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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9919617-B2
Application number	US-201515110603-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2015
Priority date	Jan 10, 2014
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A control device for electric motor vehicle using a motor as a traveling drive source and configured to decelerate by a regenerative braking force of the motor includes a motor torque command value setter configured to set a first torque target value for traveling based on the vehicle information as a motor torque command value for traveling based on the vehicle information before a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed of an electric motor vehicle becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, and set a second torque target value for stopping the electric motor vehicle and maintaining a vehicle stopped state as the motor torque command value when the speed parameter becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value, a motor controller configured to control the motor on the basis of the motor torque command value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an electric motor vehicle using an electric motor as a traveling drive source, comprising:
a motor controller configured to:
decelerate the electric motor vehicle by a regenerative braking force of the electric motor,
set a first torque target value for traveling based on vehicle information as a motor torque command value for traveling based on the vehicle information before a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed of the electric motor vehicle becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value,
set a second torque target value for stopping the electric motor vehicle and maintaining a vehicle stopped state as the motor torque command value when the speed parameter becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value, and
control the electric motor on the basis of the motor torque command value,

wherein the motor controller stops the electric motor vehicle and maintains the electric motor vehicle stopped state by the second torque target value as the motor torque command value when the speed parameter becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value.

2. The control device for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the motor controller is configured to determine whether the electric motor vehicle is at a just-before-stop moment, which is a point in time before the electric motor vehicle stops, and
wherein the motor controller determines that the just-before-stop moment has not been reached when the first torque target value is larger than the second torque target value, and determines that the just-before-stop moment has been reached when the second torque target value is larger than the first torque target value.

3. The control device for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the motor controller is configured to estimate a disturbance torque,
wherein the motor controller is configured to calculate a torque target value as the second torque target value, and
wherein the torque target value converges to the disturbance torque with a reduction in the speed parameter.

4. The control device for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the motor controller estimates the disturbance torque to be a positive value on an uphill road and a negative value on a downhill road.

5. The control device for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the motor controller zeros the disturbance torque on a flat road.

6. The control device for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the motor controller is configured to:
calculate a basic torque target value on the basis of the vehicle information, and
calculate the first torque target value by correcting the calculated basic torque target value on the basis of the disturbance torque.

7. The control device for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 6 ,
wherein the motor controller calculates a disturbance correction torque by multiplying the disturbance torque by a predetermined gain and calculates the first torque target value by adding the basic torque target value and the disturbance correction torque.

8. The control device for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 7 ,
wherein the motor controller calculates the disturbance correction torque by multiplying a product of the disturbance torque and the predetermined gain by a speed correction gain corresponding to the speed parameter, and
wherein the speed correction gain is 1 when the speed parameter is smaller than a first predetermined value, 0 when the speed parameter is larger than a second predetermined value larger than the first predetermined value, and a value not smaller than 0 and not larger than 1 and closer to 0 as the speed parameter increases when the speed parameter is not smaller than the first predetermined value and not larger than the second predetermined value.

9. A control method performed by a motor controller for an electric motor vehicle using an electric motor as a traveling drive source, the method comprising:
a step of decelerating the electric motor vehicle by a regenerative braking force of the motor;
a step of setting, by the motor controller, a first torque target value for traveling based on vehicle information as a motor torque command value before a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed of the electric motor vehicle becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, and setting a second torque target value as the motor torque command value when the speed parameter becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value; and
a step of controlling the electric motor on the basis of the motor torque command value,
wherein, in the step of controlling the electric motor, the electric motor vehicle is stopped and the electric motor vehicle stopped state is maintained by the second torque target value as the motor torque command value when the speed parameter becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value.

10. The control method performed by the motor controller for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 9 , the method further comprising:
a step of determining whether the electric motor vehicle is at a just-before-stop moment, which is a point in time before the electric motor vehicle stops,
wherein, in the step of determining, the electric motor vehicle is determined to have not reached the just-before-stop moment when the first torque target value is larger than the second torque target value, and the electric motor vehicle is determined just-before-stop moment has been reached when the second torque target value is larger than the first torque target value.

11. The control method performed by the motor controller for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a step of estimating a disturbance torque,
wherein a torque target value is calculated as the second torque target value, and
wherein the torque target value converges to the disturbance torque with a reduction in the speed parameter.

12. The control method performed by the motor controller for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 11 ,
wherein the disturbance torque is estimated as a positive value on an uphill road and as a negative value on a downhill road.

13. The control method performed by the motor controller for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 11 ,
wherein the disturbance torque is estimated as zero on a flat road.

14. The control method performed by the motor controller for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 11 ,
wherein a basic torque target value is calculated on the basis of the vehicle information, and
wherein the first torque target value is calculated by correcting the calculated basic torque target value on the basis of the disturbance torque.

15. The control method performed by the motor controller for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 14 ,
wherein a disturbance correction torque is calculated by multiplying the disturbance torque by a predetermined gain, and
wherein the first torque target value is calculated by adding the basic torque target value and the disturbance correction torque.

16. The control method performed by the motor controller for the electric motor vehicle according to claim 15 ,
wherein the disturbance correction torque is calculated by multiplying a product of the disturbance torque and the predetermined gain by a speed correction gain corresponding to the speed parameter, and
wherein the speed correction gain is 1 when the speed parameter is smaller than a first predetermine

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B60L2240/429

  Current · CPC title

• Y02T10/645

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60L2270/145

  Structure borne vibrations · CPC title

• B60L11/1803

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60L15/20

  for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed · CPC title