# US 12,119,762 B2 · Motor control device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,762 B2 - Document ID: US12119762B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/685,524 - Filed: 2022-03-03 - Published: 2022-06-16 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-10 - Assignees: Denso Corporation - Applicants: Denso Corporation - Inventors: Kouji Sakaguchi; Seiji Nakayama; Jun Yamada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119762B2 ## CPC - H02P 1/029: {Restarting, e.g. after power failure} - H02P 3/025: {holding the rotor in a fixed position after deceleration} - F16H 61/32: Electric motors {, actuators or related electrical control means} therefor - F16H 63/3466: {using electric motors} - F16H 2061/326: {Actuators for range selection, i.e. actuators for controlling the range selector or the manual range valve in the transmission} - H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS - F16H: GEARING ## Abstract A motor control device controls the drive of a motor including a motor winding. The motor control device is provided with an energization control unit and a standstill determination unit. The energization control unit controls the energization of the motor winding in accordance with a detection value of a rotational position sensor that detects a rotational position of the motor. The standstill determination unit determines a standstill of the motor. When a standstill of the motor is detected, the energization control unit controls energization in a change pattern that is an energization pattern different from a preset regular pattern in accordance with the detection value of the rotational position sensor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor control device configured to control drive of a motor including a motor winding, the motor control device comprising: an energization control unit that is configured to control energization of the motor winding in accordance with an encoder count value of a rotational position sensor that is configured to detect a rotational position of the motor; and a standstill determination unit that is configured to determine a standstill of the motor, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when the standstill of the motor is detected, control energization in a change pattern, which is an energization pattern different from a preset regular pattern, in accordance with the detection value of the rotational position sensor, and the standstill determination unit is configured to determine, when the encoder count value of the rotational position sensor remains unchanged over a standstill determination time, that the motor is in a torque decrease region in which a torque of the motor drops, and that the standstill of the motor occurs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when the standstill of the motor is detected, perform de-energization and subsequently resume the energization in the change pattern. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The motor control device according to claim 2, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when the rotational position returns to an energization resumption position after the de-energization, resume the energization in the change pattern. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The motor control device according to claim 2, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when a de-energization duration elapses after the de-energization, resume the energization in the change pattern. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the change pattern is an energization pattern on a retarded angle side of a standstill position of the motor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the change pattern is an energization pattern on an advanced angle side of a standstill position of the motor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when the motor advances to a return position on an advanced angle side from a standstill position of the motor after the energization in the change pattern is started, return the change pattern to the regular pattern. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when a change pattern duration elapses after the energization is started in the change pattern, return the change pattern to the regular pattern. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the change pattern is an energization pattern to generate a torque at a standstill position reversely to a rotational direction before the motor comes to the standstill, and the energization control unit is configured to return the energization pattern to the regular pattern after returning the motor to a lock position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when a standstill position of the motor is in a torque decrease region, make a change in the energization pattern, and the energization control unit is configured to, when the standstill position of the motor is out of the torque decrease region, make no change in the energization pattern. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The motor control device according to claim 1, wherein the energization control unit is configured to, when the standstill of the motor is detected, perform de-energization and subsequently resume the energization in the change pattern when the rotational position returns to an energization resumption position by a load torque after the de-energization. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The motor control device according to claim 11, wherein the rotational position sensor is a rotary encoder configured to output a pulse signal, and the energization resumption position is a position where an encoder edge of the pulse signal is detected on a retarded angle side from a standstill position at which the standstill of the motor is detected. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The motor control device according to claim 12, wherein the energization resumption position is a position where the encoder count value is set back by one on the retarded angle side from the standstill position. ### Claim 14 A motor control device comprising: a processor configured to control energization of a motor winding of a motor to drive of the motor in accordance with an encoder count value (Cen) of a rotational position of the motor; determine whether a standstill, in which a torque of the motor drops, occurs in the motor; and determine, in response to the encoder count value (Cen) of the rotational position sensor that remains unchanged over a standstill determination time, that the motor is in a torque decrease region in which a torque of the motor drops, and that the standstill of the motor occurs, and in response to detection of the standstill, control energization in a change pattern, which is different from a preset regular pattern, in accordance with the detection value of the rotational position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The motor control device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to, when the standstill of the motor is detected, perform de-energization and subsequently resume the energization in the change pattern when the rotational position returns to an energization resumption position by a load torque after the de-energization. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The motor control device according to claim 15, wherein the rotational position sensor is a rotary encoder configured to output a pulse signal, and the energization resumption position is a position where an encoder edge of the pulse signal is detected on a retarded angle side from a standstill position at which the standstill of the motor is detected. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The motor control device according to claim 16, wherein the energization resumption position is a position where the encoder count value is set back by one on the retarded angle side from the standstill position.