Motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10985684-B2
Application number	US-201716079867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	Mar 8, 2016
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A motor control device includes a control and computation unit, a compensation signal generation unit, an adder, and a drive unit. The control and computation unit is configured to perform computation processing based on a detected rotational position of a motor and a positional instruction, and to generate a first torque instruction signal to be used to drive the motor. The compensation signal generation unit is configured to generate a torque compensation signal to be used to compensate the first torque instruction signal. The adder is configured to add the torque compensation signal to the first torque instruction signal, and to output an acquired signal as a second torque instruction signal. The drive unit is configured to generate a drive signal to be used to power-drive winding wires of the motor based on the second torque instruction signal. The compensation signal generation unit is further configured to generate a torque compensation signal that switches to a torque compensation value having a predetermined value at a switching timing based on a timing when a rotation direction of the motor inverts.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor control device configured to control a rotation operation of a motor so that a rotational position of the motor follows a positional instruction entered externally, the motor control device comprising:
a control and computation unit configured to perform computation processing based on the rotational position of the motor, the rotational position being detected, and the positional instruction, and to generate a first torque instruction signal to be used to drive the motor;
a compensation signal generation unit configured to generate a torque compensation signal to be used to compensate the first torque instruction signal;
an adder configured to add the torque compensation signal to the first torque instruction signal, and to output a result of the addition as a second torque instruction signal; and
a drive unit configured to be supplied with the second torque instruction signal, and, based on the second torque instruction signal, to generate a drive signal to be used to power-drive winding wires of the motor,
wherein the compensation signal generation unit is further configured to generate the torque compensation signal that combines a first torque compensation value having a first predetermined value and a second torque compensation value having a second predetermined value by switching between the first torque compensation value and the second torque compensation value at a switching timing based on a timing when a rotation direction of the motor inverts, the first torque compensation value corresponding to one rotation direction of the motor and the second torque compensation value corresponding to another rotation direction opposite to the one rotation direction.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the torque compensation signal generated by the compensation signal generation unit is a signal that asymptotically approaches zero after switched between the first torque compensation value and the second torque compensation value.

3. The motor control device according to claim 2 , wherein the torque compensation signal generated by the compensation signal generation unit further gently changes immediately after switched between the first torque compensation value and the second torque compensation value.

4. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the compensation signal generation unit includes:
a compensation value generation unit configured to generate the first torque compensation value and the second torque compensation value;
a switching timing generation unit configured to generate the switching timing;
a signal switching unit configured to perform switching between the first torque compensation value and the second torque compensation value based on the switching timing, to perform value combining, and to generate and output a combined torque compensation signal; and
a compensation signal direct current cut-off unit configured to cut off a direct current component to be outputted as the torque compensation signal, the direct current component being included in the combined torque compensation signal.

5. The motor control device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the compensation signal direct current cut-off unit includes a high-pass filter capable of resetting an internally accumulated direct current component, and
wherein the high-pass filter is configured to be reset based on the switching timing, and to output the torque compensation signal from which the direct current component included in the combined torque compensation signal is cut off.

6. The motor control device according to claim 4 , wherein the compensation signal generation unit further includes a compensation signal smoothing unit configured to perform smoothing the torque compensation signal to be outputted so that the torque compensation signal gradually changes after the switching takes place between the first torque compensation value and the second torque compensation value, and outputs, as the torque compensation signal, a signal smoothed by the compensation signal smoothing unit.

7. The motor control device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an observer unit configured to detect load torque applied to the motor from the second torque instruction signal supplied to the drive unit and a rotational speed of the motor, and to output a load torque estimation signal corresponding to the load torque,
wherein the adder adds the load torque estimation signal to the first torque instruction signal, in addition to the torque compensation signal, and outputs an acquired signal.

8. The motor control device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a compensation value calculation unit configured to generate the torque compensation signal by calculating and updating a value for a torque compensation on the switching timing based on the load torque estimation signal when a rotation direction of the motor inverts.

9. The motor control device according to claim 8 , wherein the compensation value calculation unit compensates the torque compensation value by a predetermined offset value, and sets a result of the compensation as the value for the torque compensation value.

10. The motor control device according to claim 9 , wherein the compensation value calculation unit stores, as the predetermined offset value, the load torque estimation signal when the motor stops, compensates the torque compensation value by the predetermined offset value, and sets an acquired value.

11. The motor control device according to claim 5 , wherein the compensation signal generation unit further includes a compensation signal smoothing unit configured to perform smoothing the torque compensation signal to be outputted so that the torque compensation signal gradually changes after the switching takes place between the first torque compensation value and the second torque compensation value, and outputs, as the torque compensation signal, a signal smoothed by the compensation signal smoothing unit.

12. The motor control device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an observer unit configured to detect load torque applied to the motor from the second torque instruction signal supplied to the drive unit and a rotational speed of the motor, and to output a load torque estimation signal corresponding to the load torque,
wherein the adder adds the load torque estimation signal to the first torque instruction signal, in addition to the torque compensation signal, and outputs an acquired signal.

13. The motor control device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an observer unit configured to detect load torque applied to the motor from the second torque instruction signal supplied to the drive unit and a rotational speed of the motor, and to output a load torque estimation signal corresponding to the load torque,
wherein the adder adds the load torque estimation signal to the first torque instruction signal, in addition to the torque compensation signal, and outputs an acquired signal.

14. The motor control device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an observer unit configured to detect load torque applied to the motor from the second torque instruction signal supplied to the drive unit and a rotational speed of the motor, and to output a load torque estimation signal corresponding to the load torque,
wherein the adder adds the load torque estimation signal to the first torque instruction signal, in addition to the torque compensation signal, and outputs an acquired signal.

15. The motor control device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an observer unit configure

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kishimoto Kenichi

Classifications

• H02P29/00

  Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors, appropriate for both AC and DC motors (arrangements for starting electric motors H02P1/00; arrangements for stopping or slowing electric motors H02P3/00; control of motors that can be connected to two or more different electric power supplies H02P4/00; regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors H02P5/00; vector control H02P21/00) · CPC title

• H02P6/08

  Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor (H02P6/10, H02P6/28 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02P23/10

  Controlling by adding a DC current · CPC title

• G05B19/416

  characterised by control of velocity, acceleration or deceleration (G05B19/19 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02P23/18

  Controlling the angular speed together with angular position or phase · CPC title