Electronic apparatus preventing erroneous detection of sensor output due to AC line noise and erroneous detection prevention method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9766279-B2
Application number	US-201514788265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

Provided is an electronic apparatus that can prevent erroneous detection of a sensor output due to an AC line noise. A power supply circuit includes a noise filter, input rectifying smoothing circuit, converter circuit, and output smoothing circuit. The input rectifying smoothing circuit rectifies an input AC voltage passed through the noise filter to a pulsating flow and then smooth it. The converter circuit converts a DC voltage rectified and smoothed into a desired output voltage. The output smoothing circuit smoothes the convert output voltage to supply it to a control part. The noise determination part detects a noise that could not have been removed by the noise filter, as an AC line noise. The control part invalidates a detection signal outputted from the sensor for a previously set invalid period from the moment the AC line noise has been detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus provided with a sensor and a control part, the control part performing control on the basis of a detection signal outputted from the sensor, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a power supply circuit, supplying power to the control part, and a noise determination part, detecting an AC (Alternating Current) line noise generated in a power supply line from the power supply circuit to the control part,
the control part invalidating a detection signal outputted from the sensor for a previously set invalid period of time from the moment when the AC line noise having been detected by the noise determination part, wherein the power supply circuit includes
a noise filter that removes a noise superimposed on an input AC voltage,
an input rectifying smoothing circuit that rectifies the input AC voltage passed through the noise filter to a pulsating flow and then smooths the pulsating flow,
a converter circuit that converts a DC (Direct Current) voltage rectified and smoothed by the input rectifying smoothing circuit into a desired output voltage, and an output smoothing circuit that smooths the output voltage converted by the converter circuit to supply it to the control part,
the noise determination part detecting, from an output of the input rectifying smoothing circuit, a noise that could not have been removed by the noise filter, as the AC line noise.

2. An erroneous detection prevention method using an electronic apparatus provided with a sensor and a control part, the control part performing control on the basis of a detection signal outputted from the sensor to prevent erroneous detection of an output of the sensor, the erroneous detection prevention method comprising:
removing, using a noise filter, a noise superimposed on an input AC (Alternating Current) voltage, and then
rectifying the input AC voltage to a pulsating flow and then smoothing the pulsating flow, thereby providing a DC (Direct Current) voltage,
converting the DC voltage into a desired output voltage, smoothing the desired output voltage and supplying the smoothed desired output voltage as power to the control part,
detecting an AC line noise generated in a power supply line from the power supply circuit to the control part, wherein the AC line noise is a noise that could not have been removed by the noise filter, and
using the control part to invalidate a detection signal outputted from the sensor for a previously set invalid period from the moment when the AC line noise having been detected by the noise determination part.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Fujihara Kensuke

Classifications

• G01R35/00

  Testing or calibrating of apparatus covered by the other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• G03G15/80

  Details relating to power supplies, circuits boards, electrical connections · CPC title

• G01R15/144

  Measuring arrangements for voltage not covered by other subgroups of G01R15/14 · CPC title

• G03G21/00

  Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge · CPC title

• G01R29/26 Primary

  Measuring noise figure; Measuring signal-to-noise ratio · CPC title