Motor control device, motor control method, and a non-transitory storage medium storing a motor control program for a motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12463567-B2
Application number	US-202218551629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2022
Priority date	Mar 23, 2021
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

To provide a motor control device, a motor control method and a non-transitory storage medium storing a motor control program for a motor control device, capable of controlling the resting position of a motor with higher accuracy. A motor control device includes:
a circuit; and a digital to analog converter configured to generate a target voltage value, wherein; the circuit includes:
a first adjustment unit configured to adjust a drive signal in a manner that a drive current changes to a target drive current value over a longer time than a period until a motor reaches a target drive position when the drive current is switched to a target drive current value; and a second adjustment unit configured to adjust the drive signal in a manner that a overshoots a current value greater than the target drive current value and then returns to the target drive current value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A motor control device, comprising:
a circuit configured to output a drive signal specifying a target drive current value, the target drive current value indicating a drive current provided to a stepping motor in a manner to rotate the stepping motor to a target drive position; a digital to analog converter configured to generate a target voltage value based on the drive signal; a comparator configured to output a comparison result between the target voltage value and a voltage value corresponding to the drive current provided to the stepping motor; and a control signal generation unit configured to generate a control signal controlling the drive current provided to the stepping motor based on the comparison result, wherein the circuit includes: a first adjustment unit configured to adjust the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor changes from an initial value to a target drive current value over a longer time than a motor drive reference period, the motor drive reference period being a period until the stepping motor reaches the target drive position when the drive current provided to the stepping motor is instantly switched from the initial value to the target drive current value; and a second adjustment unit configured to adjust the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor overshoots a maximum current value greater than the target drive current value for a predetermined period and then returns to the target drive current value.

2 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first adjustment unit and the second adjustment unit adjust the drive signal in a manner that the period to return to the target drive current value after the drive current provided to the stepping motor overshoots from the initial value to the maximum current value greater than the target drive current value does not exceed one drive period.

3 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first adjustment unit and the second adjustment unit adjust the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor includes a portion indicating an S-curve or a step from the initial value to the maximum current value greater than the target drive current value.

4 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second adjustment unit adjusts the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor includes a portion indicating an S-curve or a step from the maximum current value greater than the target drive current value to returning to the target drive current value.

5 . A motor control method, comprising:
outputting a drive signal specifying a target drive current value, the target drive current value indicating a drive current provided to a stepping motor in a manner to rotate the stepping motor to a target drive position; generating a target voltage value based on the drive signal; outputting a comparison result between the target voltage value and a voltage value corresponding to the drive current provided to the stepping motor; and generating a control signal controlling the drive current provided to the stepping motor based on the comparison result, wherein the outputting a drive signal includes: adjusting the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor changes from an initial value to a target drive current value over a longer time than a motor drive reference period, the motor drive reference period being a period until the stepping motor reaches the target drive position when the drive current provided to the stepping motor is instantly switched from the initial value to the target drive current value: and adjusting the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor overshoots a maximum current value greater than the target drive current value for a predetermined period and then returns to the target drive current value.

6 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a motor control program for a motor control device, the motor control device including:
a circuit configured to output a drive signal specifying a target drive current value, the target drive current value indicating a drive current provided to a stepping motor in a manner to rotate the stepping motor to a target drive position; a digital to analog converter configured to generate a target voltage value based on the drive signal; a comparator configured to output a comparison result between the target voltage value and a voltage value corresponding to the drive current provided to the stepping motor; and a control signal generation unit configured to generate a control signal controlling the drive current provided to the stepping motor based on the comparison result, wherein the motor control program causes a computer to execute: adjusting the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor changes from an initial value to a target drive current value over a longer time than a motor drive reference period, the motor drive reference period being a period until the stepping motor reaches the target drive position when the drive current provided to the stepping motor is instantly switched from the initial value to the target drive current value: and
adjusting the drive signal in a manner that the drive current provided to the stepping motor overshoots a maximum current value greater than the target drive current value for a predetermined period and then returns to the target drive current value.

Assignees

• Minebea Mitsumi Inc

Inventors

• Yamamoto Takahiro

Classifications

• H02P8/32 Primary

  Reducing overshoot or oscillation, e.g. damping · CPC title

• H02P8/38

  the fault being step-out · CPC title

• H02P8/30 Primary

  Holding position when stopped · CPC title