IP Library Granted Patent US 11,018,665
Granted Patent B2
US 11,018,665 · App. 16/029,157 · Granted May 25, 2021

Electronic control device

Inventors: Koji Ueda (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Mizukami (Tokyo, JP); Hisanori Nobe (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiyuki Sera (Tokyo, JP); Tom Ikeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H03K17/60F02D41/042F02D41/222F02D2041/228
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Patent No.
US 11,018,665
App. No.
16/029,157
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic control device includes a first pull-up resistor connected between a power supply and a switch, a series circuit of a transistor and a second pull-up resistor with a resistance value lower than that of the first pull-up resistor, connected in parallel with the first pull-up resistor, and a microcomputer, an output port of which is connected to a base terminal of the transistor and which controls a turning on and off of the transistor using a signal output from the output port. A connection point of the switch, the first pull-up resistor, and the second pull-up resistor is connected to a first analog measurement port of the microcomputer, a power supply is connected to a second analog measurement port of the microcomputer, and current flowing into the switch is detected using a value of voltage input into the first analog measurement port.

Claims (20)

1. An electronic control device, comprising:

a first pull-up resistor connected between a power supply and a switch;

a series circuit of a transistor and a second pull-up resistor with a resistance value lower than that of the first pull-up resistor, connected in parallel with the first pull-up resistor; and

a microcomputer, an output port of which is connected to a base terminal of the transistor and which controls a turning on and off of the transistor using a signal output from the output port, wherein

a connection point of the switch, the first pull-up resistor, and the second pull-up resistor is connected to a first analog measurement port of the microcomputer, a power supply is connected to a second analog measurement port of the microcomputer, and

the microcomputer:

detects a current flowing into the switch using a first value of a voltage input into the first analog measurement port, and

detects a magnitude of a leakage current using a second value of a voltage input to the second analog measurement port.

2. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the microcomputer detects a leakage current flowing into the switch using the value of voltage input into the first analog measurement port.

3. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the microcomputer can set a threshold that distinguishes between a turning on and off of the switch and a leakage current flowing into the switch using the value of voltage input into the first analog measurement port.

4. The electronic control device according to claim 2 , wherein the microcomputer can set a threshold that distinguishes between a turning on and off of the switch and a leakage current flowing into the switch using the value of voltage input into the first analog measurement port.

5. The electronic control device according to claim 3 , wherein the threshold can be set arbitrarily.

6. The electronic control device according to claim 4 , wherein the threshold can be set arbitrarily.

7. The electronic control device according to claim 3 , wherein the microcomputer learns a voltage of the power supply, and changes the threshold.

8. The electronic control device according to claim 4 , wherein the microcomputer learns a voltage of the power supply, and changes the threshold.

9. The electronic control device according to claim 5 , wherein the microcomputer detects the current flowing into the switch based on a resistance value of the second pull-up resistor.

10. The electronic control device according to claim 6 , wherein the microcomputer detects the magnitude of the leakage current using a resistance value of the first pull-up resistor.

11. The electronic control device according to claim 2 , wherein the microcomputer notifies a user of abnormality of the switch based on the magnitude of the current.

12. The electronic control device according to claim 2 , wherein the microcomputer carries out control stopping an engine based on the magnitude of the leakage current.

13. The electronic control device according to claim 11 , wherein the microcomputer carries out control stopping an engine based on the magnitude of the leakage current.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2018
From: UEDA, KOJI; MIZUKAMI, HIROSHI; NOBE, HISANORI; SERA, YOSHIYUKI; IKEDA, TORU
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046284/0132 →