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Granted Patent B2
US 11,916,371 · App. 17/403,291 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Anti-pinch control system

Inventor: Ho Cheoul Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
H02H7/0851B60N2/0244B60N2/02246G01D5/145B60N2/0272
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Patent No.
US 11,916,371
App. No.
17/403,291
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an anti-pinch control system. The anti-pinch control system includes a motor configured to generate driving force for moving a seat of a vehicle, a current measurement sensor configured to measure a current value generated in the motor, a hall sensor configured to measure a revolution per minute (RPM) of the motor, and a controller configured to derive an average of current values measured by the current measurement sensor during an edge generating time during which a specific number of edges are generated by the hall sensor, and to set, to an anti-pinch value, a value obtained by adding a rising value, corresponding to current that increases when a pinch occurs in the seat, to the average, wherein the controller derives the average for each specific RPM and updates the anti-pinch value.

Claims (20)

1. An anti-pinch control system comprising:

a motor configured to generate driving force for moving a seat of a vehicle;

a current measurement sensor configured to measure a current value generated in the motor;

a hall sensor configured to measure a revolution per minute (RPM) of the motor; and

a controller configured to derive an average of current values measured by the current measurement sensor during an edge generating time during which a specific number of edges are generated by the hall sensor, and to set, to an anti-pinch value, a value obtained by adding a rising value, corresponding to current that increases when a pinch occurs in the seat, to the average,

wherein the controller derives the average for each specific RPM and updates the anti-pinch value.

2. The anti-pinch control system of claim 1 , wherein, when a current value, which is measured by the current measurement sensor during a first time interval just after the motor is driven, is outside a preset range, the controller determines the current value measured during the first time interval as noise.

3. The anti-pinch control system of claim 2 , wherein the controller sets a value obtained by adding the rising value to an average of current values measured during a second time interval after the first time interval, to an initial anti-pinch value.

4. The anti-pinch control system of claim 3 , wherein the controller controls the motor based on the initial anti-pinch value during the edge generating time after the first time interval.

5. The anti-pinch control system of claim 2 , wherein the controller derives the anti-pinch value of a next period based on the average of the current values measured during the edge generating time after the first time interval.

6. The anti-pinch control system of claim 1 , wherein:

the controller presets a maximum pinch current value; and

the controller determines that a pinch occurs in the seat when a current value equal to or greater than the maximum pinch current value is measured by the current measurement sensor.

7. The anti-pinch control system of claim 6 , wherein the anti-pinch value is not greater than the maximum pinch current value.

8. The anti-pinch control system of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the motor in an opposite direction to a current driving direction when a current value measured in real time by the current measurement sensor is equal to or greater than the anti-pinch value.

9. The anti-pinch control system of claim 8 , wherein, after the motor is controlled in the opposite direction to the current driving direction, the controller disregards a current value measured by the current measurement sensor during a first time interval, and newly sets an anti-pinch value based on an average of current measured by the current measurement sensor during a second time interval after the first time interval.

10. The anti-pinch control system of claim 1 , wherein:

the current measurement sensor measures current whenever an edge is generated by the hall sensor; and

the controller records a current value measured by the current measurement sensor.

11. The anti-pinch control system of claim 1 , wherein the edge generating time indicates a time during which the hall sensor generates a specific number of edges, and is a time that is changed depending on a voltage applied to the motor or a load applied to the seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: LEE, HO CHEOUL
To: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
Reel/Frame 057191/0746 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0136689 · Oct 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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