Motor control device and motor control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9748880-B2
Application number	US-201615074242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2016
Priority date	Mar 25, 2015
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A motor control unit having a motor structure that rotates a rotor by voltage excitation includes a photo interrupter, a slit rotation plate, a comparator, and an encoder circuit in order to obtain a position detection signal corresponding to a rotational phase of an output shaft. During a period of time from the motor stopping to the change of the output of an encoder circuit after the supply of a drive voltage waveform, a CPU supplies a drive voltage waveform that is advanced by an advance angle amount that has been set in advance to the motor, and after the change of the output of the encoder circuit, a drive signal by which the advance angle amount is controlled based on the output of the encoder circuit is supplied to the motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control device that performs drive control of a motor comprising:
an obtaining unit that is configured to obtain a position detection signal by which the output periodically changes due to a movement of a movable element of the motor; and
a control unit that is configured to supply a drive signal to the motor,
wherein, the control unit has a first mode for supplying a drive signal that is advanced by the amount of the advance angle that has been set to a value other than 0 degree in advance to the motor, and a second mode for supplying a drive signal by which the amount of the advance angle is controlled based on the position detection signal obtained by the obtaining unit to the motor,
wherein, when the drive signal is supplied and a period of time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal obtained by the obtaining unit, the control unit supplies the drive signal to the motor in the first mode, and
wherein, after the position detection signal obtained by the obtaining unit changes, the control unit supplies drive signal to the motor in the second mode.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, during the period, of tine from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal, the control unit supplies the drive signal to the motor based on a moving direction of the movable element of the motor in the first mode.

3. The motor control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein, during the period of time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal, the control unit supplies the drive signal based on the moving direction of the movable element of the motor to the motor such that acceleration torque of the motor becomes maximum in the first mode.

4. The motor control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the advance angle that has been set in advance is a 90 degree electrical angle.

5. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit determines a moving amount of the movable element during the period of time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal for the first time based on the drive signal supplied to the motor in a state in which the motor stops, measures time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal for the first time obtained by the obtaining unit, determines a first speed of the movable element during the change of the position detection signal for the first time, and supplies a drive signal by which the amount of the advance angle is controlled based on the first speed to the motor.

6. The motor control device according to claim 5 ,
wherein, after the change of the position detection signal obtained by the obtaining unit for the second time or the subsequent times, the control unit measures time from the latest change to the next change of the position detection signal, determines a second speed of the movable element during the next change of the position detection signal, and supplies the drive signal by which the amount of the advance angle is controlled based on the second speed to the motor.

7. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit supplies a sine wave drive signal to the motor.

8. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit obtains a current position based on the drive signal when the motor is stopped, and performs the first mode based on the current position depending on the drive signal.

9. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit supplies a wave drive signal to the motor, and performs the first mode based on information indicating a relationship between a plurality of positions in one period of a sine wave and a pulse width modulation value, and the current position depending on the drive signal.

10. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit determines a first speed of the mo able element during the change of the position detection signal for the first time based on a moving amount of the movable element during a period of time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal for the first time and time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal for the first time that has been obtained by the obtaining unit, and supplies the drive signal by which the amount of the advance angle is controlled based on the first speed to the motor.

11. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit switches a mode for supplying the drive signal to the motor from the first mode to the second mode based on the acquisition of the position detection signal by the obtaining unit.

12. A motor control device that performs drive control of a motor comprising:
an obtaining unit that is configured to obtain a position detection signal by which the output periodically changes due to a movement of a movable element of the motor; and
a control unit that is configured to supply a drive signal by which an amount of an advance angle is controlled based on the position detection signal obtained by the obtaining unit to the motor,
wherein the control unit determines a moving amount of he movable element during a period of time froze the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal for the first time, based on the drive signal supplied to the motor in a state in which the motor stops, measures time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal for the first time obtained by the obtaining unit, determines a first speed of the movable element during the change of the position detection signal for the first time, and supplies a drive signal by which the amount of the advance angle is controlled based on the first speed to the motor.

13. The motor control device according to claim 12 ,
wherein, after the change of the position detection signal obtained by the obtaining unit for the second time or the subsequent times, the control unit measures time from the latest change to the next change of the position detection signal, determines a second speed of the movable element during the next change of the position detection signal, and supplies a drive signal by which the amount of the advance angle is controlled based on the second speed to the motor.

14. A motor control method for obtaining a position detection signal by which the output periodically changes due to a movement of a movable element of a motor, and supplying a drive signal to the motor, the method comprising:
supplying, in a first mode, the drive signal that is advanced by the amount of the advance angle that has been set to a value other than 0 degree in advance,
supplying, in a second mode, a drive signal by which the amount of the advance angle is controlled based on the position detection signal to the motor,
performing the first mode, when the drive signal is supplied and a period of from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal, and
performing the second mode after the position detection signal changes.

15. A motor control method for obtaining a position detection signal by which the output changes periodically due to a movement of a movable element of a motor, and supplying a drive signal by which an advance angle amount is controlled based on the position detection signal that has been obtained to the motor, the method comprising:
determining a moving amount of the movable element during a period of time from the motor stopping to the change of the position detection signal for the first

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Mizuo Yoshihiro

Classifications

• H02P6/15

  Controlling commutation time · CPC title

• H02P8/10

  Shaping pulses for starting; Boosting current during starting · CPC title

• H02P8/04 Primary

  Arrangements for starting · CPC title