VIBRATION REDUCTION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS OF POWER TRAIN BY CONTROLLING MOTOR TORQUE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• US 20140046558A1
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Choong
• Granted Patent: US 8,909,442 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/54
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/20 for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/14 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/423 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/26 by pedal actuation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/145 Structure borne vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/04 including control of propulsion units
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vibration control method and apparatus of a power train in a vehicle for reducing the vibrations in a power train when driving on a protruded portion of a road surface using a motor torque control. The apparatus comprises a processor configured to determine the generation of vibrations in a power train as the vehicle passes on the protruded portions of the road surface; and calculate a compensation torque for a vibration reduction of the power train when vibrations occur in the power train as the vehicle passes on the protruded portions of the road surface.

Claims

1. A vibration reduction apparatus of a power train for controlling a motor torque of a vehicle, comprising:

a processor configured to;

generate a generation of vibrations in the power train as the vehicle passes on protruded portions of a road surface; and

calculate a compensation torque for a vibration reduction of the power train when vibrations occur in the power train as the vehicle passes on protruded portions of the road surface.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a vehicle body acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration signal of the vehicle wherein the vehicle body acceleration sensor is processed by a band-pass filter, and only a certain frequency band is passed therethrough, and the change ratio of an acceleration signal component of the passed frequency band is calculated in response to the processor determining that vibrations have been generated in the power train.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate a motor torque change due to the vibrations in the power train; and

calculate the motor torque change to a value less than a threshold value, in response to using a negative feedback control having a compensation torque added to control the motor torque.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate a model speed of a motor having no vibrations from the power train and the driving shaft; and

calculate zero speed deviation between the model speed of the motor and the actual speed, in response to using the negative feedback control to control the motor torque.

5. A vibration reduction method of a power train for controlling a motor torque of a vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, an acceleration signal of the vehicle from a vehicle body acceleration sensor by a band-pass filter, wherein only a certain frequency band is passed therethrough by the band-pass filter;

measuring, by the processor, a size of an acceleration signal component of a frequency band passed through the band-pass filter and determining an occurrence of vibrations in the power train when a change ratio per hour of the size of the acceleration signal component exceeds a threshold value;

calculating, by the processor, a compensation motor torque for reducing the vibrations of the power train when the vibrations occur in the power train as the vehicle passes on protruded portions of a road surface; and

applying, by the processor, the calculated compensation motor torque to the power train to compensate the vibrations in the power train.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the calculating of the compensation motor torque comprises:

detecting, by the processor, a motor measurement torque signal using a band-pass filter, wherein only a certain frequency band is passed therethrough; and

calculating, by the processor, the compensation motor torque to measure the size of the motor measurement torque signal component of the certain frequency band passed through the band-pass filter, to calculate the change of the motor torque due to the vibrations of the power train and to subtract the change of the motor torque based on the vibrations of the power train from the motor torque calculated according to a driving mode of the vehicle.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising detecting offset vibrations of the power train when the size of the motor torque change is less than a threshold vale, resulting in no compensation of the vibrations of the power train.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the threshold value is determined by:

[threshold value−

gain*(peak value of motor torque change after vehicle passed protruded portions of road surface)].

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

calculating, by the processor, a model speed of a motor having no vibrations of the power train and a driving shaft;

calculating, by the processor, an actual speed of the motor;

calculating, by the processor, a speed deviation mean value by obtaining a speed deviation between the model speed of the motor and the actual speed of the motor;

determining, by the processor, a motor torque compensation amount for reducing the vibrations of the power train; and

calculating, by the processor, zero speed deviation between the model speed of the motor and the actual speed, in response to using a negative feedback control to which the motor torque compensation is applied to compensate the vibrations of the power train.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the compensation motor torque is determined by:

[compensation torque=gain*((model speed−

actual speed)−

speed deviation mean value)].

11. The method of claim 5, wherein not performing by the processor the motor torque control for the vibration reduction of the power train, when any one of a motor control in operation for a traction control system, an ABS (Anti-lock Brake System), an electronic controlled suspension or an anti-jerk in the middle of a tip-in/-out are currently being executed.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions receiving an acceleration signal of the vehicle from a vehicle body acceleration sensor by a band-pass filter, wherein only a certain frequency band is passed therethrough by the band-pass filter;

program instructions measuring a size of an acceleration signal component of a frequency band passed through the band-pass filter and determining an occurrence of vibrations in the power train when a change ratio per hour of the size of the acceleration signal component exceeds a threshold value;

program instructions calculating a compensation motor torque for reducing the vibrations of the power train when the vibrations occur in the power train as the vehicle passes on protruded portions of a road surface; and

program instructions applying the calculated compensation motor torque to the power train to compensate the vibrations of the power train.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the program instructions calculating the compensation motor torque further comprise:

program instructions detecting a motor measurement torque signal using a band-pass filter, wherein only a certain frequency band is passed therethrough; and

program instructions calculating the compensation motor torque to measure the size of the motor measurement torque signal component of the certain frequency band passed through the band-pass filter, to calculate the change of the motor torque due to the vibrations of the power train and to subtract the change of the motor torque based on the vibrations of the power train from the motor torque calculated according to a driving mode of the vehicle.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising program instructions detecting offset vibrations of the power train when the size of the motor torque change is less than a threshold vale, resulting in no compensation of the vibrations of the power train.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, further comprising program instructions determining the threshold value by:

[threshold value=gain*(peak value of motor torque change after vehicle passed protruded portions of road surface)].

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

program instructions calculating a model speed of a motor having no vibrations of the power train and a driving shaft;

program instructions calculating an actual speed of the motor;

program instructions calculating a speed deviation mean value by obtaining a speed deviation between the model speed of the motor and the actual speed of the motor;

program instructions determining a motor torque compensation amount for reducing the vibrations of the power train; and

program instructions calculating zero speed deviation between the model speed of the motor and the actual speed, in response to using a negative feedback control to which the motor torque compensation is applied to compensate the vibrations of the power trains.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising program instructions determining the compensation motor torque by:

[compensation torque=gain*((model speed−

actual speed)−

speed deviation mean value)].

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising program instructions not performing the motor torque control for the vibration reduction of the power train, when any one of a motor control in operation for a traction control system, an ABS (Anti-lock Brake System), an electronic controlled suspension or an anti jerk in the middle of a tip-in/-out are currently being executed.