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7474073 Method and system for multiple servo motor control using a single control loop  
The solution involves the use of two or more motors to drive a common mechanism. The single control loop includes a position sensing device coupled to only a first of the plurality of servo motors...
7474067 Electric power steering system  
There are provided a high-order current distortion compensator which uses rotational position information on an electric motor and a target current value of the electric motor for deciding a...
7474068 Position detection and external driver multiplexing system for DC motors  
A system and method is provided for improved monitoring and controlling of mechanically commutated DC motors. The system and method include DC motors, pulse-count driver circuitry for driving the...
7474071 Electric motor regulation with controlled error intercept  
A motor is controlled by a motor control signal so that it reaches a target state, which is derived from sensor data sensed by a sensor. The motor can be put into a rest state at the occurrence of...
7466906 Motor control apparatus  
A motor control apparatus includes a target value computation device which computes a target value of a current to be passed through a motor, a current detection device which detects a current...
7466100 Digital high-resolution controller  
Kinematic control of an electronic positioner and its associated actuator is effected through a control algorithm that delivers energy to the actuator based on observed motion produced by a...
7463003 Motor control system for controlling a plurality of motors  
A motor control system for controlling a plurality of motors for moving an object in respectively different axial directions that includes a plurality of target devices, each target device...
7463464 Method and apparatus for sensing brushless DC motor average current from overcurrent protection circuitry  
A method and an apparatus that permit the measurement of the motor average current directly from the output of the amplifier and filter stage used for instantaneous dc-link overcurrent protection....
7456595 Method and apparatus for adaptive control of a disk drive in the presence of non-linear magnetic bias  
According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method of moving a disc drive arm in the presence of nonlinear magnetic bias. Further, in another preferred...
7453223 Method for active compensation of oscillations in a machine which processes printing material, and a machine which processes printing material  
For the active compensation of oscillations in a machine which processes printing material, a signal which contains an oscillation of the machine or of a part of the machine is measured and at...
7453222 Sun roof drive device  
The sun roof drive device opens and closes a vehicle sun roof by a DC brushless motor, which is driven by rectangular waves when high torque is required at a low rotational speed and which is...
7450356 Rotation speed controller for fans  
A specially designed rotation speed controller for fans, in addition to basic components like variable resistor, the controller has also been equipped with special components such as TRIAC, micro...
7446494 HVAC actuator having torque compensation  
A method and system are disclosed for adjusting the torque of a motor for a HVAC actuator based upon one or more operating conditions of the HVAC actuator. One illustrative HVAC actuator includes...
7443116 Electrically powered vehicle mounting electric motor and control method therefor  
A normal map determines a carrier frequency used for switching control of an inverter controlling driving of a motor generator, in accordance with the state of operation of the motor generator in a...
7439701 Method and device for detecting initial excitation phase of stepping motor  
A method and device for detecting an initial excitation phase of a stepping motor is provided, by which an initial excitation phase of a rotor corresponding to a position of a stopper can be...
7436147 Motor driving apparatus  
A motor driving apparatus drives a motor by means of an AC/AC direct converter such as a matrix converter. The motor driving apparatus is provided with a current detecting section for detecting...
7436138 Methods and systems for emulating an induction motor utilizing an electronically commutated motor  
A method for emulating induction motor operation using an electronically commutated motor (ECM) is described herein. The method includes receiving, at the ECM, a desired operating torque, accessing...
7436144 Inverter apparatus  
A CPU calculates, based on a frequency command value for driving a motor and on a state quantity of the motor, an output-voltage command value in which only the phase advances while amplitude is...
7433164 Ceiling fan motor control module  
A ceiling fan motor control module includes a digital core controller coupled to a brushless motor for computing, processing, transmitting and controlling signals and providing a soft start and...
7429847 Motor control device  
A controller performs processing for calculating a main torque control value, processing for outputting a final control torque value based on the main torque control value and a...
7429840 Control of an electrical reluctance machine  
An electrical machine having stator ( 30 ) and rotor ( 31 ) is disclosed. The motor has field windings (F) and armature windings (A) energized by a suitable power electronic controller ( 401 ). A...
7427843 Electrically operated power steering controller and adjusting method of driving electric current offset in this controller  
The invention proposes an electrically operated power steering controller for inputting a driving electric current offset value of higher accuracy and being able to make an offset correction of a...
7427842 Series motor and method of controlling the same  
A circuit for a series motor for a power tool is disclosed, wherein reliable switching is achieved by means of two electronic switches, without the use of a mechanically disconnecting switch. To...
7423397 Electric power steering device  
An electric power steering device to control a motor based on steering torque generated in a steering shaft and supply an auxiliary steering force conforming to the steering torque to the steering...
7423395 Sensorless vector control method for alternating-current motor and control apparatus therefor  
It is the objective of the present invention to provide a sensorless vector control method and a control apparatus, for an alternating-current motor, that can smoothly restart an...
7423393 Car control method and car control apparatus  
A car control apparatus including a wheel sensor, wheel torque calculating means for calculating wheel torque from the wheel speed, drive force detecting means for detecting drive force generated...
7423398 Elevator arrangement  
The method of the present invention can be used to monitor and predict the condition of an automatic door of an elevator or more generally an automatic door in a building. In the method, the...
7420343 Current limiting DC motor starter circuit  
A current limiting DC motor starter employing a closed loop current measurement to provide precise current control that adapts to changing motor conditions, integrated with a solid state reversing...
7417393 Load driver capable of suppressing overcurrent  
A control device determines whether a motor generator is controlled in a PWM control mode, an overmodulation control mode or a rectangular-wave control mode. If a command to perform a boosting...
7417395 Switch-based door and ramp interface system  
An interface system is presented, which prevents operational interference between a vehicle power door and a ramp of an access system by interrupting power to the motors and actuators responsible...
7417392 Electronic line shaft with phased lock loop filtering and predicting  
An improved electronic line shaft provides for a predictor sending predicted position and/or velocity values to servant drives that may be later strobed in by high speed low-latency strobe signals...
7414377 System and method for automatic current limit control  
A motor controller system comprises solid state switches for connection between an AC line and motor terminals for controlling application of AC power to the motor. A sensor senses AC line voltage....
7411366 Electric power-assist system for manually-operated vehicle  
An electric power-assist system for a manually operated vehicle, such as a bicycle, has a pedal with Hall sensors for producing a signal representing a rotational speed of the pedal, and an...
7411367 Full bridge circuit and DC motor capable of fixing output voltage and avoiding reverse current  
A full bridge circuit includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a first controller, a second controller, a first operational amplifier, a first multiplexer, a...
7405525 Method for the control of an electric machine and/or device for the control thereof  
The invention relates to a method for the control of an electric machine ( 5 ), wherein a control unit ( 1 ) comprises a parameterisable speed control ( 26 ) and a parameterisable additional...
7402970 Electric power steering device  
The present invention includes a control part for controlling switching elements on diagonal lines in the upper and lower stage of an H bridge circuit respectively by different duty ratios based on...
7400107 Surgical machine and method for operating a surgical machine  
To improve a surgical machine with an electric motor comprising a rotor and a plurality of motor windings, and with a motor controller for controlling and/or regulating the electric motor so that,...
7400101 Method for detecting rotor angle of DC brushless motor and controller of DC brushless motor  
A method and an apparatus accurately detect a rotor angle of a DC brushless motor by using a first-order difference of a detected value of a phase current. A periodic signal causing the total sum...
7395124 Adaptive motor drive method and apparatus including inertia estimator  
A method and apparatus for use with a plant drive system that receives a reference command signal and generates a torque command to drive a plant, the method for estimating plant inertia and...
7394214 Control unit for electric power steering apparatus  
In order to solve a problem that a motor generates a noise so as to deteriorate an environment in a vehicle if a field weakening control is executed to the motor of a electric power steering...
7391175 Device and method for driving electric actuator  
A smart actuator that includes a driving device and an electric actuator such as a DC motor includes a driving current detecting circuit, a driving circuit connected to the electric actuator, a...
7388342 System and method for controlling a motor using forced speed control  
A system and method for operating a motor drive unit. The motor drive unit is coupled to a motor driving a load and is configured to selectively control the motor according to a torque control mode...
7388346 Adjustment method of rotor position detection of synchronous motor  
To obtain an adjustment method of rotor position detection of a synchronous motor with excellent productivity. An adjustment method of rotor position detection of a synchronous motor, wherein a...
7385367 Motor control method and motor controller  
A motor speed, duty, and power source voltage are detected (steps S 1 to S 3 ). Referring to a load point map, a load point value is obtained (steps S 4 and S 5 ). The load point map is created...
7382105 Motor driving device and electric power steering apparatus  
In a motor driving device where a motor having a winding wire with small inductance value is driven by a digital control means comprised of control means including a current command value...
7382107 Shift range switching apparatus  
By utilizing a mechanical backlash generated between an electric actuator and a shift range switching mechanism, a specific region is obtained, in which a variation in the output shaft angle is...
7380634 Electric power steering apparatus for vehicle and method for installing the same on vehicle  
When the disclosed electric power steering apparatus designed for use in a right/left-hand-drive vehicle is installed on a left/right-hand-drive vehicle, methods of (1) mirror-reversing the...
7375485 Control systems and methods for starting permanent magnet rotating machines  
Systems and methods for controlling a rotating electromagnetic machine. The rotating machine, such as a permanent magnet motor or hybrid switched reluctance motor, includes a stator having a...
7375481 Method of controlling motor thermal protection for an electric power steering system of a motor vehicle  
The invention relates to motor vehicles which are equipped with an electric power steering system. Using a known method, the value of the maximum current that is allowed to travel through the...
7375934 Power converter controlling apparatus and method applying a fault protection scheme in a motor drive system  
A method and apparatus control a power converter ( 20 ) of a motor drive system. The power converter ( 20 ) is controlled during a first operating mode by applying a current control scheme, which...