Motor control apparatus and motor control method

• US 9,684,616 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2014
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Haruyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): ABAD, FARLEY J
• Application Number:
  US14/193,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20140258580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/38 Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/32 using combination of interrupt and burst mode transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 23/0077 Characterised by the use of a particular software algorithm

Abstract

A motor control apparatus includes: a driving control unit that performs driving control of a motor in accordance with a drive command; an interrupt control unit that starts and executes interrupt processing for performing the driving control at an interrupt cycle; a first processing unit that executes same first processing every time the interrupt processing starts; and a second processing unit that selects and executes a different piece of processing from second processing every time the interrupt processing starts. The interrupt control unit executes at least one piece of the first processing before executing the second processing in the interrupt processing.

Claims

1. A motor control apparatus comprising:

a driving control unit configured to control at least one of a rotating position and a rotating speed of a motor in accordance with a drive command based on an encoded signal, the encoded signal changing periodically in accordance with the rotating position of the motor;

an interrupt control unit configured to start and execute interrupt processing for performing the driving control at an interrupt cycle;

a first processing unit configured to execute first processing that detects the rotating position of the motor based on the encoded signal; and

a second processing unit configured to select and execute second processing that outputs the drive command of the motor in accordance with the rotating position of the motor detected by the first processing unit, wherein

the interrupt control unit is configured to execute the first processing before executing the second processing in the interrupt processing.

2. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a target position generating unit that generates a target position, wherein

at least one of the first processing unit and the second processing unit further includes a first target speed generation unit that compares the target position with the rotating position and generates a first target speed in accordance with a comparison result,

the first processing unit further includes a speed comparison unit that acquires a difference of the rotating position at the interrupt cycle, calculates the rotating speed based on the acquired difference, and compares the calculated rotating speed with the first target speed so as to acquire a speed error, and

the second processing unit further includes a speed control unit that generates the drive command in accordance with the speed error.

3. The motor control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the target position generating unit generates the target position in accordance with an input signal from outside.

4. The motor control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

at least one of the first processing unit and the second processing unit further includes a second target speed generation unit that acquires a difference of the target position every time the interrupt processing starts a predetermined number of times, and generates a second target speed based on the acquired difference, and

the speed comparison unit compares a value obtained by adding the first target speed and the second target speed with the rotating speed so as to acquire the speed error.

5. The motor control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the first processing unit further includes a low-pass filter that extracts a low-frequency component of the rotating speed,

the speed comparison unit compares the low-frequency component extracted by the low-pass filter with a value obtained by adding the first target speed and the second target speed so as to acquire the speed error.

6. The motor control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the first processing unit further includes a low-pass filter that extracts a low-frequency component of the speed error acquired by the speed comparison unit, and

the speed control unit generates the drive command in accordance with the low-frequency component extracted by the low-pass filter.

7. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a third processing unit that executes third processing when the interrupt processing is not executed; and

a loop processing unit that causes the third processing to be executed every time the interrupt processing starts a predetermined number of times, wherein

the third processing unit determines an abnormal state in accordance with at least one of the drive command generated during the interrupt processing and the rotating position acquired during the interrupt processing.

8. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first processing unit executes same first processing every time the interrupt processing starts.

9. A motor control method comprising:

controlling at least one of a rotating position and a rotating speed of a motor in accordance with a drive command based on an encoded signal, the encoded signal changing periodically in accordance with the rotating position of the motor;

starting and executing interrupt processing for performing the driving control at an interrupt cycle;

executing first processing that detects the rotating position of the motor based on the encoded signal; and

selecting and executing second processing that outputs the drive command of the motor in accordance with the rotating position of the motor detected by the first processing unit, wherein

at the starting and executing of the interrupt processing, the first processing is executed before executing the second processing in the interrupt processing.

10. The motor control method according to claim 9, further comprising:

generating a target position, wherein

at least one of the first processing and the second processing further includes comparing the target position with the rotating position and generating a first target speed in accordance with a comparison result,

the first processing further includes acquiring a difference of the rotating position at the interrupt cycle, calculating the rotating speed based on the acquired difference, and comparing the calculated rotating speed with the first target speed so as to acquire a speed error, and

the second processing further includes generating the drive command in accordance with the speed error.

11. The motor control method according to claim 10, wherein the generating the target position generates the target position in accordance with an input signal from outside.

12. The motor control method according to claim 10, wherein

at least one of the first processing and the second processing further includes acquiring a difference of the target position every time the interrupt processing starts a predetermined number of times, and generating a second target speed based on the acquired difference, and

the acquiring the speed error includes comparing a value obtained by adding the first target speed and the second target speed with the rotating speed so as to acquire the speed error.

13. The motor control method according to claim 12, wherein

the first processing further includes extracting, via a low-pass filter, a low-frequency component of the rotating speed, and

the acquiring the speed error includes comparing the low-frequency component extracted by the low-pass filter with a value obtained by adding the first target speed and the second target speed so as to acquire the speed error.

14. The motor control method according to claim 12, wherein

the first processing further includes extracting, via a low-pass filter, a low-frequency component of the speed error, and

the generating the drive command generates the drive command in accordance with the low-frequency component extracted by the low-pass filter.

15. The motor control method according to claim 9, further comprising:

executing third processing when the interrupt processing is not executed; and

causing the third processing to be executed every time the interrupt processing starts a predetermined number of times, wherein

the third processing determines an abnormal state in accordance with at least one of the drive command generated during the interrupt processing and the rotating position acquired during the interrupt processing.

16. The motor control method according to claim 9, wherein the first processing executes same first processing every time the interrupt processing starts.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in which computer-readable program codes are stored, wherein the program codes when executed cause a computer to execute:

controlling at least one of a rotating position and a rotating speed performing driving control of a motor in accordance with a drive command based on an encoded signal, the encoded signal changing periodically in accordance with the rotating position of the motor;

starting and executing interrupt processing for performing the driving control at an interrupt cycle;

executing first processing that detects the rotating position of the motor based on the encoded signal; and

selecting and executing second processing that outputs the drive command of the motor in accordance with the rotating position of the motor detected by the first processing unit, wherein

at the starting and executing of the interrupt processing, the first processing is executed before executing the second processing in the interrupt processing.