IP Library Granted Patent US 8,310,086
Granted Patent B2
US 8,310,086 · App. 12/739,320 · Granted Nov 13, 2012

Vehicular power system

Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,310,086
App. No.
12/739,320
Filed
Apr 22, 2010
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2836
USPC
307/10.1
Abstract

A vehicular power system, which has an operating switch for making the transition among an ON state in which an IG power is ON or a vehicular power source is ON, an ACC state which is different from the ON state and in which an accessory power is ON, and an OFF state in which the vehicular power source and the accessory power are OFF, wherein when the operating switch is operated while a shift lever is in a parking position in the ACC state after the transition from the OFF state, the transition is made from the ACC state to the ON state.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicular power system, comprising:

a vehicular power having an IG power and an accessory power and supplying electricity to a vehicle; and

an operating switch that sets the transition among an ON state in which the IG power and the accessory power are both ON, an ACC state which is different from the ON state and in which the accessory power is ON, and an OFF state in which the IG power and the accessory power are OFF,

wherein a condition that causes the transition from the ACC state to a subsequent state is different depending on whether the ACC state results from the transition from the ON state and whether the ACC state results from the transition from the OFF state, and

wherein the ACC state transitions directly to the OFF state in response to the operating switch being operated, when a shift lever is in a parking position and the ACC state results from the transition from the ON state.

2. The vehicular power system according to claim 1 , wherein the ON state includes a state in which a vehicular power source is ON.

3. The vehicular power system according to claim 1 , wherein when the operating switch is operated while the vehicle is stopped in the ACC state resulting from the transition from the ON state, the condition is to cause the transition from the ACC state to the OFF state.

4. The vehicular power system according to claim 1 , wherein when the operating switch is operated while the shift lever is in the parking position in the ACC state resulting from the transition from the OFF state, the condition is to cause the transition from the ACC state to the ON state.

5. The vehicular power system according to claim 1 , wherein when the operating switch is operated while the shift lever is in a position other than the parking position in the ACC state resulting from the transition from the ON state, the condition is to cause the transition from the ACC state to the ON state.

6. The vehicular power system according to claim 1 , wherein when the operating switch is operated while the shift lever is in position other than the parking position during the ON state, the condition is to cause the transition from the ON state to the ACC state, and when the position of the shift lever is changed to the parking position during the ACC state resulting from the transition, the condition is to cause the transition from the ACC state to the OFF state without waiting for the operating switch to be operated.

7. A switch unit, comprising the vehicular power system according to claim 1 .

8. A vehicular power system, which has an operating switch for making the transition among an ON state in which an IG power is ON or a vehicular power source is ON, an ACC state which is different from the ON state and in which an accessory power is ON, and an OFF state in which the IG power, the vehicular power source and the accessory power are OFF, the transition being made from the ON state to the ACC state when the operating switch is operated while a shift lever is in a position other than a parking position during the ON state,

wherein, when a predetermined operation is detected during the ACC state after the transition from the ON state, the transition is made to the OFF state, and wherein the predetermined operation includes both an operation of changing the shift lever to the parking position and an operation of the operating switch, or only the operation of changing the position of the shift lever to the parking position.

9. The vehicular power system according to claim 8 , wherein when the operation of the changing position of the shift lever to the parking position is detected, the transition is made to the OFF state after a predetermined time elapses since this changing operation is detected.

10. The vehicular power system according to claim 9 , wherein a notification to the effect that the transition is made to the OFF state is made during the predetermined time.

11. A switch unit, comprising the vehicular power system according to claim 8 .

12. A method of controlling a vehicular power system that comprises a vehicular power having an IG power and an accessory power and supplying electricity to a vehicle and an operating switch that sets the transition among an ON state in which the IG power and the accessory power are both ON, an ACC state which is different from the ON state and in which the accessory power is ON, and an OFF state in which the IG power and the accessory power are OFF, the method comprising:

determining whether the ACC state is obtained as a result of the transition from the ON state and whether the ACC state is obtained as a result of the transition from the OFF state; and

changing a condition that causes the transition from the ACC state to a subsequent state, on the basis of a result of the determination, the ACC state transitioning directly to the OFF state in response to the operating switch being operated, when a shift lever is in a parking position and the ACC state results from the transition from the ON state.

13. The method of controlling a vehicular power system according to claim 12 , further comprising:

detecting whether the shift lever is in the parking position; and

making the transition from the ON state to the OFF state when the operating switch is operated while the shift lever is in the parking position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2010
From: ITO, JUN; SHIONO, TSUGUHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-275283 · Oct 23, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100244557A1 · Sep 30, 2010