摘要:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control apparatus that is capable of making the whole control system robust not only with respect to motor parameter variations such as the temperature variation and the manufacturing unevenness but also with respect to disturbances while using a cheap and compact one-shunt type current detecting circuit and simultaneously diagnosing an estimation error and an electric power steering apparatus provide with the motor control apparatus. [Means for solving the problem] A motor control apparatus comprising a current detecting circuit to detect a current of a motor as a current detected-value, a drive control unit to drive and control the motor with duty based on a voltage command value determined based on at least a current command value, and a rotation detecting unit to detect an angle and an angular speed of the motor, wherein, the motor control apparatus further comprising: an adaptive current observer to identify parameter variations of an output model of the motor, to calculate a current estimated-value of the motor and to use the current estimated-value for a calculation of the voltage command value; an adaptive identifying diagnosis section to diagnose an estimation error of the current estimated-value outputted from the adaptive current observer; and a current-detection-impossible state detecting section to detect a current-detection-impossible state that a detection of the current detected-value is impossible, wherein the adaptive identifying diagnosis section diagnoses the estimation error of the current estimated-value based on the current estimated-value, the current detected-value, the angle and the current-detection-impossible state and controls the duty based on a diagnosis result.
摘要:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control apparatus that is capable of making the whole control system robust not only with respect to motor parameter variations such as the temperature variation and the manufacturing unevenness but also with respect to disturbances while using a cheap and compact one-shunt type current detecting circuit and simultaneously diagnosing an estimation error and an electric power steering apparatus provide with the motor control apparatus. [Means for solving the problem] A motor control apparatus comprising a current detecting circuit to detect a current of a motor as a current detected-value, a drive control unit to drive and control the motor with duty based on a voltage command value determined based on at least a current command value, and a rotation detecting unit to detect an angle and an angular speed of the motor, wherein, the motor control apparatus further comprising: an adaptive current observer to identify parameter variations of an output model of the motor, to calculate a current estimated-value of the motor and to use the current estimated-value for a calculation of the voltage command value; an adaptive identifying diagnosis section to diagnose an estimation error of the current estimated-value outputted from the adaptive current observer; and a current-detection-impossible state detecting section to detect a current-detection-impossible state that a detection of the current detected-value is impossible, wherein the adaptive identifying diagnosis section diagnoses the estimation error of the current estimated-value based on the current estimated-value, the current detected-value, the angle and the current-detection-impossible state and controls the duty based on a diagnosis result.
摘要:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a control unit of an electric power steering apparatus that configures a control system on the basis of a physical model of a rack (steering rack) mechanism, configures a model following control where an output of a controlled object follows an output of a reference model, makes a driver feel an appropriate reaction force, and suppresses uncomfortable feeling to the driver by pulling-tendency. [Means for solving the problem] A control unit of an electric power steering apparatus that assists and controls a steering system by driving a motor based on a current command value, comprises a configuration of a model following control setting a viscoelastic model for a rack displacement as a reference model; performs a feedback control which inputs a shaft force corresponding to a road surface reaction force, and generates a virtual reaction force, by the configuration of the model following control.
摘要:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a power state diagnosis method and a power state diagnosis apparatus that do not need to make a control period fast and also do not need to excessively increase a responsibility, and do not give an uncomfortable feeling to a driver. [Means for solving the problem] The present invention is a power state diagnosis method that diagnoses a power state of a vehicle which comprises an electrical control system supplied from a power supply and a motor controlled by a vector control method, comprising: starting a diagnosis of said power state at a time that an ignition key is switched from "OFF" to "ON" or at a time that said ignition key is switched from "ON" to "OFF", storing a value obtained by adding an offset to an angle of said motor that is read at a start of said diagnosis as a pseudo-motor-angle, performing said vector control based on said pseudo-motor-angle during said diagnosis, and diagnosing said power state based on a voltage that is supplied to said motor.
摘要:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus that realizes protecting of Zener diodes without impairing steering performances by time-integrating a loss power of the Zener diodes for protecting FETs and gradually limiting a duty ratio with an increase in an integrating loss even though a power-source voltage drops. [Means for solving the problem] An electric power steering apparatus that calculates a steering assist command value based on a steering torque and a vehicle velocity, generates a PWM-signal, and performs an assist control of a steering system by PWM-driving a motor through an FET bridge circuit having Zener diodes, comprising: a loss power calculating section that calculates a loss power when a difference between an ignition voltage and an inverter applying voltage is equal to or more than a predetermined voltage; an integrating loss calculating section to calculate an integrating loss of the loss power; a permissible loss calculating section to calculate a permissible loss based on a temperature; a minimum value selecting section to select a minimum value of a loss difference of the permissible loss and the integrating loss; and a limit value calculating section to calculate a limit value of the PWM-signal based on the minimum value of the loss difference and the permissible loss.
摘要:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus that realizes protecting of Zener diodes without impairing steering performances by time-integrating a loss power of the Zener diodes for protecting FETs and gradually limiting a duty ratio with an increase in an integrating loss even though a power-source voltage drops. [Means for solving the problem] An electric power steering apparatus that calculates a steering assist command value based on a steering torque and a vehicle velocity, generates a PWM-signal, and performs an assist control of a steering system by PWM-driving a motor through an FET bridge circuit having Zener diodes, comprising: a loss power calculating section that calculates a loss power when a difference between an ignition voltage and an inverter applying voltage is equal to or more than a predetermined voltage; an integrating loss calculating section to calculate an integrating loss of the loss power; a permissible loss calculating section to calculate a permissible loss based on a temperature; a minimum value selecting section to select a minimum value of a loss difference of the permissible loss and the integrating loss; and a limit value calculating section to calculate a limit value of the PWM-signal based on the minimum value of the loss difference and the permissible loss.
摘要:
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a power state diagnosis method and a power state diagnosis apparatus that pass and increase not only a d-axis current but also a q-axis current to a current value that a steering behavior does not occur to perform a diagnosis in the vector control of a motor, and determine that a power supply degraded, that the power supply is normal and that the diagnosis is not completed without giving an uncomfortable feeling to a driver, detecting a timing that there is not a driver, and needing to comprise a plurality of actuators. [Means for solving the problem] The present invention is a power state diagnosis method that diagnoses a power state of a vehicle which comprises an electrical control system supplied from a power supply and a motor controlled by a vector control method, comprising: gradually increasing a d-axis current to a current value that a steering behavior does not occur and applying the d-axis current, concurrently gradually increasing a q-axis current that is a rectangular-wave with positive and negative directions to the current value and applying the q-axis current, and determining degradation of the power supply when a Voltage value of the power supply is equal to or less than a power supply threshold and a given period of time T1 elapses.