IP Library Granted Patent US 11,231,871
Granted Patent B2
US 11,231,871 · App. 16/772,289 · Granted Jan 25, 2022

Electronic control device with non-volatile memory

Inventor: Kenji Masuda (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
G06F3/0655G06F3/0604G06F3/0679
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Patent No.
US 11,231,871
App. No.
16/772,289
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention detects a battery abnormality during a driving cycle or self-shutdown even when a battery voltage sensor is not mounted. In the present invention, a first storage region is provided with a failure information storage region and a second storage region management information storage region, a second storage region is provided with a failure information storage region and a first storage region management information storage region, and a management information access flag storage region for storing access information indicating a presence or absence of an access to management information of the first storage region and management information of the second storage region is provided separately from the first storage region and the second storage region.

Claims (41)

1. An electronic control device, comprising a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of storage regions,

wherein the storage regions include

an information storage region for storing information, and

a management information storage region for storing management information indicating a write state of information to the storage regions, and

the nonvolatile memory includes, separately from the storage regions, a management information access flag storage region for storing access information indicating a presence or absence of an access to the management information,

and further comprising a processor accessible to the nonvolatile memory,

wherein the processor diagnoses a battery disconnection or a battery voltage drop abnormality in a last driving cycle or self-shutdown based on the management information and the access information at a time of start of a current driving cycle.

2. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage region stores the management information with respect to information held in another of the storage regions.

3. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor diagnoses the battery disconnection or the battery voltage drop abnormality in accordance with a record pattern of the management information and the access information.

4. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage regions include a first storage region and a second storage region,

the first storage region includes

a first information storage region for storing first information, and

a second storage region management information storage region for storing management information of second information stored in the second storage region, and

the second storage region includes

a second information storage region for storing second information, and

a first storage region management information storage region for storing management information of first information stored in the first storage region.

5. The electronic control device according to claim 4 , wherein

when the second storage region is a readable region during a driving cycle,

the first storage region management information storage region holds a start mark indicating a write start of the information, and

the management information access flag storage region holds a start mark access flag indicating a presence or absence of an access to a registration address of the start mark, and

when the second storage region is a readable region during self-shutdown,

the first storage region management information storage region holds a completion mark indicating a write completion of the information, and

the management information access flag storage region holds a completion mark access flag indicating a presence or absence of an access to a registration address of the completion mark.

6. The electronic control device according to claim 5 , comprising:

a volatile memory for storing the information; and

a processor accessible to the nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory,

wherein the processor, during the self-shutdown, erases data stored in the first storage region, and saves information stored in the volatile memory to the first information storage region.

7. The electronic control device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor diagnoses a memory backup abnormality due to a battery disconnection abnormality and a memory element abnormality on a readable region side based on storage patterns of the first storage region management information storage region, the second storage region management information storage region, and the management information access flag storage region.

8. An electronic control device comprising a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of storage regions,

wherein the storage regions include

an information storage region for storing information, and

a management information storage region for storing management information indicating a write state of information to the storage regions, and

the nonvolatile memory includes, separately from the storage regions, a management information access flag storage region for storing access information indicating a presence or absence of an access to the management information, and wherein

during a driving cycle,

the management information storage region holds a start mark indicating a write start of the information, and

the management information access flag storage region holds a start mark access flag indicating a presence or absence of an access to a registration address of the start mark, and

during self-shutdown,

the management information storage region holds a completion mark indicating a write completion of the information, and

the management information access flag storage region holds a completion mark access flag indicating a presence or absence of an access to a registration address of the completion mark.

9. The electronic control device according to claim 8 , wherein the start mark and the completion mark are set to a predetermined constant.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058598/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2020
From: MASUDA, KENJI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053553/0354 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-024129 · Feb 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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