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- The present invention relates generally to resistor ladder networks and, more specifically, to a nine-position resistor ladder circuit for use in a vehicular switch assembly.
- As vehicles have developed over the years, the number of vehicular features and the ways in which those features may be adjusted (e.g., the number of feature modes) have increased dramatically. It is now common to provide a group of buttons or switches that a user (e.g., a driver) may utilize to adjust a vehicle's features to a preferential mode, and it is known to use resistor ladder networks in conjunction with these switches. Resistor ladder networks typically comprise a plurality of resistors and a plurality of switches disposed such that the closing of any one of the switches alters either the high resistance or the low resistance of a voltage divider circuit. The voltage divider circuit is comprised of a high resistance between a source of supply voltage and an output terminal and a low resistance between the output terminal and a low voltage reference, often referred to as ground. The resistor ladder is substituted for either the high resistance or low resistance in the voltage divider network. In this way, the resistance of the network is made variable and will exhibit a unique resistance range depending upon which switch is activated or depressed. Thus, the output voltage of the voltage divider is indicative of which, if any, of the switches are closed (i.e., user switch selection).
- Certain vehicles have been designed that include clusters of control switches on and/or around the steering wheel of the vehicle for easy access by the driver. In fact, it has been found that a desirable switch assembly for this purpose includes nine such switches. Such switch assemblies may be configured to control, for example, an onboard telephone system or the vehicle's entertainment equipment. For example, with respect to the vehicle's radio, these switches may control power, volume, and tuning. In the case of a CD player, certain switches may be utilized for disk and/or track selection.
- For automotive applications, an onboard processor must be able to distinguish between various voltages each corresponding to the activation of a specific switch or combination of switches. For this and other reasons, resistor ladder switch assemblies have been limited in the number of switches that they may employ. The problem is complicated due to supply voltage (e.g., battery) variations. That is, the battery voltage in a twelve volt automotive electrical system may, in fact, vary or drift between approximately nine volts and sixteen volts. Additionally, other operational conditions experienced in the vehicular environment may cause fluctuations in the battery voltage and the voltages appearing at the output of the ladder networks, including extreme temperature variations (e.g., −40 to 80 degrees Celsius), vibrations, and corrosive agents. Considering this, the output voltages associated with each switch state must be sufficiently separated from those associated with the other states to compensate for such fluctuations.
- For the reasons described above, conventional switch assemblies having nine switches typically include a four-resistor ladder network and a five-resistor ladder network, although nine-position switch assemblies are known that are comprised of other combinations of ladder networks (e.g., a three-resistor ladder network and a six-resistor ladder network, three three-resistor ladder networks, etc.). In assemblies combining four- and five-resistor ladder networks, the output voltage of the four-resistor network is indicative of which, if any, of the four associated switches has been activated. Likewise, the output of the five-resistor network is indicative of which, if any, of the five associated switches has been activated. The output of the two ladder networks are provided to first and second input terminals of an onboard processor that monitors the two voltages and determines which, if any, of the nine switches have been activated by the driver. The need to utilize separate four-resistor and five-resistor ladder networks providing first and second output voltages, respectively, results in a more complex, costly, and cumbersome system.
- Considering the above, it should be appreciated that it would be desirable to provide a resistor ladder switch assembly for use on a vehicle that includes a nine-position resistor ladder network having a single output voltage for discriminating amongst the nine switches. Furthermore, other desirable features and functions of the present invention will become apparent from the subsequent detailed description of the invention and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and this background of the invention.
- A switch assembly is provided for use on a vehicle having a source of supply voltage. The assembly comprises a switching network having an input terminal configured to be coupled to the supply voltage and an output terminal. The network comprises: (1) nine series-coupled resistors coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal, each resistor having a substantially predetermined resistance; and (2) nine switches each coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal and capable of being opened and closed by an operator of the vehicle. Eight of the switches are each coupled to a different junction of adjacent resistors, and the ninth switch is coupled between the output terminal and the ninth resistor. The switch assembly further comprises a control module coupled to the output terminal for determining which, if any, of the nine switches is closed.
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FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a steering wheel having a nine-switch user interface; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a nine-position resistor ladder switch assembly suitable for use in conjunction with the steering wheel control interface shown inFIG. 1 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 3 is a graph that shows the relationship between a voltage ratio (y-axis) and time (x-axis) illustrating the ratio when the assembly ofFIG. 2 is shorted to ground, when each of the nine switches is closed, and when the assembly is shorted to the supply voltage. - The following detailed description of the invention is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described herein without departing from the scope of the invention.
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FIG. 1 is an isometric view of asteering wheel assembly 100 deployed on avehicle 102. A user interface comprising nine switches S1-S9 is deployed on a portion ofsteering wheel assembly 100. Switches S1-S9 may be separated into various switch clusters, and each switch cluster may control a different vehicular feature or different aspects of the same vehicular feature. As shown inFIG. 1 , for example, switches S1-S5 may be employed in a lefthand switch cluster 104 and configured to control the vehicle's audio system, while switches S6-S9 may be employed in a righthand switch cluster 106 and configured to control an onboard telephone system. As will be explained more fully below in conjunction withFIGS. 2 and 3 , switches S1-S9 may be monitored by a suitable onboard processor (e.g., a processor associated with the vehicle's body control module, radio, instrument control panel, etc.) to determine if a user (e.g., a driver of vehicle 102) has depressed or activated any of the switches incluster 104 or incluster 106. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of aswitch assembly 110 comprising a control module 114 (e.g., the vehicle's body control module, radio module, instrument control panel module, etc.) and a nine-positionresistor ladder network 112 having afirst input terminal 116 and afirst output terminal 118. As can be seen inFIG. 2 , nine resistors R1-R9 and nine switches S1-S9, which correspond to switches S1-S9 of steering wheel assembly 100 (FIG. 1 ), are disposed withinnetwork 112 betweenterminal 116 andterminal 118. More specifically, switches S1-S9 are disposed in parallel betweeninput terminal 116 andoutput terminal 118, and each of switches S1-S8 is coupled betweenoutput terminal 118 and a different junction of adjacent pairs of resistors. That is, switch S1 is coupled to the junction of resistors R1 and R2, switch S2 is coupled to the junction of resistors R2 and R3, switch S3 is coupled to the junction of resistors R3 and R4, and so on through switch S8. Switch S9 is coupled betweenterminal 118 and a terminal of resistor R9. - As is shown in
FIG. 2 ,terminal 116 ofnetwork 112 may be coupled to a supply voltage (+V), which may simply comprise the battery of a conventional twelve volt automotive electrical system. It should be appreciated from the configuration ofnetwork 112 that, when any given switch S1-S9 is closed, the resistance coupled betweeninput terminal 116 andoutput terminal 118 will be the sum of the resistances of the series-coupled resistors between the closed switch andinput terminal 116. For example, if switch S7 is closed, the resistance applied betweenterminal 116 andterminal 118 will be the sum of the resistances of resistors R1-R7. Thus, as each switch selection corresponds to a series of resistors each having a unique and substantially predetermined resistance, and as each switch selection will therefore correspond to a unique and substantially predetermined total resistance, the voltage appearing atoutput terminal 118 will be indicative of which of the switches S1-S9 is currently closed. It should further be appreciated from the configuration ofnetwork 112 that, when more than one of switches S1-S9 is closed, the resistance applied betweenterminal 116 andterminal 118 will be substantially equal to that applied when only the lowest numbered switch in the combination is closed. For example, when switches S3-S5 are closed (or, for that matter, when switch S3 and any combination of switches S4-S9 are closed), the voltage appearing atoutput terminal 118 will be substantially equivalent to that appearing atterminal 118 when only switch S3 is closed. - So that
control module 114 may interpret the voltage appearing atterminal 118,terminal 118 is coupled to aninput 122 ofcontrol module 114 comprising aprocessor 124 that may include a multi-channel analog-to-digital converter 136. In particular,output terminal 118 ofresistor ladder network 112 may be coupled to aninput 122 ofcontrol module 114.Input 122 may be coupled to a pull-down resistor 138, which is, in turn, coupled to afirst input 134 of analog-to-digital converter 136 ofprocessor 124. Analog-to-digital converter 136 generates a digital representation of the voltage appearing atoutput terminal 118. Additionally, the supply voltage (+V) may be applied to a voltage level-shifting circuit or resistive voltage divider that includes afirst resistor 126, asecond resistor 130, and anintermediate node 128 as shown inFIG. 2 . This level-shifts the supply voltage atnode 128 to a voltage suitable for processing by analog-to-digital converter 136.Converter 136 receives the divided-down voltage atinput 132 and converts it to a digital signal suitable forprocessor 124.Processor 124 utilizes the digital representations of the voltage appearing atoutput terminal 118 and the supply voltage provided byconverter 136 to determine a voltage compensation ratio indicative of user switch selection as described below in connection withFIG. 3 . - After determining the total resistance across
network 112 by comparing the voltage appearing atoutput terminal 118 to the supply voltage (+V),processor 124 determines a voltage compensation ratio indicative of user switch selection.Processor 124 determines the voltage compensation ratio by taking the ratio of the voltage appearing atinput terminal 122 to the voltage appearing atnode 128. As will be more fully discussed below in conjunction withFIG. 3 , each of resistors R1-R9 are chosen to have a resistance such that each switch closure combination yields a voltage ratio that falls within a unique voltage ratio range. The particular resistance chosen for each resistor may vary; however, it is preferable to choose resistors that are commonly produced and readily available to minimize production costs. In a preferred embodiment, resistors R1-R9 are chosen to have the following approximate resistances: resistor R1 is chosen to have a resistance of substantially 1050 ohms, resistor R2 to have a resistance of substantially 274 ohms, resistor R3 to have a resistance of substantially 348 ohms, resistor R4 to have a resistance of substantially 464 ohms, resistor R5 to have a resistance of substantially 634 ohms, resistor R6 to have a resistance of substantially 887 ohms, resistor R7 to have a resistance of substantially 1330 ohms, resistor R8 to have a resistance of substantially 2210 ohms, and resistor R9 to have a resistance of substantially 4320 ohms. Lastly,resistor 138 may be chosen to have a resistance of substantially 392 ohms. It should be clear, however, that these resistance values are examples only, and it will be appreciated by one skilled in the art that other values may be suitable to produce discrete voltages at the output of the nine-position ladder network indicative of user switch selection. Additionally, it should be understood these values need not be assigned to any particular resistor within the ladder network; e.g., with respect to the preferred embodiment described above, resistor R8 may be chosen to have a resistance of substantially 4320 ohms, while resistor R9 is chosen to have a resistances of substantially 2210 ohms. -
FIG. 3 is agraph 160 that shows the relationship between the voltage compensation ratio (y-axis) and time (x-axis) illustrating the ratio during eleven different states; i.e., when the assembly is shorted to the supply voltage (failure state 162), when each of the nine switches is closed (switch-specific states FIG. 3 as being performed sequentially over a twelve second time period whereinfailure state 162 is performed first (i.e., from 0-1 second) and shortedstate 182 is performed last (i.e., from 10-12 seconds) to improve clarity. Switch-specific states state 164 indicates that switch S1 is closed, a ratio in the range associated withstate 166 indicates that switch S2 is closed, a ratio in the range associated withstate 168 indicates that switch S3 is closed, etc. Finally, a ratio within the range associated withfailure state 162 indicates thatterminal 118 has been shorted to battery, and a ratio within the range associated with state 182 (i.e., a ratio of substantially zero) indicates thatterminal 118 has been shorted to ground. It may be desirable to configureprocessor 124 such that, when determining that a voltage compensation ratio is within the range associated withfailure state 162 or that associated withstate 182,processor 124 enters a failure mode (e.g., a time-out period during whichprocess 124 will not accept user input). If desired, an alert (e.g., a visual alert, an audible alert, etc.) may also be generated whenprocessor 124 enters the failure mode. - Referring now to
FIGS. 1-3 collectively,processor 124 determines which, if any, of switches S1-S9 have been activated by a user ofvehicle 102 viasteering wheel interface 100 in the following manner. Assume first that switch S5 is assigned a STEREO VOLUME DOWN function, and that a user ofvehicle 102 depresses switch S5.Processor 124 receives a digital signal representing the supply voltage and the voltage appearing atoutput 118 ofnetwork 112 and determines therefrom the total resistance acrossnetwork 112. To determine the voltage compensation ratio,processor 124 then takes the ratio of the voltage appearing atinput terminal 122 to the voltage appearing atnode 128. In accordance with this example,processor 124 may determine the voltage compensation ratio to be approximately 0.55. Next,processor 124 establishes by means of, for example, a reference (e.g.,graph 160, a look-up table, etc.) a state-specific range in which the ratio falls. Here,processor 124 determines that the voltage ratio falls within the range associated with state 172 (seegraph 160 inFIG. 3 ) and, consequently, that switch S5 has been closed. To complete the example,processor 124 may then cause the volume of the vehicle's stereo system to decrease. - It may be desirable to employ a software filter in conjunction with the nine-position resistor ladder network, though by no means necessary. As is well-known in the industry, software filters decrease the likelihood of false activation of vehicle functions, due to electrical noise that may be prevalent in the vehicular environment. This is typically accomplished by repeatedly sampling the voltage compensation ratio to ensure that the ratio remains substantially the same for a predetermined period of time (e.g., 30 to 50 milliseconds) before establishing that a particular switch has in fact been activated by a user.
- It should thus be appreciated from the foregoing that there has been provided a resistor ladder switch assembly for use on a vehicle that includes a nine-position resistor ladder network having a single output voltage for discriminating between the nine switches. It should be understood that, although discussed above as being situated on a vehicle's steering wheel, the inventive switch assembly may be deployed in a variety of locations in the automotive environment (e.g., the door panel, the center stack, etc.). It should further be understood that, although in the exemplary system above all analog-to-digital conversions were performed by
converter 136 of processor 124 (FIG. 2 ), some or all of the analog-to-digital conversions may be performed by other suitable means (e.g., one or more analog-to-digital converters independent of processor 124). Lastly, it should also be understood that the term “resistor” is used herein in its broadest sense and encompasses resistive networks or circuits comprising multiple resistors. - While a limited number of exemplary embodiments have been presented in the foregoing detailed description, it should be appreciated that a vast number of variations exist. It should also be appreciated that the exemplary embodiments are only examples, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the foregoing detailed description will provide those skilled in the art with a convenient road map for implementing the exemplary embodiments. Various changes can be made in the function and arrangement of elements without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims and the legal equivalents thereof.
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