Power controlling apparatus with a power failure detecting function

• US 5,332,993 A
• Filed: 10/30/1991
• Issued: 07/26/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ninomiya, Ryozi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Application Number:
  US07/784,710
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 340/636, 340/635, 320/48, 364/482, 364/483, 324/425, 324/426, 324/431, 324/433
• US Class Current: 340/635
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/042 combined with means for locating the fault locating faults in cables G01R31/08
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/24 responsive to undervoltage or no-voltage H02H3/207 takes precedence

Abstract

A CPU in a power source controller generates various error status data, that correspond to various kinds of failure conditions, based on detection signals supplied from a variety of failure detection circuits provided at a power source circuit. The CPU controls an LED in a blinker based on the error status data to light up and extinguish the LED in an orderly fashion which is fixed by the generated data, so that the blinker blinks variously in correspondence with various kinds of power failure conditions. Thus, a various kinds of power failure conditions can be indicated by difference in blinking operation of the blinker.

Claims

1. A power controlling apparatus with a power failure detecting function comprising:

detecting means for detecting a power failure condition of a power source circuit and putting out a failure detection signal;

failure data processing means, having an input means for receiving the failure detection signal from the detecting means, identifying the failure condition of the power source circuit based on the failure detection signal received at the input means, generating a failure status data corresponding to the kind of the failure condition, and having a register means for storing the failure status data;

blinker means for emitting light at intervals in which on/off durations correspond to the kind of the failure condition;

blinker control means, having an LED counter for holding an LED count value obtained by counting a number of bits of the failure status data and a timer counter for setting an on/off duration for the blinker means, for lighting up the blinker means for every bit of the failure status data based on the LED count value of the LED counter, and controlling to set a lighting duration of the blinker means in accordance with each bit data based on the timer count value of the timer counter.

2. A power controlling apparatus with a power failure detecting function comprising:

detecting means for detecting a power failure condition of a power source circuit and outputting a failure detection signal;

failure data processing means for identifying the power failure condition of the power source circuit based on the failure detection signal supplied from the detecting means, and generating failure status data in correspondence with a kind to which the identified power failure condition belongs, the failure data processing means including a register having previously prepared number of bits, and setting bit data at each bit position of the register in accordance with the kind of the failure condition; and

blinker means for blinking in a variety of fashions in correspondence with various kinds of power failure conditions based on the failure status data generated by the failure data processing means, the blinker means including a light emitting diode, and driving means for lighting up and extinguishing the light emitting diode based on the failure status data.

3. A power controlling apparatus with a power failure detecting function comprising:

detecting means for detecting a power failure condition of a power source circuit and putting out a failure detection signal;

failure data processing means, having an input means for receiving the failure detection signal from the detecting means, identifying the failure condition of the power source circuit based on the failure detection signal received at the input means, generating a failure status data corresponding to the kind of the failure condition, and having a register means for storing the failure status data;

blinker means for emitting light at intervals in which on/off durations correspond to the kind of the failure condition;

blinker control means, having a timer counter for setting an on/off duration for the blinker means, for lighting up the blinker means for every bit of the failure status data, and controlling to set a lighting duration of the blinker means in accordance with each bit data based on the timer count value of the timer counter.

4. An electric appliance with a power failure detecting function comprising:

detecting means for detecting a power failure condition of a power source circuit and putting out a failure detection signal;

failure data processing means, having an input means for receiving the failure detection signal from the detecting means, identifying the failure condition of the power source circuit based on the failure detection signal received at the input means, generating a failure status data corresponding to the kind of the failure condition, and having a register means for storing the failure status data;

blinker means for emitting light at intervals in which on/off durations correspond to the kind of the failure condition;

blinker control means, having an LED counter for holding an LED count value obtained by counting a number of bits of the failure status data and a timer counter for setting an on/off duration for the blinker means, for lighting up the blinker means for every bit of the failure status data based on the LED count value of the LED counter, and controlling to set a lighting duration of the blinker means in accordance with each bit data based on the timer count value of the timer counter.

5. An electric appliance with a power failure detecting function comprising:

detecting means for detecting a power failure condition of a power source circuit and putting out a failure detection signal;

failure data processing means for identifying the power failure condition of the power source circuit based on the failure detection signal supplied from the detecting means, and generating failure status data in correspondence with a kind to which the identified power failure condition belongs, the failure data processing means including a register having previously prepared number of bits, and setting bit data at each bit position of the register in accordance with the kind of the failure condition; and

blinker means for blinking in a variety of fashions in correspondence with various kinds of power failure conditions based on the failure status data generated by the failure data processing means, the blinker means including a light emitting diode, and driving means for lighting up and extinguishing the light emitting diode based on the failure status data.

6. An electric appliance with a failure detecting function comprising:

detecting means for detecting a failure condition of an electric appliance and putting out a failure detection signal;

failure data processing means, having an input means for receiving the failure detection signal from the detecting means, identifying the failure condition of the electric appliance based on the failure detection signal received at the input means, generating a failure status data corresponding to the kind of the failure condition, and having a register means for storing the failure status data;

blinker means for emitting light at intervals in which on/off durations correspond to the kind of the failure condition;

blinker control means, having an LED counter for holding an LED count value obtained by counting a number of bits of the failure status data and a timer counter for setting an on/off duration for the blinker means, for lighting up the blinker means for every bit of the failure status data based on the LED count value of the LED counter, and controlling to set a lighting duration of the blinker means in accordance with each bit data based on the timer count value of the timer counter.

7. An electric appliance with a failure detecting function comprising:

detecting means for detecting a failure condition of an electric appliance and outputting a failure detection signal;

failure data processing means for identifying the failure condition of the electric appliance based on the failure detection signal supplied from the detecting means, and generating failure status data in correspondence with a kind to which the identified failure condition belongs, the failure data processing means including a register having previously prepared number of bits, and setting bit data at each bit position of the register in accordance with the kind of the failure condition; and

blinker means for blinking in a variety of fashions in correspondence with various kinds of failure conditions based on the failure status data generated by the failure data processing means, the blinker means including a light emitting diode, and driving means for lighting up and extinguishing the light emitting diode based on the failure status data.