Motor control apparatus for controlling motor based on counter-electromotive voltage generated in winding of motor

• US 10,097,116 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2016
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Hamada, Shuhei, Kiyama, Kota, Naoi, Masaaki, Miyazawa, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Santana, Eduardo Colon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bouziane, Said
• Application Number:
  US15/258,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20170077850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/24 Vector control not involving the use of rotor position or rotor speed sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/17 and for generating speed information
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/182 using back-emf in windings

Abstract

A motor control apparatus includes: a unit configured to determine a counter-electromotive voltage in a winding of a motor; a unit configured to determine a rotational position of a rotor of the motor based on the counter-electromotive voltage; a unit configured to determine a first velocity of the rotor, based on change in the rotational position; a correction unit configured to obtain a second velocity by correcting the first velocity based on a harmonic component included in the first velocity; and a driving unit configured to drive the motor based on the second velocity and the rotational position. The correction unit includes a unit configured to obtain the second velocity by reducing error in the first velocity that occurs due to the harmonic component.

Claims

1. A motor control apparatus comprising:

a counter-electromotive voltage determiner configured to determine a counter-electromotive voltage that is generated in a winding of a motor;

a position determiner configured to determine a rotational position of a rotor of the motor based on the counter-electromotive voltage determined by the counter-electromotive determiner;

a velocity determiner configured to determine a first velocity, which is a rotational velocity of the rotor, based on a change amount of the rotational position in a predetermined period;

a controller configured to (i) calculate an average value of a plurality of first velocities determined by the velocity determiner in a state where the motor is controlled so that the rotor rotates with a predetermined velocity, (ii) calculate a difference value between the average value and one of the plurality of first velocities, and (iii) control a driving current flowing in the winding of the motor based on both the difference value and the first velocity determined by the velocity determiner;

a memory configured to store the difference value calculated by the controller; and

a corrector configured to obtain a second velocity by correcting the first velocity based on the difference value stored in the memory,

wherein the controller performs feedback control in which the driving current is controlled so that a deviation between an instructed velocity indicating a target velocity of the rotor of the motor and the second velocity is reduced.

2. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller calculates the difference value by subtracting the average value from one of the plurality of first velocities.

3. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the corrector obtains the second velocity by correcting the difference value according to the first velocity and subtracting the corrected difference value from the first velocity.

4. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first velocity and the difference value are associated with each rotational position determined by the position determiner, and

the corrector corrects the first velocity based on the difference value associated with each rotational position.

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

the memory stores the difference value in association with each rotational position determined by the position determiner, and

the corrector corrects the first velocity based on the difference value stored in the memory.

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

an average value of difference values corresponding to the same rotational position is stored in the memory.

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

a control gain of the feedback control when calculating the average value and the difference value is smaller than a control gain of the feedback when controlling current flowing in the winding of the motor.

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

the predetermined velocity when calculating the average value and the difference value is greater than a rotational velocity when controlling current flowing in the winding of the motor.

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

a drive current provided to the motor when calculating the average value and the difference value is made larger than the drive current provided to the motor when controlling current flowing in the winding of the motor.

10. A motor control apparatus comprising:

a counter-electromotive voltage determiner configured to determine a counter-electromotive voltage that is generated in a winding of a rotor of the motor;

a position determiner configured to determine a first position, which is a rotational position of a rotor, based on the counter-electromotive voltage determined by the counter-electromotive voltage determiner;

a controller configured to (i) calculate an average value of a plurality of first positions determined by the position determiner in a state where the rotor rotates with a predetermined velocity, (ii) calculate a difference value between the average value and one of the plurality of first positions, and (iii) control a driving current flowing in the winding of the motor based on the difference value;

a memory configured to store the difference value calculated by the controller;

a corrector configured to obtain a second position by correcting the first position based on the difference value stored in the memory; and

a velocity determiner configured to determine a rotational velocity of the rotor based on a change amount of the second position in a predetermined period, wherein the controller controls the driving current so that a deviation between an instructed position indicating a target position of the rotor of the motor and the second position is reduced.

11. The motor control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the controller calculates the difference value by subtracting, from one of the plurality of first positions, an average value of both the first position and a rotational position obtained based on the rotational velocity determined by the velocity determiner.

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

the memory stores the difference value in association with each first position, and

an average value of difference values corresponding to the same rotational position is stored in the memory.

13. The motor control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the memory stores the difference value in association with each first position,

the controller controls the driving current based on feedback, and

a control gain of the feedback control when calculating the average value and the difference value is smaller than a control gain of the feedback control when controlling current flowing in the winding of the motor.

14. The motor control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the memory stores the difference value in association with each first position, and

the predetermined velocity when calculating the average value and the difference value is greater than the rotational velocity when controlling current flowing in the winding of the motor.

15. The motor control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the memory stores the difference value in association with each first position, and

the driving current provided to the motor when calculating the average value and the difference value is larger than the driving current provided to the motor when controlling current flowing in the winding of the motor.