Motor control device and motor control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10630224-B2
Application number	US-201716085481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2017
Priority date	Mar 30, 2016
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A motor control device includes: a driving unit that supplies a driving voltage to a motor so as to rotate the motor in a predetermined direction and in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage of a circuit including the driving unit; and a control unit that has the driving unit execute a voltage drop control that lowers a voltage of the circuit by supplying the driving voltage to the motor and stopping the supply of the driving voltage in a predetermined manner, in a case in which a voltage that is equal to or higher than a threshold voltage is detected by the voltage detection unit in a state in which the motor is not being driven.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor control device comprising:
a driving unit including a plurality of switching elements, the driving unit being configured to (i) supply a driving voltage to a motor so as to rotate the motor in a predetermined direction and in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction, and (ii) generate the driving voltage in accordance with an on or off state of the plurality of switching elements;
a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage of a circuit including the driving unit; and
a control unit that controls the driving unit by turning the plurality of switching elements on or off, so as to execute a voltage drop control for at least one cycle that lowers a voltage of the circuit by supplying the driving voltage to the motor and stopping the supply of the driving voltage in a predetermined manner, in a case in which a voltage that is equal to or higher than a threshold voltage is detected by the voltage detection unit in a state in which the motor is not being driven, each cycle of the voltage drop control having:
a first voltage supply period that has the motor rotate in the predetermined direction,
a first voltage stop period that stops voltage supply to the motor after the first voltage supply period,
a second voltage supply period that has the motor rotate in the direction opposite to the predetermined direction after the first voltage stop period, and
a second voltage stop period that stops voltage supply to the motor after the second voltage supply period,

wherein a dead time period is provided between the first voltage supply period and the first voltage stop period, between the first voltage stop period and the second voltage supply period, and between the second voltage supply period and the second voltage stop period.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the plurality of switching elements is a field effect transistor in which a freewheel diode is connected between a source and a drain, and
the control unit performs the voltage drop control such that:
a first portion of the plurality of switching elements, which generate a voltage that has the motor rotate in the predetermined direction, are turned on in the first voltage supply period,
all the plurality of switching elements are turned off in the first voltage stop period,
a second portion of the plurality of switching elements, which generate a voltage that has the motor rotate in the direction opposite to the predetermined direction, are turned on in the second voltage supply period, and
all the plurality of switching elements are turned off in the second voltage stop period.

3. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a time length of the first voltage stop period is a time length that eliminates current that is generated inside the motor after the first voltage supply period and that flows into the motor and the driving unit through freewheel diodes of the plurality of switching elements, and
a time length of the second voltage stop period is a time length that eliminates current that is generated inside the motor after the second voltage supply period and that flows into the motor and the driving unit through the freewheel diodes of the plurality of switching elements.

4. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs control in a predetermined control cycle, in which the control unit starts the execution of one cycle of the voltage drop control at a time at which one control cycle starts, and completes the execution of the one cycle of the voltage drop control at a time at which the one control cycle ends.

5. The motor control device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit has the driving unit control each of the first voltage supply period, the first voltage stop period, the second voltage supply period, and the second voltage stop period, in respective time periods, the respective time periods being set by dividing the one control cycle equally by four.

6. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the voltage that is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage is detected by the voltage detection unit in the state in which the motor is not being driven, the control unit performs the voltage drop control at a time at which a next control cycle starts.

7. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the case in which the voltage that is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage is detected by the voltage detection unit in the state in which the motor is not being driven, the control unit immediately performs the voltage drop control by interruption processing.

8. A non-transitory recording medium storing a motor control program that is executable by a computer to perform a process, the process comprising:
generating, by a driving unit, a driving voltage that causes a motor to rotate in a predetermined direction and in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction; and
performing, by the driving unit, a voltage drop control that lowers a voltage of a circuit including the driving unit by supplying a driving voltage to the motor and stopping the supply of the driving voltage in a predetermined manner, in a case in which a voltage that is equal to or higher than a threshold voltage is detected by a voltage detection unit in a state in which the motor is not being driven, wherein:
the voltage drop control controls the driving unit by turning a plurality of switching elements of the driving unit on or off, so as to execute the voltage drop control for at least one cycle, each cycle of the voltage drop control having:
a first voltage supply period that has the motor rotate in the predetermined direction,
a first voltage stop period that stops voltage supply to the motor after the first voltage supply period,
a second voltage supply period that has the motor rotate in the direction opposite to the predetermined direction after the first voltage stop period, and
a second voltage stop period that stops voltage supply to the motor after the second voltage supply period; and

a dead time period is provided between the first voltage supply period and the first voltage stop period, between the first voltage stop period and the second voltage supply period, and between the second voltage supply period and the second voltage stop period.

9. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein:
each of the plurality of switching elements is a field effect transistor in which a freewheel diode is connected between a source and a drain, and
the voltage drop control is performed such that:
a first portion of the plurality of switching elements, which generate a voltage that has the motor rotate in the predetermined direction, are turned on in the first voltage supply period,
all the plurality of switching elements are turned off in the first voltage stop period,
a second portion of the plurality of switching elements, which generate a voltage that has the motor rotate in the direction opposite to the predetermined direction, are turned on in the second voltage supply period, and
all the plurality of switching elements are turned off in the second voltage stop period.

10. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein:
a time length of the first voltage stop period is a time length that eliminates current that is generated inside the motor after the first voltage supply period and that flows into the motor and the driving unit through freewheel diodes of the plurality of switching elements, and
a time length of the second voltage stop period is a time that eliminates current that is generated inside the motor after the second

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Natsume Yohei

Classifications

• H02P29/0241 Primary

  the fault being an overvoltage · CPC title

• H02P7/06

  for regulating or controlling an individual DC dynamo-electric motor by varying field or armature current · CPC title

• H02P7/05

  by means of electronic switching · CPC title

• H02P7/291

  with on-off control between two set points, e.g. controlling by hysteresis · CPC title

• B60R16/03

  for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)} · CPC title