IP Library Granted Patent US 7,218,069
Granted Patent B2
US 7,218,069 · App. 11/313,802 · Granted May 15, 2007

Door opening/closing device

Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,218,069
App. No.
11/313,802
Granted
May 15, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first judging unit integrates an increase in a corrected current when the corrected current is in a predetermined increasing state and judges that a first condition is satisfied when an integrated increase exceeds a threshold. A second judging unit integrates a decrease in door moving speed when the door moving speed is in a predetermined decreasing state and judges that a second condition is satisfied when an integrated decrease exceeds a threshold. A third judging unit integrates a decrease in motor rotation speed when the motor rotation speed is in a predetermined decreasing state and judges that a third condition is satisfied when an integrated decrease exceeds a threshold. A pinch judging unit judges whether pinch has occurred based on determination by the first, the second, and the third judging units.

Claims (23)

1. A door opening/closing device that moves a door by a motor, comprising:

an ideal-current calculating unit configured to calculate an ideal current for moving the door at a target speed;

a actual-current calculating unit configured to calculate an actual current to be actually supplied to the motor based on the ideal current and present speed of the door, wherein the actual-current calculating unit calculates the actual current at a predetermined cycle;

a current adding unit configured to determine whether an actual current calculated in a present cycle is larger than an actual current calculated in a previous cycle, and to add, when the actual current calculated in the present cycle is determined to be larger than the actual current calculated in the previous cycle, a current difference between the actual current calculated in the present cycle and the actual current calculated in a previous cycle to a total current difference obtained by adding current differences that have been calculated;

a first determining unit configured to determine that a first condition is satisfied when the total current difference exceeds a threshold;

a door-speed detecting unit configured to detect a speed of the door, wherein the door-speed detecting unit detects the speed of the door at a predetermined cycle;

a door-speed adding unit configured to determine whether a speed of the door detected in a present cycle is lower than a speed of the door detected in a previous cycle, and to add, when the speed of the door detected in the present cycle is determined to be lower than the speed of the door detected in the previous cycle, a speed difference between the speed of the door detected in the present cycle and the speed of the door detected in the previous cycle to a total speed difference obtained by adding speed differences that have been calculated;

a second determining unit configured to determine that a second condition is satisfied when the total speed difference exceeds a threshold;

a rotation detecting unit configured to detect a rotation speed of the motor, wherein the rotation detecting unit detects the rotation speed at a predetermined cycle;

a rotation-speed adding unit configured to determine whether a rotation speed detected in a present cycle is lower than a rotation speed detected in a previous cycle, and to add, when the rotation speed detected in the present cycle is determined to be lower than the rotation speed detected in the previous cycle, a rotation difference between the rotation speed detected in the present cycle and the rotation speed detected in the previous cycle to a total rotation difference obtained by adding rotation differences that have been calculated;

a third determining unit configured to determine that a third condition is satisfied when the total rotation difference exceeds a threshold;

a pinch determining unit configured to determine whether a foreign matter is caught in the door based on determination by the first determining unit, the second determining unit, and the third determining unit.

2. The door opening/closing device according to claim 1 , wherein the current adding unit adds the current difference calculated in the present cycle to the total current difference when the current difference calculated in the present cycle is larger than a reference value.

3. The door opening/closing device according to claim 2 , wherein the current adding unit is further configured to initialize the total current difference when a predetermined time elapses in a state in which the current difference is smaller than the reference value.

4. The door opening/closing device according to claim 1 , wherein the door-speed adding unit adds the speed difference calculated in the present cycle to the total speed difference when the speed difference calculated in the present cycle is larger than a reference value.

5. The door opening/closing device according to claim 4 , wherein the door-speed adding unit is further configured to initialize the total speed difference when a predetermined time elapses in a state in which the speed difference is smaller than the reference value.

6. The door opening/closing device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation-speed adding unit adds the rotation difference calculated in the present cycle to the total rotation difference when the rotation difference calculated in the present cycle is larger than a reference value.

7. The door opening/closing device according to claim 6 , wherein the rotation-speed adding unit is further configured to initialize the total rotation difference when a predetermined time elapses in a state in which the rotation difference is less than the threshold.

8. The door opening/closing device according to claims 2 , wherein

the pinch determining unit is configured to determine that a foreign matter is caught in the door when the current difference is larger than a second value having a higher value than the reference value.

9. The door opening/closing device according to claim 1 , wherein the pinch determining unit is configured to determine that a foreign matter is caught in the door when the total current difference exceeds a second threshold having a higher value than the threshold.

10. The door opening/closing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a limiting unit configured to limit an acceleration of the door when the total current difference exceeds a third threshold having a lower value than the threshold.

11. The door opening/closing device according to claim 2 , further comprising a limiting unit configured to limit an acceleration of the door when the current difference is larger than a third value having a higher value than the reference value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2011
From: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
To: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026336/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2005
From: IMAI, TAKUYA; SENBONGI, TSUNENORI
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTNG CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017407/0823 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-379883 · Dec 28, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060137251A1 · Jun 29, 2006