Control apparatus of an electric motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10197986-B2
Application number	US-201815989980-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2018
Priority date	Feb 25, 2014
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A method, according to the present invention, of adjusting control parameters used in a control apparatus of an electric motor includes the steps of: computing a first frequency characteristic (Step 1); computing a present speed-proportional gain range (Step 2); computing a present mechanical-system characteristic constant (Step 3); computing a present proportional gain range (Step 4); computing a secular characteristic (Step 5); computing a secular speed-proportional gain range (Step 6); computing a secular proportional gain range (Step 7); and selecting proportional gain values (Step 8).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control apparatus of an electric motor, the control apparatus including:
a position controller for generating a speed command such that a position command transmitted from an outside of the control apparatus of the motor coincides with a motor's detection position that is a detected position of the motor;
a speed controller for generating a torque command such that the speed command coincides with a motor's detection speed that is a detected speed of the motor;
a torque controller for driving the motor in accordance with the torque command; and
a torque command generator for outputting a for-adjustment torque command containing a plurality of frequency components,
wherein a speed feedback circuit serving as a control loop is formed including the speed controller and the torque controller, the speed feedback circuit acquiring a motor's detection speed to be re-inputted to the speed controller, the motor's detection speed to-be-re-inputted being acquired from the speed command and the motor's detection speed, the speed command and the motor's detection speed having been inputted to the speed controller, and
wherein a position feedback circuit serving as a control loop is formed including the position controller and the speed feedback circuit, the position feedback circuit acquiring a motor's detection position to be re-inputted to the position controller, the motor's detection position to-be-re-inputted being acquired from the position command and the motor's detection position, the position command and the motor's detection position having been inputted to the position controller,
wherein the control apparatus is configure to:
compute a present load-frequency characteristic by using the for-adjustment torque command output from the torque command generator and by using the motor's detection speed detected when the motor is driven in accordance with the for-adjustment torque command, wherein the present load-frequency characteristic is a load-frequency characteristic from the for-adjustment torque command to the motor's detection speed;
compute a present speed-proportional gain range by using a speed-proportional gain and the present load-frequency characteristic such that the speed feedback circuit becomes stable, wherein the present speed-proportional gain range is a range of a present speed-proportional gain of the speed-proportional gain serving as the control parameter used in the speed controller;
compute a present mechanical-system characteristic constant by using the present load-frequency characteristic, wherein the present mechanical-system characteristic constant indicates a characteristic of a mechanical system containing the motor and the load;
compute a present proportional gain range by using the speed-proportional gain, a position-proportional gain serving as the control parameter used in the position controller, the present load-frequency characteristic, and the present mechanical-system characteristic constant such that the position feedback circuit becomes stable, wherein the present proportional gain range is a range of combination of the present speed-proportional gain and a present position-proportional gain of the position-proportional gain;
compute a secular characteristic based on the present load-frequency characteristic and secular-change information transmitted from the outside of the control apparatus of the motor, wherein the secular characteristic includes a secular load-frequency characteristic being the load-frequency characteristic having undergone a secular change, and a secular mechanical-system characteristic constant being a mechanical-system characteristic constant having undergone the secular change;
compute a secular speed-proportional gain range by using the speed-proportional gain and the secular load-frequency characteristic such that the speed feedback circuit becomes stable;
compute a secular proportional gain range by using the speed-proportional gain, the position-proportional gain, the secular load-frequency characteristic, and the secular mechanical-system characteristic constant such that the position feedback circuit becomes stable, wherein the secular proportional gain range is a range of combination of a secular speed-proportional gain being the speed-proportional gain having undergone the secular change and a secular position-proportional gain being the position-proportional gain having undergone the secular change;
select proportional gains from computed-ranges, the proportional gains including a value of the speed-proportional gain and a value of the position-proportional gain, the computed-ranges including:
the present speed-proportional gain range;
the range of the combination of the present speed-proportional gain and the present position-proportional gain;
the secular speed-proportional gain range; and
the range of the combination of the secular speed-proportional gain and the secular position-proportional gain, wherein each value of the selected proportional gains satisfies all of the corresponding computed-ranges; and

control the motor's detection position.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the speed feedback circuit further includes:
the motor;
a motor position detector for detecting a motor's detection position that is a detected position of the motor, and for outputting the detected motor's detection position; and
a speed computing unit for computing the motor's detection speed based on the detected motor's detection position output from the motor position detector.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control apparatus is configured to select the value of the speed-proportional gain and the value of the position-proportional gain such that a largest speed-proportional gain is obtained.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tazawa Toru
• Fujiwara Hiroshi
• Nishizono Masaru

Classifications

• G05B19/358 Primary

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