Patent ID: 9043081
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B60L,B60R,H02J,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electronic control device which is connected to a low-voltage battery that outputs a system power supply voltage and a power supply relay which is interposed on a power supply line connecting the low-voltage battery and a second electronic control device, the electronic control device comprising: a processing unit that controls the power supply relay; and a power supply monitoring unit that accepts a monitoring voltage from a contact that is disposed between an output of the power supply relay and an input of the second electronic control device, and outputs an output signal indicating a determination result whether or not the monitoring voltage is not more than a threshold value, wherein the processing unit is structured to start up from a sleep mode to turn on the power supply relay according to states of one or more interrupt signals, which causes the system power supply voltage to be supplied to the second electronic control device, and the processing unit starts a sampling from the power supply monitoring unit, and when the monitoring voltage is detected to be not more than the threshold value based on the output signal of the power supply monitoring unit, the processing unit is structured to shift to the sleep mode and stop the sampling from the power supply monitoring unit.