Control device

• US 8,587,237 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2011
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Yasuhiko, Izawa, Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Santana, Eduardo Colon
• Assistant Examiner(s): CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L
• Application Number:
  US13/238,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20120081051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 318/400.23, 318/611, 318/430, 318/432, 318/67, 318/139, 318/448, 318/460, 180/446, 180/197, 180/65.25, 180/65.285, 180/65.29, 180/65.27, 180/282, 180/65.26, 701/69, 701/159, 701/51, 701/54, 701/41, 701/31.4, 701/22, 701/37, 701/42, 743/35, 743/30, 743/33, 477/109, 477/5, 477/8, 477/6, 123/90.15, 123/192.1, 303/159
• US Class Current: 318/400.23
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/145 Structure borne vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/00 Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/11 using model predictive control [MPC] strategies, i.e. control methods based on models predicting performance utilising navigation and traffic information in the control strategy B60W20/12
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2030/206 related or induced by the engine
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/088 Inertia
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/083 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/30 Wheel torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/20 Reducing vibrations in the driveline
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A control device configured with an external input estimator that reduces a vibration component of a rotational speed of the power transfer system at a rotational speed of the rotary electric machine and estimates transfer system input torque on the basis of the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, and that estimates external input torque by subtracting at least output torque of the rotary electric machine from the transfer system input torque. A low-vibration speed calculator calculates a low-vibration rotational speed on the basis of the external input torque and vehicle required torque. A rotational speed controller calculates feedback command torque that matches the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine with the low-vibration rotational speed. A torque command value calculator calculates an output torque command value on the basis of the vehicle required torque and the feedback command torque.

Claims

1. A control device that controls a rotary electric machine that is provided in a power transfer system from a drive force source for a vehicle to wheels and serves as the drive force source, the control device comprising:

an external input estimator that reduces a vibration component of a rotational speed of the power transfer system at a rotational speed of the rotary electric machine and estimates transfer system input torque, which is torque input to the power transfer system, on the basis of the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, and that estimates external input torque, which is input from the wheels to the power transfer system, by subtracting at least output torque of the rotary electric machine from the transfer system input torque;

a low-vibration speed calculator that calculates a low-vibration rotational speed, which is a rotational speed obtained by reducing a vibration component produced in the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, on the basis of the external input torque and vehicle required torque, which is torque required to drive the wheels;

a rotational speed controller that calculates feedback command torque that matches the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine with the low-vibration rotational speed; and

a torque command value calculator that calculates an output torque command value, which is a command value of the output torque of the rotary electric machine, on the basis of the vehicle required torque and the feedback command torque.

2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the external input estimator estimates the transfer system input torque by performing, on the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, a multiplication process using a moment of inertia of the power transfer system, a differential computation process, and signal processing for reducing at least a vibration component of the power transfer system, and estimates the external input torque by subtracting the output torque of the rotary electric machine from the transfer system input torque; and

the low-vibration speed calculator calculates the low-vibration rotational speed by performing, on torque obtained by adding the external input torque and the vehicle required torque, a division process using the moment of inertia of the power transfer system and an integral computation process.

3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the rotary electric machine is selectively drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine serving as the drive force source in accordance with an engagement state of an engagement device; and

at least during a change in transfer torque capacity of the engagement device, the external input estimator holds the external input torque estimated before the change in transfer torque capacity of the engagement device.

4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the rotary electric machine is selectively drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine serving as the drive force source in accordance with an engagement state of an engagement device; and

in a slipping engagement state, in which a transfer torque capacity is produced with a difference in rotational speed between engagement members of the engagement device, the external input estimator estimates the external input torque by subtracting the output torque of the rotary electric machine and slipping torque, which is transfer torque of the engagement device, from the transfer system input torque.

5. The control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the rotary electric machine is selectively drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine serving as the drive force source in accordance with an engagement state of an engagement device; and

the rotational speed controller calculates the feedback command torque during at least a part of a period since the transfer torque capacity starts being produced between engagement members of the engagement device until a direct engagement state, in which rotational speeds of the engagement members of the engagement device match each other, is established in order to start the internal combustion engine through torque transfer from the rotary electric machine to the internal combustion engine via the engagement device.

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

the rotary electric machine is drivably coupled to the wheels via a speed change mechanism with a changeable speed ratio; and

during an operation to change the speed ratio performed by the speed change mechanism, the external input estimator estimates wheel-side input torque, which is torque input to a side of the wheels, on the basis of an output rotational speed, which is a rotational speed of an output member provided on the side of the wheels with respect to the speed change mechanism in the power transfer system, in place of the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, estimates wheel-side external input torque, which is input from the wheels to the output member, by subtracting the output torque of the rotary electric machine or torque obtained by multiplying the vehicle required torque by the speed ratio from the wheel-side input torque, and estimates the external input torque by dividing the wheel-side external input torque by the speed ratio.

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

the rotary electric machine is drivably coupled to the wheels via a speed change mechanism with a changeable speed ratio; and

the external input estimator includes a plurality of speed ratio-specific estimators having different constants set for each speed ratio, each of the speed ratio-specific estimators is configured to calculate the external input torque for each speed ratio in parallel, and during an operation to change the speed ratio performed by the speed change mechanism, the speed ratio-specific estimator corresponding to the speed ratio before the speed change operation holds the external input torque estimated before the speed change operation.

8. The control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the rotary electric machine is selectively drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine serving as the drive force source in accordance with an engagement state of an engagement device; and

in a direct engagement state, in which a transfer torque capacity is produced with no difference in rotational speed between engagement members of the engagement device, the external input estimator estimates the external input torque by subtracting the output torque of the rotary electric machine and output torque of the internal combustion engine from the transfer system input torque.

9. The control device according to claim 1, wherein

the external input estimator estimates the transfer system input torque by performing, on the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, signal processing set on the basis of an inverse of characteristics of transfer from the output torque of the rotary electric machine to the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine, and estimates the external input torque by subtracting the output torque of the rotary electric machine from the transfer system input torque.

10. The control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the rotary electric machine is selectively drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine serving as the drive force source in accordance with an engagement state of an engagement device, and drivably coupled to the wheels via a speed change mechanism with a changeable speed ratio; and

control constants of the external input estimator, the low-vibration speed calculator, and the rotational speed controller are changed in accordance with one or both of the engagement state of the engagement device and the speed ratio of the speed change mechanism.

11. The control device according to claim 1, wherein

the low-vibration speed calculator sets an initial value of the low-vibration rotational speed to a rotational speed obtained by performing a filtering process for reducing the vibration component of the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine on the rotational speed of the rotary electric machine.