Voltage conversion system and method and recording medium
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorEiji Sato
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Abstract
A battery voltage is increased in a converter and is input to an inverter that supplies a motor with a motor drive current. A control unit detects input and output voltages of the converter from outputs of voltage sensors and controls the switching in the converter in accordance with the detected input and output voltages. When one of the sensors fails, the control unit estimates the voltage that would have otherwise been detected by the failed voltage sensor based on the switching state in the converter and the voltage detected by the other voltage sensor.
Claims14
A voltage conversion system comprising:
- a converter that converts a voltage:
- a converter control portion that variably controls widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter:
- an input voltage sensor that detects an input voltage of the converter:
- an output voltage sensor that detects an output voltage of the converter:
- and
- a control unit that determines the presence of an abnormality of the input voltage sensor or the output voltage sensor on the basis of a controlling state in which widths of the voltage to be converted is controlled by the converter control portion.
A voltage conversion system comprising:
- a converter that converts a voltage:
- a voltage detection device that detects one of an input voltage and an output voltage of the converter:
- a converter control portion that variably controls widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter:
- and
- a control unit that estimates one of the input voltage and the output voltage of the converter that has not been detected by the voltage detection device on the basis of a controlling state in which widths of the voltage to be converted is controlled by the converter control portion.
A voltage conversion method of a system comprising a converter that converts a voltage and is controlled to variably change widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter, an input voltage sensor that detects an input voltage of the converter, and an output voltage sensor that detects output voltage of the converter, the voltage conversion method comprising:
- determining the presence of an abnormality of the input voltage sensor or the output voltage sensor on the basis of a controlled state of widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter.
A voltage conversion method of a system comprising a converter that converts a voltage and is controlled to variably change widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter, and a voltage detection device that detects one of an input voltage and an output voltage of the converter, the voltage conversion method comprising:
- estimating one of the input voltage and the output voltage of the converter that has not been detected by the voltage detection device on the basis of (1) a controlled state of widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter and (2) the other of the input voltage and the output voltage of the converter that has been detected by the voltage detection device.
A recording medium storing a program that executes a detection of an input voltage and an output voltage of a converter which converts a voltage and is controlled to variably change widths of the voltage to be converted and a determination on the presence of an abnormality of the input voltage sensor or the output voltage sensor on the basis of a controlled state of widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter, the recording medium being readable on a computer.
A recording medium storing a program that executes a detection of one of an input voltage and an output voltage of a converter which converts a voltage and is controlled to variably change widths of the voltage to be converted and an estimation of one of the input voltage and the output voltage of the converter that has not been detected on the basis of a controlled state of widths of the voltage to be converted in the converter and the other of the input voltage and the output voltage of the converter that has been detected, the recording medium being readable on a computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.