Door control device and door control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11091950-B2
Application number	US-201916364696-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2019
Priority date	May 25, 2018
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

A door control device includes: a speed control unit configured to perform speed control of an electric motor that drives a door; a speed detection unit configured to detect a speed of the door; and an obstruction detection unit configured to detect obstruction between the door and a door pocket, upon a value of the speed of the door detected by the speed detection unit decreasing by a first predetermined value or more with respect to a speed command value in the speed control during a door opening operation of the door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door control device comprising:
a speed control unit configured to perform speed control of an electric motor that drives a door;
a speed detection unit configured to detect a speed of the door;
an obstruction detection unit configured to detect obstruction between the door and a door pocket, upon a value of the speed of the door detected by the speed detection unit decreasing by greater than or equal to a predetermined value with respect to a speed command value in the speed control during a door opening operation of the door; and
an obstruction handling control unit configured, upon the obstruction being detected by the obstruction detection unit during the door opening operation of the door, to stop the door opening operation without moving the door in a direction of closing the door,
wherein upon obstruction of an object being detected by the obstruction detection unit during a door closing operation of the door, the obstruction handling control unit is configured to move the door in a direction of opening the door so that the object is removable.

2. The door control device according to claim 1 , wherein the obstruction detection unit detects the obstruction during the door opening operation, upon a state where the value of the speed of the door detected by the speed detection unit decreases by greater than or equal to the predetermined value with respect to the speed command value during the door opening operation of the door continuing for greater than or equal to a predetermined time.

3. The door control device according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined time is defined based on at least one of a magnitude of the speed command value, a steady-state error of a speed control system corresponding to the speed control, a disturbance response of the speed control system, and a magnitude of a speed fluctuation of the speed control system.

4. The door control device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined value is defined based on at least one of a magnitude of the speed command value, a steady-state error of a speed control system corresponding to the speed control, a disturbance response of the speed control system, and a magnitude of a speed fluctuation of the speed control system.

5. The door control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the obstruction handling control unit is configured, when the obstruction is detected by the obstruction detection unit during the door opening operation, to stop the door opening operation of the door and thereafter to perform, during a predetermined time, obstruction handling control of setting thrust of the electric motor to zero.

6. The door control device according to claim 5 , wherein, during the door opening operation of the door, every time the obstruction is detected by the obstruction detection unit during the door opening operation, the obstruction handling control unit performs the obstruction handling control, and when the obstruction handling control has been performed by a predetermined number of times, the speed control unit continues the speed control so that the door reaches a fully opened position without depending on whether or not the obstruction is detected by the obstruction detection unit during the door opening operation.

7. The door control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the obstruction handling control unit is configured, when the obstruction is detected by the obstruction detection unit during the door opening operation, to stop the door opening operation of the door and thereafter to perform, during a predetermined time, obstruction handling control of causing the electric motor to output minute thrust in a direction of closing the door to an extent that a stopped state of the door is maintained by an action of an assumed steady-state drag force including a static friction force.

8. The door control device according to claim 7 , wherein, when the obstruction is detected by the obstruction detection unit during the door opening operation, the obstruction handling control unit stops the door opening operation of the door and, during the predetermined time, causes the electric motor to output the minute thrust having a magnitude corresponding to an upper limit of a range of the minute thrust assumed to maintain the stopped state of the door by the action of the steady-state drag force.

9. The door control device according to claim 1 , wherein the door is a door that is provided on a car.

10. The door control device according to claim 9 , wherein the car is a railroad car.

11. A door control device comprising:
a speed control unit configured to perform speed control of an electric motor that drives a door;
a drag force estimation unit configured to estimate a drag force that is a cause of a variation in the door speed;
an obstruction detection unit configured to detect obstruction between the door and a door pocket, upon the drag force estimated by the drag force estimation unit exceeding a predetermined value during a door opening operation of the door; and
an obstruction handling control unit configured, upon the obstruction being detected by the obstruction detection unit during the door opening operation of the door, to stop the door opening operation without moving the door in a direction of closing the door,
wherein upon obstruction of an object being detected by the obstruction detection unit during a door closing operation of the door, the obstruction handling control unit is configured to move the door in a direction of opening the door so that the object is removable.

12. The door control device according to claim 11 , wherein the obstruction detection unit detects the obstruction, upon a state where the drag force estimated by the drag force estimation unit exceeds the predetermined value during the door opening operation of the door continuing for greater than or equal to a predetermined time.

13. The door control device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the drag force estimation unit estimates the drag force including a steady-state drag force that constantly occurs and including a disturbance drag force corresponding to the obstruction, the steady-state drag force including a kinetic friction force, and
wherein the predetermined-value is defined based on the steady-state drag force assumed for a time of the door opening operation of the door.

14. The door control device according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a speed detection unit configured to detect a speed of the door; and
a thrust control unit configured to perform thrust control of the electric motor based on a thrust command value, which is output from the speed control unit based on a speed command value,
wherein the drag force estimation unit is a state observer that estimates the drag force by using, as inputs, a value of the speed of the door detected by the speed detection unit and the thrust command value or the detected thrust value.

15. A door control method that is executed by a door control device configured to drive and control a door, the method comprising:
a speed control step of performing speed control of an electric motor that drives the door; and
a speed detection step of detecting a speed of the door;
an obstruction detection step of detecting obstruction of an object between the door and a door pocket, upon a value of the speed of the door detected in the speed detection step decreasing by greater than or equal to a predetermined value with respect to a speed command value in the speed control during a door opening operation of the door;
an obstruction handling control step, upon the obstruction being de

Assignees

• Fuji Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ozaki Satoru
• Fujita Kenji

Classifications

• E05Y2400/36

  Speed control, detection or monitoring · CPC title

• B61D19/026 Primary

  Safety devices for preventing passengers from being injured by movements of doors or variations in air pressure (safety devices in passenger lifts for preventing trapping of passengers between closing doors B66B13/26; acting on power-operated mechanisms for wings E05F15/00) · CPC title

• E05F15/41

  Detection by monitoring transmitted force or torque (E05F15/48 takes precedence); Safety couplings with activation dependent upon torque or force, e.g. slip couplings · CPC title

• H02H7/0851

  for motors actuating a movable member between two end positions, e.g. detecting an end position or obstruction by overload signal · CPC title

• E05Y2400/56

  by using speed sensors · CPC title