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Granted Patent B2
US 11,952,000 · App. 17/616,186 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Vehicle failure diagnostic device

Inventors: Yoshimasa Kurokawa (Hiroshima, JP); Tetsuhiro Yamashita (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
B60W50/0225B60W50/0205G07C5/0808B60W2050/0215B60W60/0015
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Patent No.
US 11,952,000
App. No.
17/616,186
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure includes device controllers that output control signals to in-vehicle devices based on a target motion set by a target motion setter based on input from the sensors, and a device failure diagnostic unit provided between the device controllers and the in-vehicle devices in a communication path of an arithmetic unit, in which the device failure diagnostic unit has a device diagnostic table in which the in-vehicle devices associated with each function are specified for each function of the vehicle, and diagnoses a failure of the in-vehicle devices based on output of the in-vehicle devices and the device diagnostic table.

Claims (32)

1. A vehicle failure diagnostic device comprising:

an arithmetic unit configured to perform a calculation for controlling in-vehicle devices mounted in a vehicle;

a plurality of sensors configured to input vehicle information including an exterior environment of the vehicle to the arithmetic unit;

a target motion setter provided in the arithmetic unit and configured to set a target motion of the vehicle based on the information input by the plurality of the sensors;

a device controller provided in the arithmetic unit and configured to output a control signal to each of the in-vehicle devices based on the target motion set by the target motion setter; and

a device failure diagnostic unit provided between the device controller and the in-vehicle devices in a communication path of the arithmetic unit and configured to diagnose a failure of each of the in-vehicle devices,

the device failure diagnostic unit having a device diagnostic table in which the in-vehicle devices associated with each function are specified for each function of the vehicle, and diagnosing the failure of the in-vehicle devices based on output of the in-vehicle devices and the device diagnostic table.

2. The vehicle failure diagnostic device of claim 1 , wherein

the target motion setter has

a route determiner that determines a traveling route on which the vehicle is to travel based on output of the plurality of sensors,

a vehicle motion determiner that determines a motion of the vehicle for following the traveling route calculated by the route determiner, and

the device failure diagnostic unit diagnoses the failure of the in-vehicle devices by further considering the traveling route determined by the route determiner and the motion of the vehicle determined by the vehicle motion determiner.

3. The vehicle failure diagnostic device of claim 2 , further comprising

a sensor failure diagnostic unit provided between the plurality of sensors and the target motion setter in the communication path of the arithmetic unit and configured to diagnose a failure of the plurality of sensors, wherein

the sensor failure diagnostic unit has a sensor diagnostic table in which the plurality of sensors associated with each function is specified for each function of the vehicle, and diagnoses the failure of the plurality of sensors based on the sensor diagnostic table.

4. The vehicle failure diagnostic device of claim 3 , further comprising

a memory section configured to store a diagnosis result of the device failure diagnostic unit and a diagnosis result of the sensor failure diagnostic unit in association with each function of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle failure diagnostic device of claim 4 , wherein

the target motion setter has

a route determiner that determines a traveling route on which the vehicle is to travel based on output of the plurality of sensors, and

a vehicle motion determiner that determines a motion of the vehicle for following the traveling route calculated by the route determiner, and

the memory section stores the traveling route determined by the route determiner and the motion of the vehicle determined by the vehicle motion determiner in association with the diagnosis result of the device failure diagnostic unit and the diagnosis result of the sensor failure diagnostic unit.

6. The vehicle failure diagnostic device of claim 1 , further comprising

a sensor failure diagnostic unit provided between the plurality of sensors and the target motion setter in the communication path of the arithmetic unit and configured to diagnose a failure of the plurality of sensors, wherein

the sensor failure diagnostic unit has a sensor diagnostic table in which the plurality of sensors associated with each function is specified for each function of the vehicle, and diagnoses the failure of the plurality of sensors based on the sensor diagnostic table.

7. The vehicle failure diagnostic device of claim 6 , further comprising

a memory section configured to store a diagnosis result of the device failure diagnostic unit and a diagnosis result of the sensor failure diagnostic unit in association with each function of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle failure diagnostic device of claim 7 , wherein

the target motion setter has

a route determiner that determines a traveling route on which the vehicle is to travel based on output of the plurality of sensors, and

a vehicle motion determiner that determines a motion of the vehicle for following the traveling route calculated by the route determiner, and

the memory section stores the traveling route determined by the route determiner and the motion of the vehicle determined by the vehicle motion determiner in association with the diagnosis result of the device failure diagnostic unit and the diagnosis result of the sensor failure diagnostic unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: KUROKAWA, YOSHIMASA; YAMASHITA, TETSUHIRO
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-106425 · Jun 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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