Motor driving control device and motor driving control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11088646-B2
Application number	US-202016781120-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2020
Priority date	Feb 8, 2019
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

A motor driving control device drives each of a first motor and a second motor based on a predetermined condition designation signal, and includes a control unit, a first motor driving unit and a second motor driving unit. The control unit outputs first and second PWM signals to control driving of the first and second motors, respectively. Each of the first and second motor driving units flow a current through the first and second motors based on the first and second PWM signals, respectively. The control unit includes a determination means configured to determine whether the condition designation signal meets a predetermined mode switching condition, and an adjustment means configured to perform overlapping-related adjustment of an on period of the first PWM signal and an on period of the second PWM signal, based on a determination result of the determination means.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor driving control device that drives each of a first motor and a second motor based on a predetermined condition designation signal, the motor driving control device comprising:
a control unit configured to output a first PWM (pulse width modulation) signal to control driving of the first motor and a second PWM signal to control driving of the second motor;
a first motor driving unit configured to flow a current through the first motor based on the first PWM signal; and
a second motor driving unit configured to flow a current through the second motor based on the second PWM signal, wherein
the control unit includes
a determination means configured to determine whether the condition designation signal meets a predetermined mode switching condition, and
an adjustment means configured to perform overlapping-related adjustment of an on period of the first PWM signal and an on period of the second PWM signal, based on a determination result of the determination means, wherein
the control unit operates in a first control mode in a case where the determination means does not determine that the condition designation signal meets the mode switching condition, and operates in a second control mode in a case where the determination means determines that the condition designation signal meets the mode switching condition, and
in the second control mode the adjustment means performs the overlapping-related adjustment so that an overlapping amount of the on period of the first PWM signal and the on period of the second PWM signal is smaller than an overlapping amount in a case where the operation is performed in the first control mode.

2. The motor driving control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit further includes an upper limit setting means configured to set an upper limit value of a sum of the current flowing through the first motor and the current flowing through the second motor, and
the upper limit setting means sets the upper limit value in the case where the operation is performed in the second control mode to a value lower than the upper limit value in the case where the operation is performed in the first control mode.

3. The motor driving control device according to claim 2 , wherein, when the operation is performed in the second control mode, the adjustment means performs the overlapping-related adjustment so that the sum of the current flowing through the first motor and the current flowing through the second motor is lower than the upper limit value set by the upper limit setting means.

4. The motor driving control device according to claim 3 , wherein, when the control mode is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode, the control unit reduces a duty ratio of the first PWM signal and a duty ratio of the second PWM signal to predetermined values, and then increases the duty ratio of the first PWM signal and the duty ratio of the second PWM signal to perform the overlapping-related adjustment.

5. The motor driving control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a speed detection means configured to detect a rotational speed of the first motor and a rotational speed of the second motor, respectively, wherein
when control operation is performed in the first control mode, the control unit performs feedback control of the rotational speed of the first motor and the rotational speed of the second motor based on a detection result of the speed detection means, and
when the control operation is performed in the second control mode, the control unit does not perform the feedback control.

6. The motor driving control device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment means performs the overlapping-related adjustment by adjusting rising timing and a duty ratio of each of the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal.

7. The motor driving control device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment means performs the overlapping-related adjustment by synchronizing one of the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal with the other signal.

8. The motor driving control device according to claim 7 , wherein the mode switching condition is a prescribed level of the condition designation signal.

9. A motor driving control device that drives each of a first motor and a second motor based on a predetermined condition designation signal, the motor driving control device comprising:
a control unit configured to output a first PWM (pulse width modulation) signal to control driving of the first motor and a second PWM signal to control driving of the second motor;
a first motor driving unit configured to flow a current through the first motor based on the first PWM signal; and
a second motor driving unit configured to flow a current through the second motor based on the second PWM signal, wherein
the control unit includes
a determination means configured to determine whether the condition designation signal meets a predetermined mode switching condition, and
an adjustment means configured to perform overlapping-related adjustment of an on period of the first PWM signal and an on period of the second PWM signal, based on a determination result of the determination means, wherein
the condition designation signal is a pulse signal,
the adjustment means performs the overlapping-related adjustment by synchronizing the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal with the condition designation signal, and
the adjustment means adjusts rising timing of each of the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal based on a period of the condition designation signal and a predetermined delay time to a pulse of the condition designation signal.

10. The motor driving control device according to claim 9 , wherein the mode switching condition is a condition relating to at least one of a period and a duty ratio of the condition designation signal.

11. The motor driving control device according to claim 1 , wherein the condition designation signal is a speed command signal that indicates a target rotational speed of the first motor and a target rotational speed of the second motor.

12. A motor driving control method to drive each of a first motor and a second motor based on a predetermined condition designation signal with use of
a first motor driving unit configured to flow a current through the first motor based on a first PWM signal to control driving of the first motor, and
a second motor driving unit configured to flow a current through the second motor based on a second PWM signal to control driving of the second motor, the motor driving control method comprising:
determining whether the condition designation signal meets a predetermined mode switching condition; and
performing overlapping-related adjustment of an on period of the first PWM signal and an on period of the second PWM signal, based on a determination result of the determining step, wherein the method further comprises
operating in a first control mode in a case where the determination step does not determine that the condition designation signal meets the mode switching condition, and operating in a second control mode in a case where the determination step determines that the condition designation signal meets the mode switching condition, and
in the second control mode the adjustment step performs the overlapping-related adjustment so that an overlapping amount of the on period of the first PWM signal and the on period of the second PWM signal is smaller than an overlapping amount in a case where the operation is performed in the first control mode.

Assignees

• Minebea Mitsumi Inc

Inventors

• Aoki Masato

Classifications

• H02P5/74

  controlling two or more AC dynamo-electric motors (H02P5/46, H02P5/60 take precedence) · CPC title

• G05B11/28

  using pulse-height modulation; using pulse-width modulation · CPC title

• H02P23/14

  Estimation or adaptation of motor parameters, e.g. rotor time constant, flux, speed, current or voltage · CPC title

• H02P27/08 Primary

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• H02P5/00

  Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors (H02P6/04, H02P8/40 take precedence) · CPC title