# US 10,873,278 B2 · Motor driving system and motor operation recovering method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,278 B2 - Document ID: US10873278B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/665,843 - Filed: 2017-08-01 - Published: 2018-05-10 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-10 - Assignees: Delta Electronics, Inc. - Applicants: Delta Electronics, Inc. - Inventors: Chia-Pin Wei; Yu-Wei Lee; Wei-Shuo Tseng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873278B2 ## CPC - H02P 1/04: Means for controlling progress of starting sequence in dependence upon time or upon current, speed, or other motor parameter - H02P 23/20: Controlling the acceleration or deceleration - H02P 2205/07: Speed loop, i.e. comparison of the motor speed with a speed reference - Y02P 80/10: Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier - H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A motor driving system is configured for driving a motor, which is under an inertial rotation status without being driven, to stably rotate from an original speed to a target speed. The motor driving system includes a sensing unit, a control unit and a driving unit. The sensing unit detects a real rotating status of the motor. The control unit is electrically connected with the sensing unit and provides a gradual acceleration command based on the real rotating status. The driving unit is electrically connected with the control unit and drives the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed according to the gradual acceleration command. In addition, a motor operation recovering method cooperated with the motor driving system is also disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor driving system for driving a motor, which is under an inertial rotation status without being driven, to stably rotate from an inertial rotation speed to a target speed, the motor driving system comprising: a sensing unit detecting a time period of the inertial rotation status between a start and an elimination of an alert event as a real rotating status of the motor; a control unit electrically connected with the sensing unit and providing a gradual acceleration command based on the real rotating status, wherein the control unit takes the time period of the inertial rotation status as a search key to obtain the gradual acceleration command from a correction-after-alert-event lookup table for determining the proper driving voltage level to be provided to coils so as to drive the motor to stably rotate from the inertial rotation speed to the target speed, a driving voltage is obtained by searching the lookup table according to the time period of the inertial rotation status between the start and the elimination of the alert event and configured to control immediate and continuous operation recovery of the motor and eliminate undesired surge current and abnormal excitation sound caused by the operation recovery of the motor; and a driving unit electrically connected with the control unit and configured to provide the driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed according to the gradual acceleration command. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein the motor is not driven by the motor driving system in the alert event, and the motor driving system drives the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed after the alert event is eliminated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein a rotation-speed increasing value requested by the gradual acceleration command is 10% of the inertial rotation speed or less, and the gradual acceleration command corresponds to a rotation speed between 90% and 110% of the inertial rotation speed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is an inductive electromotive force sensor, a current phase sensor or a rotation speed sensor, and the real rotating status relates to an inductive electromotive force, a coil current or a real rotation speed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein the control unit is a controller, when the alert event happens, the control unit controls the driving unit to stop driving the motor; and after the alert event is eliminated, the control unit controls the driving unit to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein the driving unit provides the driving voltage according to the gradual acceleration command to prevent the motor from generating a surge current. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein the driving unit comprises an inverter, and the control unit adjusts an output voltage of the inverter to control the driving unit to provide a driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein the driving unit comprises an inverter and a converter, the control unit adjusts an output voltage of the converter to adjust an output voltage of the inverter, and the driving unit is controlled to provide a driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The motor driving system of claim 1, wherein the driving unit comprises an inverter and a converter, the control unit adjusts an output voltage of the inverter by adjusts an output voltage of the converter and a pulse modulation method simultaneously, and the driving unit is controlled to provide a driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed. ### Claim 10 A motor operation recovering method applied with a motor driving system, wherein the motor driving system is configured for driving a motor, which is under an inertial rotation status without being driven, to stably rotate from an inertial rotation speed to a target speed, the motor driving system comprises a sensing unit, a control unit and a driving unit, the control unit is electrically connected with the sensing unit, and the driving unit is electrically connected with the control unit, the motor operation recovering method comprising steps of: detecting a time period of the inertial rotation status between a start and an elimination of an alert event as a real rotating status of the motor by the sensing unit; providing a gradual acceleration command by the control unit based on the real rotating status, wherein the control unit takes the time period of the inertial rotation status as a search key to obtain the gradual acceleration command from a correction-after-alert-event lookup table for determining the proper driving voltage level to be provided to coils so as to drive the motor to stably rotate from the inertial rotation speed to the target speed, a driving voltage is obtained by searching the lookup table according to the time period of the inertial rotation status between the start and the elimination of the alert event and configured to control immediate and continuous operation recovery of the motor and eliminate undesired surge current and abnormal excitation sound caused by the operation recovery of the motor; and providing the driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed by the driving unit according to the gradual acceleration command. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein the motor is not driven by the motor driving system in the alert event, and the motor driving system drives the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed after the alert event is eliminated. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein a rotation-speed increasing value requested by the gradual acceleration command is 10% of the inertial rotation speed or less, and the gradual acceleration command corresponds to a rotation speed between 90% and 110% of the inertial rotation speed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein the sensing unit is an inductive electromotive force sensor, a current phase sensor or a rotation speed sensor, and the real rotating status relates to an inductive electromotive force, a coil current or a real rotation speed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein the control unit is a controller, when the alert event happens, the control unit controls the driving unit to stop driving the motor; and after the alert event is eliminated, the control unit controls the driving unit to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein the driving unit provides the driving voltage according to the gradual acceleration command to prevent the motor from generating a surge current. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein the driving unit comprises an inverter, and the control unit adjusts an output voltage of the inverter to control the driving unit to provide a driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein the driving unit comprises an inverter and a converter, the control unit adjusts an output voltage of the converter to adjust an output voltage of the inverter, and the driving unit is controlled to provide a driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The motor operation recovering method of claim 10, wherein the driving unit comprises an inverter and a converter, the control unit adjusts an output voltage of the inverter by adjusts an output voltage of the converter and a pulse modulation method simultaneously, and the driving unit is controlled to provide a driving voltage to drive the motor to accelerate stably to the target speed.