Electric power steering device

• US 9,573,616 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jtekt Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Jtekt Corporation (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Tamaizumi, Terutaka, Eki, Hirozumi, Kita, Masayuki, Namikawa, Isao, Nishimura, Akihiko, Hasegawa, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, KHOI H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peche, Jorge
• Application Number:
  US14/633,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20150251691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• Field of Search: 701/41, 701/42
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0412 the axes of motor and steering column being parallel
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0472 for damping vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 6/008 Control of feed-back to the steering input member, e.g. simulating road feel in steer-by-wire applications

Abstract

A control device in an electric power steering device calculates a first assist component based on steering torque and a vehicle speed. The control device also calculates a compensation component associated with an reverse input and calculates a steered angle command value based on an addition value of the compensation component and basic drive torque that is an addition value of the steering torque and the first assist component, produces a second assist component by performing steered angle feedback control that causes the steered angle of a vehicle to follow the steered angle command value. The control device controls drive of a motor based on an assist command value that is an addition value of the first assist component and the second assist component.

Claims

1. An electric power steering device comprising:

an assist mechanism that applies assist force from a motor to a steering mechanism of a vehicle; and

a control device, which includes a microcomputer, that controls drive of the motor based on an assist command value associated with a target value for the assist force, wherein

the control device includes;

a basic assist component calculator that calculates a first assist component serving as a basic component for the assist force based on steering torque applied by the steering mechanism in response to steering operation of the vehicle;

a compensation component calculator that calculates a compensation component associated with a reverse input acting on the steering mechanism from steered wheels of the vehicle; and

an assist command value calculator that calculates the assist command value by compensating the first assist component based on the compensation component, wherein;

the compensation component calculator includes;

a reverse input detection portion that detects or estimates the reverse input;

a filter that extracts a specific frequency component belonging to a certain frequency band from the detected or estimated reverse input; and

a phase adjustment portion that adjusts the phase of the specific frequency component extracted by the filter, wherein

the compensation component calculator calculates the compensation component based on the phase-adjusted specific frequency component.

2. An electric power steering device according to claim 1, wherein:

the control device further includes;

a steered angle command value calculator that calculates a steered angle command value associated with a target value for a steered angle of steered wheels of the vehicle based on the steering torque; and

a steered angle feedback control calculator that calculates a second assist component by performing steered angle feedback control that causes the steered angle of the steered wheels to follow the steered angle command value, and

the assist command value calculator is configured to calculate the assist command value based on an addition value of the first assist component and the second assist component, and change the assist command value based on the compensation component.

3. The electric power steering device according to claim 1, wherein:

the certain frequency band is a frequency band associated with a first reverse input component included in the reverse input and reflecting a road condition, and

the phase adjustment portion is configured to adjust the phase of the specific frequency component such that the degree of a phase shift between the first reverse input component in the steering mechanism and the assist force associated with the compensation component is 0°

.

4. The electric power steering device according to claim 1, wherein:

the certain frequency band is a frequency band associated with a second reverse component included in the reverse input and causing poor steering feel, and

the phase adjustment portion is configured to adjust the phase of the specific frequency component such that the degree of a phase shift between the second reverse input component in the steering mechanism and the assist force associated with the compensation component is 180°

.

5. The electric power steering device according to claim 1, wherein:

the compensation component calculator further includes a map calculator that calculates the compensation component from the phase-adjusted specific frequency component based on a map indicating a relation between the phase-adjusted specific frequency component and the compensation component.

6. The electric power steering device according to claim 2, wherein

the certain frequency band is a frequency band associated with a first reverse input component included in the reverse input and reflecting a road condition, and

the phase adjustment portion is configured to adjust the phase of the specific frequency component such that the degree of a phase shift between the first reverse input component in the steering mechanism and the assist force associated with the compensation component is 0°

.

7. The electric power steering device according to claim 2, wherein

the certain frequency band is a frequency band associated with a second reverse component included in the reverse input and causing poor steering feel, and

the phase adjustment portion is configured to adjust the phase of the specific frequency component such that the degree of a phase shift between the second reverse input component in the steering mechanism and the assist force associated with the compensation component is 180°

.

8. The electric power steering device according to claim 2, wherein

the compensation component calculator further includes a map calculator that calculates the compensation component from the phase-adjusted specific frequency component based on a map indicating a relation between the phase-adjusted specific frequency component and the compensation component.

9. The electric power steering device according to claim 1, wherein:

the phase adjustment portion is configured to adjust the phase of a first specific frequency component to a first predetermined degree, and is configured to adjust the phase of a second specific frequency component to a second predetermined degree.