Electric power steering device including rotation angle detection device
Provided is a rotation angle detection device including: a coefficient identification unit configured to identify, based on a sine signal and a cosine signal which are based on a rotation angle of a rotating body, coefficients of frequency components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal; a correction value calculation unit; and a rotation angle calculation unit. The coefficient identification unit is configured to identify, for each of integers M and N which satisfy a relationship in which M+N is equal to a positive constant, and each of which is equal to or larger than 0, a coefficient of each of (M+N−1)th order components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal, based on results of application of low-pass filters to products of an M-th power of the sine signal and an N-th power of the cosine signal.
1 . An electric power steering device, comprising a rotation angle detection device, the rotation detection device comprising:
a coefficient identification circuitry configured to identify, based on a sine signal and a cosine signal which are based on a rotation angle of a motor, coefficients of frequency components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal, wherein identifying the coefficients includes application of low-pass filters to products of an M-th power of the sine signal and an N-th power of the cosine signal;
a correction value calculator configured to calculate correction values based on the coefficients identified by the coefficient identification circuitry; and
a rotation angle calculator configured to calculate the rotation angle of the motor based on values obtained by correcting one of the sine signal or the cosine signal, or both thereof, through use of the correction values;
wherein the electric power steering device is configured to cause the motor to generate an assist torque based on the rotation angle of the motor.
2 . The electric power steering device according to claim 1 , wherein the coefficient identification circuitry is configured to identify, for each of integers M and N which satisfy a relationship in which M+N is equal to a positive constant, and each of which is equal to or larger than 0, a coefficient of each of (M+N−1)th order components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal, based on results of application of the low-pass filters to products of an M-th power of the sine signal and an N-th power of the cosine signal.
3 . The electric power steering device according to claim 2 , wherein the coefficient identification circuitry is configured to identify, for each of integers M and N which satisfy a relationship in which M+N is equal to 1, and each of which is equal to or larger than 0, a coefficient of each of (M+N−1=0)th order components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal, based on results of application of low-pass filters to products of an M-th power of the sine signal and an N-th power of the cosine signal.
4 . The electric power steering device according to claim 3 , wherein the coefficient identification circuitry is further configured to identify, for each of integers M and N which satisfy a relationship in which M+N is equal to 3, and each of which is equal to or larger than 0, a coefficient of each of (M+N−1=2)nd order components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal, based on results of application of low-pass filters to products of an M-th power of the sine signal and an N-th power of the cosine signal.
5 . The electric power steering device according to claim 4 , wherein the correction value calculator is configured to calculate the correction values based further on a rotation angle signal one calculation cycle before which is input from the rotation angle calculator through a delay circuitry.
6 . The electric power steering device according to claim 2 , wherein the coefficient identification circuitry is configured to identify, for each of integers M and N which satisfy a relationship in which M+N is equal to 2, and each of which is equal to or larger than 0, a coefficient of each of (M+N−1=1) st order components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal, based on results of application of low-pass filters to products of an M-th power of the sine signal and an N-th power of the cosine signal.
7 . The electric power steering device according to claim 6 , wherein the coefficient identification circuitry is further configured to identify, for each of integers M and N which satisfy a relationship in which M+N is equal to 4, and each of which is equal to or larger than 0, a coefficient of each of (M+N−1=3)rd order components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal, based on results of application of low-pass filters to products of an M-th power of the sine signal and an N-th power of the cosine signal.
8 . The electronic power steering device according to claim 1 , wherein identifying coefficients of frequency components included in the sine signal and the cosine signal includes correcting the amplitude of the sine signal and cosine signal such that the difference between the sine signal and cosine signal approaches zero.