Shift range control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11226037-B2
Application number	US-201916292630-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2019
Priority date	Sep 9, 2016
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

A shift range switching control device for switching a shift range by controlling driving of a motor includes a feedback control section, a stationary phase energization control section, and a switching control section. The feedback control section performs a feedback control based on an actual angle of the motor, and a motor speed. The stationary phase energization control section performs a stationary phase energization control which energizes a stationary phase selected according to the actual angle. The switching control section switches the control state of the motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift range control device for switching a shift range by controlling driving of a motor, the shift range control device comprising:
an angle computing section configured to compute an actual angle of the motor based on a signal of a rotation angle sensor that detects a rotation angle of the motor;
a speed computing section configured to compute a motor speed, which is a rotation speed of the motor, based on the actual angle;
a feedback control section configured to perform a feedback control based on the actual angle and the motor speed;
a stationary phase energization control section configured to perform a stationary phase energization control which energizes a stationary phase selected according to the actual angle; and
a switching control section configured to switch a control state of the motor, wherein:
the feedback control section includes
a target speed setting section that sets a target speed of the motor based on an angular deviation which is a deviation between a target angle determined according to a request shift range and the actual angle, and
a controller that computes a feedback duty command value to cause the target speed and the motor speed to coincide with each other;

the switching control section selects the feedback control for the control state when the request shift range is switched; and
the switching control section switches the control state from the feedback control to the stationary phase energization control when the angular deviation is equal to or smaller than an angle determination threshold;
the switching control section continues the stationary phase energization control until an elapse of an energization duration time after switching from the feedback control to the stationary phase energization control; and
the switching control section switches the control state to an energization off control which cuts off energization to the motor after the elapse of the energization duration time from switching to the stationary phase energization control.

2. The shift range control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the switching control section changes the angle determination threshold in accordance with the motor speed.

3. A shift range control device for switching a shift range by controlling driving of a motor, the shift range control device comprising:
an angle computing section configured to compute an actual angle of the motor based on a signal of a rotation angle sensor that detects a rotation angle of the motor;
a speed computing section configured to compute a motor speed, which is a rotation speed of the motor, based on the actual angle;
a feedback control section configured to perform a feedback control based on the actual angle and the motor speed;
a stationary phase energization control section configured to perform a stationary phase energization control which energizes a stationary phase selected according to the actual angle; and
a switching control section configured to switch a control state of the motor, wherein:
the feedback control section includes
a target speed setting section that sets a target speed of the motor based on an angular deviation which is a deviation between a target angle determined according to a request shift range and the actual angle, and
a controller that computes a feedback duty command value to cause the target speed and the motor speed to coincide with each other;

the switching control section selects the feedback control for the control state when the request shift range is switched;
the switching control section switches the control state from the feedback control to the stationary phase energization control when the angular deviation is equal to or smaller than an angle determination threshold; and
the feedback control section includes:
a feedback value setting section that sets a speed feedback value for feedback according to a speed state of the motor, wherein
the speed state includes an acceleration state, a steady state, and a deceleration state.

4. The shift range control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the feedback value setting section is configured
to perform a phase lead compensation for leading a phase of the motor speed, when the speed state is the steady state or the deceleration state, and to designate a speed phase lead value as the speed feedback value, and
to refrain from performing the phase lead compensation when the speed state is the acceleration state, and to designate the motor speed as the speed feedback value.

5. The shift range control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the feedback control section includes a feedforward correction value computing section that computes a feedforward duty according to the motor speed.

6. The shift range control device according to claim 5 , wherein
the feedforward correction value computing section varies computation of the feedforward duty depending on the acceleration state, the steady state and the deceleration state.

7. A shift range control device for switching a shift range by controlling driving of a motor, the shift range control device comprising:
a microcomputer configured to
compute an actual angle of the motor based on a signal of a rotation angle sensor that detects a rotation angle of the motor;
compute a motor speed, which is a rotation speed of the motor, based on the actual angle;
perform a feedback control based on the actual angle and the motor speed;
perform a stationary phase energization control which energizes a stationary phase selected according to the actual angle; and
switch a control state of the motor, wherein

in the feedback control, the microcomputer sets a target speed of the motor based on an angular deviation which is a deviation between a target angle determined according to a request shift range and the actual angle, and computes a feedback duty command value to cause the target speed and the motor speed to coincide with each other;
the microcomputer selects the feedback control for the control state when the request shift range is switched;
the microcomputer switches the control state from the feedback control to the stationary phase energization control when the angular deviation is equal to or smaller than an angle determination threshold;
the microcomputer is further configured to continue the stationary phase energization control until an elapse of an energization duration time after switching from the feedback control to the stationary phase energization control; and
the microcomputer is further configured to switch the control state to an energization off control which cuts off energization to the motor after the elapse of the energization duration time from switching to the stationary phase energization control.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Kamio Shigeru

Classifications

• H02P6/08

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

• F16H2061/326

  Actuators for range selection, i.e. actuators for controlling the range selector or the manual range valve in the transmission · CPC title

• F16H61/32 Primary

  Electric motors  {, actuators or related electrical control means}  therefor · CPC title

• H02P6/24

  Arrangements for stopping · CPC title

• H02P3/24

  by applying DC to the motor · CPC title