Fluid Filter Identification Using Multi-Sensor Code Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for identifying service components, such as filtration devices, in vehicles and machines lack the ability to accurately determine the authenticity and physical characteristics of replaced parts using an array of sensors and identification devices, leading to potential damage from non-genuine or non-authorized parts.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising an electronic control module (ECM) connected to a plurality of sensors that sense identification devices on a fluid filter, generating a code based on electromagnetic energy to identify the part's physical characteristics and authenticity, ensuring only acceptable parts are used in the machine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If RFID technology is used for service component identification, then the system can detect basic tag information from installed parts, but the system cannot determine additional physical characteristics or verify part authenticity with high precision
Solution Approach 1:
The identification system is segmented into multiple independent sensors (magnetic, optical, RFID) that each detect specific characteristics. The code is divided into multiple components where each component corresponds to a specific physical characteristic detected by a particular sensor type, allowing parallel detection of multiple attributes simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple sensing technologies (magnetic sensors, optical sensors, RFID readers) into a unified identification system. These diverse sensors are combined to read multiple components of the identification code, enabling comprehensive part verification that goes beyond basic RFID tag reading.
2Reliability
If multiple sensors and identification devices are deployed to verify part authenticity and characteristics, then measurement precision improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor array is designed with multi-functionality where each sensor type serves multiple purposes. For example, magnetic sensors not only detect magnetic code components but also can identify part orientation and position. This universal approach allows the system to achieve comprehensive part verification without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The identification code acts as an intermediary that translates complex part characteristics into readable signals. The code components serve as mediators between the physical part attributes and the sensor detection system, allowing verification of authenticity without requiring direct complex sensing of each attribute.
3Device complexity
If RFID-only technology is used, then device complexity remains low, but the system cannot identify physical characteristics or detect non-genuine parts with advanced counterfeiting techniques
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from one-dimensional RFID tag reading to multi-dimensional detection by incorporating magnetic and optical sensing dimensions. Each sensor type adds a new dimension of information detection, allowing the system to read code components that represent physical characteristics beyond what RFID alone can provide.
Solution Approach 2:
The identification system utilizes changes in physical parameters (magnetic field strength, optical reflectivity, RFID signal characteristics) to detect different code components. By monitoring multiple physical parameters simultaneously, the system can identify part characteristics and detect counterfeiting without requiring overly complex device architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively identifies and verifies the authenticity and characteristics of parts, preventing damage by ensuring only genuine parts are used, thereby maintaining performance and safety standards, and reducing the risk of warranty voidance.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of sensors configured to sense at least one identification device coupled to a fluid filter
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes an ECM configured to control at least one subsystem of a machine, a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to the ECM, the plurality of sensors configured to sense at least one identification device coupled to a fluid filter associated with the subsystem of the machine. A memory stories instructions that, when executed by the ECM, cause the ECM to cause a sensor of the plurality of sensors to sense the at least one identification device, receive a signal from the sensor based on the sensor sensing the at least one identification device, identify a coupling of the fluid filter to the machine based on the signal; and identify at least one physical characteristic of the fluid filter based on a code defined by electromagnetic energy generated by the at least one identification device. The code includes at least one component defining the at least one physical characteristic.