Motor drive device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9639171-B2
Application number	US-201214343057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2012
Priority date	Sep 21, 2011
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

In a motor drive device ( 1 ) the motor driving setting of which is performed by a setting display unit ( 20 ), the setting display unit ( 20 ) displays a setting content of a setting item when the setting content of the setting item is changed, and further displays related information (an input value, an output detection value, a computed value calculated by the controller) of at least one or more related items, which are related to the setting item. By using the setting display unit which simultaneously displays the setting content and the related information necessary for setting, it is possible to set the motor drive device ( 1 ) easily and quickly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor drive device that is set by a setting display unit, the setting display unit comprising:
a means for displaying a setting content of a setting item and further displaying related information of at least one or more related items, which are related to the setting item, based on the related items, the related information and the number of the related items, wherein the related items are registered in advance in association with the setting item, and
wherein the contents of the related information are changed in conjunction with an operation for changing the setting content of the setting item.

2. A motor drive device comprising a setting display unit and a drive device body, the motor drive device being set by the setting display unit,
the drive device body comprising:
a storage section, wherein at least one or more related items are registered in association with the first setting item in the storage section; and
a motor drive controller connected to the storage section,
the setting display unit comprising:
an operation section that selects the setting item and changes the setting content of the selected setting item;
a display section that displays the setting item, the setting content of the setting item, the related items, and related information of the related items; and
a setting display controller connected to the operation section, the display section, and the motor drive controller, and
wherein when the motor drive device is being set by the setting display unit, the setting display controller functions as:
a setting content change means for receiving change of the setting content;
a setting content notification means for notifying the motor drive controller of the changed setting content;
a related information request means for requesting the motor drive controller to notify the setting display controller of related information that is changed according to the changed setting content;
a display means for displaying the related information, which is notified from the motor drive controller, on the display section; and
a decision means for deciding the setting content, wherein the setting display controller functions as the decision means after repeatedly functioning as the setting content change means, the setting content notification means, the related information request means, and the display means.

3. The motor drive device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the display section comprises:
a first display section that is formed of a 7-Segment LED; and
a second display section that is formed of a liquid-crystal display, and
wherein the setting display controller functions as:
a display means for causing the first display section to display the setting content or the related information, which is related to a numerical value and for causing the second display section to display the setting content or the related information, which is related to a numerical value, a letter or a figure.

4. The motor drive device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the related information of the related item is at least one of an input value that is obtained by detecting an input from the outside, a detection value that is obtained by detecting an output, a computed value that is calculated by the motor drive controller, and a graph that is generated by the motor drive controller.

5. The motor drive device according to claim 4 , wherein the input value, the detection value, or the computed value of the related information is the current value.

6. The motor drive device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the input value, the detection value, or the computed value of the related information is the maximum value or the minimum value in a certain period.

7. The motor drive device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the graph of the related information is a graph that extends between the minimum value and the maximum value provided to represent the entirety.

8. The motor drive device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the input value, the detection value, or the computed value of the related information is the current value, and
wherein the graph of the related information is a graph that is obtained by plotting the input value, the detection value, or the computed value on a line extending between the minimum value and the maximum value provided to represent the entirety.

9. The motor drive device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the input value of the related information is an analog voltage signal, an analog current signal, a pulse signal, or other input signals that are input to the motor drive device.

10. The motor drive device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the detection value of the related information is an output frequency, an output current, an output voltage, or other output signals that represent an operation state of the motor drive device.

11. The motor drive device according to claim 4 , wherein when the setting item is a conversion factor such as a gain or an offset, the computed value of the related information is a computed value that represents a conversion result of an input/output signal or an operation state of the motor drive device according to the conversion factor.

Assignees

• YAYAMA Takahiro
• Fuji Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• YAYAMA Takahiro

Classifications

• H02P27/00

  Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage (of two or more motors H02P5/00; of synchronous motors with electronic commutators H02P6/00; of DC motors H02P7/00; of stepping motors H02P8/00) · CPC title

• G06F3/02 Primary

  Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials · CPC title

• H02P29/40

  Regulating or controlling the amount of current drawn or delivered by the motor for controlling the mechanical load · CPC title

• H02P29/00 Primary

  Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors, appropriate for both AC and DC motors (arrangements for starting electric motors H02P1/00; arrangements for stopping or slowing electric motors H02P3/00; control of motors that can be connected to two or more different electric power supplies H02P4/00; regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors H02P5/00; vector control H02P21/00) · CPC title