IP Library Granted Patent US 10,845,429
Granted Patent B2
US 10,845,429 · App. 16/321,345 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Electronic control device

Inventors: Masaki Aoyagi (Hitachinaka, JP); Takao Fukuda (Hitachinaka, JP); Atsushi Okonogi (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
G01R31/66F02D41/221G01D5/244G01R31/50
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Patent No.
US 10,845,429
App. No.
16/321,345
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic control device capable of performing abnormality diagnosis of a digital input circuit without modifying the circuit configuration. Included are: an external connection terminal to which an external power supply is connected; a first capacitor having one end connected to the external connection terminal and the other end connected to circuit ground; a microcomputer having a D/I port which is an input/output port and to which a voltage of the external connection terminal is input; an RC filter provided between the D/I port and the first capacitor, the RC filter including a first resistor and a second capacitor; and a second resistor for dividing an output voltage of the D/I port together with the first resistor and applying the divided voltage to one end of the first capacitor, in which the microcomputer outputs a predetermined voltage from the D/I port and diagnoses a connection condition of the external connection terminal on the basis of a voltage input to the D/I port after the first capacitor is charged with the predetermined voltage.

Claims (22)

1. An electronic control device comprising:

an external connection terminal to which an external power supply is connected;

a first capacitor having one end connected to the external connection terminal and the other end connected to circuit ground;

a microcomputer having a D/I port which is an input/output port and to which a voltage of the external connection terminal is input;

an RC filter provided between the D/I port and the first capacitor, the RC filter including a first resistor and a second capacitor; and

a second resistor for dividing an output voltage of the D/I port together with the first resistor and applying the divided voltage to one end of the first capacitor,

wherein the microcomputer outputs a predetermined voltage from the D/I port and diagnoses a connection condition of the external connection terminal on the basis of a voltage input to the D/I port after the first capacitor is charged with the predetermined voltage.

2. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a switching element for driving an external load provided between the external power supply and the external connection terminal,

wherein the microcomputer further includes a D/O port which is an output port for outputting a signal for turning on/off the switching element, and

the microcomputer starts diagnosis of a connection state of the external connection terminal on the basis of a voltage input to the D/I port in a state where a signal for turning off the switching element is output from the D/O port.

3. The electronic control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the microcomputer outputs a predetermined voltage from the D/I port in a state where a signal for turning on the switching element is output from the D/O port and, after the first capacitor is charged by the predetermined voltage, diagnoses a connection state of the switching element and the external connection terminal on the basis of a voltage input to the D/I port in a state where a signal for turning off the switching element is output from the D/O port.

4. The electronic control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein charging time of the first capacitor is time set on the basis of a capacity of the first capacitor, and

the microcomputer outputs the predetermined voltage from the D/I port and, after the charging time of the first capacitor has elapsed, diagnoses a connection state of the external connection terminal on the basis of a voltage input to the D/I port.

5. The electronic control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microcomputer outputs the predetermined voltage from the D/I port and, after charging time of the first capacitor has elapsed, diagnoses a connection state of the external connection terminal on the basis of a comparison between a voltage input to the D/I port and a preset threshold value.

6. The electronic control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microcomputer stops control when a diagnosis result of the connection state of the external connection terminal is abnormal.

7. The electronic control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microcomputer outputs a diagnosis result of the connection state of the external connection terminal to a notification device for notifying an operator of the diagnosis result.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057655/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2019
From: AOYAGI, MASAKI; FUKUDA, TAKAO; OKONOGI, ATSUSHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048159/0158 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-168733 · Aug 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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