Device and method for decreasing power consumption of a steering

Details Device and method for decreasing power consumption of a steering Device and method for decreasing power consumption of a steering

1990-03-02

1991-05-28

Cangialosi, Salvatore

Boots, shoes, and leggings

B62D 506

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050199811

ABSTRACT:
There are disclosed a device and method for saving power supply of a steering sensor for a vehicle having a conventional circuit for detecting a steering angle and a supplementary circuit for detecting an amount of steering angle change when an ignition switch is turned off. The conventional circuit comprises a rotary encoder for generating two signals of sine waveform-like having a phase discrepancy of 90 degrees responsive to a rotation of a steering shaft, and a microcomputer for calculating an absolute angle from the sine waveform-like signals. The supplementary circuit comprises a waveform shaping circuit for converting the sine signals into two rectangular wave pulse signals. While the switch is turned on, the circuit continues to detect the absolute angle based on the sine waves. When the switch is turned off, the supplementary circuit counts and hold the change amount of the angle as the pulse signals while the circuit maintains the storage of the last absolute angle. The microcomputer reads numbers of the pulse signals to set the initial absolute angle and to start operation for detecting the absolute angle.

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