Power supply control device and power supply control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12533959-B2
Application number	US-202418615782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2024
Priority date	Mar 29, 2023
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A controller of a power supply control is configured to: in response to a failure of a main power supply being detected, execute a fail-safe control in which a connector is interrupted and electric power from a backup power supply is supplied to a second load; in response to a state value indicating a charging state of the backup power supply decreasing to a first threshold during the fail-safe control, execute an advance notice process for giving a user advance notice that a vehicle will be stopped; and in response to the state value decreasing to a second threshold which is smaller than the first threshold and which indicates a safety limit of the backup power supply, execute a power supply stop process for stopping supply of the electric power from the backup power supply.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A power supply control device comprising:
a controller configured to control a connector, the connector being capable of connecting and interrupting a first system and a second system, the first system being configured to supply electric power from a main power supply to a first load, the second system being configured to supply electric power from a backup power supply to a second load, wherein the controller is configured to:
in response to a failure of the main power supply being detected, execute a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the backup power supply is supplied to the second load;
in response to a state value indicating a charging state of the backup power supply decreasing to a first threshold during the fail-safe control, execute an advance notice process for giving a user advance notice that a vehicle will be stopped; and
in response to the state value decreasing to a second threshold which is smaller than the first threshold and which indicates a safety limit of the backup power supply, execute a power supply stop process for stopping supply of the electric power from the backup power supply; and
in response to the failure of the main power supply being detected, (i) periodically store the state value in a nonvolatile memory during the fail-safe control, (ii) read the state value from the nonvolatile memory at a time of a startup of the vehicle, and (iii) prohibit autonomous driving in response to the read state value being equal to or smaller than the first threshold.

2 . The power supply control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to execute the advance notice process and the power supply stop process unless a retreat travel completion notification is received from an external device that executes a retreat travel control of the vehicle during the fail-safe control.

3 . The power supply control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller stores, in response to the state value decreasing to the first threshold, diagnosis information in the nonvolatile memory, and the controller prohibits autonomous driving in a case where the diagnosis information is stored in the nonvolatile memory at the time of the startup of the vehicle.

4 . The power supply control device according to claim 2 , wherein,
the controller stores, in response to the state value decreasing to the first threshold, diagnosis information in the nonvolatile memory, and the controller prohibits autonomous driving in a case where the diagnosis information is stored in the nonvolatile memory at the time of the startup of the vehicle.

5 . The power supply control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to execute, in response to a failure of the backup power supply being detected, a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the main power supply is supplied to the first load, store diagnosis information in the nonvolatile memory, and prohibit, at the time of the startup of the vehicle, autonomous driving in response to the diagnosis information being stored in the nonvolatile memory.

6 . The power supply control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller is configured to execute, in response to a failure of the backup power supply being detected, a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the main power supply is supplied to the first load, store diagnosis information in the nonvolatile memory, and prohibit, at the time of the startup of the vehicle, autonomous driving in response to the diagnosis information being stored in the nonvolatile memory.

7 . The power supply control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller is configured to execute, in response to a failure of the backup power supply being detected, a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the main power supply is supplied to the first load, store the diagnosis information in the nonvolatile memory, and prohibit, at the time of the startup of the vehicle, autonomous driving in response to the diagnosis information being stored in the nonvolatile memory.

8 . The power supply control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the controller is configured to execute, in response to a failure of the backup power supply being detected, a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the main power supply is supplied to the first load, store the diagnosis information in the nonvolatile memory, and prohibit, at the time of the startup of the vehicle, autonomous driving in response to the diagnosis information being stored in the nonvolatile memory.

9 . A power supply control device comprising:
a controller configured to control a connector, the connector being capable of connecting and interrupting a first system and a second system, the first system being configured to supply electric power from a main power supply to a first load, the second system being configured to supply electric power from a backup power supply to a second load, wherein the controller is configured to:
in response to a failure of the main power supply being detected, execute a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the backup power supply is supplied to the second load;
in response to a state value indicating a charging state of the backup power supply decreasing to a first threshold during the fail-safe control, execute an advance notice process for giving a user advance notice that a vehicle will be stopped;
in response to the state value decreasing to a second threshold which is smaller than the first threshold and which indicates a safety limit of the backup power supply, execute a power supply stop process for stopping supply of the electric power from the backup power supply; and
execute the advance notice process and the power supply stop process unless a retreat travel completion notification is received from an external device that executes a retreat travel control of the vehicle during the fail-safe control.

10 . The power supply control device according to claim 9 , wherein
the controller stores, in response to the state value decreasing to the first threshold, diagnosis information in a nonvolatile memory, and the controller prohibits autonomous driving in a case where the diagnosis information is stored in the nonvolatile memory at a time of a startup of the vehicle.

11 . The power supply control device according to claim 9 , wherein
the controller is configured to execute, in response to a failure of the backup power supply being detected, a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the main power supply is supplied to the first load, store diagnosis information in a nonvolatile memory, and prohibit, at a time of a startup of the vehicle, autonomous driving in response to the diagnosis information being stored in the nonvolatile memory.

12 . The power supply control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the controller is configured to execute, in response to a failure of the backup power supply being detected, a fail-safe control in which the connector is interrupted and the electric power from the main power supply is supplied to the first load, store the diagnosis information in the nonvolatile memory, and prohibit, at the time of the startup of the vehicle, autonomous driving in response to the diagnosis information being stored in the nonvolatile memory.

13 . A power supply cont

Assignees

• Denso Ten Ltd

Inventors

• Matsumoto Takeshi

Classifications

• H02J9/061 Primary

  for DC powered loads · CPC title

• H02J1/086

  for providing alternative feeding paths between load or loads and source or sources when the main path fails · CPC title

• B60L3/0046

  relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors · CPC title

• B60L3/04 Primary

  Cutting off the power supply under fault conditions (protective devices and circuit arrangements in general H01H; H02H) · CPC title

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title