IP Library Granted Patent US 8,929,187
Granted Patent B2
US 8,929,187 · App. 14/358,530 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Onboard optical disc device

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Patent No.
US 8,929,187
App. No.
14/358,530
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

When the temperature of a main CPU detected by a temperature sensor exceeds a set temperature, a sub CPU drives a drive unit of an optical disc under the condition where the operation of the main CPU is suspended to stop the rise in temperature caused by the main CPU. In this case, cooling of the main CPU advances by the wind based on the driving of the optical disc, and as a result, the suspension time of data reading from the optical disc or data writing to the optical disc until the main CPU restarts can be shortened.

Claims (14)

1. An onboard optical disc device comprising:

a drive unit for an optical disc;

a loading unit that conveys the optical disc to the drive unit or ejects the optical disc from the drive unit;

an optical pickup unit that performs data reading from the optical disc driven by the drive unit or data writing to the optical disc; and

a control unit connected to the optical pickup unit, the loading unit and the drive unit,

wherein the control unit has:

a main CPU connected to the drive unit and the optical pickup unit;

a sub CPU connected to the loading unit and the drive unit; and

a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the main CPU, and

wherein when the temperature of the main CPU detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a set temperature, the sub CPU drives the drive unit.

2. The onboard optical disc device according to claim 1 , wherein when the temperature of the main CPU detected by the temperature sensor exceeds the set temperature, the sub CPU drives the drive unit and the loading unit.

3. The onboard optical disc device according to claim 1 , wherein when the temperature of the main CPU detected by the temperature sensor exceeds the set temperature, the sub CPU performs processing so that an abnormality in temperature is displayed on a display unit.

4. The onboard optical disc device according to claim 3 , wherein a startup CPU is connected to the sub CPU; and

wherein when the temperature of the main CPU detected by the temperature sensor exceeds the set temperature, the sub CPU notifies the startup CPU of the abnormality in temperature.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0278 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066644/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2014
From: NARAKI, ATSUTOSHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033329/0054 →