IP Library Granted Patent US 11,397,102
Granted Patent B2
US 11,397,102 · App. 17/057,811 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Physical quantity detecting device

Inventors: Takahiro Yamamoto (Hitachinaka, JP); Tsutomu Kono (Hitachinaka, JP); Takahiro Miki (Hitachinaka, JP); Yuki Isoya (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
G01F1/6965
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Patent No.
US 11,397,102
App. No.
17/057,811
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is possible to suppress overcorrection. A physical quantity detecting device includes: a physical quantity detecting sensor that detects a physical quantity of a measurement target fluid and outputs a detection signal; a compensation amount calculation unit that calculates, by using the detection signal, a lead compensation amount used in lead compensation for the detection signal; and a gain control unit that adjusts the lead compensation amount based on a deviation that is an amount of change in lead compensation amount over time.

Claims (19)

1. A physical quantity detecting device comprising:

a physical quantity detecting sensor configured to detect a physical quantity of a measurement target fluid and output a detection signal;

a compensation amount calculation circuit configured to calculate, by using the detection signal, a lead compensation amount used in lead compensation for the detection signal; and

a gain control circuit configured to adjust the lead compensation amount based on a deviation that is an amount of change in lead compensation amount over time,

wherein the physical quantity detecting sensor, the compensation amount calculation circuit, and the gain control circuit are mounted on the same board formed of a glass epoxy resin.

2. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the gain control circuit is configured to set the lead compensation amount to zero when the deviation is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

3. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the deviation uses a moving average of the lead compensation amount.

4. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the gain control circuit is configured to adjust the lead compensation amount by using a result of determining a state of the physical quantity detecting sensor by using the detection signal.

5. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 4 , further comprising a noise attenuation processing circuit configured to reduce output noise of the physical quantity detecting sensor,

wherein the state of the physical quantity detecting sensor is determined based on an amount of delay that occurs due to the noise attenuation processing circuit, and the lead compensation amount.

6. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the determination based on the lead compensation amount is determination of a magnitude relationship between the lead compensation amount and a threshold value having a hysteresis characteristic.

7. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a storage configured to store, as a signal at a time of state change, the detection signal when the state of the physical quantity detecting sensor is changed; and

a first gain coefficient calculation circuit configured to determine a first gain used by the gain control circuit according to a difference between a latest detection signal and the signal at the time of the state change.

8. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 5 , further comprising a second gain coefficient calculation circuit configured to determine a second gain used by the gain control circuit according to a time elapsed from a time when the state of the physical quantity detecting sensor is changed.

9. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the compensation amount calculation circuit is configured to set a different gain for each of a case where the detection signal increases and a case where the detection signal decreases.

10. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a flow rate sensor configured to detect a flow rate of the measurement target fluid,

wherein the physical quantity is a temperature, and the compensation amount calculation circuit is configured to change a gain used to calculate the lead compensation amount based on an output of the flow rate sensor.

11. The physical quantity detecting device according to claim 10 , wherein a temperature characteristic of the flow rate sensor is corrected by using a temperature of the flow rate sensor corrected using the lead compensation amount adjusted by the gain control circuit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057655/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, TAKAHIRO; KONO, TSUTOMU; MIKI, TAKAHIRO; ISOYA, YUKI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054714/0449 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-099471 · May 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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