Noise filtering method for motor, recording medium thereof and motor control circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11070150-B2
Application number	US-201916691483-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2019
Priority date	Dec 25, 2018
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

The invention provides a noise filtering method for a motor. The motor rotates according to an operating voltage. The noise filtering method includes: setting an inspection period and a minimum threshold. The noise filtering method further includes: generating a pulse signal according to the operating voltage, determining whether a time corresponding to each sub-pulse signal in the pulse signal meets the inspection period, and determining whether a pulse width corresponding to each sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold. A recording medium storing a program code corresponding to the method, and a motor control circuit for executing the program code are also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A noise filtering method for a motor, the motor rotating according to an operating voltage, wherein the noise filtering method comprises:
setting an inspection period and a minimum threshold;
generating a pulse signal according to the operating voltage;
determining whether a time corresponding to each sub-pulse signal in the pulse signal meets the inspection period; and
determining whether a pulse width corresponding to each sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold,
wherein the step of determining whether the time corresponding to each sub-pulse signal in the pulse signal meets the inspection period comprises:
calculating a time interval between a rising edge time point corresponding to the sub-pulse signal and another rising edge time point corresponding to a previous valid sub-pulse signal; and
determining that the sub-pulse signal meets the inspection period when the time interval is equal to or greater than the inspection period.

2. The noise filtering method according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection period and the minimum threshold are set according to a rotation period of the motor, and the rotation period corresponds to a maximum rotation speed of the motor.

3. The noise filtering method according to claim 2 , wherein the inspection period is set in a range of 60% to 80% of the rotation period of the motor.

4. The noise filtering method according to claim 2 , wherein the minimum threshold is set in a range of 5% to 10% of the rotation period of the motor.

5. The noise filtering method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining whether the pulse width corresponding to each sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold comprises:
determining whether the pulse width corresponding to the sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold when the sub-pulse signal meets the inspection period; and
determining that the pulse width is a valid pulse width when the pulse width corresponding to the sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold and correspondingly accumulating a pulse count,
wherein the pulse count corresponds to a rotation state of the motor.

6. The noise filtering method according to claim 1 , wherein the pulse signal comprises a rising edge and a falling edge, the rising edge is determined by using an interrupt algorithm or a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) poll algorithm, and the falling edge is determined by using the interrupt algorithm or the GPIO poll algorithm.

7. A recording medium recording at least one program code, wherein the at least one program code is loaded by a motor control circuit to perform a noise filtering method for a motor, the motor rotating according to an operating voltage, wherein the noise filtering method comprises:
setting an inspection period and a minimum threshold;
generating a pulse signal according to the operating voltage;
determining whether a time corresponding to each sub-pulse signal in the pulse signal meets the inspection period; and
determining whether a pulse width corresponding to each sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold,
wherein the step of determining whether the time corresponding to each sub-pulse signal in the pulse signal meets the inspection period comprises:
calculating a time interval between a rising edge time point corresponding to the sub-pulse signal and another rising edge time point corresponding to a previous valid sub-pulse signal; and
determining that the sub-pulse signal meets the inspection period when the time interval is equal to or greater than the inspection period.

8. The recording medium according to claim 7 , wherein the inspection period and the minimum threshold are set according to a rotation period of the motor, and the rotation period corresponds to a maximum rotation speed of the motor.

9. The recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein the inspection period is set to be in a range of 60% to 80% of the rotation period of the motor.

10. The recording medium according to claim 8 , wherein the minimum threshold is set to be in a range of 5% to 10% of the rotation period of the motor.

11. The recording medium according to claim 7 , wherein the step of determining whether the pulse width corresponding to each sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold comprises:
determining whether the pulse width corresponding to the sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold when the sub-pulse signal meets the inspection period; and
determining that the pulse width is a valid pulse width when the pulse width corresponding to the sub-pulse signal is equal to or greater than the minimum threshold and correspondingly accumulating a pulse count,
wherein the pulse count corresponds to a rotation state of the motor.

12. The recording medium according to claim 7 , wherein the pulse signal comprises a rising edge and a falling edge, the rising edge is determined by using an interrupt algorithm or a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) poll algorithm, and the falling edge is determined by using the interrupt algorithm or the GPIO poll algorithm.

13. A motor control circuit for a motor, wherein the motor control circuit comprises:
a circuit board;
a detection module, disposed on the circuit board and electrically coupling to at least one motor, and detecting an operating current of the at least one motor;
a signal processing circuit, disposed on the circuit board and electrically coupling to the detection module, and generating at least one detection signal according to the operating current of the at least one motor;
a controller circuit, disposed on the circuit board and electrically coupling to the signal processing circuit, and counting a number of ripples of the operating current according to the detection signal to obtain position information of at least one object after being moved by the at least one motor; and
a drive circuit, disposed on the circuit board and electrically coupling to the at least one motor and the controller circuit, and supplying an operating current to the at least one motor according to at least one control signal from the controller circuit.

14. The motor control circuit according to claim 13 , wherein the drive circuit drives the motor to rotate, the detection module and the signal processing circuit sense an operating voltage and transmit a result to the controller circuit, and the controller circuit outputs a control command to the drive circuit.

15. The motor control circuit according to claim 13 , further comprising:
at least one positioning detector, electrically coupling to the controller circuit, and detecting whether the at least one object passes through the at least one detection position on a movement path and correspondingly generating a positioning signal,
wherein the controller circuit obtains a reference position information corresponding to the at least one detection position according to the positioning signal.

Assignees

• Lite On Singapore Pte Ltd
• Lite On Technology Corp

Inventors

• Goh Kok Liang
• Song Jian
• Kurniawan Lukman Arif
• Partha Biswas
• Lin Ying
• Ching Lee Kia
• Hsieh Cheng-Wen

Classifications

• H02P29/0016 Primary

  Control of angular speed of one shaft without controlling the prime mover · CPC title

• H02P6/007 Primary

  wherein the position is detected using the ripple of the current caused by the commutation · CPC title