Method and apparatus for controlling a physical parameter
First Claim
1. A method of controlling an actual value of a physical parameter to a target value, comprising the steps of:
- a) repetitively measuring, at time intervals, the deviation or difference of the actual value from the target value, hereinafter referred to as control deviation, and the sign of said difference, hereinafter referred to as control sign;
b) during or after each measurement, converting said control deviation into at least one electrical signal whose duration, referred to hereinafter as control deviation duration, is proportional to the absolute value of the control deviation, at least in a range near the target value and whose value is a function of the control sign;
c) controlling a charge on an analog electrical memory element as a function of said at least one electrical signal, during the control deviation duration; and
d) controlling said physical parameter as a function of said charge of said electrical memory element, thereby keeping the physical parameter within a predetermined desired range adjacent said target value.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for adjusting a real value (actual value) of a physical quantity to a preset value (target value) with the following steps:
(a) the difference between the target value and the actual value (referred to below as the control deviation) and its sign (referred to below as the control sign) is determined repeatedly at interval; (b) the control deviation is converted into at least one electrical signal during or after each measurement, and the duration thereof (referred to below as the control deviation duration) is proportional to the absolute value of the control deviation at least in the range of the target value, and the value thereof is a function of the control sign; (c) the charge of an analog electrical memory arrangement is affected by this at least one electrical signal during the control deviation duration; (d) depending on the value of the charge of the memory arrangement, the physical quantity is directly or indirectly affected to keep it in the range of the target value. Said control method, which is partially based on analog and partially on digital components produces, for a motor which uses a microprocessor for commutating or controlling, a rotation speed controller with a very simple structure.
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1. A method of controlling an actual value of a physical parameter to a target value, comprising the steps of:
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a) repetitively measuring, at time intervals, the deviation or difference of the actual value from the target value, hereinafter referred to as control deviation, and the sign of said difference, hereinafter referred to as control sign; b) during or after each measurement, converting said control deviation into at least one electrical signal whose duration, referred to hereinafter as control deviation duration, is proportional to the absolute value of the control deviation, at least in a range near the target value and whose value is a function of the control sign; c) controlling a charge on an analog electrical memory element as a function of said at least one electrical signal, during the control deviation duration; and d) controlling said physical parameter as a function of said charge of said electrical memory element, thereby keeping the physical parameter within a predetermined desired range adjacent said target value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Method of controlling a physical parameter to a target value, comprising the following steps:
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a) determining the absolute value and the sign or direction (positive or negative) of the control deviation (ε
) of the physical parameter measured by taking the deviation between the actual value and the target value of the physical parameter;b) converting said control deviation according to a predetermined computing rule into binary or ternary electrical signals; c) processing said binary or ternary electrical signals to control currents, to and from an analog electrical memory element; and d) controlling said physical parameter as a function of a charge state of said analog electrical memory element, thereby keeping the physical parameter within a predetermined desired range adjacent said target value. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. Method of controlling the rotation speed of a motor having a rotor and a stator, comprising the steps of,
a) at a predetermined first angular position (FIG. 10: - α
1) of the rotor relative to the stator, starting a change, in the charge of a first memory element (34), as a function of time;b) determining a measurement instant (FIG. 8;
t1;
FIG. 10;
t7) at which the charge (u34) of the first memory element (34) reaches a predetermined value ("target value");c) if the measurement instant (FIG. 8;
t1) occurs before a second measurement point (FIG. 8;
t2) at which the rotor during operation has covered a predetermined angular interval (FIG. 10;
β
) relative to the first angular position (FIG. 10;
α
1), changing the charge of a second memory element (84), as a function of time in a time interval (FIG. 8;
t1 to t2) from the measurement instant to the second measurement point, in a predetermined direction;d) if the measurement point (FIG. 10;
t7) occurs later than the second measurement instant (FIG. 10;
t6), changing the charge of a second memory element (84), as a function of time during the time interval between the two measurement instants (FIG. 10;
t6 to t7), in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction; ande) controlling the amount of energy supplied to the motor per unit time (FIG. 1;
FIG.
15) as a function of the value of the charge of the second memory element (84). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. Arrangement for carrying out a method of controlling a physical parameter to a predetermined target value by repetitively measuring, at time intervals, the deviation or difference of the actual value from the target value and the sign of said difference, hereinafter "control sign," converting said control deviation into an electrical signal whose duration, hereinafter referred to as control deviation duration, is proportional to the absolute value of said control deviation and whose value is a function of the control sign, controlling, during said control signal deviation, a charge on an analog electrical memory element as a function of said electrical signal, and controlling said physical parameter as a function of said charge on said electrical memory element, comprising
a microprocessor (20, 20'"'"'), wherein, during operation, there is executed in the microprocessor (20, 20'"'"') a program for converting a control deviation (ε - ) with a given value and sign into at least one electrical signal at at least one output (B1, B2;
B31, B32) of said microprocessor, the duration of the electrical signal being proportional to the absolute value and wherein the magnitude of the electrical signal has a discrete electrical value which depends on the sign. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- ) with a given value and sign into at least one electrical signal at at least one output (B1, B2;
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37. Motor for carrying out a method of controlling a physical parameter to a predetermined target value by repetitively measuring, at time intervals, the difference between the target value and the actual value, hereinafter "control deviation," and the sign of said difference, hereinafter "control sign," converting said control deviation into an electrical signal whose duration, hereinafter referred to as control deviation duration, is proportional to the absolute value of said control deviation and whose value is a function of the control sign, controlling, during said control signal deviation, a charge on an analog electrical memory element as a function of said electrical signal, and controlling said physical parameter as a function of said charge on said electrical memory element, comprising a microprocessor (20;
- 20'"'"'), wherein the output signals (B1, B2) of the microprocessor (20;
20'"'"') control the change in the charge of a second memory element (84;
504). - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
- 20'"'"'), wherein the output signals (B1, B2) of the microprocessor (20;
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