Controller for electric power supply of electronic device supplied with electric power from battery of vehicle

• US 20050078423A1
• Filed: 10/12/2004
• Published: 04/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sunchae Kim
• Original Assignee: Sunchae Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Sunchae
• Application Number:
  US10/960,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20050078423A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/90
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/06 Two-wire systems
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0063 with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007184 in response to battery voltage gradient
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/1438 in combination with power supplies for loads other than batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

The present invention relates to a controller for an electric power supply of an electronic device of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a controller for an electric power supply of an electronic device supplied with electric power from a battery of a vehicle. The controller for the electric power supply of the present invention comprises a battery voltage variation detector for detecting voltage variation in the electric power supplied from the battery, and a power control module for allowing the electric power from the battery to be supplied to the electric device when the voltage variation detected by the battery voltage variation detector is equal to or greater than a predetermined level.

Claims

1. A controller for an electric power supply of an electronic device operable by receiving electric power from a battery of a vehicle, comprising:

a battery voltage variation detector for detecting voltage variation in the electric power supplied from the battery; and

a power control module for allowing the electric power from the battery to be supplied to the electric device when the voltage variation detected by the battery voltage variation detector is equal to or greater than a predetermined level.

2. The controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a power interrupt control module for detecting an OFF state of an ignition switch in the vehicle; and

a power interrupt module for interrupting supply of the electric power from the battery into the electronic device when the OFF state of the ignition switch is detected by the power interrupt control module.

4. The controller as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising a regulator for converting an output voltage from the controller into an applicable voltage for use in the electronic device.

5. The controller as claimed in claim 4, wherein a voltage signal input to the regulator is used as an actuating signal for actuating the regulator.

3. A controller for an electric power supply of an electronic device operable by receiving electric power from a battery of a vehicle, comprising:

a battery voltage variation detector for detecting voltage variation in the electric power supplied from the battery,

wherein the battery voltage variation detector outputs a signal for canceling power down mode of the electronic device to the electronic device when the voltage variation detected by the battery voltage variation detector is equal to or greater than a predetermined level.