Control system for opening or closing an opening-closing member
First Claim
1. A control system for opening or closing an opening-closing member, comprising:
- a driving means for driving said opening-closing member;
a first detecting means for detecting a driving acceleration of said driving means and generating a first signal indicative of the driving acceleration;
a second detecting means for detecting a driving voltage of said driving means and generating a second signal indicative of the driving voltage;
a first memory means for receiving said signals and for storing a correlation between said driving acceleration and said driving voltage based on said signals;
a second memory means for storing a previous driving voltage supplied to said driving means;
an acceleration threshold determining means for determining an acceleration threshold as a function of said previous driving voltage stored by said second memory means, a current driving voltage detected by said second detecting means and said correlation stored by said first memory means; and
a decision means for deciding whether said opening-closing member has encountered a foreign material as a function of said driving acceleration detected by said first detecting means and said acceleration threshold.
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Abstract
A control system for opening or closing an opening-closing member when a foreign material is caught by the opening-closing member. The event that the opening-closing member catches the foreign material is decided on the basis of a driving state of a motor for driving the opening-closing member such as a power window. For example, the event that the event of catching the foreign material is decided when a driving acceleration or a driving velocity is less than a predetermined threshold X or Y, respectively. Each of the thresholds X and Y is set basically on the basis of the previous driving acceleration and velocity of the opening-closing member. The thresholds X and Y are corrected on the basis of a condition exerting an influence upon the driving state of the motor, for example, on the basis of a driving voltage or a resistance to a sliding movement of the opening-closing member.
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13 Claims
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1. A control system for opening or closing an opening-closing member, comprising:
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a driving means for driving said opening-closing member; a first detecting means for detecting a driving acceleration of said driving means and generating a first signal indicative of the driving acceleration; a second detecting means for detecting a driving voltage of said driving means and generating a second signal indicative of the driving voltage; a first memory means for receiving said signals and for storing a correlation between said driving acceleration and said driving voltage based on said signals; a second memory means for storing a previous driving voltage supplied to said driving means; an acceleration threshold determining means for determining an acceleration threshold as a function of said previous driving voltage stored by said second memory means, a current driving voltage detected by said second detecting means and said correlation stored by said first memory means; and a decision means for deciding whether said opening-closing member has encountered a foreign material as a function of said driving acceleration detected by said first detecting means and said acceleration threshold. - View Dependent Claims (4, 7, 10, 11)
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2. A control system for opening or closing an opening-closing member, comprising:
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a driving means for driving said opening-closing member; a first detecting means for detecting a driving velocity of said driving means and generating a first signal indicative of the driving velocity; a second detecting means for detecting a driving voltage of said driving means and generating a second signal indicative of the driving voltage; a first memory means for receiving said signals and for storing a correlation between said driving velocity and said driving voltage based on said signals; a second memory means for storing a previous driving voltage supplied to said driving means; a velocity threshold determining means for determining a velocity threshold as a function of said previous driving voltage stored by said second memory means, a current driving voltage detected by said second detecting means and said correlation stored by said first memory means; and a decision means for deciding whether said opening-closing member has encountered a foreign material as a function of said driving velocity detected by said first detecting means and said velocity threshold. - View Dependent Claims (5, 8, 12)
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3. A control system for opening or closing an opening-closing member, comprising:
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a driving means for driving said opening-closing member; a first detecting means for detecting a driving acceleration of said driving means and generating a first signal indicative of the driving acceleration; a second detecting means for detecting a driving voltage of said driving means and generating a second signal indicative of the driving voltage; a third detecting means for detecting a driving velocity of said driving means and generating a third signal indicative of the driving voltage; a first memory means for receiving said signals and for storing a correlation between said driving acceleration and said driving voltage based on said signals; a second memory means for storing a previous driving voltage supplied to said driving means; a third memory means for storing a correlation between said driving velocity and said driving voltage; a first threshold determining means for determining an acceleration threshold as a function of said previous driving voltage stored by said second memory means, a current driving voltage detected by said second detecting means and said correlation stored by said first memory means; a first decision means for deciding whether said opening-closing member has encountered a foreign material as a function of said driving acceleration detected by said first detecting means and said acceleration threshold; a second threshold determining means for determining a velocity threshold as a function of said previous driving voltage stored by said second memory means, said current driving voltage detected by said second detecting means, and said correlation stored by said third memory means; a second decision means for deciding whether said opening-closing member has encountered the foreign material as a function of said driving velocity detected by said third detecting means and said velocity threshold; and a decision condition selecting means for making a decision by said first decision means when said driving velocity detected by said third detecting means is not constant and for making a decision by said second decision means when said driving velocity is constant. - View Dependent Claims (6, 9, 13)
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