Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit with control function and test method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 具有控制功能的电路及其测试方法
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Application No.: US12010946Application Date: 2008-01-31
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Publication No.: US08483987B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Kyozo Terao
- Applicant: Kyozo Terao
- Applicant Address: JP Kosai
- Assignee: Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kosai
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2007-033220 20070214
- Main IPC: G01R27/28
- IPC: G01R27/28 ; G01R31/00 ; G01R31/14

Abstract:
There is provided a circuit with control function including a circuit to be controlled so as to be operated only if a predetermined environment meets a specific condition and being arranged to detect, in any predetermined environment, whether or not the circuit with control function is normally operated, and a test method thereof. The circuit with control function includes a controller (microcomputer) for operating the circuit to be controlled (a heater) only if a predetermined environment (ambient temperature) detected by a sensor (a first temperature sensor) meets a specific condition (0° or below). The controller includes a self-diagnosis device for diagnosing whether or not the circuit with control function is normally operated (step S5) and an interruption detecting device (steps S1 to S4) for detecting whether or not energization from a commercial power supply is intermittently interrupted in a predetermined pattern and activating the self-diagnosis device when the interruption of the predetermined pattern is detected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080211532A1 Circuit with control function and test method thereof Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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