Motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025300578-A1
Application number	US-202519070557-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 5, 2025
Priority date	Mar 22, 2024
Publication date	Sep 25, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A motor control device 50 controls a drive motor 60 connected with an opening and closing body 13 of a vehicle 10 and provided for automatically opening and closing the opening and closing body 13. The motor control device includes: an output detection unit 514, detecting an output of the drive motor 60 in accordance with an operation state of the opening and closing body 13; and a mode switching unit 518, switching a control mode of the drive motor 60 to a sine wave drive mode or a rectangular wave drive mode based on a judgment value obtained from an output result of the output detection unit 514.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A motor control device, controlling a drive motor connected with an opening and closing body of a vehicle and provided for automatically opening and closing the opening and closing body, the motor control device comprising:
an output detection unit, detecting an output of the drive motor in accordance with an operation state of the opening and closing body; and a mode switching unit, switching a control mode of the drive motor to a sine wave drive mode or a rectangular wave drive mode based on a judgment value obtained from an output result obtained by the output detection unit.

2 . The motor control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mode switching unit switches the control mode during a steady-state operation period after a startup operation period of the drive motor.

3 . The motor control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the judgment value is an output duty of the drive motor, and
the mode switching unit switches the control mode from the sine wave drive mode to the rectangular wave drive mode when the judgment value increases and becomes equal to or greater than a first judgment threshold set in advance while the drive motor is being controlled in the sine wave drive mode.

4 . The motor control device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein, after switching the control mode from the sine wave drive mode to the rectangular wave drive mode, the mode switching unit switches from the rectangular wave drive mode to the sine wave drive mode when the judgment value decreases and becomes less than a second judgment threshold smaller than the first judgment threshold.

5 . The motor control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the judgment value is a deviation between a target speed and a control speed of the drive motor, and
the mode switching unit switches the control mode from the sine wave drive mode to the rectangular wave drive mode when the judgment value increases and becomes equal to or greater than a first judgment threshold set in advance in a state where the control speed of the drive motor is slower than the target speed while the drive motor is being controlled in the sine wave drive mode.

6 . The motor control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the judgment value is a ratio of a control speed with respect to a target speed of the drive motor, and
the mode switching unit switches the control mode from the sine wave drive mode to the rectangular wave drive mode when the judgment value decreases and becomes less than a first judgment threshold set in advance while the drive motor is being controlled in the sine wave drive mode.

7 . The motor control device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
an operation state detection unit, detecting the operation state of the opening and closing body, wherein the operation state detection unit detects in which of a plurality of control areas set in an operation area of the opening and closing body the opening and closing body is located, and the mode switching unit switches the control mode in a case where the opening and closing body is located at a specific control area set in advance.

Assignees

• Mitsuba Corp

Inventors

• Irisawa Kazuki

Classifications

• E05Y2900/53

  Type of wing · CPC title

• H02P27/08

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• H02P23/14

  Estimation or adaptation of motor parameters, e.g. rotor time constant, flux, speed, current or voltage · CPC title

• E05F15/662

  Motor units therefor, e.g. geared motors · CPC title

• E05F15/659 Primary

  Control circuits therefor · CPC title