IP Library Granted Patent US 9,494,094
Granted Patent B2
US 9,494,094 · App. 14/397,924 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Engine rotational speed control device

Inventors: Naohiro Hara (Osaka, JP); Jun Watanabe (Osaka, JP); Hiroaki Wakahara (Osaka, JP); Akiyoshi Hayashi (Osaka, JP); Takao Nakanishi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
F02D41/04F02D11/10F02D11/105F02D31/001F02D41/0007F02D41/12F02D41/1498F02D2041/286F02D2200/602
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Patent No.
US 9,494,094
App. No.
14/397,924
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine rotational speed control device ( 4 ) includes a noise removal processing unit ( 6 ) which corrects a command value, wherein the noise removal processing unit ( 6 ) is configured to set a current first output value (B(i)) to be identical to a previous first output value (B(i−1)) in a case where, in a latest step group, the number of successive increase steps is smaller than a first predetermined number (n) and the number of successive decrease steps is smaller than the first predetermined number (n), the increase step is a step in which a current first input value (A(i)) is greater than the previous first output value (B(i−1)) by a first set width (n) or more, and the decrease step is a step in which the current first input value (A(i)) is smaller than the previous first output value (B(i)) by the first set width (n) or more.

Claims (13)

1. An engine rotational speed control device for controlling an amount of fuel supply based on a command value of target rotational speed generated for each step per unit time by digital converting an analog value of the target rotational speed input by an operation device, the engine rotational speed control device comprising:

a noise removal processing unit which corrects the command value, a first input value being the command value that is input to the noise removal processing unit, and a first output value being the command value that is output from the noise removal processing unit, wherein

the noise removal processing unit is configured to set a current first output value to be identical to a current first output value in a case where, in a latest step group, the number of successive increase steps is equal to or greater than a first predetermined number or the number of successive decrease steps is equal to or greater than the first predetermined number, and to set a current first output value to be identical to a previous first output value in a case where the number of successive increase steps is neither equal to nor greater than the first predetermined number and the number of successive decrease steps is neither equal to nor greater than the first predetermined number,

the increase step is the step in which the current first input value is greater than the previous first output value by a first set width or more, and

the decrease step is the step in which the current first input value is smaller than the previous first output value by the first set width or more; and

a moving average unit which corrects the command value that is the first output value after correction by the noise removal processing unit, a second input value being the command value that is input to the moving average unit and that is identical to the first output value, a second output value being the command value that is output from the moving average unit, wherein the moving average unit is configured to calculate a moving average value based on a latest second predetermined number of the second input values, and to set a current second output value to be identical to the moving average value.

2. The engine rotational speed control device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a dead zone processing unit which corrects the command value corrected by the noise removal processing unit, a third input value being the command value that is input to the dead zone processing unit and that is identical to the second output value, and a third output value being the command value that is output from the dead zone processing unit, wherein

the dead zone processing unit is configured to set a current third output value to be identical to a previous third output value in a case where a current step is a small variation step, and

the small variation step is the step in which an absolute value of difference between a current third input value and the previous third output value is smaller than a second set width.

3. The engine rotational speed control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the dead zone processing unit is configured to set the current third output value to be identical to the current third input value instead of setting the current third output value to be identical to the previous third output value in a case where, in a latest step group, duration of a signal-present step is equal to or longer than a predetermined period of time, and

the signal-present step is the small variation step in which the absolute value of the difference between the current third input value and the previous third output value is greater than zero.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2014
From: NAKANISHI, TAKAO; HARA, NAOHIRO; WATANABE, JUN; WAKAHARA, HIROAKI; HAYASHI, AKIYOSHI
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034071/0289 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-104668 · May 1, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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