Actuator control method and actuator control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9519275-B2
Application number	US-201214345167-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2012
Priority date	Sep 16, 2011
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

In an actuator control method and an actuator control device, time optimal control is used, and a switching time at which an acceleration output is switched to a deceleration output, and an end time of the deceleration output are calculated using a maximum acceleration and a maximum deceleration at the time of a maximum output of a control force. A control force of an actuator is set as a maximum acceleration output from a calculation time to the switching time, the control force of the actuator is set as a maximum deceleration output from the switching time to the end time, output of the control force is ended at the end time, and the switching time and the end time are repeatedly calculated, and updated for each preset time. The control output is reduced along with decrease of residual energy, which is a sum of remaining work and kinetic energy of a control system. From this, an element of feedback control is incorporated in the time optimal control, and the control output is converged after the end of the control.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An actuator control method, using time optimal control comprising:
a calculation step of calculating a switching time (t1) at which an acceleration output is switched to a deceleration output, and an end time (t2) of the deceleration output expressed by an elapsed time from a calculation time (t0) at which calculation for control is performed using a maximum acceleration (αp) and a maximum deceleration (αm) at the time of a maximum output of a control force of an actuator, which are previously measured;
a control output step of setting the control force of the actuator as a maximum acceleration output from the calculation time (t0) to the switching time (t1), setting the control force of the actuator as a maximum deceleration output from the switching time (t1) to the end time (t2), and ending the output of the control force at the end time (t2);
an update step of repeating the calculation step for each preset time, and calculating and updating the switching time (t1) and the end time (t2); and
a control output reduction step of reducing the control output along with decrease of residual energy, which is a sum of remaining work and kinetic energy of a control system.

2. The actuator control method according to claim 1 , wherein in the control output reduction step, values are set as outputs of the control force, the values being obtained by multiplying each of the maximum acceleration output and the maximum deceleration output by the residual energy, and further multiplying the multiplied values by an energy gain, which is a coefficient for determining a size of the control output with respect to the residual energy.

3. The actuator control method according to claim 1 , wherein in the update step, values obtained by multiplying the maximum acceleration and the maximum deceleration by a control output limit value are recalculated as a new maximum acceleration and maximum deceleration.

4. The actuator control method according to claim 1 , wherein in the calculation step, given that a trajectory from a position at the calculation time (t0) to a target position at the end time (t2) is represented by a combination of adjacent two quadratic curves, an initial velocity is set as V0, and that deviation of the target position and a controlled variable is set as X, the switching time (t1) and the end time (t2) are calculated by Expressions (1) and (2),

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Assignees

• Yamamoto Yasushi
• Isuzu Motors Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Yasushi

Classifications

• G05B19/416 Primary

  characterised by control of velocity, acceleration or deceleration (G05B19/19 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/43062

  Maximum acceleration, limit · CPC title

• G05B19/35

  for point-to-point control · CPC title

• G05B19/29

  for point-to-point control · CPC title

• G05B13/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title