Control apparatus, control method, and computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9548689-B2
Application number	US-201414193743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 18, 2013
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

A control apparatus having high control performance is provided. A control apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a control apparatus that controls a DC motor, including a first current detection system that detects a current value of the DC motor, a second current detection system that detects a current value of the DC motor, and a control unit that controls the DC motor based on a signal indicating a current value input from the first or second current detection system, in which the second current detection system includes an amplifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control apparatus that controls a direct current (DC) motor, comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a current value of the DC motor, and to transmit the current value to both a first current detection system and a second current detection system;
the first current detection system configured to receive the current value of the DC motor and output, to an operation amplifier
a first signal indicating the current value of the DC motor, or
the first signal amplified, as a second signal;

the second current detection system configured to receive the current value of the DC motor, to generate a third signal indicating the current value of the DC motor, to amplify the third signal, and to output, to the operation amplifier, the third signal amplified as a fourth signal;
the operation amplifier configured to amplify a first difference between a speed signal indicating a moving speed of the DC motor and one of the first or second signals, and to amplify a second difference between the speed signal and the fourth signal, and to output, to a controller, the amplified first and second differences; and
the controller that controls the DC motor based on the amplified first difference or the amplified second difference, wherein
when the first signal is amplified in the first current detection system, the first current detection system amplifies the first signal by a gain smaller than that by which the second current detection system amplifies the third signal.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is common to the first current detection system and the second current detection system.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when a moving speed of a probe moved by the DC motor is equal to or greater than a threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified first difference, and when the moving speed of the probe is less than the threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified second difference.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when an acceleration of a probe moved by the DC motor is equal to or greater than a threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified first difference, and when the acceleration of the probe is less than the threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified second difference.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when a moving speed of a probe moved by the DC motor is equal to or greater than a threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified first difference, and when the moving speed of the probe is less than the threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified second difference.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when an acceleration of a probe moved by the DC motor is equal to or greater than a threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified first difference, and when the acceleration of the probe is less than the threshold, the controller controls the DC motor based on the amplified second difference.

7. A direct current (DC) motor control method comprising:
detecting a current value of a DC motor;
transmitting the current value to both a first current detection system and a second current detection system;
outputting, by the first current detection system to an operation amplifier, one of a first signal or a second signal, the first signal indicating the current value of the DC motor, and the second signal being the first signal amplified;
generating, in the second current detection system, a third signal indicating the current value of the DC motor;
outputting, by the second current detection system to the operation amplifier, the third signal amplified as a fourth signal;
amplifying, by the operation amplifier, a first difference between a speed signal indicating a moving speed of the DC motor and one of the first or second signals;
amplifying, by the operation amplifier, a second difference between the speed signal and the fourth signal;
outputting, to a controller, the amplified first and second differences; and
controlling the DC motor based on the amplified first difference or the amplified second difference, wherein when the first signal is amplified in the first current detection system, the first current detection system amplifies the first signal by a gain smaller than that by which the second current detection system amplifies the third signal.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program, the control program, when executed by a processor, causes a computer to perform a process comprising:
detecting a current value of a direct current (DC) motor;
transmitting the current value to both a first current detection system and a second current detection system;
outputting, by the first current detection system to an operation amplifier, one of a first signal or a second signal, the first signal indicating the current value of the DC motor, and the second signal being the first signal amplified;
generating, in the second current detection system, a third signal indicating the current value of the DC motor;
outputting, by the second current detection system to the operation amplifier, the third signal amplified as a fourth signal;
amplifying, by the operation amplifier, a first difference between a speed signal indicating a moving speed of the DC motor and one of the first or second signals;
amplifying, by the operation amplifier, a second difference between the speed signal and the fourth signal;
outputting, to a controller, the amplified first and second differences; and

controlling the DC motor based on the amplified first difference or the amplified second difference, wherein when the first signal is amplified in the first current detection system, the first current detection system amplifies the first signal by a gain smaller than that by which the second current detection system amplifies the third signal.

Assignees

• Mitutoyo Corp

Inventors

• Terashita Yo
• Usui Tomohiro

Classifications

• H02P7/06 Primary

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• H02P23/20 Primary

  Controlling the acceleration or deceleration · CPC title