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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Shota Kawanaka, Kobe, JP;
Sho Tamura, Kobe, JP;
FUJITSU TEN Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A power supply monitoring apparatus includes: a plurality of power supplies that are connected in series; and a capacitor that is connected to each of positive and negative electrodes of the plurality of power supplies via a plurality of switch elements. The power supply monitoring apparatus determines states of the plurality of switch elements, using a voltage value of the capacitor that is acquired when a first switch element of the plurality of switch elements is turned on, the first switch element being connected to one of a total negative-electrode side and a total positive-electrode side of the plurality of power supplies.