Control device for electric motor vehicle and control method for electric motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9845022-B2
Application number	US-201415100928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2014
Priority date	Dec 2, 2013
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

A control device for electric motor vehicle configured to decelerate by a regenerative braking force of the motor detects an accelerator operation amount, calculates a motor torque command value and controls the motor on the basis of the calculated motor torque command value. Further, a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed is detected, and a feedback torque for stopping the electric motor vehicle is calculated on the basis of the detected speed parameter. Furthermore, the speed parameter is estimated in accordance with a state of the electric motor vehicle, and a feedforward torque is calculated on the basis of the estimated speed parameter. When accelerator operation amount is not larger than a predetermined value and the electric motor vehicle stops shortly, the motor torque command value is converged to zero on the basis of the feedback torque and the feedforward torque with a reduction in the traveling speed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for electric motor vehicle using a motor as a traveling drive source and configured to control vehicle speed from decelerating state to a stopped stated by a regenerative braking force of the motor, comprising:
an accelerator pedal for instructing acceleration, deceleration, and stop of the vehicle;
an accelerator operation amount detecting unit configured to detect an accelerator operation amount, the accelerator operation amount is a state of operation of the accelerator pedal;
a vehicle speed detecting unit configured to detect a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed of the electric motor vehicle;
a vehicle speed estimating unit configured to estimate the speed parameter in accordance with a state of the electric motor vehicle;
a feedback torque calculating unit configured to calculate a feedback torque for stopping the electric motor vehicle on the basis of the speed parameter detected by the vehicle speed detection unit;
a feedforward torque calculating unit configured to calculate a feedforward torque for compensating for a shortage of the feedback torque on the basis of the speed parameter estimated by the vehicle speed estimation unit, the feedforward torque being configured to shorten a braking distance by compensating for the shortage of the feedback torque;
a motor torque command value calculating unit configured to calculate a motor torque command value; and
a motor control unit configured to control the motor on the basis of the motor torque command value;
wherein the motor torque command value calculating unit converges the motor torque command value to zero on the basis of the feedback torque and the feedforward torque with a reduction in the traveling speed, when the pedal is operated so that the accelerator operation amount is to be a predetermined value or less and the electric motor vehicle stops shortly.

2. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the feedback torque calculating unit calculates the feedback torque by multiplying the speed parameter detected by the vehicle speed detection unit by a predetermined gain K 1 for distributing an allotment ratio of the feedback torque and the feedforward torque as torques by which a regenerative braking force of the motor is obtained;
the feedforward torque calculating unit calculates the feedforward torque by multiplying the speed parameter estimated by the vehicle speed estimating unit by a specific gain K 2 , the specific gain K 2 being set to be smaller in accordance with an increase in the predetermined gain K 1 ; and
the motor torque command value calculating unit sets a speed feedback torque obtained by adding the feedforward torque to the feedback torque as the motor torque command value when the accelerator operation amount is not larger than the predetermined value and the electric motor vehicle stops shortly.

3. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:
the predetermined gain K 1 is set at a value smaller than zero and larger than a total gain Kvref determined to converge the motor torque command value to zero; and
the specific gain K 2 is set at a value obtained by subtracting the predetermined gain K 1 from the total gain Kvref.

4. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vehicle speed estimating unit includes a feedforward compensator for estimating a rotation speed of the motor on the basis of a model Gp(s) of a transmission characteristic of torque input to the electric motor vehicle and the rotation speed of the motor and converging a motor torque estimated value to be input to the model Gp(s) to zero with a reduction in the rotation speed of the motor; and
the vehicle speed estimating unit obtains the rotation speed of the motor estimated by the feedforward compensator as the speed parameter.

5. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein:
the feedforward compensator calculates the motor torque estimated value by multiplying an estimated value of the rotation speed of the motor by a predetermined total gain Kvref, which is a negative value, and inputs the motor torque estimated value to the model Gp(s) and outputs the estimated value of the rotation speed of the motor.

6. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein:
the feedforward compensator uses a simplified model Gp′(s) as the model Gp(s) to apply predetermined low-pass filtering Hc(s) to the estimated value of the rotation speed of the motor to be output to the feedforward torque calculating unit, the simplified model Gp′(s) being expressed as a linear function, the linear function being obtained by simplifying the model Gp(s);
the feedforward compensator inputs the motor torque estimated value to the simplified model Gp′(s), the motor torque estimated value being obtained by multiplying the estimated value by the total gain Kvref, the estimated value being not subjected to the low-pass filtering Hc(s).

7. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first torque target value calculating unit configured to calculate a first torque target value on the basis of vehicle information;
a second torque target value calculating unit configured to calculate the speed feedback torque as a second torque target value;
a just-before-stop judgment torque calculating unit configured to calculate a just-before-stop judgment torque by multiplying the speed parameter detected by the vehicle speed detection unit by a predetermined total gain Kvref, which is a negative value; and
a torque comparison unit configured to compare the magnitudes of the first torque target value and the just-before-stop judgment torque, wherein:
the motor torque command value calculating unit judges that the vehicle stops shortly and switches the motor torque command value from the first torque target value to the second torque target value when judging that the just-before-stop judgment torque is larger than the first torque target value.

8. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a disturbance torque estimating unit configured to estimate a disturbance torque,
wherein the motor torque command value calculating unit converges the motor torque command value to the disturbance torque on the basis of the feedback torque and the feedforward torque with a reduction in the traveling speed when the accelerator operation amount is not larger than the predetermined value and the electric motor vehicle stops shortly.

9. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein:
the disturbance torque estimating unit estimates the disturbance torque to be a positive value on an uphill road and a negative value on a downhill road.

10. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein:
the disturbance torque estimation unit sets the disturbance torque at zero on a flat road.

11. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein:
the motor torque command value calculating unit calculates the sum of a speed feedback torque obtained by adding the feedforward torque to the feedback torque and the disturbance torque as the motor torque command value when the accelerator operation amount is not larger than the predetermined value and the electric motor vehicle stops shortly.

12. The control device for electric motor vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a first torque target value calculating unit configured to calculate a first torque target value

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Komatsu Hiroyuki
• Ito Ken
• Nakajima Takashi
• Katsumata Yuji
• Sawada Akira

Classifications

• B60W2050/0008

  Feedback, closed loop systems or details of feedback error signal · CPC title

• B60W30/20

  Reducing vibrations in the driveline · CPC title

• B60L2240/429

  Current · CPC title

• B60L2260/44

  by parameter estimation · CPC title

• B60L15/2018

  for braking on a slope · CPC title