US-12623547-B2 - Control system, method and device for vehicle redundant power supply

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a control system, method and device for vehicle redundant power supply. The system comprises: a main power supply circuit comprising a main power supply monitoring module for monitoring the main power supply circuit and generating monitoring information indicating whether a power supply fault exists in the main power supply circuit; and a redundant power supply circuit comprising a redundant power supply monitoring module for monitoring the main power supply circuit and generating monitoring information indicating whether a power supply fault exists in the redundant power supply circuit; and a vehicle control unit connected to the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit respectively, and configured for determining one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit as a target power supply circuit for vehicle running according to monitoring information.

Inventors

Chi Wang
Xiaokang HE
Pingyuan JI

Assignees

BEIJING OCGEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20230630
Priority Date: 20220704

Claims (20)

1 . A control system for vehicle redundant power supply comprising: a main power supply circuit comprising a main power supply monitoring module for monitoring the main power supply circuit and generating monitoring information indicating whether a power supply fault exists in the main power supply circuit; a redundant power supply circuit comprising a redundant power supply monitoring module for monitoring the redundant power supply circuit and generating monitoring information indicating whether a power supply fault exists in the redundant power supply circuit; and a vehicle control unit connected to the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit respectively, and configured for determining one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit as a target power supply circuit for controlling vehicle running according to monitoring information received from the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit; wherein the main power supply monitoring module is configured to provide a fault alarm for the main power supply circuit in response to the power supply fault existing in the main power supply circuit, and the redundant power supply monitoring module is configured to provide a fault alarm for the redundant power supply circuit in response to the power supply fault existing in the redundant power supply circuit.
2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the main power supply monitoring module comprises at least one of a monitoring sensor, a switch element, and a control element; the monitoring sensor is configured for acquring a sensing parameter in the main power supply circuit, and sending the sensing parameter to the control element; the control element is configured for determining whether there is a power supply fault in the main power supply circuit according to the sensing parameter, controlling an on-off state of the switch element according to the determination and generating corresponding monitoring information indicating whether there is a power supply fault in the main power supply circuit.
3 . The system according to claim 2 , wherein: the monitoring sensor comprises at least one of a current sensor, a voltage sensor, or a temperature sensor; and the switch element is a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor switch; the control element is further configured for determining whether there is the power supply fault in the main power supply circuit according to the sensing parameter and switching state of the switch element in the main power supply circuit.
4 . The system according to claim 2 , wherein the control element is further configured for determining whether a power supply fault monitoring function in the power supply circuit is abnormal by determining whether the power supply fault consists with a switch state parameter of the main power supply circuit.
5 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the redundant power supply monitoring module comprises at least one of a monitoring sensor, a switch element, and a control element; the monitoring sensor is configured for acquirring a sensing parameter in the redundant power supply circuit, and sending the sensing parameter to the control element; the control element is configured for determining whether there is a power supply fault in the redundant power supply circuit according to the sensing parameter, controlling an on-off state of the switch element according to the determination and generating corresponding monitoring information indicating whether there is a power supply fault in the redundant power supply circuit.
6 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein: the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit are electrically connected to an electric generator respectively; the main power supply monitoring module is connected in series between the electric generator and a positive electrode circuit of a storage battery in the main power supply circuit; and the redundant power supply monitoring module is connected in series between the electric generator and a positive electrode circuit of a storage battery in the redundant power supply circuit.
7 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle control unit comprises a first vehicle control unit and a second vehicle control unit connected communicatively; wherein the first vehicle control unit is connected to the main power supply monitoring module and is configured for sending monitoring information about the main power supply circuit to the second vehicle control unit, and determining the redundant power supply circuit as the target power supply circuit for controlling vehicle running according to the monitoring information about the redundant power supply circuit sent by the second vehicle control unit; the second vehicle control unit is connected to the redundant power supply monitoring module, and is configured for sending monitoring information about the redundant power supply circuit to the first vehicle control unit, and determining the main power supply circuit as the target power supply circuit for controlling vehicle running according to the monitoring information about the main power supply circuit sent by the first vehicle control unit.
8 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein: the main power supply circuit comprises a first type of load relating to performance item and a second type of load relating to safety item; and the redundant power supply circuit comprises a redundant second type of load relating to safety item; wherein the first type of load comprises at least one of an engine, a sensor, a starter, a lighting system, an air conditioning system, the second type of load comprises a load in at least one of a braking system, a steering system, an automatic driving system.
9 . The system according to claim 8 , wherein the vehicle control unit is further configured to: in response to the power supply fault in the main power supply circuit, determine a fault point in the main power supply circuit according to power supply signals of the loads in the main power supply circuit; in response to the power supply fault in the redundant power supply circuit, determine a fault point in the redundant power supply circuit according to power supply signals of the loads in the redundant power supply circuit.
10 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the main power supply circuit further comprises: a main distribution box connected to the vehicle control unit and each load in the main power supply circuit, the main distribution box being configured for monitoring a power supply signal of each load in the main power supply circuit and sending a power supply signal to the vehicle control unit; wherein the redundant power supply circuit further comprises: a redundant distribution box connected to the vehicle control unit and each load in the redundant power supply circuit, the redundant distribution box being configured for monitoring a power supply signal of each load in the redundant power supply circuit and sending the power supply signal of each load to the vehicle control unit.
11 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein: the system further comprises a bus bar connected to a electric generator, the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit respectively; the bus bar is confirgured to divide current output of the electric generator into two for a transmission to the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit respectively, to isolate the main power supply circuitand the redundant power supply circuit; at least one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit comprises an anti-reverse diode, the anti-reverse diode being configured for unidirectional rectification of current the corresponding power supply circuit.
12 . A control method for vehicle redundant power supply comprising: acquiring monitoring information about whether a power supply fault exists in a main power supply circuit from a main power supply monitoring module in the main power supply circuit; acquiring monitoring information about whether a power supply fault exists in a redundant power supply circuit from a redundant power supply monitoring module in the redundant power supply circuit; and according to the monitoring information about the main power supply circuit and the monitoring information about the redundant power supply circuit, determining one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit as a target power supply circuit for controlling vehicle running; wherein the method further comprises: in response to the power supply fault existing in the main power supply circuit, providing a fault alarm for the main power supply circuit; and in response to the power supply fault existing in the redundant power supply circuit, providing a fault alarm for the redundant power supply circuit.
13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein determining one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit as the target power supply circuit for controlling vehicle running comprises: controlling vehicle running by a normally powered load in the redundant power supply circuit in response to the power supply fault existing in the main power supply circuit; and controlling vehicle running by a normally powered load in the main power supply circuit in response to an absence of a power supply fault in the main power supply circuit.
14 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising: acquiring a sensing parameter and a switch state parameter in the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit; and for each power supply circuit of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit, determining whether there is an abnormality in a power supply fault monitoring function in the corresponding power supply circuit according to the sensing parameter and the switch state parameter in the corresponding power supply circuit.
15 . The method according to claim 14 , further comprising: for any power supply circuit which does not have a power supply fault in the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit, determining whether the power supply circuit is in an approaching fault state according to the sensing parameter in the power supply circuit; and in response to the power supply circuit being in the approaching fault state, performing a fault warning prompt for the power supply circuit.
16 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising: acquiring a power supply signal of each load in the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit; in response to the power supply fault existing in the main power supply circuit, determining a fault point in the main power supply circuit based on the power supply signals of the loads in the main power supply circuit; and in response to the power supply fault existing in the redundant power supply circuit, determining a fault point in the redundant power supply circuit based on the power supply signals of the loads in the redundant power supply circuit.
17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store a computer program that enables a computer to execute a method according to claim 12 .
18 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising, for each power supply circuit of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit: determining a plurality of approaching fault levels according to sensing parameter range indicative of the approaching fault state; and performing different degrees of fault early warning for different approaching fault levels of the power supply circuit.
19 . A computing device comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call and run a computer program stored in the memory to execute a method comprising: acquiring monitoring information about whether a power supply fault exists in a main power supply circuit from a main power supply monitoring module in the main power supply circuit; acquiring monitoring information about whether a power supply fault exists in a redundant power supply circuit from a redundant power supply monitoring module in the redundant power supply circuit; and according to the monitoring information about the main power supply circuit and the monitoring information about the redundant power supply circuit, determining a target power supply for controlling vehicle running from the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit; wherein the method further comprises: in response to the power supply fault existing in the main power supply circuit, providing a fault alarm for the main power supply circuit; and in response to the power supply fault existing in the redundant power supply circuit, providing a fault alarm for the redundant power supply circuit.
20 . The computer device according to claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises: for each power supply circuit of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit, in response to the power supply fault existing in the power supply circuit, providing a fault alarm for the power supply circuit; determining whether the power supply circuit is in an approaching fault state according to sensing parameter in the power supply circuit; and in response to the power supply circuit being in the approaching fault state, performing a fault warning for the power supply circuit.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present disclosure claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202210785710.4, titled “CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VEHICLE REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY”, filed on Jul. 4, 2022, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of vehicle control, in particular to a control system, a method and a device for vehicle redundant power supply. BACKGROUND In the field of vehicle unmanned driving, in order to ensure the safety of the vehicle during automatic driving, it is usually necessary to provide a redundant power supply structure for a vehicle, which supports two storage batteries to switch for power supply. The existing redundant power supply systems usually need to switch between multiple power supply systems to achieve the overall performance indicators of the vehicle power supply. However, specially developed dedicated hardware equipment is usually adopted in each power supply system to adapt to the requirements of vehicle redundant power supply so as to ensure the safety of the vehicle redundant power supply as much as possible, thereby causing problems of high cost and increased difficulty in the configuration of a redundant power supply system. SUMMARY Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control system, a method and a device for vehicle redundant power supply. The redundant power supply of the vehicle is implemented by using conventional hardware modules such that the cost and configuration difficulty of the redundant power supply of the vehicle are reduced, and the safety and reliability of the redundant power supply of the vehicle are improved. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a control system for vehicle redundant power supply is provided. The system comprises: a main power supply circuit comprising a main power supply monitoring module for monitoring the main power supply circuit and generating monitoring information indicating whether a power supply fault exists in the main power supply circuit;a redundant power supply circuit comprising a redundant power supply monitoring module for monitoring the redundant power supply circuit and generating monitoring information indicating whether a power supply fault exists in the redundant power supply circuit; anda vehicle control unit connected to the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit respectively, and configured for determining one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit as a target power supply circuit for controlling the vehicle running according to monitoring information about the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a control method for vehicle redundant power supply which is applicable to a control system for vehicle redundant power supply provided in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. The method comprises: acquiring monitoring information about whether a power supply fault exists in a main power supply circuit and a redundant power supply circuit; andaccording to the monitoring information about the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit, determining one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit as a target power supply circuit for controlling the vehicle running. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a control device based on the vehicle redundant power supply which can be configured in a control system for the vehicle redundant power supply provided in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. The device comprises: a monitoring information acquisition module for acquiring monitoring information about whether a power supply fault exists in a main power supply circuit and a redundant power supply circuit; anda vehicle control module for, according to the monitoring information about the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit, determining one of the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit as a target power supply circuit for controlling the vehicle running according to monitoring information about the main power supply circuit and the redundant power supply circuit. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, computing device is provided. The computing device comprises: a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call and run a computer program stored in the memory to execute the control method based on vehicle redundant power supply provided by one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program for causing a