Claims:We Claim:
1. A headlamp assembly of a vehicle having IR based diagnostic Kit, wherein said assembly comprising:
a power regulator unit to regulate the power of the kit;
a rectifier unit configurable to maintain a constant signal voltage;
a filter adapted to illuminate external interference;
a signal enhancer unit configurable to enhance the signal to be transmitted and
one or more infrared sensor to transmit/receive the signals.

2. The headlamp assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power regulator unit is regulating the power by maintaining the power fluctuation and protecting the circuit from reverse polarity of the supply.

3. The headlamp assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said KIT is designed to transmit the signals at the end user without any external interference.

4. The headlamp assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said KIT is designed to receive the signals from control unit of the vehicle.

5. The headlamp assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signals are comprises of vehicle and user information.

6. The headlamp assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein said information is used to uniquely identify the vehicle.

7. The headlamp assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vehicle includes electric vehicle or motor vehicle.

8. The headlamp assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vehicle includes but not limited to the two wheeler, three wheeler and four wheeler.

9. A head lamp assembly diagnostic system for an vehicle comprising:
a vehicle control unit capable of managing the vehicle information smartly;
a IR based transmitting Kit receiving the information from the control unit;
a IR based receiving Kit configurable to transmit the received information from IR transmitting Kit;
an electronic device to display the information received from IR based receiving kit;
a central server to store the information received from electronic device;
a network communication unit configurable to receive and transmit the information on control unit.

10. The head lamp assembly diagnostic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said electronic device is connected to any communication network not limited to wifi, LAN, WAN or GSM.

11. The head lamp assembly diagnostic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said vehicle includes electric vehicle or motor vehicle.

12. The head lamp assembly diagnostic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said vehicle includes but not limited to the two wheeler, three wheeler and four wheeler.

13. The head lamp assembly diagnostic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said electronic device is adapted to monitor the diagnostic data and upload the service information of the vehicle.

14. The head lamp assembly diagnostic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the stored information are identified uniquely for different vehicle.

15. The head lamp assembly diagnostic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the stored information is downloadable or uploadable by the service person to enable updation of the data on server.

16. The head lamp assembly diagnostic system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the updated service information is locally available employing network communication unit on the control unit of the vehicle.

17. A method for diagnosis of a vehicle, wherein the method comprising:
A control unit on vehicle initialises the diagnostic mode and activate the IR based diagnostic Kit and transmits the diagnostic information to receiving unit;
receiving unit receives the information from said diagnostic kit and transmits to any electronic device to visually display the information, wherein information received by electronic device is stored to the central server and used to perform the diagnosis of the vehicle.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein said electronic device is adapted to monitor the diagnostic data and upload the service information of the vehicle.

19. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the stored information are identified uniquely for different vehicle.

20. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the stored information is downloadable or uploadable by the service person to enable updation of the data on server.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the updated service information is locally available employing network communication unit on the control unit of the vehicle.

22. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein said electronic device is connected to any communication network not limited to Wi-Fi, LAN, WAN or GSM.

23. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein said vehicle includes electric vehicle or motor vehicle.

24. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein said vehicle includes but not limited to the two wheeler, three wheeler and four wheeler.
, Description:A VEHICLE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY HAVING IR BASED DIAGNOSTIC KIT

Field of the Invention
In general, this invention, relates to a field of vehicle industry. More particularly, the present invention provides an improved headlamp assembly having IR based diagnostic Kit enabling intelligent and efficient diagnosis of the vehicle.

Background of the Invention
Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the present invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.

A long evolution that bike frames and various components and the system of an electric vehicle have undergone has resulted in relatively standard forms according to their use, which offer a satisfactory compromise between several criteria. Among these criteria, mention can be made in particular of the stiffness and aesthetic design of the frame, the appearance of two-wheelers with electric motors, whether simply to assist pedalling or as a principal means of propulsion, of course requires a battery to be carried, which is a particularly heavy element and has a degree of sensitivity to shocks.

Various assembly in a vehicle plays an important role and it distinguishes performance of the vehicles. Every component of the vehicle is arranged on an assembly line in a definite sequence and then they are fixed at their respective positions in a certain orientation. Various assemblies such as battery, seat, engine, tire, and headlamp assemblies are situated on the assembly line for the vehicle to get configured in the form of complete vehicle. Though various headlamp assembly has been a part of vehicles with a front headlight assembly, speedometer, mountable side lights, bracket, clamp and handle bar being the components of the headlamp assembly but they were not designed in a way that will make the operation and maintenance easier for the user.

There are multiple approaches have been developed to obviate the existing challenges by developing improved headlamp assembly for two-wheeler.

US20070109801A1 discloses an advanced headlamp system is proposed for providing a headlamp assembly for vehicles that has peripheral beam technology built in that has a multiplicity of filaments and reflectors built in to provide at least one forward beam and at least one or more peripheral light beams offset in angles to the left (for the driver side) and to the right (for the passenger side) of the forward beam in each assembly each also having a low-beam and a high-beam. The filaments and reflectors are located within a single sealed compartment. An example of a headlamp depicted would have (3) light filament bulbs, (3) reflectors, one pointing forward, one at a 45-degree angle, and one at a 90-degree angle. Included are circuitry and switches to program and to turn the bright lights and the peripheral beam system on or off and to turn the beams on or off automatically when an oncoming car comes within a certain distance.

US7650210B2 discloses a vehicular diagnostic arrangement includes a diagnostic system arranged on the vehicle to determine whether any vehicular components is operating non-optimally, is expected to fail or has failed and generate an output indicative or representative thereof, and a communications device coupled to the diagnostic system and arranged to direct a transmission of the output of the diagnostic system to a remote location. Remote locations encompasses remote facilities which handle maintenance or monitoring of the vehicle such as a dealer of the vehicle, the manufacturer of the vehicle or the manufacturer of the components for which non-optimal operation has been detected. The communications device may be arranged to direct the transmission of the output of the diagnostic system to the remote location via the Internet, the remote location including or being an Internet-enabled device possessed by the dealer, manufacturer or owner of the vehicle

As detailed above, there are various solutions have been provided according to the existing arts, however, still there is challenges are existing because of the complex arrangement of the assembly which leads in difficulty to maintain and efficient service. Further, over the time because of the current structural arrangement, assembly strength and working efficiency reduced.

It is, therefore, important to work on the alternative solution to develop an improved headlamp assembly for two wheeler which obviates the complexity and challenges of the prior arts and provide ease in assembly and additional strength in mounting.

Summary of the Invention
The various objectives and embodiments of present invention as presented herein are understood to be illustrative and not restrictive and are non-limiting with respect to the scope of the invention.

It is principal objective of the present invention to provide an efficient and easy diagnosis of vehicle and communicating to control unit of vehicle.

It is another objective of the present invention to avoid conventional wired system of diagnosis to provide cost effective and efficient diagnostic mechanism.

It is another objective of the present invention to provide wireless communication for diagnostic mechanism of the vehicle.

It is another objective of the present invention to provide a vehicle diagnostic system which configured in a manner to provide minimum space requirement at service station while servicing the vehicle.

It is another objective of the present invention to provide a vehicle diagnostic system, wherein said system is capable of identify the vehicle with a simple wireless communication mechanism.

It is another objective of the present invention to provide a vehicle diagnostic system, which is configured in a manner to log the detailed report of the serviced vehicle on the centralised server and allow the customers to backtrack the service history.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a headlamp assembly of a vehicle having IR based diagnostic Kit, wherein said assembly comprising a power regulator unit to regulate the power of the kit, a rectifier unit configurable to maintain a constant signal voltage, a filter adapted to illuminate external interference, a signal enhancer unit configurable to enhance the signal to be transmitted and one or more infrared sensor to transmit/receive the signals.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a headlamp assembly of a vehicle having IR based diagnostic Kit, wherein said assembly comprising a power regulator unit to regulate the power of the kit, a rectifier unit configurable to maintain a constant signal voltage, a filter adapted to illuminate external interference, a signal enhancer unit configurable to enhance the signal to be transmitted and one or more infrared sensor to transmit/receive the signals, wherein said power regulator unit is regulating the power by maintaining the power fluctuation and protecting the circuit from reverse polarity of the supply.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a headlamp assembly of a vehicle having IR based diagnostic Kit, wherein said assembly comprising a power regulator unit to regulate the power of the kit, a rectifier unit configurable to maintain a constant signal voltage, a filter adapted to illuminate external interference, a signal enhancer unit configurable to enhance the signal to be transmitted and one or more infrared sensor to transmit/receive the signals, wherein said KIT is designed to receive the signals from control unit of the vehicle.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a headlamp assembly of a vehicle having IR based diagnostic Kit, wherein said assembly comprising a power regulator unit to regulate the power of the kit, a rectifier unit configurable to maintain a constant signal voltage, a filter adapted to illuminate external interference, a signal enhancer unit configurable to enhance the signal to be transmitted and one or more infrared sensor to transmit/receive the signals, wherein said KIT is designed to receive the signals from control unit of the vehicle and wherein said signals are comprises of vehicle and user information.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a head lamp assembly diagnostic system for an vehicle comprises of a vehicle control unit capable of managing the vehicle information smartly, a IR based transmitting Kit receiving the information from the control unit, a IR based receiving Kit configurable to transmit the received information from IR transmitting Kit, an electronic device to display the information received from IR based receiving kit, a central server to store the information received from electronic device, a network communication unit configurable to receive and transmit the information on control unit.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a head lamp assembly diagnostic system for an vehicle comprises of a vehicle control unit capable of managing the vehicle information smartly, a IR based transmitting Kit receiving the information from the control unit, a IR based receiving Kit configurable to transmit the received information from IR transmitting Kit, an electronic device to display the information received from IR based receiving kit, a central server to store the information received from electronic device, a network communication unit configurable to receive and transmit the information on control unit, wherein said electronic device is connected to any communication network not limited to wifi, LAN, WAN or GSM.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for diagnosis of a vehicle, wherein the method comprises of a control unit on vehicle initialises the diagnostic mode and activate the IR based diagnostic Kit and transmits the diagnostic information to receiving unit, receiving unit receives the information from said diagnostic kit and transmits to any electronic device to visually display the information, wherein information received by electronic device is stored to the central server and used to perform the diagnosis of the vehicle.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for diagnosis of a vehicle, wherein the method comprises of a control unit on vehicle initialises the diagnostic mode and activate the IR based diagnostic Kit and transmits the diagnostic information to receiving unit, receiving unit receives the information from said diagnostic kit and transmits to any electronic device to visually display the information, wherein information received by electronic device is stored to the central server and used to perform the diagnosis of the vehicle, wherein said electronic device is adapted to monitor the diagnostic data and upload the service information of the vehicle and the stored information are identified uniquely for different vehicle.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for diagnosis of a vehicle, wherein the method comprises of a control unit on vehicle initialises the diagnostic mode and activate the IR based diagnostic Kit and transmits the diagnostic information to receiving unit, receiving unit receives the information from said diagnostic kit and transmits to any electronic device to visually display the information, wherein information received by electronic device is stored to the central server and used to perform the diagnosis of the vehicle, wherein said electronic device is adapted to monitor the diagnostic data and upload the service information of the vehicle and wherein the stored information is downloadable or uploadable by the service person to enable updation of the data on server.

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for diagnosis of a vehicle, wherein the method comprises of a control unit on vehicle initialises the diagnostic mode and activate the IR based diagnostic Kit and transmits the diagnostic information to receiving unit, receiving unit receives the information from said diagnostic kit and transmits to any electronic device to visually display the information, wherein information received by electronic device is stored to the central server and used to perform the diagnosis of the vehicle, wherein said electronic device is adapted to monitor the diagnostic data and upload the service information of the vehicle and wherein the stored information is downloadable or uploadable by the service person to enable updation of the data on server and wherein the updated service information is locally available employing network communication unit on the control unit of the vehicle.
These and other embodiments, processes and features of the invention will become more fully apparent when the following detailed description is read with the accompanying drawing figures. However, both the foregoing summary of the invention and the following detailed description of it represent one potential embodiment and are not restrictive of the invention or other alternate embodiments of the invention.

Brief description of the drawings
To illustrate the solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the accompanying drawings needed for describing the embodiments are introduced below briefly. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following descriptions merely show some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and persons skilled in the art may obtain other drawings according to the accompanying drawings without creative efforts:

Figure 1 (a) shows illustrative diagram of headlamp assembly with IR positioning
Figure 1(b) illustrate the functional block diagram of IR module of the headlamp assembly
Figure 2 shows the complete system diagram illustrating the functional coordination of headlamp assembly with vehicle
Figure 3 shows a flow diagram illustrating a method of performing the diagnostic function of the IR based KIT according to the embodiment of the invention.

Description of the Invention
The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

Various terms as used herein are shown below. To the extent a term used in a disclosure is not defined below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in the pertinent art have given that term as reflected in printed publications and issued patents at the time of filing.

The KIT is designed to transmit the signals at the end user without any external interference.

The signal enhancer unit configurable to enhance the signal to be transmitted and one or more infrared sensor to transmit/receive the signals, wherein said signals said signals are comprises of vehicle and user information and wherein said information is used to uniquely identify the vehicle. The signal enhancer is capable of enhancing the range of transmitter to transmit the signal to receiving kit even longer distance.

The vehicle disclosed herein according to the invention includes electric vehicle or motor vehicle and wherein said vehicle includes but not limited to the two wheeler, three wheeler and four wheeler.

The head lamp assembly diagnostic system has an electronic device adapted to monitor the diagnostic data and upload the service information of the vehicle.

The head lamp assembly diagnostic system includes the identification of the stored information uniquely for different vehicle, said stored information is downloadable or uploadable by the service person to enable updation of the data on server.

The head lamp assembly diagnostic system is capable of providing updated service information locally available employing network communication unit on the control unit of the vehicle, wherein the user is further provided with a facility of updating the trackability of replaced components or serviced components in a comprehensive manner with the help of monitoring system, wherein the trackability means keeping the record of information about the vehicle.

Referring figure 1a, A headlamp assembly 100 of a vehicle having IR based diagnostic sensor 101, left day-running lamp (DRL) 104, right day running lamp (DRL) 103, upper front light 105, lower front light 106, four identical clamps 107, wherein said left DRL 104 and right DRL 103 are symmetrical to each other, wherein said upper front light 105 and lower front light 106 are horizontally bifurcated to give multiple intensity of lights have two modes: high beam and low beam, wherein said clamps 107 are configured to affix the headlamp assembly with the vehicle from both sideways and upper part.
Referring to both figure 1a and 1b, IR based diagnostic sensor 101 extended to be shown in the form of IR based diagnostic Kit 102 that further comprises of a power block 108 for regulating the power by maintaining the power fluctuation and protecting the circuit from reverse polarity of the supply, a rectifier unit or protection block 109 configured to maintain a constant signal voltage, a filter unit 110 illuminating external interference, a signal enhancer unit 111 enhancing the signal and range of transmitter to transmit the signal to be transmitted and one or more infrared sensor 112 to transmit/receive the signals, wherein said IR based diagnostic Kit 102 is capable of receiving and sending information from atleast one or more components of said headlamp assembly 100. The IR based headlamp assembly diagnostic system is efficient workable in various lighting conditions, wherein the receiving and transmitting capability of said signal enhancer unit 111 is customizable to prevent disruption in the flow of information and long range communication.
The IR based headlamp of said diagnostic system is modular, requires lesser space with a compact design that further helping it to get mounted firmly on said headlamp assembly. Flexible communicative arrangements of components in the IR Kit is designed in such a way that it forms Printed Circuit Board (PCB) of said kit.
Referring to figure 2, a head lamp assembly diagnostic system for an vehicle comprising a vehicle control unit 114 interacting with Telematics Unit 113 by receiving and transmitting information to IR Kit assembly 115 working as a Transmitter 116 and is capable transmitting the to the Receiver 122 of IR Kit assembly 119, wherein both Transmitter 116 and Receiver 122 are capable of exchanging information with each other, wherein said Receiver 122 of IR Kit assembly 119 is an electronic device 122, wherein said electronic device 122 wirelessly or through wire connects to the vehicle and transmits the information pertaining to vehicle condition to centralized server 117 for storage, wherein the vehicle’s information is monitored remotely using a monitoring system 121 and the user is capable of updating the trackability of replaced components or serviced components in a comprehensive manner with the help of monitoring system 121, wherein monitoring system 121 further updates change in the service components on the centralized server 117, said server further communicates wirelessly with on-board telematics unit 113 on the vehicle which further updates Vehicle Control Unit 114 capable of managing the vehicle’s information smartly, said control unit transmitting the information to an IR based transmitting Kit, an IR based receiving Kit configurable to transmit the received information from IR transmitting Kit, an electronic device 122 to display the information received from IR based receiving kit, a central server 117 to store the information received from electronic device 122 and a network communication unit configurable to receive and transmit the information on control unit 114.

Referring figure 3, A method for diagnosis of a vehicle, wherein the method comprising engaging one or more combination of a specific switch sequence to bring the vehicle in diagnostic mode which further activates the IR based headlamp Kit 102, reaching the vehicle in the sensing area of the device and ensuring its connectivity with the server, once the electronic device attains its connectivity with headlamp and central server 117, it verifies the identity of the vehicle, authorising and linking the identity of the person with a service session, collecting diagnostics information and updating the logged information on the central server with the help of the electronic device 122, allowing the person to service the faulty components and update the trackability of the serviced components on the central server, once the person confirms about the termination of service session upon completion, a comprehensive report is generated automatically, wherein the logged information is the information regarding the vehicle’s mode of before and after servicing, wherein the service the faulty components is not only limited to repairing or replacement and wherein the comprehensive report illustrates the condition of vehicle by showing various operating variables of the vehicle.

A control unit 114 on vehicle initialises the diagnostic mode and activate the IR based diagnostic Kit 102 and transmits the diagnostic information to receiving unit, receiving unit receives the information from said diagnostic kit and transmits to any electronic device 122 to visually display the information, wherein information received by electronic device 122 is stored on the central server 117 and used to perform the diagnosis of the vehicle or the remote system.

While the invention is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, some embodiments have been illustrated by way of example in the drawings and are described in detail above. The intention, however, is not to limit the invention by those examples and the invention is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives to the embodiments described in this specification.

The embodiments in the specification are described in a progressive manner and focus of description in each embodiment is the difference from other embodiments. For same or similar parts of each embodiment, reference may be made to each other.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above description was in respect of preferred embodiments and that various alterations and modifications are possible within the broad scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention with the necessary modifications.

Based on the description of disclosed embodiments, persons skilled in the art can implement or apply the present disclosure. Various modifications of the embodiments are apparent to persons skilled in the art, and general principles defined in the specification can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments in the specification but intends to cover the most extensive scope consistent with the principle and the novel features disclosed in the specification.