# US 10,122,314 B2 · Motor control apparatus, motor control system, motor control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,314 B2 - Document ID: US10122314B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/263,794 - Filed: 2016-09-13 - Published: 2016-12-29 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-13 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki - Inventors: Yusuke Oka; Tadashi Okubo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122314B2 ## CPC - H02P 27/08: with pulse width modulation - H02P 6/006: {Controlling linear motors} - H02P 29/02: Providing protection against overload without automatic interruption of supply (protection against faults of stepper motors H02P8/36) - H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS ## Abstract A motor control apparatus for controlling driving of a motor includes an inverter which supplies power to a motor having a position detector, and circuitry which controls power conversion of the inverter based on at one or more predetermined control parameters, determine a type of the motor based on a signal received from the position detector of the motor, and control notification of setting confirmation of one or more of the predetermined control parameters in accordance with the type of the motor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor control apparatus for controlling driving of a motor, comprising: an inverter configured to supply power to a motor comprising a position detector; and circuitry configured to control power conversion of the inverter based on at least one predetermined control parameter, determine a type of the motor based on a signal received from the position detector of the motor, and control notification of setting confirmation of the at least one predetermined control parameter in accordance with the type of the motor, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the type of the motor from one of a rotation type and a linear motion type, and the circuitry comprises a non-volatile memory and is configured to record the type of the motor in the non-volatile memory, make comparison between a current type and a preceding type recorded in the non-volatile memory, determine whether the current type and the preceding type match, and control the notification when the current type and the preceding type do not match. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to release the notification based on a release signal received from an external terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The motor control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to control display of exclusive control parameters including different contents corresponding to types of motors respectively among the at least one predetermined control parameters. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The motor control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display of the contents of the exclusive control parameters respectively corresponding to the current type and the preceding type in contrast. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The motor control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry is configured to set the contents of the exclusive control parameter for the current type. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The motor control apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a converter configured to covert AC power fed from an AC power supply into DC power and comprising a rectification circuit and a smoothing circuit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The motor control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a converter configured to covert AC power fed from an AC power supply into DC power and comprising a rectification circuit and a smoothing circuit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The motor control apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a converter configured to covert AC power fed from an AC power supply into DC power and comprising a rectification circuit and a smoothing circuit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The motor control apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: a converter configured to covert AC power fed from an AC power supply into DC power and comprising a rectification circuit and a smoothing circuit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The motor control apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a converter configured to covert AC power fed from an AC power supply into DC power and comprising a rectification circuit and a smoothing circuit. ### Claim 11 A motor control system, comprising: a motor comprising a position detector; a motor control apparatus configured to control driving of the motor and comprising an inverter and circuitry; and an external terminal externally connected to the motor control apparatus and configured to output a release signal which releases notification, wherein the inverter is configured to supply power to the motor having the position detector, and the circuitry is configured to control power conversion of the inverter based on at least one predetermined control parameter, determine a type of the motor based on a signal received from the position detector of the motor, and control the notification of setting confirmation of the at least one predetermined control parameter in accordance with the type of the motor, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the type of the motor from one of a rotation type and a linear motion type, and the circuitry comprises a non-volatile memory and is configured to record the type of the motor in the non-volatile memory, make comparison between a current type and a preceding type recorded in the non-volatile memory, determine whether the current type and the preceding type match, and control the notification when the current type and the preceding type do not match. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The motor control system according to claim 11, wherein the circuitry is configured to release the notification based on a release signal received from an external terminal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The motor control system according to claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to control display of exclusive control parameters including different contents corresponding to types of motors respectively among the at least one predetermined control parameters. ### Claim 14 A motor control method for controlling driving of a motor, comprising: controlling power conversion of an inverter based on at least one predetermined control parameter; determining a type of a motor based on a signal received from a position detector of the motor; and controlling notification of setting confirmation of the at least one predetermined control parameter in accordance with the type of the motor determined; recording, in a non-volatile memory, the type of the motor determined; making comparison between a current type and a preceding type recorded in the non-volatile memory; determining whether the current type and the preceding type match; and controlling the notification when the current type and the preceding type do not match, wherein the inverter is configured to supply power to the motor comprising the position detector, and the determining of the type of the motor comprises determining the type of the motor from one of a rotation type and a linear motion type. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The motor control method according to claim 14, further comprising: releasing the notification based on a release signal received from an external terminal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The motor control method according to claim 15, wherein the controlling of the notification comprises controlling display of exclusive control parameters including different contents corresponding to types of motors respectively among the at least one predetermined control parameters. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The motor control method according to claim 16, wherein the controlling of the display comprises controlling the display of the contents of the exclusive control parameters respectively corresponding to the current type and the preceding type in contrast. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The motor control method according to claim 17, further comprising: setting the contents of the exclusive control parameter for the current type of the motor.