IP Library Patent Application 17322111
Patent Application
App. No. 17/322,111

MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING SYSTEM

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17/322,111
Abstract

A motor control device controls an electric motor in a steering system including a hydraulic mechanism that applies a part of a turning force to a turning mechanism and the electric motor that applies the other part of the turning force. The motor control device includes: an actual turning angle acquiring unit configured to acquire an actual turning angle of turning wheels; a target turning angle acquiring unit configured to acquire a target turning angle which is a target value of a turning angle; a control value generating unit configured to generate a motor control value for controlling the electric motor such that the actual turning angle reaches the target turning angle; and an instruction value calculating unit configured to generate an instruction value which is obtained by filtering a natural frequency of the steering system in response to the motor control value.

Claims (23)

1 . A motor control device that controls an electric motor in a steering system including a hydraulic mechanism that applies a part of a turning force to a turning mechanism which turns turning wheels and the electric motor that applies the other part of the turning force, the motor control device comprising:

an actual turning angle acquiring unit configured to acquire an actual turning angle of the turning wheels;

a target turning angle acquiring unit configured to acquire a target turning angle which is a target value of a turning angle of the turning wheels;

a control value generating unit configured to generate a motor control value for controlling the electric motor such that the actual turning angle of the turning wheels reaches the target turning angle; and

an instruction value calculating unit configured to generate an instruction value which is obtained by filtering a natural frequency of the steering system in response to the motor control value.

2 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction value calculating unit is configured to calculate the instruction value based on a low-pass filter including a transmission function of a delay system.

3 . The motor control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a filter information acquiring unit configured to acquire filter information on a filter which is obtained by analyzing or measuring the natural frequency of the steering system.

4 . A steering system comprising:

a turning mechanism that turns turning wheels;

a hydraulic mechanism that applies a part of a turning force to the turning mechanism;

an electric motor that applies the other part of the turning force to the turning mechanism;

a motor control device that controls the electric motor;

a first torsion bar that is disposed between the electric motor and an operation member; and

a second torsion bar that is disposed between the electric motor and the turning mechanism,

wherein the motor control device is configured to acquire an actual turning angle of the turning wheels, to acquire a target turning angle which is a target value of a turning angle of the turning wheels, to generate a motor control value for controlling the electric motor such that the actual turning angle of the turning wheels reaches the target turning angle, and to generate an instruction value which is obtained by filtering a natural frequency based on the first torsion bar and the second torsion bar in response to the motor control value.

5 . A steering system comprising:

a turning mechanism that turns turning wheels;

a hydraulic mechanism that applies a part of a turning force to the turning mechanism;

an electric motor that applies the other part of the turning force to the turning mechanism; and

a motor control device that controls the electric motor;

wherein the motor control device is configured to acquire an actual turning angle of the turning wheels, to acquire a target turning angle which is a target value of a turning angle of the turning wheels, to generate a motor control value for controlling the electric motor such that the actual turning angle of the turning wheels reaches the target turning angle, and to generate an instruction value which is obtained by filtering a natural frequency of the steering system in response to the motor control value.

6 . The steering system according to claim 5 , wherein the motor control device is configured to calculate the instruction value based on a low-pass filter including a transmission function of a delay system.

7 . The steering system according to claim 5 wherein the motor control device is configured to acquire filter information on a filter which is obtained by analyzing or measuring the natural frequency of the steering system.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 11, 2022
From: JTEKT CORPORATION
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061088/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: NAGANO, TAKANOBU
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056766/0393 →