IP Library Granted Patent US 10,579,030
Granted Patent B2
US 10,579,030 · App. 16/390,422 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Lifting desk control method

Inventors: Lehong Xiang (Ningbo Zhejiang, CN); Xiangming Zheng (Ningbo Zhejiang, CN); Shu Liu (Ningbo Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: LOCTEK INC.
G05B17/02A47B21/02A47B2200/0056
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Patent No.
US 10,579,030
App. No.
16/390,422
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a lifting desk control method including a motor drive unit, a current detection unit and an arithmetic unit. The control method comprises the steps of: detecting current a at the current time t 1 and current b at time t 2 ; calculating the current change rate L=(b−a)/(t 2 −t 1 ); and comparing L with a set value, judging that an obstacle is encountered if the set value is exceeded, and issuing a stopping or retreating instruction to a motor by the motor drive unit. The scheme employed by the invention is to calculate the change rate of current, so judgment is made with higher accuracy and whether an obstacle is encountered is judged with high sensitivity.

Claims (7)

1. A lifting desk control method, including a motor drive unit, a current detection unit and an arithmetic unit, the control method comprising steps of:

step 1: detecting current a at current time t 1 and current b at time t 2 after the current time by a current detection unit at a set time interval during normal operation, wherein time t 2 is later than time t 1 ;

step 2: calculating a current change value from time t 2 to time t 1 and a current change rate L=(b−a)/(t 2 −t 1 ) by the arithmetic unit;

step 3: comparing the current change rate L with a set value, judging that an obstacle is encountered if the set value is exceeded, and issuing a stopping or retreating instruction to a motor by the motor drive unit; and

step 4: if the set value is not exceeded, returning to the step 1 and continuing to detect a current value;

wherein the lifting desk control method is executed after lifting desk is started for a period of time.

2. The lifting desk control method according to claim 1 , further comprising steps of: setting an upper threshold of a current value, and issuing a stopping or retreating instruction to the motor by the motor drive unit when a detected current value at any time exceeds the upper threshold.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: LOCTEK, INC.
To: FLEXISPOT, INC.
Reel/Frame 061811/0311 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2019
From: XIANG, LEHONG; ZHENG, XIANGMING; LIU, SHU
To: LOCTEK INC.
Reel/Frame 048963/0590 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2018 1 0550877 · May 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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