Closure panel control apparatus

1. A closure panel control apparatus that reduces a drive speed of a closure panel installed in a vehicle at time when the closure panel reaches a speed reduction start point, which is adjacent to a fully closed position of the closure panel, in a closing movement of the closure panel under a predetermined condition, the closure panel control apparatus comprising:

an electric motor that serves as a drive source to drive the closure panel;

a drive mechanism that converts a rotational force of an output element of the electric motor into an opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel; and

a control means for controlling a rotational speed of the electric motor, wherein:

the control means obtains a vehicle speed measured with a vehicle speed sensor and receives a command signal from a switch, which is operable by an occupant of the vehicle to command the opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel;

the control means controls the rotational speed of the electric motor based on the measured vehicle speed that is obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch;

the control means stores a plurality of charts, each of which specifies the rotational speed of the electric motor for each corresponding vehicle speed; and

when the control means receives the command signal from the switch, the control means selects a corresponding one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to the measured vehicle speed obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch, and controls the electric motor according to the selected chart;

each of the plurality of charts includes a rotational speed reducing time period, during which the rotational speed of the electric motor is reduced upon reaching of the closure panel to the speed reduction start point adjacent to the fully closed position in the closing movement of the closure panel; and

the rotational speed reducing time periods of the plurality of charts differ from one another.

2. The closure panel control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational speed reducing time period of one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to a first vehicle speed, is set to be longer than the rotational speed reducing time period of another one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to a second vehicle speed that is higher than the first vehicle speed.

3. A closure panel control apparatus that reduces a drive speed of a closure panel installed in a vehicle at time when the closure panel reaches a speed reduction start point, which is adjacent to a fully closed position of the closure panel, in a closing movement of the closure panel under a predetermined condition, the closure panel control apparatus comprising:

an electric motor that serves as a drive source to drive the closure panel;

a drive mechanism that converts a rotational force of an output element of the electric motor into an opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel; and

a control means for controlling a rotational speed of the electric motor, wherein:

the control means obtains a vehicle speed measured with a vehicle speed sensor and receives a command signal from a switch, which is operable by an occupant of the vehicle to command the opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel;

the control means controls the rotational speed of the electric motor based on the measured vehicle speed that is obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch;

the control means stores a plurality of charts, each of which specifies the rotational speed of the electric motor for each corresponding vehicle speed; and

when the control means receives the command signal from the switch, the control means selects a corresponding one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to the measured vehicle speed obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch, and controls the electric motor according to the selected chart;

each of the plurality of charts includes a rotational speed reducing time period, during which the rotational speed of the electric motor is reduced upon reaching of the closure panel to the speed reduction start point adjacent to the fully closed position in the closing movement of the closure panel; and

an amount of reduction in the rotational speed of the electric motor differs among the rotational speed reducing time periods of the plurality of charts.

4. The closure panel control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the amount of reduction in the rotational speed of the electric motor in one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to a first vehicle speed, is set to be larger than the amount of reduction in the rotational speed of the electric motor in another one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to a second vehicle speed that is higher than the first vehicle speed.

5. A closure panel control apparatus that reduces a drive speed of a closure panel installed in a vehicle at time when the closure panel reaches a speed reduction start point, which is adjacent to a fully closed position of the closure panel, in a closing movement of the closure panel under a predetermined condition, the closure panel control apparatus comprising:

an electric motor that serves as a drive source to drive the closure panel;

a drive mechanism that converts a rotational force of an output element of the electric motor into an opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel; and

a control means for controlling a rotational speed of the electric motor, wherein:

the control means obtains a vehicle speed measured with a vehicle speed sensor and receives a command signal from a switch, which is operable by an occupant of the vehicle to command the opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel;

the control means controls the rotational speed of the electric motor based on the measured vehicle speed that is obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch;

the control means stores a plurality of charts, each of which specifies the rotational speed of the electric motor for each corresponding vehicle speed; and

when the control means receives the command signal from the switch, the control means selects a corresponding one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to the measured vehicle speed obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch, and controls the electric motor according to the selected chart;

the plurality of charts includes:

a plurality of speed reducing charts, each of which includes a rotational speed reducing time period, during which the rotational speed of the electric motor is reduced upon reaching of the closure panel to the speed reduction start point adjacent to the fully closed position of the closure panel in the closing movement of the closure panel; and

at least one speed non-reducing chart that does not have the speed reducing time period, during which the rotational speed of the electric motor is reduced upon reaching of the closure panel to the speed reduction start point adjacent to the fully closed position in the closing movement of the closure panel;

the plurality of speed reducing charts is set to satisfy at least one of the following conditions:

the rotational speed reducing time periods of the plurality of speed reducing charts differ from one another; and

an amount of reduction in the rotational speed of the electric motor differs among the rotational speed reducing time periods of the plurality of speed reducing charts.

6. A closure panel control apparatus that reduces a drive speed of a closure panel installed in a vehicle at time when the closure panel reaches a speed reduction start point, which is adjacent to a fully closed position of the closure panel, in a closing movement of the closure panel under a predetermined condition, the closure panel control apparatus comprising:

an electric motor that serves as a drive source to drive the closure panel;

a drive mechanism that converts a rotational force of an output element of the electric motor into an opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel; and

a control means for controlling a rotational speed of the electric motor, wherein:

the control means obtains a vehicle speed measured with a vehicle speed sensor and receives a command signal from a switch, which is operable by an occupant of the vehicle to command the opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel;

the control means controls the rotational speed of the electric motor based on the measured vehicle speed that is obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch; and

the rotational speed of the electric motor at the time of reducing the drive speed of the closure panel upon reaching of the closure panel to the speed reduction start point is set to be higher by the control means in a case where the measured vehicle speed is higher than a predetermined speed in comparison to a case where the measured vehicle speed is lower than the predetermined speed.