Malfunction detection device and malfunction detection method
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSatoru Hirose, Toru Takagi
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Abstract
A control unit causes a sensor to start sampling at a plurality of start timings different from each other. The control unit combines sampling signals obtained by the start of the sampling at the different start timings, and detects a malfunction of an apparatus in accordance with the combined sampling signal.
Claims12
A malfunction detection device comprising a control unit including a signal input unit configure to obtain a sampling signal which is a state of an apparatus detected and sampled by a sensor, so that the control unit detects a malfunction of the apparatus in accordance with the sampling signal,
- the control unit being configured to:
- cause the sensor to start sampling at a plurality of start timings different from each other;
- combine sampling signals obtained by the start of the sampling at the different start timings;
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- detect the malfunction of the apparatus in accordance with the combined sampling signal.
A malfunction detection method of a malfunction detection device comprising a control unit including a signal input unit configure to obtain a sampling signal which is a state of an apparatus detected and sampled by a sensor, so that the control unit detects a malfunction of the apparatus in accordance with the sampling signal, the method comprising:
- causing the sensor to start sampling at a plurality of start timings different from each other;
- combining sampling signals obtained by the start of the sampling at the different start timings;
- and
- detecting the malfunction of the apparatus in accordance with the combined sampling signal.
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