Failure diagnostic system for atmospheric pressure detecting device
First Claim
1. A failure diagnostic system for atmospheric pressure detecting device, which is provided in a device to be operated whose operating condition is controlled using an atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detecting device, and determines whether the atmospheric pressure detecting device has failed, the failure diagnostic system comprising:
- a counter element that counts the number of operations of the device to be operated;
an atmospheric pressure storing element that stores information related to the detected atmospheric pressure; and
a failure diagnosis element that determines that the atmospheric pressure detecting device has failed if the number of operations counted by said counter element reaches a predetermined number of times and a variation in the atmospheric pressure calculated based on the information related to the atmospheric pressure stored in said atmospheric pressure storing element before the number of operations reaches the predetermined number of times is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
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Abstract
There is provided a failure diagnostic system for an atmospheric pressure detecting device, which is capable of rationally determining whether that device has failed or not and is capable of improving the diagnostic accuracy. The failure diagnostic system is comprised of an atmospheric pressure sensor for detecting an atmospheric pressure of the air taken into an engine; a condition determination section for determining that conditions required for determining that the atmospheric pressure sensor has failed are satisfied if the number of operations, in each of which the engine continuously operates for a predetermined period of time, has exceeded a predetermined number; and a failure diagnosis section for determining that the atmospheric pressure sensor has failed if a variation in the atmospheric pressure over a period of time equivalent to that predetermined number is equal to or less than a predetermined value and the required conditions have been satisfied.
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1. A failure diagnostic system for atmospheric pressure detecting device, which is provided in a device to be operated whose operating condition is controlled using an atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detecting device, and determines whether the atmospheric pressure detecting device has failed, the failure diagnostic system comprising:
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a counter element that counts the number of operations of the device to be operated;
an atmospheric pressure storing element that stores information related to the detected atmospheric pressure; and
a failure diagnosis element that determines that the atmospheric pressure detecting device has failed if the number of operations counted by said counter element reaches a predetermined number of times and a variation in the atmospheric pressure calculated based on the information related to the atmospheric pressure stored in said atmospheric pressure storing element before the number of operations reaches the predetermined number of times is equal to or less than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A failure diagnosis method for atmospheric pressure detecting device, which is used for a device to be operated whose operating condition is controlled using an atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detecting device, and determines whether the atmospheric pressure detecting device has failed, the failure diagnosis method comprising:
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a counting step of counting the number of operations of the device to be operated;
a storage step of storing information related to the detected atmospheric pressure; and
a determination step of determining that the atmospheric pressure detecting device has failed, if the number of operations reaches a predetermined number of times, and a variation in the atmospheric pressure calculated based on the stored information related to the atmospheric pressure before the number of operations reaches the predetermined number of times is equal to or less than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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