Motor Gain Setting Assistance for Stable Control Tuning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing motor control device parameter setting techniques require expert knowledge and are time-consuming, often compromising stability and control performance due to trial and error, especially for users with insufficient knowledge in gain adjustment.

Innovation Solution

A setting assistance device that calculates and outputs recommended parameter values for velocity proportional gain, integral gain, and position proportional gain, ensuring sufficient stability and control performance, using index value calculation and recommended value output units.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If trial and error method is used to adjust gain for control performance, then control performance can be improved, but stability cannot be secured and adjustment time becomes excessively long

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol performanceVSAvoidadjustment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the evaluation result calculation unit computes stability and control performance evaluation indexes based on actual motor control results. These evaluation results are fed back to guide subsequent parameter adjustments, replacing random trial-and-error with directed optimization that simultaneously improves control performance and secures stability within reasonable time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent systematically changes control parameters (gain values) based on evaluation results from previous iterations. The parameter value change unit adjusts parameters according to calculated evaluation indexes, transforming the blind parameter tuning process into a systematic parameter optimization process that achieves both stability and performance improvement efficiently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If trial and error method is used to adjust gain, then control performance can be improved, but stability cannot be secured

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol performanceVSAvoidsystem stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the evaluation result calculation unit computes stability and control performance evaluation indexes based on actual motor control results. These evaluation results are fed back to guide subsequent parameter adjustments, replacing random trial-and-error with directed optimization that simultaneously improves control performance and secures stability within reasonable time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent calculates both stability evaluation indexes and control performance evaluation indexes before final parameter determination. By evaluating multiple parameters in advance and selecting optimal values based on comprehensive assessment, the system prevents instability issues before they occur, rather than correcting them after trial-and-error attempts fail.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

3Ease of operation

If user performs gain adjustment manually, then flexibility is maintained, but insufficient knowledge leads to unsatisfactory adjustment results

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser flexibilityVSAvoidadjustment quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables the motor control device to perform self-adjustment of gain parameters. The evaluation result calculation unit automatically computes stability and performance indexes, and the parameter value change unit autonomously adjusts parameters based on these evaluations. This self-service capability eliminates the need for expert user knowledge while maintaining adjustment flexibility and significantly improving adjustment quality through systematic optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment (user turning knobs or entering values) with an automated computational system. The evaluation result calculation unit and parameter value change unit form an automated control system that substitutes human judgment with algorithmic optimization, achieving superior adjustment quality without requiring user expertise in gain tuning.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Reliability

If comprehensive evaluation of stability and control performance is performed, then optimal parameters can be found, but calculation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter optimalityVSAvoidcalculation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the evaluation process into distinct components: stability evaluation index calculation and control performance evaluation index calculation. Each component focuses on specific aspects of motor control quality, allowing comprehensive evaluation to be performed through modular, manageable calculations rather than attempting to evaluate all parameters simultaneously, thus reducing overall calculation complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3843262B1Setting assistance device
Publication Date: 2025.08.27 OMRON CORP
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AI summary

This setting assistance device comprises: an index value calculation unit that calculates a first evaluation index value which indicates the control performance or stability of motor control by a motor control device in each of a plurality of conditions in which the combination of values of a first parameter and a second parameter that are set in the motor control device is different; a recommended value calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of the calculated first evaluation index value in each condition, a recommended value for the first parameter and a recommended value for the second parameter; and a recommended value output unit that outputs the calculated recommended value for the first parameter and recommended value for the second parameter. Due to this configuration, the parameter values of the motor control device can be satisfactorily set even by a user having insufficient knowledge regarding gain adjustment.