Electric seat control apparatus for vehicle and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12024067-B2
Application number	US-202017782430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2020
Priority date	Dec 9, 2019
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

Provided is an electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle including: a first rail and a second rail mounted at a constant interval on the floor surface of a vehicle body in the forward and rearward directions of a seat; a first movement unit provided with a first motor and mounted between the first rail and the lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the first rail; a second movement unit provided with a second motor and mounted between the second rail and the lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the second rail; and a control unit that simultaneously receives the RPM and a rotational position signal of the first motor and the RPM and a rotational position signal of the second motor to synchronize the RPMs and rotational positions of the first motor and the second motor to match each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
a first rail and a second rail mounted at a constant interval on a floor surface of a vehicle body in forward and rearward directions of a seat;
a first movement unit provided with a first motor and mounted between the first rail and a lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the first rail;
a second movement unit provided with a second motor and mounted between the second rail and the lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the second rail; and
a control unit that simultaneously receives a first RPM and a rotational position signal of the first motor and a second RPM and a rotational position signal of the second motor to synchronize the first and second RPMs, and a first rotational position of the first motor and a second rotational position of the second motor to match each other.

2. The electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises:
a first Hall sensor for measuring the first RPM of the first motor;
a first angle sensor for sensing the first rotational position of the first motor;
a second Hall sensor for measuring the second RPM of the second motor;
a second angle sensor for sensing the second rotational position of the second motor; and
an integrated micro controller unit (MCU) which receives all signals applied from the first Hall sensor, the second Hall sensor, the first angle sensor, and the second angle sensor, and synchronizes the first motor and the second motor such that the first and second RPMs and the first and second rotational positions of the first and second motors match each other.

3. The electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the integrated MCU is integrally provided with at least one of a gate driver, MOSFET, and SMPS.

4. The electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the integrated MCU comprises:
a first reception unit for receiving a signal applied from the first Hall sensor;
a second reception unit for receiving a signal applied from the first angle sensor;
a third reception unit for receiving a signal applied from the second Hall sensor;
a fourth reception unit for receiving a signal applied from the second angle sensor;
a first synchronization unit for synchronizing the first and second rotational positions of the first motor and the second motor by comparing the first reception unit with the third reception unit; and
a second synchronization unit for synchronizing the first and second RPMs of the first motor and the second motor by comparing the second reception unit with the fourth reception unit.

5. The electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the integrated MCU stops the first motor and the second motor when it is determined that an overcurrent is generated in the first motor or the second motor according to a signal applied from a first current measurement unit measuring a current of the first motor and a signal applied from a second current measurement unit measuring a current of the second motor.

6. A method of controlling an electric seat for a vehicle comprising the steps of:
Receiving a first RPM and the first rotational position of a first motor by an integrated micro controller unit (MCU);
receiving a second RPM and the second rotational position of a second first motor by the integrated MCU;
comparing the first and second RPMs and the first and second rotational positions of the first motor and the second motor in the integrated MCU; and
synchronizing the first and second RPMs and the first and second rotational positions of the first motor and the second motor in the integrated MCU.

7. The method of controlling an electric seat for a vehicle of claim 6 , further comprising the steps of:
receiving a first current value of the first motor by the integrated MCU;
receiving a second current value of the second motor by the integrated MCU;
comparing the first current value of the first motor with the second current value of the second motor in the integrated MCU; and
simultaneously stopping the first motor and the second motor when at least one of the first motor and the first motor is determined to have an overload.

Assignees

• Amotech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Byung Hoon
• Byeon Sang Jin

Classifications

• H02P5/56

  Speed and position comparison between the motors by electrical means · CPC title

• H02P5/52

  additionally providing control of relative angular displacement · CPC title

• H02P5/50

  by comparing electrical values representing the speeds · CPC title

• B60N2/0277

  characterised by the calculation method or calculation flow chart of sensor data for adjusting the seat · CPC title

• B60N2/0244

  with logic circuits · CPC title