Power supply control device for vehicle

• US 8,648,489 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2007
• Issued: 02/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kataoka, Kenji, Hontani, Kenji, Shinagawa, Masahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleming, Fritz M
• Application Number:
  US12/307,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20090289498A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,322 Days
• Field of Search: 307/9.1, 307/10.1
• US Class Current: 307/9.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00

Abstract

A power supply control device for a vehicle includes a plurality of electrical loadings installed in a vehicle; a feeding part configured to supply electric power to the electrical loadings; and a presumption part configured to presume an electrical power demand for operating the electrical loadings based on sign information for foreseeable operations of the electrical loadings. Electrical power supply from the feeding part to each electrical loading is adjusted based on the result of presumption by the presumption part.

Claims

1. A power supply control device for a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of electrical loadings installed in the vehicle;

a feeding part configured to supply electric power to the electrical loadings; and

a presumption part configured to obtain a result of presumption by presuming an electrical power demand for operating the electrical loadings based on sign information for foreseeable operations of the electrical loadings after a designated time;

wherein the feeding part is configured to adjust electrical power supply from the feeding part to each of the electrical loadings after the designated time based on the result of presumption by the presumption part,

wherein, at one of the electrical loadings, electrical power consumption is generated at a time when a grace period passes after the electric power consumption is required, and

wherein each of the electrical loadings is configured to compare its own grace period to a grace period of another one of the electrical loadings received via a communication line, and to generate electric power consumption when its own grace period is shorter than the grace period of the another one of the electrical loadings received via the communication line.

2. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the presumption part presumes timing of electric power consumption of the electrical loadings, and

wherein the feeding part is configured to adjust electrical power supply from the feeding part so that the timing of the electrical loadings is not overlapped.

3. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one of the electrical loadings changes the length of the grace period based on the sign information.

4. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the electrical loadings is configured to delay generation of electric power consumption when its own grace period is longer than the grace period of the another one of the electrical loadings received via the communication line.

5. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the presumption part presumes a consumption electrical current of the electrical loading;

and

control is performed so that the sum of the consumption electrical currents presumed by the presumption part does not exceed a feeding limitation value of the feeding part.

6. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 5,

wherein the electrical current supplied from the feeding part to the electrical loading is limited.

7. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 5,

wherein the feeding limitation value is heightened by increasing a feeding capability of the feeding part.

8. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a control device is provided for every electrical loading;

and

each control device includes the presumption part.

9. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a first electrical loading configured to consume electrical power based on a steering state of the vehicle is contained in the electrical loading;

and

the presumption by the presumption part is performed based on a sight line or a face direction of a driver, sign of operation of the first electrical loading.

10. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a first electrical loading configured to consume an electrical power based on a steering state of the vehicle is contained in the electrical loading;

and

the presumption by the presumption part is performed based on a configuration of a load, sign of operation of the first electrical loading.

11. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a second electrical loading configured to consume electrical power based on horizontal acceleration of the vehicle is contained in the electrical loading;

and

the presumption by the presumption part is performed based on a configuration of a load, sign of operation of the second electrical loading.

12. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a third electrical loading configured to consume an electrical power based on a braking state of the vehicle is contained in the electrical loading;

and

the presumption by the presumption part is performed based on a loading given to a braking control part to the driver, sign of operation of the third electrical loading.

13. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a fourth electrical loading configured to consume an electrical power based on the rotational speed of engine of the vehicle is contained in the electrical loading;

and

the presumption by the presumption part is performed based on the rotational speed of the engine, sign of operation of the fourth electrical loading.

14. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 9,

wherein the first electrical loading is a motor for providing for an electrically driven power steering.

15. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 9,

wherein the second electrical loading is a motor for providing for an electrically driven stability control device.

16. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 12,

wherein the third electrical loading is a motor for providing for an electrically driven brake device.

17. The power supply control device for the vehicle as claimed in claim 13,

wherein the fourth electrical loading is a secondary air supply device.

18. A power supply control device for a vehicle, the power supply control device comprising:

electrical loadings installed in the vehicle;

an electric power supply which supplies electric power to the electrical loadings; and

a processor configured to determine a predicted electrical power demand for operating the electrical loadings using information regarding foreseeable operations of the electrical loadings after a designated time;

wherein the electric power supply adjusts electrical power supply to the electrical loadings after the designated time using the determined predicted electrical power demand,

wherein each one of the electrical loadings has a grace period during which initiation of electric power consumption by the respective one of the electrical loadings may be delayed after being requested, and

wherein each of the electrical loadings is configured to compare its own grace period to a grace period of another one of the electrical loadings that is received via a communication line, and to initiate electric power consumption when its own grace period is shorter than the grace period of the another one of the electrical loadings that is received via the communication line.

19. The power supply control device of claim 18, wherein each of the electrical loadings is configured to initiate electric power consumption only if its own grace period is shorter than the grace period of the another one of the electrical loadings that is received.

20. The power supply control device of claim 19, wherein each of the electrical loadings is configured to delay initiating electric power consumption when its own grace period is longer than the grace period of the another one of the electrical loadings that is received.