Motor control device and seat control device for vehicle

• US 8,456,121 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2010
• Issued: 06/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Aikawa, Akira, Yuasa, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Paul, Antony M
• Application Number:
  US12/858,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20110043158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 318/266, 318/280, 318/286, 318/466, 318/467, 318/468, 318/469, 318/452, 388/800, 388/811, 388/842
• US Class Current: 318/469
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02246 Electric motors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0252 with relations between different adjustments, e.g. height of headrest following longitudinal position of seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0272 using sensors or detectors for detecting the position of seat parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3031 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3065 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60N2/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/856 movable to an inoperative or stowed position

Abstract

A motor control device, which includes a main control portion configured to actuate a motor, which displaces a driven object between a first position and a second position in an acceleration control mode in which a rotation speed of the motor gradually increases, in a deceleration control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor gradually decreases, and in a constant speed control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor is maintained at a constant level, and a displacement interference detection portion detecting that the displacement of the driven object is interfered using an actual rotation speed, which is the actual rotation speed of the motor, and an ideal rotation speed of the motor, on which a control result by the main control portion including a feedback control is reflected.

Claims

1. A motor control device, comprising:

a main control portion configured to actuate a motor, which displaces a driven object between a first position and a second position in an acceleration control mode in which a rotation speed of the motor gradually increases, in a deceleration control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor gradually decreases, and in a constant speed control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor is maintained at a constant level; and

a displacement interference detection portion detecting that the displacement of the driven object is interfered by using an actual rotation speed, which is the actual rotation speed of the motor, and an ideal rotation speed of the motor, on which a control result obtained by the main control portion including a feedback control is reflected;

wherein

the displacement interference detection portion includes a reference difference maintaining portion which maintains a difference between the ideal rotation speed and the actual rotation speed immediately before a control mode of the motor is shifted to the deceleration control mode as a reference difference, and a deceleration displacement interference detection portion detecting the interference of the displacement of the driven object when the motor is controlled in the deceleration control mode; and

wherein

the deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered based on a variation of a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed relative to the reference difference.

2. The motor control device, according to claim 1, wherein the driven object corresponds to a powered device which is applied to a vehicle.

3. The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the main control portion controls the motor by a pulse width modulation;

and wherein

the ideal rotation speed is calculated based on a function having a duty ratio of the pulse width modulation as a variable.

4. The motor control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a deceleration displacement interference detection portion detecting the interference of the displacement of the driven object when the motor is controlled in the deceleration control mode; and

wherein

the deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered using a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed.

5. The motor control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a deceleration displacement interference detection portion detecting the interference of the displacement of the driven object when the motor is controlled in the deceleration control mode; and

wherein

the deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered using a variation of a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed.

6. The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein

the displacement interference detection portion includes a maximum value maintaining portion which maintains a maximum value of the actual rotation speed when the motor is controlled in the acceleration control mode or the constant speed control mode, and a non-deceleration displacement interference detection portion which detects the interference of the displacement of the driven object when the motor is controlled in the acceleration control mode or the constant speed control mode;

and wherein

the non-deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered based on a difference between the latest actual rotation speed and the maximum value.

7. The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein

the displacement interference detection portion includes a common displacement interference detection portion which detects the interference of the displacement of the driven object irrespective of a control mode of the motor;

and wherein

the common displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered in a case where a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.

8. A motor control device, comprising:

a main control portion configured to actuate a motor, which displaces a powered device applied to a vehicle between a first position and a second position in an acceleration control mode in which a rotation speed of the motor gradually increases, in a deceleration control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor gradually decreases, and in a constant speed control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor is maintained at a constant level; and

a displacement interference detection portion detecting that the displacement of the powered device is interfered using an actual rotation speed, which is the actual rotation speed of the motor, and an ideal rotation speed of the motor, on which a control result by the main control portion including a feedback control is reflected, the displacement interference detection portion including a reference difference maintaining portion, which maintains a difference between the ideal rotation speed and the actual rotation speed immediately before a control mode of the motor is shifted to the deceleration control mode as a reference difference, and a deceleration displacement interference detection portion detecting the interference of the displacement of the powered device when the motor is controlled in the deceleration control mode;

wherein

the deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the powered device is interfered based on a variation of a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed relative to the reference difference.

9. A motor control device, comprising:

a main control portion configured to actuate a motor, which displaces a driven object between a first position and a second position in an acceleration control mode in which a rotation speed of the motor gradually increases, in a deceleration control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor gradually decreases, and in a constant speed control mode in which the rotation speed of the motor is maintained at a constant level; and

a displacement interference detection portion detecting that the displacement of the driven object is interfered by using an actual rotation speed, which is the actual rotation speed of the motor, and an ideal rotation speed of the motor, on which a control result obtained by the main control portion including a feedback control is reflected;

wherein

the displacement interference detection portion includes a maximum value maintaining portion which maintains a maximum value of the actual rotation speed when the motor is controlled in the acceleration control mode or the constant speed control mode, and a non-deceleration displacement interference detection portion which detects the interference of the displacement of the driven object when the motor is controlled in the acceleration control mode or the constant speed control mode; and

wherein

the non-deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered based on a difference between the latest actual rotation speed and the maximum value.

10. The motor control device, according to claim 9, wherein the driven object corresponds to a powered device which is applied to a vehicle.

11. The motor control device according to claim 9, wherein the main control portion controls the motor by a pulse width modulation;

and wherein

the ideal rotation speed is calculated based on a function having a duty ratio of the pulse width modulation as a variable.

12. The motor control device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a deceleration displacement interference detection portion detecting the interference of the displacement of the driven object when the motor is controlled in the deceleration control mode; and

wherein

the deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered using a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed.

13. The motor control device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a deceleration displacement interference detection portion detecting the interference of the displacement of the driven object when the motor is controlled in the deceleration control mode; and

wherein

the deceleration displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered using a variation of a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed.

14. The motor control device according to claim 9, wherein

the displacement interference detection portion includes a common displacement interference detection portion which detects the interference of the displacement of the driven object irrespective of a control mode of the motor;

and wherein

the common displacement interference detection portion detects that the displacement of the driven object is interfered in a case where a difference between the actual rotation speed and the ideal rotation speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.