JP2009077585A - Motor torque controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor torque controller that is mainly preferable in suppressing the motor torque of an electric vehicle and capable of suppressing shocks that are caused, when a shift position is changed. <P>SOLUTION: The motor torque controller includes a target torque setting means 15 which sets the target torque for each shift position, a target torque selecting means 24 which selects the target torque for the current-shifting position from target torques, set by the target torque setting means 15, and a target toque correcting means 26 which carries out a primary delay process at a given gain on a target torque, set newly by the target torque selecting means 24 at shift position change and outputs the target torque selected as the final specified torque. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a motor torque control apparatus that is suitable mainly for use in suppressing motor torque of an electric vehicle.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electric vehicle that runs by driving a motor with electric power from a fuel cell or a battery has been developed or partially put into practical use. In addition to the above-described electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle that travels by driving a motor with electric power generated by an engine has been put into practical use.
By the way, an electric vehicle usually does not include a clutch mechanism or a transmission (transmission mechanism), and an output shaft of a motor is directly connected to a driving wheel (or via a final reduction gear or a differential gear).

  On the other hand, even in the case of an electric vehicle not equipped with a transmission, a shift lever may be provided in the passenger compartment as in the case of a vehicle equipped with a transmission. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the shift positions (shift ranges) are P (parking; parking), R (reverse; reverse), N (neutral; neutral), D (drive; running), and L (low; low speed). ) Positions are provided.

Here, the P range is a position where the set target torque is always 0 [Nm], and a mechanical lock is operated on the motor output shaft, and is a shift position used during parking. The N range is a shift position where the motor torque is always maintained at 0 [Nm] and the motor is used in a no-load state.
In addition, the D range and the L range are shift positions used during traveling, and if the accelerator opening is the same, the L range is set to a larger output torque than the D range except when the accelerator is fully opened. It has become. The R range is a shift position used during reverse running. The target torque of the motor is output as an instruction torque by the ECU 108, and the operation of the inverter is controlled based on the instruction torque.
By the way, in the electric vehicle, the target torque is always calculated or set regardless of the shift position. When the shift position is selected, the ECU uses the target torque corresponding to the shift position as the instruction torque. It is designed to output.

This is because, for example, when the shift lever is frequently operated, a response delay may occur if the target torque is calculated each time. For this reason, as described above, all the shifts are always performed. The target torque at the position is obtained, and the target torque corresponding to the selected shift position is output.
Here, the target torque calculation method will be briefly described. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the ECU 108 that controls the operation of the motor and the inverter. The ECU 108 includes target values in the P range and the N range. First motor torque setting unit 116 for setting torque, second motor torque setting unit 118 for setting target torque in D range, third motor torque setting unit 120 for setting target torque in L range, and R range A fourth motor torque setting unit 122 that sets a target torque of the motor 2 is provided. As described above, regardless of the current shift position, the torque setting units 116 to 122 always set the target torque at each shift position.

  Among these, the fixed value 0 [Nm] is set in the first motor torque setting unit 116, and thus the target torque is always 0 [Nm] in the P range and the N range. The second and third motor torque setting units 118 and 120 are provided with maps (D range map and L range map) having the accelerator opening and the vehicle speed as parameters, and the accelerator opening sensor 112 and the vehicle speed. Based on detection information from the sensor 114, target torques in the D range and the L range are set.

  The fourth motor torque setting unit 122 outputs the target torque in the R range by reversing the rotation direction of the motor with respect to the target torque set by the second motor torque setting unit 118. The ECU 108 is provided with target torque selection means 124. The target torque selection means 124 selects and outputs the target torque corresponding to the shift position by selecting the motor torque setting units 116 to 122 corresponding to the shift position detected by the shift position sensor 110. It has become.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique related to torque control of an electric vehicle.
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However, in the conventional technique, for example, when the shift position is changed from the N range to the D range while the accelerator pedal is depressed when the vehicle is stopped, the instruction torque is suddenly changed from the target torque 0 [Nm] of the N range to the target torque of the D range. Therefore, there is a problem that the vehicle is suddenly started.
For this reason, it is conceivable to prohibit traveling when the accelerator pedal is depressed to change from the N range to the D range. However, if the traveling is prohibited in this way, there is a problem that usability is reduced.

Further, when the D range is changed to the L range while the vehicle is traveling, the target torque of the D range and the target torque of the L range are different, so that there is a problem that the instruction torque is suddenly changed and a shock is generated.
The technique of Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for suppressing vehicle body vibration that occurs when a shift operation is performed from a travel range such as a D range or an R range to a stop range such as an N range or a P range.

Specifically, when the motor shift position is switched from the travel range to the stop range, the motor command torque is not switched to 0, but the motor command torque immediately before switching to the stop range is based on a preset decrease function. The vehicle body vibration is suppressed by gradually lowering it to 0 within the set time.
However, this technique is a control when the travel range is switched to the stop range, and no consideration is given to the control when the travel range is switched.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a motor torque control device capable of suppressing a shock when a shift position is changed.

  For this reason, the motor torque control device of the present invention is a motor torque control device that controls the output torque of a motor as a drive source mounted on a vehicle, and is currently selected from a plurality of shift positions of the vehicle. A shift position sensor that detects the shift position, an accelerator position sensor that detects the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle, and a target torque for each shift position is set based on the accelerator operation amount obtained from the accelerator position sensor. Target torque setting means; target torque selection means for selecting a target torque corresponding to the current shift position based on information from the shift position sensor; and target torque selection means for selecting the target torque based on information from the shift position sensor. Switching to the shift position corresponding to the driving range of the vehicle And a target torque correcting means for performing a first-order lag process with a predetermined gain on the target torque newly selected by the target torque selecting means and outputting as a final command torque when a change is detected. It is characterized (claim 1).

Further, if the target torque after the shift position switching is T, the gain is k, the command torque output in the previous control cycle is T _n-1 , and the command torque in the current control cycle is T _n , the target torque The correction means is the following equation: T _n = T · k + T _n−1 · (1−k)
It is preferable to obtain the indicated torque periodically.

Further, it is preferable to have a gain changing means for gradually increasing the gain with an elapsed time after the shift position is switched (Claim 3).
Furthermore, it is preferable that the gain changing means sets the initial value of the gain at the time of switching the shift position to 0, gradually increases the gain to 1 after a predetermined time, and then holds the gain at 1. (Claim 4).

According to the motor torque control device of the present invention, when switching of the shift position is detected, first-order lag processing is performed on the target torque with a predetermined gain and output as the final instruction torque. The command torque can be continuously changed from the target torque at 1 to the target torque at the shift position after switching.
Thereby, the discontinuous sudden change of instruction | indication torque can be suppressed and a torque shock can be suppressed. In particular, when the shift position is changed from the N range to the D range with the accelerator pedal depressed when the vehicle is stopped, there is an advantage that the vehicle can start quickly without a sense of incongruity. Even if it is changed, there is an advantage that the shock can be suppressed by preventing a sudden change in the command torque.

  In addition, after the shift position is switched, the gain is gradually increased according to the elapsed time, so that the command torque is gradually changed immediately after the shift position is switched, and then the command torque is quickly converged to the target torque after the shift position is switched. There is an advantage that you can.

Hereinafter, a motor torque control device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a vehicle to which the device is applied, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a main part of the device. FIG. 3 is a time chart for explaining the operation.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an electric vehicle (vehicle), and 2 denotes a motor 2 as a drive source mounted on the vehicle 1. The motor 2 is a three-phase AC motor in this embodiment. Further, the vehicle 1 is not provided with a clutch mechanism or a transmission (transmission), and the output shaft 2a of the motor 2 is connected to a drive shaft 4 and a drive wheel via a differential gear assembly 3 in which a reduction gear and a differential gear are integrated. 5 is connected.

  Further, the vehicle 1 is provided with a battery 6 as a main power source, and the motor 2 is driven by receiving power supply from the battery 6. As shown in the figure, an inverter 7 is connected to the motor 2. The inverter 7 converts a direct current from the battery 6 into a three-phase alternating current, and controls the output torque and the rotational speed of the motor 2. It has come to be. Further, an electronic control unit (ECU) 8 as a motor control unit is connected to the inverter 7, and the output torque of the motor 2 is set by the ECU 8 and a signal such as this output torque command value (indicated torque) is set. Is output to the inverter 7. Thereby, the operation of the inverter 7 is controlled, and the output torque and the rotation speed of the motor 2 are controlled.

  Further, as described above, although the vehicle 1 is not provided with a transmission, a shift lever (not shown) is provided as a shift position selection means for switching the operation mode of the motor 2. As the range, positions P (parking; parking), R (reverse; reverse), N (neutral; neutral), D (drive; running), and L (low; low speed) are provided.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the ECU 8 detects the amount of depression of a shift position sensor 10 for detecting a current shift position (shift range) selected by a shift lever (not shown) and an accelerator pedal (not shown). Various switches and sensors such as an accelerator opening sensor (accelerator position sensor) 12 and a motor rotation speed sensor (or vehicle speed sensor) 14 for detecting the rotation speed (equivalent to the vehicle speed) of the motor 2 are connected. A signal from each switch / sensor is processed to output an instruction torque signal of the motor 2 to the inverter unit 7.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the ECU 8 corresponds to the current shift position based on the target torque setting means 15 for setting the target torque for the motor 2 for each shift position and the information from the shift position sensor 10. The target torque selecting means 24 for selecting the target torque from the target torque setting means 15 and the target torque newly selected by the target torque selecting means 24 when the shift position switching is detected based on the information from the shift position sensor 10. And target torque correction means 26 for correcting the above.

  Among these, the target torque setting means 15 is a first motor torque setting unit 16 that sets the target torque of the motor 2 in the P range and the N range, and a second motor torque setting that sets the target torque of the motor 2 in the D range. 18 includes a third motor torque setting unit 20 that sets the target torque of the motor 2 in the L range, and a fourth motor torque setting unit 22 that sets the target torque of the motor 2 in the R range. Regardless of the shift position, the torque setting sections 16 to 22 always set the target torque at each shift position.

Further, the target torque selecting means 24 selects and outputs the target torque corresponding to the shift position by selecting the motor torque setting units 16 to 22 corresponding to the shift position detected by the shift position sensor 10. It has become.
Here, the first motor torque setting unit 16 stores 0 [Nm] as a fixed value, and the target torque in the P range and the N range is always set to 0 [Nm]. .

The second motor torque setting unit 18 is provided with a map (D range map) for obtaining a target torque using the accelerator opening and the vehicle speed as parameters, and detection information from the accelerator opening sensor 12 and the vehicle speed sensor 14. Based on this, the target torque in the D range is set.
The third motor torque setting unit 20 is also provided with a map (L range map) for obtaining a target torque using the accelerator opening and the vehicle speed as parameters. Note that the L range map is set to have characteristics such that the target torque set in the L range map is larger than the D range map if the accelerator opening and the vehicle speed are the same.

Further, the fourth motor torque setting unit 22 outputs the target torque in the R range by inverting the sign of the target torque set by the second motor torque setting unit 18. That is, in this case, the absolute value is the same as the target torque of the D range, and only the rotation direction of the output shaft 2a of the motor 2 is changed.
The target torque correction means 26 is a means for performing so-called smoothing control on the target torque in order to suppress a sudden change in the target torque when the shift position is switched. Specifically, the target torque correction means 26 prevents the occurrence of torque shock by suppressing the target torque from changing discontinuously in a pulse shape at the time of shift position switching, and the instruction torque output to the inverter 7. Has a function of continuously changing. In the present embodiment, the target torque correction means 26 executes first-order lag processing using the gain k.

Here, the target torque set after switching the shift position is T, the gain is k, the command torque actually output to the inverter 7 in the current control cycle is T _n , and the command output to the inverter 7 in the previous control cycle Assuming that the torque is T _n−1 , the target torque correction means 26 periodically calculates the command torque T _n according to the following equation (1).
T _n = T · k + T _n−1 · (1−k) (1)
By executing such first-order lag processing, the target torque before the shift position switching and the target torque after the shift position switching are continuously changed, and a torque shock can be prevented.

In the present embodiment, a gain changing unit (gain changing means) 28 for changing the value of the gain k is provided. In the gain changing unit 28, the gain k gradually increases as time elapses. It is like that.
This is because the command torque is gradually changed immediately after the shift position is switched, but thereafter the command torque is quickly converged to the target torque after the shift position is switched. Therefore, when the gain changing unit 28 detects shift position switching based on the detection information from the shift position switch 10, the gain changing unit 28 starts a timer and changes the gain k according to the counter of the timer. It is like that.

  Here, the gain changing unit 28 is provided with a characteristic map as shown in FIG. In this map, the initial value of the gain k when the timer counter = 0 is set to 0, and the gain k is set to a characteristic that increases linearly as the counter increases. Further, the gain k reaches the maximum value 1 after a predetermined time has elapsed, and thereafter the gain k = 1 is held.

By substituting such k into the above-described equation (1), the gain k = 0 immediately after the shift position switching, and the target torque before the shift position switching is output as the instruction torque as it is.
Thereafter, the gain k gradually increases, so that the degree of influence of the target torque after the shift position switching increases, and when the gain k = 1, the target torque after the shift position switching = indicated torque according to the equation (1). It becomes.

  Note that the gain k may be a fixed value. In this case as well, the command torque can be gradually changed after the shift position is switched. However, as described above, by changing the gain k from 0 to 1 over time, the command torque is changed gradually immediately after switching, and then the command torque is quickly changed to the target torque after shift position switching. It can be converged.

Since the motor torque control device according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above, for example, the operation when the driver operates the shift position from the D range to the L range while the vehicle is running is a time chart of FIG. The explanation is as follows.
First, the ECU 8 sets a target torque for each shift position in each motor torque setting unit 16 to 22 regardless of the shift position. Then, the target torque selection means 24 selects a target torque corresponding to the current shift position based on the information from the shift position sensor 10, and outputs this as an instruction torque.

Therefore, during traveling in the D range, the target torque set by the second motor torque setting unit 18 is selected and output as the instruction torque. When the driver operates a shift lever (not shown) to select the shift position from the D range to the L range, the target torque selecting means 24 selects a target torque corresponding to the L range.
For this reason, conventionally, when the shift position is switched (t = t1), the indicated torque to the inverter 7 changes discontinuously from the target torque in the D range to the target torque in the L range as indicated by a line c in FIG. Torque shock occurred.

On the other hand, according to the present apparatus, first-order lag processing is performed on the target torque selected by the target torque selecting means 24, and the timer of the gain changing unit 28 is started to change the gain k according to the timer counter. Since the gain k is gradually changed from the initial value 0 toward 1, the characteristic as shown by the line a in FIG. 3 can be obtained as the instruction torque that is finally output.
That is, by first performing a primary processing delay, the command torque can be continuously changed from the target torque in the D range to the target torque in the L range, and torque shock can be suppressed. Further, in the present embodiment, by changing the gain k so as to gradually approach 1 according to time, the indicated torque is gradually changed immediately after the shift position is changed, and thereafter the indicated torque is quickly changed to the shift position. There is an advantage that the target torque after the switching can be converged.

  Here, the line b in FIG. 3 shows the characteristics when the gain k = constant (for example, k = 0.5). As shown in the figure, immediately after the shift position is switched, the indicated torque changes more gently in the variable gain characteristic indicated by the line a, but thereafter the indicated torque quickly converges to the target torque in the D range. Therefore, the characteristic indicated by line a converges to the target torque in the L range earlier than the characteristic indicated by line b (see t = t2, t3).

As described above, according to the motor torque control device according to the present embodiment, when switching of the shift position is detected, a first-order lag process is performed on the target torque at the shifted shift position, and a final instruction is issued. Since it outputs as torque, there exists an advantage that the target torque before and behind switching can be changed continuously.
Thereby, the discontinuous sudden change of instruction | indication torque can be suppressed, and a torque shock can be suppressed now. In particular, when the shift position is changed from the N range to the D range while the accelerator pedal is depressed when the vehicle is stopped, there is an advantage that the vehicle can start quickly without a sense of incongruity. Even when the range is changed to the L range, there is an advantage that the shock can be suppressed by preventing a sudden change in the command torque.

Similarly, there is an advantage that an unpleasant torque shock can be suppressed when switching between the R range and the D range. In addition, after the shift position is switched, the gain k is gradually increased to increase the shift position. Immediately after the switching, there is an advantage that the command torque can be converged to the target torque after the shift position switching quickly while the command torque is changed relatively slowly.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present apparatus is applied to an electric vehicle has been described. However, the present apparatus may be applied to a hybrid electric vehicle.
Further, in the present embodiment, P, R, N, D, and L positions are provided as vehicle shift positions, but the shift positions are not limited to such positions, and at least two shift positions are provided. It only has to have.
Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the shift lever is applied as the shift position selection means has been described. However, the shift position selection means is not limited to such a shift lever, but is a button type shift switch or a paddle type. Various means such as a shift switch can be applied.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a vehicle to which a motor torque control device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a schematic diagram which shows the principal part structure of the motor torque control apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a time chart explaining the effect | action of the motor torque control apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

1 Electric car (vehicle)
2 Motor as drive source 10 Shift position sensor 12 Accelerator opening sensor (accelerator position sensor)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Target torque setting means 24 Target torque selection means 26 Target torque correction means 28 Gain change part (gain change means)

Claims (4)

A motor torque control device for controlling an output torque of a motor as a drive source mounted on a vehicle,
A shift position sensor for detecting a currently selected shift position among a plurality of shift positions of the vehicle;
An accelerator position sensor for detecting an accelerator operation amount of the vehicle;
Target torque setting means for setting a target torque for each shift position based on the accelerator operation amount obtained from the accelerator position sensor;
Target torque selecting means for selecting a target torque corresponding to the current shift position from the target torque setting means based on information from the shift position sensor;
When switching to a shift position corresponding to the travel range of the vehicle is detected based on information from the shift position sensor, the target torque newly selected by the target torque selecting means is primary with a predetermined gain. A motor torque control device comprising target torque correction means for performing delay processing and outputting as final instruction torque. When the target torque after the shift position switching is T, the gain is k, the command torque output in the previous control cycle is T _n-1 , and the command torque in the current control cycle is T _n , the target torque correction means _Tn = T · k + T _n−1 · (1−k)
The motor torque control device according to claim 1, wherein the instruction torque is periodically obtained by the method. 3. The motor torque control device according to claim 1, further comprising gain changing means for gradually increasing the gain with an elapsed time after switching the shift position. The gain changing means sets the initial value of the gain when switching the shift position to 0, gradually increases the gain to 1 after a predetermined time, and then holds the gain at 1. The motor torque control device according to claim 3.

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