Apparatus, method and computer readable medium for diagnosing fault of load cell
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorDo Kon Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for diagnosing a fault of a load cell includes a power supply unit applying power to an input terminal of a plurality of load cells connected in parallel, each of the plurality of load cells including an input terminal and an output terminal, a fault diagnosis resistor being connected to the output terminal, a voltage measurement unit measuring a voltage applied to the fault diagnosis resistor provided in the output terminal of each of the plurality of load cells, after power is applied thereto, and a controller diagnosing a fault of each of the plurality of load cells based on the measured voltage.
Claims20
An apparatus for determining a fault of a load cell, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of load cells connected in parallel, each of the plurality of load cells including an input terminal and an output terminal;
- a plurality of fault diagnosis resistors each connected to an output terminal of each of the plurality of load cells, respectively,
- a power supply configured to provide power to the input terminal of each of the plurality of load cells;
- a voltage measurement sensor configured to measure a voltage applied to each of the plurality of fault diagnosis resistors, after the power is provided by the power supply;
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- a controller configured to determine a fault of each of the plurality of load cells based on the measured voltage.
A method for determining a fault of a load cell, the method comprising:
- providing power to an input terminal of each of a plurality of load cells connected in parallel, a plurality of fault diagnosis resistors connected to an output terminal of each of the plurality of load cells, respectively;
- measuring a voltage applied to each of the plurality of fault diagnosis resistors, after power is applied;
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- determining a fault of each of the plurality of load cells based on the measured voltage.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program for causing a computer to execute operations comprising:
- providing power to an input terminal of each of a plurality of load cells connected in parallel, a plurality of fault diagnosis resistors connected to an output terminal of each of the plurality of load cells, respectively;
- measuring a voltage applied to each of the plurality of fault diagnosis resistors, after power is applied;
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- determining a fault of each of the plurality of load cells based on the measured voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.