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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Koga, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device () is connectable to a switch () to receive a state of the switch () input as a voltage corresponding to the state. The input device () includes an output circuit () to output a first voltage or a second voltage different from the first voltage, an input circuit () to receive the voltage input from the output circuit () via the switch () in a closed state and output input signals () corresponding to the input voltage, a diagnoser () to determine whether the input signals change in response to switching of the voltage from the output circuit () to the second voltage, and a generator () to generate a state signal () indicating the state of the switch () based on the input signals (). The second voltage differs from a reference voltage input to the input circuit () while the switch () is open.