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Fail safe circuit for multi-signal transmission system
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1984-08-16
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Granted: 1987-01-06
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Expires: 2004-08-16
Abstract
Abstract A fail safe circuit is provided in the receiver of a multi-signal transmission system which includes a transmitter and a receiver each of which incorporates a resettable power supply. The fail safe circuit comprises a signal check circuit which detects whether a check bit has been received or not and a power supply reset circuit which, when the check bit is not present, once shuts off and then resets both the power supplies incorporated in the receiver and the transmitter in order to initialize the transmitter and the receiver.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Shinohara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 18:02
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/0796; G06F11/0703; G06F11/0751; G06F11/0763; G06F11/0754; G06F11/0757; G06F11/08; G06F11/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
A fail safe transmission system, comprising: a transmitter unit including: (a) means for transmitting a signal; (b) means for controlling said transmitting; (c) means for supplying power to said transmitter unit, said supplying means being remotely controllable to have an on state where power is supplied and an off state where power is not supplied; and (d) power-up reset means for initially resetting said transmitter unit when power is applied thereto; and a receiver unit, coupled to said transmitter unit, including: (a) means for a receiving a signal from said transmitter unit; (b) means for determining whether a predetermined indicia of failure is present in said receiving signal; (c) means for supplying power to said receiver unit, having an on state where power is supplied and an off state where power is not supplied; (d) power-up reset means for initially resetting said receiver unit when power is applied thereto; and (e) power supply reset means, responsive to said determining means, for controlling said supplying means of both of said receiver unit and of said transmitter unit to said off state for a predetermined time period when a predetermined number of said indicia of failure are detected by said determining means, allowing both of said transmitter and receiver to be reset on power up.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
213 words
A fail safe transmission system, comprising: a transmitter unit including: (a) means for transmitting a signal; (b) means for controlling said transmitting; (c) means for supplying power to said transmitter unit, said supplying means being remotely controllable to have an on state where power is supplied and an off state where power is not supplied; and (d) power-up reset means for initially resetting said transmitter unit when power is applied thereto; and a receiver unit, coupled to said transmitter unit, including: (a) means for a receiving a signal from said transmitter unit; (b) means for determining whether a predetermined indicia of failure is present in said receiving signal; (c) means for supplying power to said receiver unit, having an on state where power is supplied and an off state where power is not supplied; (d) power-up reset means for initially resetting said receiver unit when power is applied thereto; and (e) power supply reset means, responsive to said determining means, for controlling said supplying means of both of said receiver unit and of said transmitter unit to said off state for a predetermined time period when a predetermined number of said indicia of failure are detected by said determining means, allowing both of said transmitter and receiver to be reset on power up.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system as in claim 1 wherein said system is used in an automobile.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system according to claim 2, wherein there are a plurality of said receivers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
A system according to claim 2, wherein each power supplying means is constituted by a constant voltage regulator which includes a regulation transistor, a control transistor therefor and an output voltage error amplifier, and wherein said power supply reset means blocks the application of the output of said error amplifier to said control transistor, thereby to shut off said power supply circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
A system according to claim 2, wherein said receiver includes an S/P, or serial to parallel converter, and said determining means includes a parity checker and an exlusive-OR circuit to which are applied a parity bit from said S/P converter and the output of said parity checker, said determining means being adapted to output a pulse for exciting said power supply reset means when either one of the inputs of said exclusive-OR circuit is not present.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A system according to claim 2, wherein said receiver includes an S/P, or serial to parallel converter, and said S/P converter, said signal check circuit, and said power supply reset circuit are constituted by a microprocessor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
A fail safe circuit for the multi-signal transmission system according to claim 3, wherein said transmitter includes an E/O, or electrical to optical converter, and each of said receivers includes an O/E, or optical to electrical converter, and wherein said transmitter and each receiver are connected through an optical fiber.
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