Control strategy for an electric machine in a vehicle

• US 10,040,447 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Reynolds, William, Parks, Daniel Robert, Isayeva, Rimma, Butcher, Jonathan Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Isaac G
• Application Number:
  US13/646,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20140100726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,132 Days
• Field of Search: 701 21, 701 22, 701 291, 714 15, 714 23, 318563
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/445 Differential gearing distribution type
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/50 Control strategies for responding to system failures, e.g. for fault diagnosis, failsafe operation or limp mode
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0083 Setting, resetting, calibration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/0225 Failure correction strategy
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/032 Fixing failures by repairing failed parts, e.g. loosening a sticking valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A vehicle is provided including an electric machine and at least one controller. The controller, or controllers, are configured to, in response to a reset of the at least one controller while a speed of the vehicle is greater than a threshold value, provide a current command to the electric machine in accordance with calibration values calculated prior to the reset such that inoperability of the electric machine due to the reset is less than one second.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

an electric machine; and

a controller configured to, during driving and following a rolling reset of the controller,

bypass startup procedures and provide the electric machine a command adjusted based upon sensor calibration values identified prior to the rolling reset responsive to vehicle speed being greater than a threshold, and

undergo the startup procedures responsive to the vehicle speed being less the threshold.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the sensor calibration values are indicative of at least one electric machine source current offset value.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to a powertrain power up, calculate new calibration values once the vehicle is restarted following a powertrain power down and the vehicle speed being less than the threshold.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 wherein the controller is further programmed to conduct a diagnostic signal assessment of current signals received from the electric machine prior to providing a command to the electric machine.

5. A powertrain control system for a vehicle comprising:

an electric machine;

a first controller configured to supply a torque command; and

a second controller configured to generate a current sensor calibration value at vehicle startup, to provide a current command to the electric machine based on the torque command and the current sensor calibration value, to bypass a startup procedure following a rolling reset during driving responsive to a speed of the vehicle being greater than a threshold value, and to undergo the startup procedure following the rolling reset during driving responsive to the speed being less than the threshold value, wherein the first controller is further configured to minimize a duration of inoperability of the electric machine following the rolling reset during driving of the second controller based on storing the current sensor calibration value and providing the current sensor calibration value to the second controller responsive to the rolling reset during driving of the second controller and the speed being greater than the threshold value.

6. The control system of claim 5 wherein the current sensor calibration value is indicative of an electric machine source current sensor offset value that is used to adjust the current command.

7. The control system of claim 5 wherein the second controller is further configured to, responsive to a powertrain power up, identify new current sensor calibration values once the vehicle is restarted following a powertrain power down and the speed of the vehicle is less than the threshold value.

8. A method for controlling torque actuation of a hybrid-electric vehicle, the method comprising:

generating a current command signal for an electric machine to propel the vehicle based on a torque request;

in response to a vehicle startup, generating a current sensor calibration value indicative of a current command adjustment offset;

sending a signal to a first controller indicative of the current sensor calibration value;

storing the current sensor calibration value in a memory of the first controller;

in response to a rolling reset of a second controller during driving and a speed of the vehicle being greater than a threshold, prompting the second controller to bypass startup procedures and providing the current sensor calibration value to the second controller; and

in response to a rolling reset of the second controller during driving and the speed being less than the threshold, prompting the second controller to undergo the startup procedures.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the current sensor calibration value is generated by the second controller.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising sending a current command to the electric machine, wherein the current command is based on the current sensor calibration value.