Servo apparatus, and controlling method of servo apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9270209-B2
Application number	US-201414444758-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2014
Priority date	Aug 6, 2013
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

In a servo apparatus which comprises a motor, a shaft angle detecting unit and a controlling unit, and performs standard control of an angle position by a torque controlling method, it enables to perform driving control corresponding to a fraction multiple of a predetermined angular unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A servo apparatus comprising:
a motor configured to output rotation;
a shaft angle detecting unit configured to detect an angle change of a shaft rotating by the rotation output of the motor, for a predetermined angular unit; and
a controlling unit configured to be able to perform standard control of, based on an input indicated angle, generating an integer multiple driving instruction corresponding to an integer multiple of the predetermined angular unit, and providing the generated integer multiple driving instruction to the motor to drive and control the motor,
wherein the controlling unit can perform micro control of, based on the input indicated angle, providing, to the motor, a fraction multiple driving instruction in which instructions corresponding to the integer multiple of the predetermined angular unit are arranged to form a predetermined pattern with a predetermined period and an average value thereof corresponds to a fraction multiple of the predetermined angular unit, to drive and control the motor.

2. The servo apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controlling unit has an expectation value arrangement in which an arrangement concerning number of times of detecting the angle change of the shaft by the shaft angle detecting unit while the micro control is being performed is recorded for each fraction multiple, and
wherein, in case of providing the fraction multiple driving instruction to the motor based on the input indicated angle, the controlling unit updates the fraction multiple driving instruction such that a difference between the expectation value arrangement and the number of times of the angle change of the shaft detected by the shaft angle detecting unit comes close.

3. The servo apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shaft angle detecting unit comprises a detector configured to detect a rotation change of the shaft as an analog value, and
wherein the controlling unit performs AD (analog-to-digital) conversion to convert the analog value into a digital value for each the predetermined angular unit, averages the digital values of a predetermined number in the standard control to generate a signal for each the predetermined angular unit, and makes the number of times of averaging the digital values in the micro control smaller than the predetermined number.

4. The servo apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft angle detecting unit includes a potentiometer.

5. A multi-joint robot which comprises a servo apparatus for at least one joint thereof,
wherein the servo apparatus includes the servo apparatus described in claim 1 .

6. A controlling method for a servo apparatus, which comprises: a motor configured to output rotation; a shaft angle detecting unit configured to detect an angle change of a shaft rotating by the rotation output of the motor, for a predetermined angular unit; and a controlling unit configured to be able to perform standard control of, based on an input indicated angle, generating an integer multiple driving instruction corresponding to an integer multiple of the predetermined angular unit, and providing the generated integer multiple driving instruction to the motor to drive and control the motor,
wherein the controlling unit carries out a micro controlling step to perform micro control of, based on the input indicated angle, providing, to the motor, a fraction multiple driving instruction in which instructions corresponding to the integer multiple of the predetermined angular unit are arranged to form a predetermined pattern with a predetermined period and an average value thereof corresponds to a fraction multiple of the predetermined angular unit, to drive and control the motor.

7. The controlling method according to claim 6 ,
wherein the controlling unit has an expectation value arrangement in which information concerning number of times of detecting the angle change of the shaft by the shaft angle detecting unit while the micro control is being performed is recorded for each fraction multiple, and
wherein, in case of providing the fraction multiple driving instruction to the motor based on the input indicated angle in the micro controlling step, the controlling unit updates the fraction multiple driving instruction such that a difference between the expectation value arrangement and the number of times of the angle change of the shaft detected by the shaft angle detecting unit comes close.

8. The controlling method according to claim 6 ,
wherein the shaft angle detecting unit comprises a detector configured to detect a rotation change of the shaft as an analog value,
wherein the controlling unit performs AD conversion to convert the analog value into a digital value for each the predetermined angular unit, and averages the digital values of a predetermined number in the standard control to generate a signal for each the predetermined angular unit, and
wherein the controlling unit makes the number of times of averaging the digital values in the micro controlling step smaller than the predetermined number.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kawasaki Somei

Classifications

• G05B2219/41001

  Servo problems · CPC title

• G05B23/00

  Testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof (monitoring of program-control systems G05B19/048, G05B19/406) · CPC title

• G05B19/19 Primary

  characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path · CPC title

• H02P8/42

  characterised by non-stepper motors being operated step by step · CPC title

• H02P31/00

  Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors not provided for in groups H02P1/00 - H02P5/00, H02P7/00 or H02P21/00 - H02P29/00 · CPC title