Apparatus and method for controlling compressor

• US 9,937,773 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2016
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Jung, Tae Hun, Kwon, Hyuck Yong, Seo, Jeong Sik, Moon, Jaeyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAN QUANG
• Application Number:
  US15/360,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20180043753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 701 36
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/3208 Vehicle drive related control of the compressor drive means, e.g. for fuel saving purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/3255 related to temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/3266 related to the operation of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/3272 to control the revolving speed of a compressor

Abstract

A compressor control apparatus may include a data detector detecting status data including at least one of vehicle speed, engine speed, accelerator pedal location value, and slope way measurement value; and controller that determines whether engine speed and accelerator pedal location value of the status data satisfy oscillation acceleration entering condition, if the vehicle speed exists in predetermined range and that sets basic operation rate of compressor according to the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value, if engine speed and accelerator pedal location value of the status data satisfy oscillation acceleration entering condition and that generates final operation rate of the compressor using the basic operation rate, slope way constant according to the slope way measurement value, and air temperature compensation constant according to air temperature and that controls operation of the compressor based on the final operation rate.

Claims

1. A compressor control apparatus, comprising:

a data detector that detects status data comprising at least one of a vehicle speed, an engine speed, an accelerator pedal location value, and a slope way measurement value; and

a controller that determines whether an engine speed and an accelerator pedal location value of the status data satisfy an oscillation acceleration entering condition, when the vehicle speed exists in a predetermined range and that sets a predetermined operation rate of a compressor according to the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value, when the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value of the status data satisfy the oscillation acceleration entering condition and that generates a final operation rate of the compressor using the predetermined operation rate, a slope way constant according to the slope way measurement value, and an air temperature compensation constant according to an air temperature and that controls operation of the compressor based on the final operation rate.

2. The compressor control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller determines first to third slope way constants through a predetermined correction table, when the slope way measurement value is equal to or larger than a reference value, selects a slope way constant according to at least one of the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value among the first to third slope way constants, and generates the final operation rate of the compressor using a predetermined operation rate of the compressor, a selected slope way constant, and the air temperature compensation constant.

3. The compressor control apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller selects a first slope way constant, when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a first range among the first to third slope way constants, selects a second slope way constant, when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a second range, and selects a third slope way constant, when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a third range or when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a fourth range and when an engine speed corresponds to a fifth range.

4. The compressor control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller sets the predetermined operation rate of the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value through a predetermined oscillation operation table.

5. The compressor control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller filters a slope way measurement value based on the slope way measurement value and a predetermined filter constant and determines a slope way constant using the filtered slope way measurement value.

6. The compressor control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller determines first to third slope way constants using an air temperature, when the slope way measurement value is not input from the data detector.

7. The compressor control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether a passing acceleration entering condition is satisfied based on the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value, when the vehicle speed does not exist within a predetermined range, and sets a final operation rate using the predetermined operation rate of the compressor according to the accelerator pedal location value, when a passing acceleration entering condition is satisfied.

8. The compressor control apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller sets the predetermined operation rate of the compressor according to the accelerator pedal location value through a predetermined passing operation table, when the passing acceleration entering condition is satisfied and sets the final operation rate of the compressor using the predetermined operation rate of the compressor and a compensation constant according to the air temperature.

9. A method of controlling a compressor, the method comprising:

determining whether a vehicle speed exists in a predetermined range;

determining, when the vehicle speed exists in the predetermined range, whether an oscillation acceleration entering condition is satisfied based on a measured engine speed and accelerator pedal location value;

setting, when the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value satisfy the oscillation acceleration entering condition, a predetermined operation rate of the compressor according to the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value;

generating a plurality of slope way constants using a slope way measurement value;

selecting a slope way constant according to the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value among the plurality of slope way constants;

generating a final operation rate of the compressor using at least one of the predetermined operation rate of the compressor, a selected slope way constant, and an air temperature compensation constant according to an air temperature; and

controlling operation of the compressor based on the final operation rate.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining of whether the oscillation acceleration entering condition is satisfied comprises:

determining an oscillation condition table comprising an enterable location reference value according to a predetermined engine speed;

determining a location reference value according to the engine speed that is measured through the oscillation condition table; and

determining whether the oscillation acceleration entering condition is satisfied by determining whether the accelerator pedal location value is equal to or larger than a location reference value.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the setting of the predetermined operation rate of the compressor comprises:

determining an oscillation operation table comprising an operation rate according to a predetermined engine speed and accelerator pedal location value; and

extracting an operation rate that is matched to the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value that are measured through the oscillation operation table and setting the operation rate to the predetermined operation rate.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of slope way constants comprise first to third slope way constants, and

wherein the selecting of the slope way constant according to the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value among the plurality of slope way constants comprises:

one of

selecting, when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a first range, a first slope way constant;

selecting, when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a second range, a second slope way constant; and

selecting, when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a third range or when the accelerator pedal location value corresponds to a fourth range and when the engine speed corresponds to a fifth range, a third slope way constant.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating a plurality of slope way constants using the slope way measurement value;

determining whether the slope way measurement value is equal to or larger than a slope way reference value; and

generating, when the slope way measurement value is equal to or larger than the slope way reference value, a plurality of slope way constants through a correction table.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a plurality of slope way constants using the slope way measurement value;

determining whether the slope way measurement value is input from an acceleration sensor;

determining the air temperature, when the slope way measurement value is not input from the acceleration sensor; and

determining a plurality of slope way constants using the air temperature.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining of the plurality of slope way constants using the slope way measurement value comprises:

filtering the slope way measurement value; and

determining the plurality of slope way constants using the filtered slope way measurement value.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating of the final operation rate of the compressor comprises generating the final operation rate of the compressor by performing multiplication determination of the predetermined operation rate of the compressor, a slope way constant, and the air temperature compensation constant.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

after determining whether the vehicle speed exists in the predetermined range,

determining, when the vehicle speed does not exist within the predetermined range, whether the measured engine speed and accelerator pedal location value satisfy the passing acceleration entering condition;

generating, when the engine speed and the accelerator pedal location value satisfy a passing acceleration entering condition, the final operation rate using the predetermined operation rate of the compressor according to the accelerator pedal location value; and

controlling operation of the compressor based on the final operation rate.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the generating of the final operation rate using the predetermined operation rate of the compressor according to the accelerator pedal location value comprises:

determining a passing operation table comprising an operation rate according to a predetermined accelerator pedal location value;

extracting an operation rate that is matched to the accelerator pedal location value that is measured through the passing operation table and setting the operation rate to the predetermined operation rate of the compressor; and

generating the final operation rate using the predetermined operation rate of the compressor and the air temperature compensation constant according to the air temperature.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining whether the passing acceleration entering condition is satisfied;

determining a passing condition table comprising an enterable location reference value according to a predetermined engine speed;

determining a location reference value according to a measured engine speed through the passing condition table; and

determining whether a passing acceleration entering condition is satisfied by determining whether the accelerator pedal location value is equal to or larger than a location reference value.