Relay drive control device, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomohiro Narematsu, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Yasuyuki Morishita, Yu Shimizu, Fumiyoshi Kuribara, Ippei Takesue, Daiki Takayama, Tomoya Aoki, Daisuke Kamikihara
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Abstract
A relay drive control device is configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply. The relay drive control device includes a controller configured to, when driving the relay, supply an output voltage of the battery to the relay after increasing the output voltage to a voltage value at which the relay is drivable.
Claims11
A relay drive control device configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply, the relay drive control device comprising a controller configured to, when driving the relay, supply an output voltage of the battery to the relay after increasing the output voltage to a voltage value at which the relay is drivable.
A control method to be executed by a computer of a relay drive control device configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply, the control method comprising:
- determining whether to drive the relay;
- increasing, when driving the relay, an output voltage of the battery to a drive voltage at which the relay is drivable;
- and
- supplying the drive voltage to the relay when the output voltage reaches the drive voltage.
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors of a computer of a relay drive control device and that cause the one or more processors to perform functions, the relay drive control device being configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply, the functions comprising:
- determining whether to drive the relay;
- increasing, when driving the relay, an output voltage of the battery to a drive voltage at which the relay is drivable;
- and
- supplying the drive voltage to the relay when the output voltage reaches the drive voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.