenticity of the filter element, executing conditions, judgingwhether the
service time of the filter element is overtime or not, judging the rotate speed, timing the
continuous operation of an engine, judging alarm conditions, and updating. According to the airfilter, and the anti-fake and pre-alarm method for the filter element of the air filter provided by the invention, an anti-fake performance is high, so that an anti-fake function of the filter element is difficult to crack; pre-alarm is realized, so that a user using the motor vehicle has enough time to arrange the filter element replacement; and a function on preventing
false alarm is realized,and the occurrence of the phenomenon that unstable external conditions cause
false alarm is prevented, so that the air filter, and the anti-fake and pre-alarm method for the filter element of the airfilter provided by the invention have favorable popularization and application values.