Control device and stepping motor control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9503005-B2
Application number	US-201313965812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2013
Priority date	Aug 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A motor control device includes a drive unit configured to rotate a rotor by supplying a drive signal with periodical changes to a coil; a detection unit configured to output a signal that is changed in association with a rotation of the rotor; and a control unit configured to control the drive signal supplied by the drive unit in accordance with the signal output from the detection unit, wherein the control unit performs a first control and a second control so as to achieve a target rotation velocity of the rotor, and wherein the first control is a control for controlling the rotation velocity of the rotor by controlling an advance angle of the drive signal with periodical changes and the second control is a control for controlling the rotation velocity of the rotor by controlling a voltage for supplying the drive signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control device comprising:
a drive unit configured to rotate a rotor by supplying a drive signal with periodical changes to a coil;
a detection unit configured to output a signal according to a rotation of the rotor; and
a control unit configured to control the drive signal supplied by the drive unit,
wherein the control unit performs a first control and a second control, in accordance with the rotation detected by the detection unit, and
wherein the first control is a feedback control of an advance angle of the drive signal based on the signal output from the detection unit and the second control is a feedback control of an amplitude of the drive signal based on the signal output from the detection unit, and a feedback to the drive signal in the first control is slower than a feedback to the drive signal in the second control.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs the first control and the second control in parallel so as to achieve the target rotation of the rotor.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs the first control based on correspondence information between the advance angle and the rotation, which is stored in a storage unit in advance.

4. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the correspondence information in a predetermined range of the rotation is information corresponding to a drive voltage which is a median of a control range of a drive voltage set by the control unit.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls a drive voltage supplied by the drive unit based on a velocity deviation of the rotation detected by the detection unit.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the correspondence information in the predetermined range of the rotation is mathematical formula data indicating a correspondence relationship between the advance angle and the rotation.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the correspondence in the predetermined range of the rotation is a trajectory indicating a correspondence relationship between the advance angle and the rotation on a graph indicating the relationship between the advance angle and the rotation, and
wherein the mathematical formula data is linear approximation formula calculated on the basis of the trajectory.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein control unit performs the second control within predetermined range of voltage.

9. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein the storage unit stores the correspondence information corresponding to each a predetermined plurality of drive voltages, and
wherein, when the velocity deviation does not fall within a range of a predetermined threshold value, the control unit changes the drive voltage to a voltage value that the velocity deviation falls within the range of the threshold value with reference to the correspondence information stored in the storage unit.

10. An optical apparatus comprising:
the control device according to claim 1 ; and
an optical member.

11. An imaging apparatus comprising:
the control device according to claim 1 ; and
a sensor.

12. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects a velocity of the rotor in accordance with a signal that is signal that changed in association with the rotation of the rotor.

13. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects a velocity of the rotor in accordance with output signals from photo interrupters, wherein the photo interrupters detect s signal that is changed in association with the rotation of the rotor.

14. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second control is a control of a voltage of the drive signal.

15. The control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second detection unit configured to detect a rotation velocity of the rotor in according to the signal output the detection unit.

16. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second control controls amplitude of the drive signal based on a difference between the rotation velocity detected by the detection unit and the target rotation velocity.

17. A method for controlling a motor control device, the method comprising:
rotating, by a drive unit, a rotor by supplying a drive voltage with periodical changes to a coil;
outputting, by a detection unit, a signal according to a rotation of the rotor; and
controlling, by a control unit, the drive voltage supplied by the drive unit,
wherein the control unit performs a first control and a second control, and
wherein the first control is a feedback control of an advance angle of the drive voltage based on the signal output from the detection unit and the second control is a feedback control of an amplitude of the drive voltage based on the signal output from the detection unit, and a feedback to the drive voltage in the first control is slower than a feedback to the drive voltage in the second control.

18. A motor control device comprising:
a drive unit configured to rotate a rotor by supplying a drive signal with periodical changes to a coil;
a detection unit configured to output a signal according to a rotation of the rotor; and
a control unit configured to control the drive signal supplied by the drive unit,
wherein the control unit performs a first control and a second control, and
wherein the first control is a control of an advance angle of the drive signal, for the advance angle of a timing after a predetermined phase, based on the signal output from the detection unit and the second control is a control of an amplitude of the drive signal based on the signal output from the detection unit.

19. The control device according to claim 18 , wherein the control unit performs the first control and the second control in parallel so as to achieve the target rotation of the rotor.

20. The control device according to claim 18 , wherein the control unit performs the first control based on correspondence information between the advance angle and the rotation, which is stored in a storage unit in advance.

21. The control device according to claim 18 , wherein the control unit performs the second control within a predetermined range of voltage.

22. The control device according to claim 18 , wherein the control unit controls a drive voltage supplied by the drive unit based on a velocity deviation of the rotation detected by the detection unit.

23. The control device according to claim 19 , wherein the correspondence information in a predetermined range of the rotation is information corresponding to a drive voltage which is a median of a control range of a drive voltage set by the control unit.

24. The control device according to claim 22 , wherein the storage unit stores the correspondence information corresponding to each of a predetermined plurality of drive voltages, and
wherein, when the velocity deviation does not fall within a range of a predetermined threshold value, the control unit changes the drive voltage to a voltage value that the velocity deviation falls within the range of the threshold value with reference to the correspondence information stored in the storage unit.

25. The control device according to claim 18 , wherein the correspondence information in the predetermined range of the rotation is mathematical formula data in

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ueyama Teruhiko

Classifications

• H02P8/14 Primary

  Arrangements for controlling speed or speed and torque (H02P8/12, H02P8/22 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02P8/18

  Shaping of pulses, e.g. to reduce torque ripple {(Reducing overshoot H02P8/32 takes precedence)} · CPC title