IP Library Granted Patent US 12,375,021
Granted Patent B2
US 12,375,021 · App. 18/282,555 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Motor driving control system and control method thereof

Inventors: Kyung Won An (Daejeon, KR); Min Sik Kim (Daejeon, KR); Sang Hun Kim (Daejeon, KR); Won Seok Kim (Daejeon, KR); Tae Wan Kim (Daejeon, KR); Pureunsam Park (Daejeon, KR); Sung Joon Lee (Daejeon, KR); Song Cheol Lee (Daejeon, KR); Ho Bin Im (Daejeon, KR); Eui Hyun Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
H02P29/032H02P6/28H02P29/027
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Patent No.
US 12,375,021
App. No.
18/282,555
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a motor driving control system and a control method thereof. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a motor driving control system and a control method thereof, which may change electric current limiting logic, which is applied to a BLDC motor for a cooling fan, in response to an operating speed of the motor to stably protect the motor from an overload in a low-speed driving state as well as an overload in a high-speed driving state.

Claims (18)

1. A motor driving control system for detecting an overload condition of a motor even at low speeds, comprising:

a motor driving unit configured to provide a drive electric current to a motor 10 in response to an inputted driving signal;

a state calculation unit configured to calculate operating state-related information, including the current rotational speed, current measured current, and current measured voltage of the motor operated under the control of the motor driving unit, and to calculate the current power of the motor using the current measured current and current measured voltage;

an analysis unit configured to analyze allowable power information of the motor, including the current rotational speed and current power, by using the operating state-related information of the motor calculated by the state calculation unit on the basis of preset driving limiting power information; and

a power control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling a supply electric current of the motor by using the allowable power information of the motor analyzed by the analysis unit and transmit the control signal to the motor driving unit,

wherein the driving limiting power information set based on a rotation speed and power of the motor by analyzing a heat generating state according to a rotational speed and power of the motor on the basis of basic specification information of the elements that constitute the motor, and

wherein the analysis unit is configured to compare the limiting power based on the driving limit power information, with the current power of the motor, using the current rotational speed of the motor as a reference, and dynamically adjust upper limit of allowable power of the motor.

2. The motor driving control system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis unit compares and analyzes the current power and limit power according to the driving limiting power information on the basis of the current rotational speed of the motor calculated by the state calculation unit, and the analysis unit analyzes the allowable power information in accordance with the limit power when the current power exceeds the limit power.

3. The motor driving control system of claim 2 , wherein the power control unit 400 changes the current power of the motor by controlling the supply electric current of the motor by using the allowable power information made by adopting the current rotational speed of the motor analyzed by the analysis unit 300 .

4. A motor driving control method for detecting an overload condition of a motor even at low speeds, comprising:

a driving step of providing, by a motor driving unit, a drive electric current to a motor in response to an inputted driving signal;

a current power calculation step of calculating, by a state calculation unit, current power information by calculating operating state-related information, including the current rotational speed, current measured current, and current measured voltage of the motor operated in the driving step, and to calculate the current power of the motor using the current measured current and current measured voltage;

a determination step of comparing and determining, by an analysis unit, the limiting power based on preset driving limiting power information with the current power of the motor, using the current rotational speed of the motor as a reference, in the current power calculation step;

an analysis step of analyzing allowable power information of the motor, wherein the upper limit of allowable power of the motor is dynamically adjusted based on the driving limiting power information when the comparison and determination result in the determination step indicates that the current power information of the motor exceeds the driving limiting power information; and

a driving control step of generating, by a power control unit, a control signal for controlling a supply electric current of the motor by using the allowable power information of the motor analyzed in the analysis step,

wherein the driving limiting power information set based on a rotation speed and power of the motor by analyzing a heat generating state according to a rotational speed and power of the motor on the basis of basic specification information of the elements that constitute the motor,

wherein the analysis step is configured to dynamically adjust the upper limit of the allowable power of the motor based on the comparison result of the limiting power based on the driving limiting power information, and the current power of the motor, using the current rotational speed of the motor as a reference.

5. The motor driving control method of claim 4 , wherein the determination step comprises comparing and determining the driving limiting power information and the current power information of the motor on the basis of the current rotational speed of the motor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2023
From: AN, KYUNG WON; KIM, MIN SIK; KIM, SANG HUN; KIM, WON SEOK; KIM, TAE WAN; LEE, SUNG JOON; KIM, EUI HYUN
To: HANON SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 065139/0430 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0045697 · Apr 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240171112A1 · May 23, 2024
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