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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Shuji Kuramitsu, Kariya, JP;
Katsuhiko Hayashi, Kariya, JP;
Takaharu Kozawa, Kariya, JP;
Koichi Nakamura, Kariya, JP;
Masaya Taki, Kariya, JP;
Toshimitsu Sakai, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-Pref., JP;
Abstract
A sensor device includes a sensor section having a plurality of sensor elements sensing a physical quantity regarding a magnetic flux collecting module, an output circuit generating and outputting an output signal including data signals respectively corresponding to sensing values from the sensor elements, and an ECU obtaining the output signal. The ECU includes an abnormality determiner identifying an abnormal sensor element. When at least two of the plurality of sensor sections respectively have at least one normal sensor element, a sub-sensor section transmits the output signal therefrom to the ECU at a shifted output timing from an output timing of the output signal from a main sensor section. The amount of such a shift of the output timing is shorter than one signal cycle of the output signal.