Patent Application
20130314018
Claim and incorporate by reference domestic priority application and foreign priority application as follows:
“CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119 of Korean Patent Application Serial No. 10-2012-0055485, entitled filed May 24, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this application.”
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor speed, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor speed that can stably change the speed of a motor by adjusting a duty update time interval.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally, in order to control the speed of a motor, the current speed of the motor is detected, and a PWM duty is adjusted according to the difference between the detected speed and a target speed.
At this time, the speed of the motor is detected using a Hall signal, and a reference speed, that is, a motor control speed is calculated using an input PWM signal. The duty, an input into a PWM generator, is adjusted according to the difference between the speed of the motor and the reference speed so that the speed of the motor becomes the reference speed.
When the speed of the motor is slowly changed according to the change of the PWM duty, the speed control duty of the motor may be unstable and oscillate since the duty is updated during the speed change of the motor. In this case, it is possible to stably change the speed of the motor by adjusting a duty variation according to the difference between the reference speed and the speed of the motor using a gain value. At this time, from the linear relation that an RPM is increased according to the increase in duty, an RPM value corresponding to a duty is calculated as a reference speed (target control speed).
However, at this time, when the duty value is increased in order to increase the RPM (speed of motor) to a desired value, the speed of the motor is increased, and when the duty is compared with the RPM while the speed of the motor increases, the duty is further increased to greater than a target value. Accordingly, the speed of the motor becomes unstable. In this case, a block for controlling a gain becomes complicated when reflecting the reaction speed of the motor by adjusting the gain value.
That is, a conventional method of multiplying a difference between a reference speed and the speed of a motor by a gain when controlling the speed of the motor needs a variable with a sufficient width for accurate control. In addition, since a multiplier is needed, cost of implementation inevitably increases.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. Heisei 6-121576 (laid-open on Apr. 28, 1994)
Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2009-183094 (laid-open on Aug. 13, 2009)
According to the above-described problems, it is needed to stably change the speed of a motor by simply reflecting the reaction speed of the motor.
The present invention has been invented in order to overcome the above-described problems and it is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor speed that can stably change the speed of a motor by adjusting a duty update time interval.
In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention to achieve the object, there is provided an apparatus for controlling a motor speed including: a speed difference detecting unit for calculating a difference between a motor control speed and a detected motor speed; a duty generating unit for changing a duty according to the speed difference detected by the speed difference detecting unit and duty update time adjustment; and a time adjusting unit for adjusting a duty update time according to a duty variation in the duty generating unit.
At this time, in an example, the apparatus for controlling a motor speed may further include a gain adjustment block which receives the speed difference calculated by the speed difference detecting unit to output a gain adjustment value according to the speed difference to the duty generating unit, and the duty generating unit may change the duty according to the gain adjustment value output from the gain adjustment block and the duty update time adjustment.
Further, in an example, the duty generating unit may include an adder which adds the adjustment value according to the speed difference calculated by the speed difference detecting unit and a duty value generated by a duty generator in the previous step to output the added value; a selector which multi-receives an output of the adder and the duty value generated by the duty generator in the previous step to output any one according to the control of the time adjusting unit; and the duty generator which generates the duty by changing the duty when an output of the selector is a signal selected from the output of the adder while receiving the output of the selector to generate the duty.
At this time, in another example, the time adjusting unit may control the selector to select and output the duty value generated in the previous step, which is received by the selector, when the duty variation is greater than a preset value.
Moreover, in another example, the time adjusting unit may control the selector to continuously select and output the duty value generated in the previous step, which is received by the selector, for a set time corresponding to the size of the duty variation.
Further, in an example, the apparatus for controlling a motor speed may further include a duty-RPM converting unit which calculates the motor control speed from a PWM control signal to output the motor control speed to the speed difference detecting unit.
At this time, in accordance with another example, the duty-RPM converting unit may include a duty detector for detecting a duty from the PWM control signal; and an RPM converter for converting the duty signal detected by the duty detector into an RPM signal.
In accordance with another example, the apparatus for controlling a motor speed may further include a motor speed detector which detects the motor speed from a Hall sensor signal of the motor to output the motor speed to the speed difference detecting unit.
Further, in an example, the apparatus for controlling a motor speed may further include a PWM generator for generating the PWM control signal for controlling the rotational speed of the motor from the duty value output from the duty generating unit.
Next, in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention to achieve the object, there is provided a method for controlling a motor speed including: a speed difference detection step of calculating a difference between a motor control speed and a detected motor speed; a duty generation step of generating a duty by changing the duty according to the speed difference detected in the speed difference detection step and duty update time adjustment; and a feedback time adjustment step of feeding back a duty variation generated in the duty generation step to adjust a duty update time for control in the duty generation step.
At this time, in an example, the method for controlling a motor speed may further include a gain adjustment step of receiving the speed difference calculated in the speed difference detection step, outputting a gain adjustment value according to the speed difference, and providing the gain adjustment value to the duty generation step, and the duty generation step may change the duty according to the gain adjustment value output in the gain adjustment step and the duty update time adjustment.
Further, in an example, the duty generation step may include an addition step of adding the adjustment value according to the speed difference calculated in the speed difference detection step and a duty value generated in the previous duty generation step to output the added value; a selection output step of multi-receiving an output of the addition step and the duty value generated in the previous duty generation step to output any one according to the control in the feedback time adjustment step; and a duty output step of generating the duty by changing the duty when an output of the selection output step is a signal selected from the output of the addition step while receiving the output of the selection output step to generate the duty.
At this time, in accordance with another example, the feedback time adjustment step may control the previously generated duty value, which is received in the selection output step, to be selected and output in the selection output step when the duty variation is greater than a preset value.
Moreover, in another example, the feedback time adjustment step may control the previously generated duty value, which is received in the selection output step, to be continuously selected and output in the selection output step for a set time corresponding to the size of the duty variation.
Further, in an example, the method for controlling a motor speed may further include a duty-RPM conversion step of calculating the motor control speed from a PWM control signal before the speed difference detection step to provide the motor control speed to the speed difference detection step.
In accordance with another example, the method for controlling a motor speed may further include a PWM generation step of generating the PWM control signal for controlling the rotational speed of the motor from the duty value output in the duty generation step.
These and/or other aspects and advantages of the present general inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Embodiments of the present invention to achieve the above-described objects will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this description, the same elements are represented by the same reference numerals, and additional description which is repeated or limits interpretation of the meaning of the invention may be omitted.
In this specification, when an element is referred to as being “connected or coupled to” or “disposed in” another element, it can be “directly” connected or coupled to or “directly” disposed in the other element or connected or coupled to or disposed in the other element with another element interposed therebetween, unless it is referred to as being “directly coupled or connected to” or “directly disposed in” the other element.
Although the singular form is used in this specification, it should be noted that the singular form can be used as the concept representing the plural form unless being contradictory to the concept of the invention or clearly interpreted otherwise. It should be understood that the terms such as “having”, “including”, and “comprising” used herein do not preclude existence or addition of one or more other elements or combination thereof.
First, an apparatus for controlling a motor speed in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. At this time, the reference numeral that is not mentioned in the reference drawing may be the reference numeral that represents the same element in another drawing.
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Specifically, the speed difference detecting unit 100 calculates a difference between a motor control speed and a detected motor speed. At this time, the motor control speed may be, for example, a motor control speed according to a PWM control signal.
Next, the duty generating unit 300 of
The duty generating unit 300 will be more specifically described.
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At this time, when looking into the control of the time adjusting unit 500 on the selector 330, in an example, the time adjusting unit 500 may control the selector 330 to select and output the duty value generated in the previous step, which is received by the selector 330, when a duty variation is greater than a preset value.
Moreover, in another example, the time adjusting unit 500 may control the selector 330 to continuously select and output the duty value generated in the previous step, which is received by the selector 330, for a set time corresponding to the size of the duty variation.
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Continuously, the time adjusting unit 500 of
When controlling the speed of a motor, in a conventional method of multiplying a difference between a reference speed (motor control speed) and a real motor speed by a gain, a variable with a sufficient width is needed for accurate control. Further, since a multiplier is needed, cost of implementation increases.
On the other hand, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to stably change the speed of the motor by adjusting the duty update time. For example, it is possible to stably change the speed of the motor by adjusting the time when the duty is updated in addition to the gain adjustment having a constant or simple variable using an adder not a complex structure such as a multiplier. Since it is not easy for the adder and the simple variable to find an optimum value by themselves, it is possible to set an optimum value so that the speed of the motor can be stably changed by adjusting the update time.
In an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to stably maintain the speed change of the motor by adjusting the duty update time interval to change the duty value once in a longer time if the duty value for controlling the speed of the motor is rapidly changed since the applied gain value is high, and reducing the duty update time when the speed of the motor is changed slower than a desired level.
In the present embodiment, it is possible to implement the gain adjustment block 200 having a simple structure, unlike a conventional gain adjustment block having a multiplier structure, by adjusting the update time when controlling the mechanical speed change of the motor.
In an example, when the duty variation is greater than a preset value, the time adjusting unit 500 may control the duty generating unit 300, for example, the selector 330 of
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Another embodiment will be described with reference to
When the gain adjustment value is output from the gain adjustment block 200, the duty generating unit 300 can change the duty according to the gain adjustment value and the duty update time adjustment.
Next, another example will be described with reference to
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At this time, more specifically describing with reference to
Further, describing another example with reference to
Next, describing another example with reference to
Next, a method for controlling a motor speed in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. At this time, it is possible to refer to the apparatus for controlling a motor speed in accordance with the above-described first embodiment and
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The duty generation step (S500) of
In an example, although not shown, the duty generation step (S500) of
At this time, the addition step may add an adjustment value according to the speed difference calculated in the speed difference detection step (S100) of
Further, although not shown, the selection output step, which corresponds to the selector 330 of
At this time, the feedback time adjustment step (S300) may control the previously generated duty value, which is received in the selection output step, to be selected and output in the selection output step when a duty variation is greater than a preset value. Moreover, the feedback time adjustment step (S300) may control the previously generated duty value, which is received in the selection output step, to be continuously selected and output in the selection output step for a set time corresponding to the size of the duty variation.
And, although not shown, the duty output step, which corresponds to the duty generator 350 of
Continuously, referring to
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to stably change the speed of the motor by adjusting the duty update time. It is possible to stably maintain the speed change of the motor by adjusting the duty update time interval to change the duty value once in a longer time if the duty value for controlling the speed of the motor is rapidly changed since the applied gain value is high, and reducing the duty update time when the speed of the motor is changed slower than a desired level.
In accordance with an example, when the duty variation is greater than a preset value, the feedback time adjustment step (S300) may control the received previously generated duty value to be selected and output in the duty generation step (S500), for example, in the selection output step although not shown.
Moreover, in another example, the feedback time adjustment step (S300) may control the received previously generated duty value to be continuously selected and output in the duty generation step (S500), for example, in the selection output step although not shown, for a set time corresponding to the size of the duty variation.
Another example of the method for controlling a motor speed in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
Referring to
Accordingly, the duty generation step (S500′) can change the duty according to the gain adjustment value output in the gain adjustment step (S200) and the duty update time adjustment.
Further, although not shown, a description will be made with reference to
Although not shown, another example will be described with reference to
According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to stably change the speed of a motor by adjusting a duty update time interval according to a speed variation of the motor.
It is apparent that various effects which have not been directly mentioned according to the various embodiments of the present invention can be derived by those skilled in the art from various constructions according to the embodiments of the present invention.
The above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings are provided as examples to help understanding of those skilled in the art, not limiting the scope of the present invention. Further, embodiments according to various combinations of the above-described components will be apparently implemented from the foregoing specific descriptions by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the various embodiments of the present invention may be embodied in different forms in a range without departing from the essential concept of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should be interpreted from the invention defined in the claims. It is to be understood that the present invention includes various modifications, substitutions, and equivalents by those skilled in the art.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2012-0055485 | May 2012 | KR | national |
