JP2003072485A - Vehicular electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To closely adjacently arrange an operation part, cope with an automatic air conditioner and a manual air conditioner by the replacement of a part of a minimum unit, and secure high reliability even when a hazard switch is arranged. SOLUTION: This vehicular electronic equipment comprises a first module 15 and a second module 18 vertically arranged along a panel 1. A part of an air conditioning operation part is formed as a common switch 10 having the same constitution in the automatic air conditioner and the manual air conditioner. While the common switch 10 is arranged in the first module 15, the other air conditioning operation part 14 is arranged in the second module 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle electronic device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a vehicle, an air conditioning operation unit is provided on a panel in the front of the vehicle. For auto air conditioners,
A board on which electronic components are mounted is arranged on the back surface of the panel, and constitutes an air conditioning control unit. In the case of the manual air conditioner, a part of the air conditioning operation unit is the same as in the case of the above-mentioned automatic air conditioner, but the other parts have a mechanical structure for operating the damper and the like arranged on the back surface of the panel. Further, the panel is provided with a display unit and an operation unit such as an audio system and a car navigation system. On the back surface of the panel, a substrate forming a display control unit is arranged corresponding to the display unit and the operation unit.

[0003]

By the way, when arranging the display unit and the operation unit such as the air conditioning operation unit and the audio on the panel, it is necessary to consider the interference on the back surface of the panel.
For this reason, it is necessary to separate the air-conditioning operation unit from the display unit and operation unit such as an audio device, and there are problems that the panel size becomes large and design restrictions are large. In particular, when the panel in the front part of the vehicle is curved so as to project toward the vehicle compartment, the influence is great. Even if these operation parts are combined into one, operation parts with different configurations are required for the auto air conditioner and the manual air conditioner, and the number of parts increases,
Increases costs.

Further, in the case where a hazard switch is arranged on a display unit and an operation unit such as an audio system and the signal thereof is supplied to the hazard control unit via the air conditioning operation unit in accordance with the design requirements, a plurality of hazard switches are provided. Have to go through the connection. Hazard is a function related to safety and its operation reliability must be high, but if the display part such as audio and the operation part and the air-conditioning operation part are connected with an inexpensive board and a connector that directly connects the board, the connection is bad. As a result, the risk becomes high, and as a result, expensive connectors and the like must be used.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the operation parts and the like can be arranged close to each other, and it is possible to correspond to the automatic air conditioner and the manual air conditioner by exchanging the minimum unit of parts, and also to ensure the high reliability even when the hazard switch is arranged. An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connection structure for vehicle electrical components.

[0006]

As a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a vehicle electronic device including a vehicle operation section provided on a panel at a front portion of a vehicle interior, in which the panel is vertically moved along the panel. A first module and a second module are provided, and a part of the air conditioning operation unit is a shared switch having the same configuration for an automatic air conditioner and a manual air conditioner, and the shared switch is arranged in the first module. Another air conditioning operation unit is arranged in the second module.

With this configuration, not only can the air conditioner and the manual air conditioner have the same air conditioning operation part, but the first module can be shared by disposing it in the first module. . In addition, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom of the layout of the operation unit, the display unit, etc. on the panel surface, and to make it compact.

The shared switch may be constituted by at least an air conditioner switch for starting cooling in the vehicle or an inside / outside air switching switch for switching between inside and outside air.

A hazard switch is arranged in the first module, and the first module and the second module are provided with a dedicated connection portion for the hazard switch and a bypass connection portion utilizing a part of the connection portion for the shared switch. And transmitting the signal of the hazard switch to the second module via each of the dedicated connection portion and the bypass connection portion, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in layout while sharing the first module. However, it is preferable in that the operation reliability of the hazard switch can be improved.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are side sectional views showing a part of a panel 1 in the front part of the vehicle in which an operation part 5 of an automatic air conditioner which is an example of a vehicle electronic device is arranged.

A plurality of openings 2 are formed in the panel 1,
A display unit 4 and an operation unit 5 are arranged there.

The display unit 4 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and has information relating to air conditioning in the vehicle, such as set temperature and blow mode, and information relating to audio equipment, such as
The track number of the CD being played is displayed.

The operation unit 5 is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4,
Hazard switch 9, air conditioner (A / C) switch 6, shared switch 10 including inside / outside air changeover switch 7 and rear defogger switch 8, and temperature setting switch 1
1, air volume selector switch 12, and outlet switch 1
And a selection switch 14 composed of three.

On the rear side of the panel 1, the display section 4 is provided.
And a first substrate 15 on which the shared switch 10 is mounted
And an audio controller 16 positioned behind the audio controller 16 which causes the display section 4 to perform the above-mentioned display based on an input signal by the operation of the switch, and constitutes a first module according to the present invention.

An air conditioning controller 17 driven by operating the selection switch 14 is arranged on the back side of the panel 1 to form a second module according to the present invention. The air conditioning controller 17 has a configuration in which electronic components are mounted on the second board 18. The second substrate 18 and the first
It is connected to the substrate 15 via the connector 20 and is capable of transmitting and receiving signals. However, the signal transmission / reception is not limited to the connector 20, and the wire harness shown in FIG. In the example of the connection by the wire harness of FIG. 3, the positional relationship between the substrates 15 and 18 can be set freely, so that the shape of the panel 1 can be designed more freely. FIG. 5 shows an example of connector connection. Here, a connection portion is provided for each switch. The switches 6, 7, and 8 are connected to the air conditioning controller 17 via the first connection unit 100 and the hazard switch 9 via the second connection unit 101 (dedicated connection unit), respectively.
2 can transmit signals. Further, the signal from the hazard switch 9 is electrically connected to the air conditioning controller 17 through the redundant connection portion 100a (the detour connection portion) of the first connection portion 100. This makes it possible to improve the operational reliability when the hazard switch 9 is turned on. The air conditioning control unit 1
The ECU 9 controls the ECU 2 based on input signals from various sensors 21 such as an inside air sensor in addition to the operation of the selection switch 14.
A control signal is output to 2 etc., and an inside / outside air switching damper (R / F)
23, rotational position of blower motor 24 (rotational speed of fan 25), drive of air mix damper motor 26 (opening of air mix damper 27), drive of various damper motors 28 (rotary position of various dampers 29) ), The air flow rate, the air temperature, and the air mode are adjusted.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a part of the panel 1 in the front part of the vehicle in which the operation part 5 of the manual air conditioner is arranged. In this manual air conditioner, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the air conditioning controller 17 has a configuration in which the air mix damper 27 or the like is mechanically rotated by a selection switch 14 operation via a wire or the like not shown. .

As described above, the shared switch 10 is mounted on the first board 15 on the audio controller 16 side regardless of whether the type is the automatic air conditioner or the manual air conditioner. Therefore, the first substrate 15
Can be shared and can be used in any type, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, by mounting the shared switch 10 on the first board 15 on the audio controller 16 side, the layout of other electrical components can be freely designed, and the configuration can be made compact.

The manual air conditioner shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the ECU 22 and the R / F damper 23 may be controlled based on a signal from the audio controller 16. According to this, the board 18 of the air conditioning controller 17 can be eliminated and the cost can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, an example in which an audio device is adopted as another electric component is shown, but it goes without saying that another electric component such as a car navigation device may be adopted.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a part of the air conditioning operation unit is mounted on the substrate of another electric component with the same structure, so that the automatic air conditioner and the manual air conditioner are combined. The parts can be shared, and the cost can be suppressed. Further, since a part of the air conditioning operation unit is mounted on the board of the electric component, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom of layout and to make it compact.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a panel showing a vehicle electronic device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view of a panel showing a vehicle electronic device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the vehicle electrical component shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of connector connection.

FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view of a panel showing a vehicle electronic device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an example of a block diagram of the vehicle electrical component shown in FIG. 6.

FIG. 8 is another example of the block diagram of the vehicle electrical component shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... panel 4 ... Display 5 ... Operation part 9 ... Hazard switch 10 ... Common switch 14 ... Selection switch 15 ... First substrate 16 ... Audio controller 17 ... Air conditioning controller 18 ... Second substrate 20 ... Connector

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Satoshi Yokotani             3-11 Yoshikawa Industrial Park, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture             In ceremony company Japan Climate Systems (72) Inventor Takahiro Maruyama             3-1, Tsunashima-Higashi 4-chome, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa             Matsushita Communication Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yuji Ogoro             3-1, Tsunashima-Higashi 4-chome, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa             Matsushita Communication Industry Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3D020 BA02 BC03 BD02 BD05 BE02

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle electronic device including a vehicle operation unit provided on a front panel of a vehicle interior, comprising: a first module and a second module vertically arranged along the panel; and the air conditioning operation unit. A part of the shared switch having the same configuration for an automatic air conditioner and a manual air conditioner, and the shared switch is arranged in the first module, while the other air conditioning operation unit is arranged in the second module. Electronic equipment for vehicles. 2. The electronic device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the shared switch is constituted by at least an air conditioner switch for starting vehicle interior cooling or an inside / outside air changeover switch for switching between inside and outside air. 3. A hazard switch is arranged in the first module, and the first module and the second module are detoured using a dedicated connection part for the hazard switch and a part of the connection part for the shared switch. 3. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is connected to a second module, and the signal of the hazard switch is transmitted to the second module via the dedicated connection section and the bypass connection section, respectively. Electronics.