Motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12401311-B2
Application number	US-202318324222-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2023
Priority date	Aug 3, 2022
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A motor control device includes: a rotation control determination unit configured to determine whether a motor rotation control to rotate the motor fails; a parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a control failure frequency parameter having a correlation with a frequency of failure in the motor rotation control based on a determination result by the rotation control determination unit; an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the motor based on the control failure frequency parameter; and a stop suppression unit configured to suppress stop of rotation of the motor by changing a motor control parameter to perform the motor rotation control when the abnormality determination unit determines that an abnormality has occurred in the motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control device configured to control a motor, comprising:
a microcontroller configured to determine whether a motor rotation control to rotate the motor fails; configured to calculate a control failure frequency parameter having a correlation with a frequency of failure in the motor rotation control based on a determination result by the microcontroller;
configured to calculate a control failure probability that is a probability of failure in the motor rotation control by dividing a number of control failures by a number of starts; configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the motor based on the control failure probability; and
configured to suppress stop of rotation of the motor by changing a motor control parameter to perform the motor rotation control when the microcontroller determines that the abnormality has occurred in the motor.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcontroller changes the motor control parameter such that an increasing speed of a motor application voltage applied to the motor is lower than that at a normal time.

3. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcontroller is further configured to perform a feedback control of the number of rotations of the motor, and
the microcontroller controls the motor by setting a target number of rotations of the feedback control to be smaller than that at a normal time.

4. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcontroller changes the motor control parameter such that a motor application torque applied to the motor when the motor is started is larger than that at a normal time.

5. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcontroller is further configured to limit a value of a motor current flowing through the motor, when the microcontroller determines that an the abnormality has occurred in the motor, to be equal to or less than the abnormality-time upper limit set to be smaller than that at a normal time.

6. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcontroller is further configured to notify that the abnormality has occurred in the motor when the microcontroller determines that the abnormality has occurred in the motor.

7. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcontroller is further configured to limit a rotation speed of the motor, when the microcontroller determines that an the abnormality has occurred in the motor, to be smaller than or equal to the abnormality-time upper limit set to be smaller than that at a normal time.

8. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcontroller is further configured to execute a first parameter change, as a change of the motor control parameter, when a start of the motor fails,
the first parameter change is to change a proportional gain and an integral gain of a feedback control of the number of rotations of the motor to be smaller than those when the motor is driven in a normal state, and
the microcontroller is further configured to maintain rotation of the motor by executing the first parameter change, even when the control failure probability is more than an abnormality determination value.

9. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcomputer is further configured to execute a second parameter change, as a change of the motor control parameter, when a start of the motor fails,
the second parameter change is to change a target rotation speed of a feedback control of the number of rotations of the motor to be smaller than that when the motor is driven in the normal state, and
the microcomputer maintains rotation of the motor by executing the second parameter change, even when the control failure probability is more than an abnormality determination value.

10. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the microcomputer is further configured to execute a third parameter change, as a change of the motor control parameter, when a start of the motor fails,
the third parameter change is to change a starting duty of a feedback control of the number of rotations of the motor to be larger than that when the motor is started in a normal state, and
the microcomputer maintains rotation of the motor by executing the third parameter change, even when the control failure probability is more than an abnormality determination value.

11. A motor control device configured to control a motor, comprising:
a computer including a processor and a memory that stores instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to
determine whether a motor rotation control to rotate the motor fails;
calculate a control failure frequency parameter having a correlation with a frequency of failure in the motor rotation control based on a result of the determining;
calculate a control failure probability that is a probability of failure in the motor rotation control by dividing a number of control failures by a number of starts determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the motor based on the control failure probability; and
suppress stop of rotation of the motor by changing a motor control parameter to perform the motor rotation control when it is determined that the abnormality has occurred in the motor.

12. The motor control device according to claim 11 , wherein
the memory stores further instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute a first parameter change, as a change of the motor control parameter, when a start of the motor fails,
the first parameter change is to change a proportional gain and an integral gain of a feedback control of the number of rotations of the motor to be smaller than those when the motor is driven in a normal state, and
the memory stores further instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to maintain rotation of the motor by executing the first parameter change, even when the control failure probability is more than an abnormality determination value.

13. The motor control device according to claim 11 , wherein
the memory stores further instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute a second parameter change, as a change of the motor control parameter, when a start of the motor fails,
the second parameter change is to change a target rotation speed of a feedback control of the number of rotations of the motor to be smaller than that when the motor is driven in the normal state, and
the memory stores further instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to maintain rotation of the motor by executing the second parameter change, even when the control failure probability is more than an abnormality determination value.

14. The motor control device according to claim 11 , wherein
the memory stores further instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute a third parameter change, as a change of the motor control parameter, when a start of the motor fails,
the third parameter change is to change a starting duty of a feedback control of the number of rotations of the motor to be larger than that when the motor is started in a normal state, and
the memory stores further instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to maintain rotation of the motor by executing the third parameter change, even when the control failure probability is more than an abnormality determination value.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Seo Yuichi
• Hidaka Yuuji

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