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Granted Patent B2
US 11,255,117 · App. 16/812,478 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Control apparatus controlling opening and closing member for vehicle

Inventors: Tomoyuki Takenaka (Kariya, JP); Kohei Kobayashi (Kariya, JP); Takashi Kaino (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 11,255,117
App. No.
16/812,478
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus controlling an opening and closing member for a vehicle includes a drive control unit operating an opening and closing member of the vehicle by a motor serving as a drive source, and a catch detection unit detecting a catch of a foreign object caught by the opening and closing member in response to a current value of the motor. The drive control unit includes a motor control signal output unit outputting a motor control signal for supplying a drive power to the motor, and an advance-angle value setting unit setting an advance-angle value for advancing a phase of the motor control signal. The advance-angle value setting unit includes an advance-angle value increase prohibition unit prohibiting increase setting of the advance-angle value in a case where the current value of the motor reaches an advance-angle value increase prohibition current value.

Claims (10)

1. A control apparatus controlling an opening and closing member for a vehicle, comprising:

a drive control unit operating an opening and closing member of the vehicle by a motor serving as a drive source; and

a catch detection unit detecting a catch of a foreign object caught by the opening and closing member in response to a current value of the motor; wherein

the drive control unit includes

a motor control signal output unit outputting a motor control signal for supplying a drive power to the motor, and

an advance-angle value setting unit setting an advance-angle value for advancing a phase of the motor control signal; and

the advance-angle value setting unit includes an advance-angle value increase prohibition unit prohibiting increase setting of the advance-angle value in a case where the current value of the motor reaches an advance-angle value increase prohibition current value.

2. The control apparatus controlling the opening and closing member for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the catch detection unit includes a catch detection threshold value correction unit detecting the catch of the foreign object caught by the opening and closing member in response to magnitude correlation between the current value of the motor and a catch detection threshold value, the catch detection threshold value correction unit correcting the catch detection threshold value to increase as the advance-angle value increases; and

the advance-angle value setting unit includes an advance-angle value increase prohibition current value correction unit correcting the advance-angle value increase prohibition current value to increase as the advance-angle value increases.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2020
From: TAKENAKA, TOMOYUKI; KOBAYASHI, KOHEI; KAINO, TAKASHI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 052049/0861 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-044823 · Mar 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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