Control method and control system for motor-driven vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793010-B2
Application number	US-201815976298-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2018
Priority date	Nov 24, 2017
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A control method for a motor-driven vehicle is provided. The method includes calculating a correction torque of a drive motor through a difference between speeds of wheels or a variance rate of the difference between speeds of the wheels and comparing a calculated correction torque with a current required torque of the drive motor. When the calculated correction torque is greater than the current required torque, the drive motor is operated based on the current required torque. When the calculated correction torque is less than or equal to the current required torque, the drive motor is operated based on the calculated correction torque, or the required torque of the drive motor is corrected to correspond to the calculated correction torque and the drive motor is operated based on a corrected required torque of the drive motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method for a motor-driven vehicle, comprising:
calculating, by a controller, a correction torque of a drive motor through a plurality of difference values between speeds of a plurality of wheels or a variance rate of the difference values between speeds of the plurality of wheels;
comparing, by the controller, a calculated correction torque with a current required torque of the drive motor;
operating, by the controller, the drive motor based on the current required torque of the drive motor when the calculated correction torque is greater than the current required torque of the drive motor;
operating, by the controller, the drive motor based on the calculated correction torque, or correcting the required torque of the drive motor to correspond to the calculated correction torque and operating the drive motor based on the corrected required torque of the drive motor when the calculated correction torque is less than or equal to the current required torque of the drive motor; and
determining, by the controller, whether an operation of a traction control system (TCS) is performed before calculating the correction torque,
wherein the correction torque is calculated when the operation of the TCS is not performed.

2. The control method of claim 1 , further comprising before calculating the correction torque:
measuring the speeds of the wheels;
calculating the difference values between speeds of the wheels; and
determining, by the controller, whether the correction torque is required to be calculated based on the difference values,
wherein the correction torque is calculated when the difference values between speeds of the wheels have a value greater than or equal to a predetermined difference value.

3. The control method of claim 1 , wherein, in calculating the correction torque, a largest value among the difference values between speeds of the wheels is determined as the difference between speeds of the wheels.

4. The control method of claim 1 , wherein, in calculating the correction torque, the variance rate is obtained using an amount of variance between a currently calculated difference in speeds of the wheels and a previously calculated difference in speeds of the wheels.

5. The control method of claim 1 , wherein, in calculating the correction torque, the correction torque is calculated by subtracting, from the current required torque, a control value obtained using an error between a calculated difference in speeds of the wheels and a target difference in speeds of the wheels, or an error between a variance rate of the calculated difference in speeds of the wheels and a target variance rate of the difference in speeds of the wheels.

6. The control method of claim 5 , wherein, in calculating the correction torque, the correction torque is calculated through reduction in a proportion that corresponds to a control value obtained through a proportional-integral (PI) control of the error between the calculated difference in speeds of the wheels and the target difference in speeds of the wheels, or the error between the variance rate of the calculated difference in speeds of the wheels and the target variance rate of the difference in speeds of the wheels.

7. The control method of claim 1 , wherein the calculating of the correction torque includes:
comparing, by the controller, the calculated correction torque with a traction control system (TCS) correction torque, and a smaller value of the calculated correction torque and the TCS correction torque is determined as the correction torque.

8. The control method of claim 1 , wherein the operating of the drive motor by using the calculated correction torque includes:
operating, by the controller, the drive motor to generate a torque determined based on the correction torque or a corrected required torque of the drive motor, when the calculated correction torque is less than or equal to the current required torque of the drive motor.

9. A control system for a motor-driven vehicle, comprising:
a speed sensor configured to measure wheel speeds of a plurality of wheels;
a motor controller configured to operate a drive motor; and
a drive controller configured to:
calculate a correction torque of the drive motor through a plurality of difference values between speeds of the plurality of wheels or a variance rate of the difference values between speeds of the plurality of wheels;
operate the motor controller to operate the drive motor based on a current required torque of the drive motor when a calculated correction torque is greater than the current required torque of the drive motor;
operate the motor controller to operate the drive motor based on the calculated correction torque when the calculated correction torque is less than or equal to the current required torque of the drive motor, or correct the required torque of the drive motor to correspond to the calculated correction torque, and operate the motor controller to operate the drive motor based on a corrected required torque of the drive motor; and
determine whether an operation of a traction control system (TCS) is performed before calculating the correction torque, wherein the correction torque is calculated when the operation of the TCS is not performed.

10. The control system of claim 9 , further comprising:
an electronic stability control (ESC) controller configured to calculate a traction control system (TCS) correction torque,
wherein the drive controller is configured to determine a smaller value of the calculated correction torque and a TCS correction torque as the correction torque.

11. The control system of claim 9 , wherein the drive controller is configured to calculate the correction torque through reduction in a proportion that corresponds to a control value obtained through a proportional-integral (PI) control of an error between a calculated difference in speeds of the plurality of wheels and a target difference in speeds of the wheels, or an error between a variance rate of the calculated difference in speeds of the wheels and a target variance rate of the difference in speeds of the wheels.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Jung Jae Won
• Jeon Kang Sik
• Lee Seung Yoon
• Yang Sung Ho
• Shim Jae Young
• Kim Min Gon

Classifications

• B60L2240/42

  related to electric machines · CPC title

• B60T8/1761

  responsive to wheel or brake dynamics, e.g. wheel slip, wheel acceleration or rate of change of brake fluid pressure · CPC title

• B60Y2200/91

  Electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60L15/20 Primary

  for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed · CPC title

• B60W2510/081

  Speed · CPC title