Abnormality monitoring device for motor control system
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1. An abnormality monitoring device for an motor control system, comprising:
- a control section configured to generate a PWM control signal to control a motor;
a driving section configured to generate a PWM driving signal based on the PWM control signal to drive the motor;
a counting section configured to count pulse periods of the PWM driving signal output from the driving section; and
an abnormality judging section configured to determine whether the driving section is functioning abnormally based on the PWM control signal and a counting result produced by the counting section.
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Abstract
An abnormality monitoring device monitors a PWM driving signal output from a driving section of an associated motor control system to judge whether the driving section is operating abnormally. By monitoring the output of the driving section, the monitoring device can detect an abnormality of the driving section before the motor can respond to the abnormal drive signal to a significant degree (e.g., to a degree readily discernable to a rider of a motorcycle on which the motor control system is employed in combination with an electronic throttle system).
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16 Claims
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1. An abnormality monitoring device for an motor control system, comprising:
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a control section configured to generate a PWM control signal to control a motor;
a driving section configured to generate a PWM driving signal based on the PWM control signal to drive the motor;
a counting section configured to count pulse periods of the PWM driving signal output from the driving section; and
an abnormality judging section configured to determine whether the driving section is functioning abnormally based on the PWM control signal and a counting result produced by the counting section.
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2. An abnormality monitoring device for a motor control system, comprising:
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a control section which generates a PWM control signal to control a motor;
a driving section which generates a PWM driving signal based on the PWM control signal to drive the motor;
an edge detecting section which detects at least one edge of each pulse of the PWM driving signal output from the driving section;
a counting section which counts an edge period of the detected edge of each pulse detected by the edge detecting section;
a monitoring time setting section which sets a monitoring time to monitor the edge period based on the PWM control signal;
an edge period comparing section which compares the edge period counted by the counting section with the monitoring time set by the monitoring time setting section; and
an abnormality judging section which judges whether or not the driving section is abnormal based on a comparison result of the comparing section. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An abnormality monitoring device for a motor control system, comprising:
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a control section which generates a PWM control signal to PWM-control a motor;
a driving section which generates a PWM driving signal based on the PWM control signal to drive the motor;
an edge detecting section which detects a rising (or falling) edge of each pulse of the PWM driving signal output from the driving section;
a counting section which counts an edge period of the rising (or falling) edge of each pulse detected by the edge detecting section;
a monitoring time setting section which sets a monitoring time to monitor the edge period based on the PWM control signal;
an edge period comparing section which compares the edge period counted by the counting section with the monitoring time set by the monitoring time setting section;
a duty detecting section which detects a duty value of the PWM driving signal based on the edge period counted by the counting section;
a duty comparing section which compares the duty value detected by the duty detecting section with a target duty value set in accordance with the PWM control signal; and
an abnormality judging section which judges whether or not the driving section is abnormal based on comparison results of the edge period comparing section and the duty comparing section. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An abnormality monitoring program for a motor control system that includes a control section which generates a PWM control signal to control a motor and a driving section which generates a PWM driving signal based on the PWM control signal to drive the motor, the program comprising the steps of:
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detecting an edge of each pulse of the PWM driving signal;
counting an edge period of the edge of each detected pulse;
setting a monitoring time to monitor the edge period based on the PWM control signal;
comparing the counted edge period with the set monitoring time; and
judging an abnormality of the driving section based on the comparison result.
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16. An abnormality monitoring program for a motor control system that includes a control section which generates a PWM control signal to control a motor and a driving section which generates a PWM driving signal based on the PWM control signal to drive the motor, the program comprising the steps of:
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detecting a rising or falling edge of each pulse of the PWM driving signal;
counting an edge period of the rising or falling edge of each detected pulse;
a monitoring time setting step of setting a monitoring time to monitor the edge period based on the PWM control signal;
comparing the counted edge period with the set monitoring time;
a duty value of each pulse based on the counted edge period;
comparing the detected duty value with a target duty value set in accordance with the PWM control signal; and
judging whether or not the driving section is abnormally operating based on comparison results of time and duty value.
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