Electrical auxiliary equipment for vehicles with trouble point self-diagnostic function
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1. An electrical auxiliary equipment for vehicles having a trouble point self-diagnostic function, comprising:
- a load to be actuated;
operation means for setting non-diagnostic conditions of operation of said auxiliary equipment and for outputting a set of operational signals, said operation means including at least two operation switch means for setting normal non-diagnostic operational conditions;
a plurality of detection means for detecting predetermined environmental factors including the operation condition of said load and for outputting a set of output signals based on said detected factors;
display means for displaying the operation condition of said auxiliary equipment;
signal processing means for receiving said set of output signals from said detection means, for receiving said set of operational signals from said operation means, for outputting a control signal to said load, for outputting a drive signal to said display means, said control signal and said drive signal being determined on the basis of said set of operational signals from said operation means, said display means being driven by said drive signal to display the operational condition determined from said operation signals, and said signal processing means for estimating a point of a trouble state among said load and said plurality of detection means based on said output signals from said detection means; and
indication system to drive said display means into indicating said point of said trouble state among said load and said detection means, the indication of said display means being based on the results of a trouble point estimation by said signal processing means, said display means being driven by said indication system when said at least two operation switch means are concurrently operated.
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Abstract
In an electrical auxiliary equipment (100; 200) for vehicles, which has a trouble point self-diagnostic function and includes a display unit (10) for indicating the condition of operation of the auxiliary equipment, there is provided a system for driving the display unit (10) to indicate a troubling point when, among a plurality of operation switches (51 to 53, 60 to 65) provided for the equipment, at least two (60, 61) are operated substantially in a concurrent manner.
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1. An electrical auxiliary equipment for vehicles having a trouble point self-diagnostic function, comprising:
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a load to be actuated; operation means for setting non-diagnostic conditions of operation of said auxiliary equipment and for outputting a set of operational signals, said operation means including at least two operation switch means for setting normal non-diagnostic operational conditions; a plurality of detection means for detecting predetermined environmental factors including the operation condition of said load and for outputting a set of output signals based on said detected factors; display means for displaying the operation condition of said auxiliary equipment; signal processing means for receiving said set of output signals from said detection means, for receiving said set of operational signals from said operation means, for outputting a control signal to said load, for outputting a drive signal to said display means, said control signal and said drive signal being determined on the basis of said set of operational signals from said operation means, said display means being driven by said drive signal to display the operational condition determined from said operation signals, and said signal processing means for estimating a point of a trouble state among said load and said plurality of detection means based on said output signals from said detection means; and indication system to drive said display means into indicating said point of said trouble state among said load and said detection means, the indication of said display means being based on the results of a trouble point estimation by said signal processing means, said display means being driven by said indication system when said at least two operation switch means are concurrently operated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6)
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5. An electrical auxiliary equipment (200) according to claim 7, wherein
said indication system (201) includes judging circuit means (202) to receive respective ones (Sa, So) of said operation signals (Ci) that are output from said at least two operation switch means (60, 61), and to determine whether said respective ones (Sa, So) of said operation signals (Ci) are all in actuating states thereof; - and
trouble point indicating circuit means (203) to feed said display means (10) with a trouble point indication signal (Sd") for the driving thereof into indicating the operation conditions that represents said point of said trouble state among said load (A1, A2) and said detection means (S1, S2, P1, P2), said trouble point indication signal being feed following the results of the diagnosis by said signal process means (205) when said respective ones (Sa, So) of said operation signals (Ci) are determined to be all in said actuating states.
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