US 12,348,064 B2
Control device for mobile body, control method therefor, and mobile body including determining a failure of a switching unit when no electrical load is connected
Shinichi Yokoyama, Wako (JP); Mitsuteru Yano, Tokyo (JP); Masahiko Sato, Tokyo (JP); and Atsushi Kaneko, Suzuka (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo (JP); and Fuji Electric Co Ltd., Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP); and FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,252.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-161876 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0102990 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60R 16/033 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01)
CPC H02J 7/0036 (2013.01) [B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 1/006 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60R 16/033 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); B60L 3/0069 (2013.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.02); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01); H02J 2310/40 (2020.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device for a mobile body, comprising:
a charging and electrical power supplying unit configured to charge a battery provided in the mobile body using electrical power supplied from an electrical power source positioned externally of the mobile body via a charging connector, and configured to supply electrical power to an electrical load supplied from the battery via an electrical power supplying connector;
a switching unit provided between the charging and electrical power supplying unit and the charging connector, and between the charging and electrical power supplying unit and the electrical power supplying connector, and configured to switch a conductive path between the charging and electrical power supplying unit, the charging connector, and the electrical power supplying connector; and
one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions stored in a memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the control device to:
execute a connection determination to determine whether or not the electrical load is connected to the electrical power supplying connector;
execute a failure determination to determine a failure of the switching unit based on a conductive state when the conductive path is switched in response to the connection determination that no electrical load is connected to the electrical power supplying connector; and
limit execution of the failure determination in response to the connection determination that the electrical load is connected to the electrical power supplying connector,
wherein the electrical power supplying connector comprises a mobile body interior electrical power supplying connector configured to supply electrical power to an electrical load in an interior of the mobile body, and a mobile body exterior electrical power supplying connector configured to supply electrical power to an electrical load located at an exterior of the mobile body;
the switching unit is configured to switch the conductive path in a manner so that either the mobile body interior electrical power supplying connector or the mobile body exterior electrical power supplying connector is configured to be made conductive with the charging and electrical power supplying unit;
when the failure determination is executed, the switching unit switches the conductive path in a manner so that the mobile body exterior electrical power supplying connector and the charging and electrical power supplying unit are made conductive; and
the one or more processors further cause the control device to limit execution of the failure determination, in a case it is determined that the electrical load is connected to the mobile body exterior electrical power supplying connector.