Method for controlling hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10293812-B2
Application number	US-201715819205-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2017
Priority date	Oct 20, 2017
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle includes: determining, by a controller, an operation mode of the hybrid vehicle based on operation state information of the hybrid vehicle; and controlling, by the controller, a first drive motor included in the hybrid vehicle based on angle information of a second drive motor of the hybrid vehicle provided by an angle sensor of the second drive motor when the operation mode of the hybrid vehicle is a hybrid electric vehicle mode. The hybrid electric vehicle mode is an operation mode in which an engine of the hybrid vehicle, the first drive motor, and the second drive motor drive the hybrid vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
determining, by a controller, an operation mode of the hybrid vehicle based on operation state information of the hybrid vehicle; and
controlling, by the controller, a first drive motor included in the hybrid vehicle based on angle information of a second drive motor of the hybrid vehicle provided by an angle sensor of the second drive motor when the operation mode of the hybrid vehicle is a hybrid electric vehicle mode,
wherein the hybrid electric vehicle mode is an operation mode in which an engine of the hybrid vehicle, the first drive motor, and the second drive motor drive the hybrid vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the first drive motor further comprises:
setting, by the controller, an initial angle of the first drive motor;
calculating, by the controller, an angle of the first drive motor based on the initial angle of the first drive motor and the angle information of the second drive motor; and
controlling, by the controller, the first drive motor based on the angle of the first drive motor.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein setting the initial angle of the first drive motor further comprises:
calculating, by the controller, a minimum value of an angle difference value between an electric angle of the first drive motor corresponding to a peak value of a sixth harmonic of a D-axis voltage or a Q-axis voltage for controlling the first drive motor and an electric angle of the first drive motor corresponding to a peak value of a reference sixth harmonic of the D-axis voltage or the Q-axis voltage;
calculating, by the controller, an average value of the sixth harmonic and an average value of the reference sixth harmonic;
calculating, by the controller, an average difference value between the average value of the sixth harmonic and the average value of the reference sixth harmonic;
selecting, by the controller, an angle correction value based on a table according to the average difference value; and
calculating, by the controller, the initial angle of the first drive motor based on the minimum value of the angle difference value and the angle correction value,
wherein the reference sixth harmonic is a harmonic generated when the initial angle of the first drive motor does not need to be corrected.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling, by the controller, the second drive motor based on the angle information of the second drive motor when the operation mode of the hybrid vehicle is an electric vehicle mode,
wherein the electric vehicle mode is an operation mode in which the second drive motor drives the hybrid vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling, by the controller, the first drive motor based on engine speed information provided by an engine speed sensor of the engine when the operation mode of the hybrid vehicle is an engine start mode,
wherein the engine start mode is an operation mode in which the first drive motor starts the engine.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein controlling the first drive motor further comprises:
setting, by the controller, an initial angle of the first drive motor;
calculating, by the controller, an angle of the first drive motor based on angle information of the engine calculated based on the initial angle of the first drive motor and the engine speed information; and
controlling, by the controller, the first drive motor based on the angle of the first drive motor.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein setting the initial angle of the first drive motor further comprises:
calculating, by the controller, a minimum value of an angle difference value between an electric angle of the first drive motor corresponding to a peak value of a sixth harmonic of a D-axis voltage or a Q-axis voltage for controlling the first drive motor and an electric angle of the first drive motor corresponding to a peak value of a reference sixth harmonic of the D-axis voltage or the Q-axis voltage;
calculating, by the controller, an average value of the sixth harmonic and an average value of the reference sixth harmonic;
calculating, by the controller, an average difference value between the average value of the sixth harmonic and the average value of the reference sixth harmonic;
selecting, by the controller, an angle correction value based on a table according to the average difference value; and
calculating, by the controller, the initial angle of the first drive motor based on the minimum value of the angle difference value and the angle correction value,
wherein the reference sixth harmonic is a harmonic generated when the initial angle of the first drive motor does not need to be corrected.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling, by the controller, the first drive motor based on engine speed information provided by an engine speed sensor of the engine when the operation mode of the hybrid vehicle is a battery charge mode,
wherein the battery charge mode is an operation mode in which the first drive motor charges a battery of the hybrid vehicle.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein controlling the first drive motor further comprises:
setting, by the controller, an initial angle of the first drive motor;
calculating, by the controller, an angle of the first drive motor based on angle information of the engine calculated based on the initial angle of the first drive motor and the engine speed information; and
controlling, by the controller, the first drive motor based on the angle of the first drive motor.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein setting the initial angle of the first drive motor further comprises:
calculating, by the controller, a minimum value of an angle difference value between an electric angle of the first drive motor corresponding to a peak value of a sixth harmonic of a D-axis voltage or a Q-axis voltage for controlling the first drive motor and an electric angle of the first drive motor corresponding to a peak value of a reference sixth harmonic of the D-axis voltage or the Q-axis voltage;
calculating, by the controller, an average value of the sixth harmonic and an average value of the reference sixth harmonic;
calculating, by the controller, an average difference value between the average value of the sixth harmonic and the average value of the reference sixth harmonic;
selecting, by the controller, an angle correction value based on a table according to the average difference value; and
calculating, by the controller, the initial angle of the first drive motor based on the minimum value of the angle difference value and the angle correction value,
wherein the reference sixth harmonic is a harmonic generated when the initial angle of the first drive motor does not need to be corrected.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a clutch connecting the first drive motor with the second drive motor or disconnecting the first drive motor from the second drive motor is disposed between the first drive motor and the second drive motor.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a planetary gear set transmitting power of the first drive motor, power of the engine, and power of the second drive motor drives the hybrid vehicle.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lim Jae Sang
• Kim Young Un

Classifications

• B60W10/02

  including control of driveline clutches · CPC title

• B60W20/13

  in order to stay within battery power input or output limits; in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion · CPC title

• B60L15/025

  using field orientation; Vector control; Direct Torque Control [DTC] · CPC title

• H02P21/08

  Indirect field-oriented control; Rotor flux feed-forward control · CPC title

• B60L2240/44

  related to combustion engines · CPC title