IP Library Granted Patent US 9,057,334
Granted Patent B2
US 9,057,334 · App. 13/741,966 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Vehicle, and control method for vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,057,334
App. No.
13/741,966
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes a PWM control unit that executes PWM control over an alternating-current motor mounted on a vehicle. The PWM control unit includes an alarm sound generation processing unit and a slip determination unit. The slip determination unit determines whether a drive wheel coupled to the alternating-current motor is slipping on the basis. of a d-axis current (Id), a q-axis current (Iq), a d-axis voltage command value (Vd) and a q-axis voltage command value (Vq) of the alternating-current motor. When the drive wheel is not slipping, the alarm sound generation processing unit generates an alarm sound from the alternating-current motor by adding a variation value (ΔV) to the d-axis voltage command value (Vd) at a predetermined interval. When the drive wheel is slipping, the alarm sound generation processing unit temporarily stops adding the variation value (ΔV) to the d-axis voltage command value (Vd).

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle comprising:

an alternating-current motor that is coupled to a wheel of the vehicle; and

a control device that controls the alternating-current motor through pulse width modulation control, wherein

when the wheel is not slipping on a road, the control device varies phase current flowing through the alternating-current motor by periodically adding a variation value to a voltage command value of the alternating-current motor, so as to generates a sound from the alternating-current motor, and when the wheel is slipping on a road, the control device stops adding the variation value to the voltage command value.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the time when the wheel is not slipping on a road is the time when the wheel is gripping on the road.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when the wheel is in a non-slip state after the control device stops adding the variation value to the voltage command value, the control device resumes adding the variation value to the voltage command value.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the voltage command value is a value that varies in response to a slip of the wheel.

5. The vehicle according to claim I, wherein

the voltage command value is at least one of a d-axis voltage command value and a q-axis voltage command value which are obtained through current feedback control for bringing a d-axis current and a q-axis current respectively obtained through two-phase conversion from the phase currents, close to respective target values.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

the control device computes the d-axis current, the q-axis current, the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value at a period shorter than a period at which a rotation speed of the alternating-current motor is computed, and the control device determines whether the wheel is slipping on the basis of variations of at least any one of the d-axis current, the q-axis current, the d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value.

7. A control method for a vehicle that includes an alternating-current motor that is controlled through pulse width modulation control and a wheel that is coupled to the alternating-current motor, comprising:

determining whether the wheel is slipping on a road;

varying phase current flowing through the alternating-current motor by periodically adding a variation value to a voltage command value of the alternating-current motor, so as to generate a sound from the alternating-current motor, when the wheel is not slipping on a road; and

stopping adding the variation value to the voltage command value, when the wheel is slipping on a road.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2013
From: ISEDA, MITSURU; KATOH, SATORU; YAMADA, KENJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 029645/0437 →