JPH0635254B2 - Sun roof controller - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an automobile sunroof control device.

[Prior Art] In recent years, a sunroof control device has been widely used, in which a lid as an opening / closing body is slidably opened / closed in a sunroof opening formed in a roof of an automobile, and tilting / closing / sliding is automatically performed by an operation switch. Is becoming popular. In such a sunroof control device, a cam means is provided in the rotational force transmission system of the motor output for controlling the opening / closing position of the opening / closing body, and a limit switch operated by each cam is provided so that the opening / closing body can be opened and closed in a predetermined manner. When the position is reached, the limit switch is activated to stop the motor. Further, the motor is controlled by using a microcomputer, and the opening / closing position of the opening / closing body is detected by extracting the rotation of the motor as a pulse signal by the encoder means, and the opening / closing body is moved to a predetermined fully open position, fully closed position or tilt-up position. Some are configured to stop.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in these conventional sunroof control devices, since the size and shape of the sunroof opening are different depending on the vehicle type, the tilt-up position, the fully closed position, and the fully open position of the opening / closing body are different. However, there has been a problem when trying to use many common members by reducing the number of changes in the constituent members for each vehicle type as much as possible.

In other words, the former cam mechanism can be used by changing the cam shape or the reduction ratio, but it is necessary to prepare a large number of cams with complicated shapes, and it is troublesome to install the cam. There is a problem that takes. In the latter case, a different type of expensive microcomputer must be provided every time the stroke of the opening / closing body changes, which causes a problem of extremely high cost.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and a pulse count value generating means for outputting a pulse count value corresponding to an operation signal of an operation switch is provided with a pulse count value. Setting means is provided so that the opening / closing body stroke of the sunroof opening can be changed by changing the setting of the corresponding pulse count value in the pulse count value setting means, and the internal configuration of the expensive microcomputer remains unchanged for each vehicle type. An object of the present invention is to provide a sunroof control device that can easily respond to stroke changes.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In the sunroof control device of the present invention, a pulse generating means for synchronizing with the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body, a counter means for the pulse signal from the pulse generating means, and a tilt-up of the opening / closing body. An operation switch for inputting an operation signal for driving to a position, a fully closed position or a fully open position, and a tilt-up position, a fully closed position or a fully open position of the opening / closing body according to the operation signal of the operation switch. A switch corresponding count value generating means for outputting a pulse count value and a detected pulse count value from the pulse counter means are compared with a corresponding pulse count value of the switch corresponding count value generating means to move the opening / closing body in a desired direction. The comparison calculation means for calculating the drive signal necessary for moving the predetermined distance, and the output from this comparison calculation means The motor drive means for driving the motor and the pulse count value setting means for setting the pulse count values corresponding to the tilt-up position, the fully closed position and the fully open position of the opening / closing body with respect to the switch corresponding count value generating means. Be prepared.

[Operation] In the sunroof control device of the present invention, the switch-corresponding count value generating means for outputting the pulse count value corresponding to the opening / closing position designated by the operation switch is controlled by the pulse count value setting means to open / close each opening / closing position of the opening / closing body. Set the corresponding pulse count value. Then, in the comparison calculation means, the opening / closing position at the time of driving the opening / closing body is obtained from the pulse count means, and is compared with the switch corresponding count value input by the switch corresponding count value generating means to determine the motor drive direction and also the drive amount. It is determined and given to the motor control means to control the opening / closing body to move to a predetermined opening / closing position.

When the opening / closing stroke of the opening / closing body needs to be changed depending on the vehicle type, it can be dealt with by changing the numerical value of the switch-corresponding count value set by the pulse count value setting means.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a sunroof portion of an automobile, and FIGS. 4 and 5 show a drive structure of a sunroof control device.
A sunroof opening 2 is formed in a roof 1 of an automobile, and a lid 3 as an opening / closing body is attached to the sunroof opening 2 so as to be tiltable and slidable. This lid 3
As will be described later, the motor 4 is interlocked with and connected to the motor 4 via a friction clutch 5 as a connecting / disconnecting means, a transmission gear train 6 as a rotational force transmitting means, and a drive wire 7.

The motor 4 is capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation by a motor control means described later, is arranged inside the roof 1 of the automobile, and the motor axis X is arranged along the vehicle width direction, and has a driving gear 10, a driving gear 11, and It is fixed to the flange 13 of the case body 12 containing the transmission gear train 6 by bolts 14.

A worm 16 is provided on the output shaft 15 of the motor 4, and a driving gear 10 serving as a worm wheel meshes with the worm 16 at a right angle to the axis X.

The main drive gear 10 is loosely fitted to the main shaft 18, and the main shaft 18 is slidably supported at both ends in the axial direction Y by the case body 12 via the bearing member 19, and both shaft ends are exposed to the outside. .

A drive gear 11 (included in the rotational force transmission means) that faces the main drive gear 10 and is opposed to the main drive gear 10 is integrally fixed to the main shaft 18. The engagement force between the manual gear 10 and the drive gear 11 is controlled by the friction clutch 5, and the drive gear 11
When an overload is applied to the side, the friction clutch 5 causes a slip, and the motor 4 is prevented from being overloaded. That is, the washer 20 is interposed between the driving gear 10 and the driving gear 11, and the washer 20 is fixed to the driving gear 10 side, and the driving gear 10 and the driving gear 11 sandwich the washer 20. Are joined together. A ring-shaped clutch member 23 and a clutch spring 24 are provided between the main drive gear 10 and the flange portion 21 of the main shaft 18 with a washer 22 interposed therebetween.

The first gear 25 at the head of the transmission gear train 6 is meshed with the drive gear 11. The first gear 25 is loosely fitted to the first gear shaft 26 whose both ends are supported by the case main body 12, and meshes with the second gear 28 fixed to the second gear shaft 27.

The second gear shaft 27 is mounted on the case body 1 via the bearing member 28.
Both ends are rotatably supported by 2, and one shaft end projects outward from the case body 12. Second gear shaft 2 protruding
A third gear 30 meshing with the gear portion of the drive wire 7 is fixed to the shaft end portion of the drive wire 7, and the drive wire 7 is moved by the normal rotation and reverse rotation of the third gear 30, and the lid is moved by the movement of the drive wire 7. It is possible to perform tilt opening / closing in which the rear end side of 3 rises and sliding opening / closing.

The drive gear 11, which is connected to the output shaft 15 of the motor 4 via the driving gear 10 and the friction clutch 5, is provided with a magnetnet 31 as pulse generating means, and the magnetnet 31 rotates at the bottom of the case body 12. The hole I as a pulse detecting means is provided at a position facing the locus.
C32 is provided. Therefore, when the drive gear 11 rotates, the Hall IC 32 detects a pulse each time the magnetnet 31 comes to the position of the Hall IC 32,
The rotation detection pulse signal can be output to the sunroof control circuit described later through the lead wire.

1 and 2 show the electric circuit configuration of an embodiment of the sunroof control device of the present invention. Control of opening / closing drive of the lid 3 of the sunroof opening 2 is performed by the CPU 33 configured by a one-chip microcomputer. The raindrop detection sensor 34 and the ignition switch 3 are provided as input information to the CPU 33.
5, a key presence / absence detection switch 36, a right door lock detection switch 37, and a left door lock detection switch 38 are provided. Tilt switch button 39, close switch button 40, intermediate position switch button 41, and open switch button 4 are used as opening and closing operation switches for lid 3.
Two are provided. Input information from each of these switches and sensors is connected to the CPU 33 via the input interface 43. Furthermore, Hall IC3
2 is also connected to the CPU 33 via the input interface 44.

The output information from the CPU 33 is output interface 4
LED 47 for tilt display, LED 48 for fully closed display, LED 49 for intermediate position display, L for fully open display via 5, 46
It is given to the ED 50 and the alarm buzzer 51. Also, CPU
In order to control the forward rotation, the reverse rotation, and the stop of the motor 4 by the motor 33, the motor drive circuit 5 via the output interface 52.
A control signal is given to 3.

A constant voltage power supply circuit 54 and a crack generation circuit 55 are connected to the CPU 33.

The motor drive circuit 53 includes a forward rotation relay circuit 56,
The output interface 5 is provided with a reverse rotation relay circuit 57.
Depending on the signal from 2, the relay circuit 56 of either forward or reverse,
The forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the motor 4 are controlled depending on whether 57 is driven. Further, the relay contacts 56-1 and 57-1 of the respective relay circuits 56 and 57 are connected such that their NC sides form a closed circuit with the motor 4, and when the motor is stopped, the motor 4 is connected to the motor 4 by the closed circuit. The braking effect works,
The motor stop position can be accurately determined.

Further, a current detection resistor 58 as an overcurrent detector is inserted between the motor 4 and each of the relay contacts 56-1 and 57-1, and a voltage signal raised by this current detection resistor 58 is passed through the input interface 44. Input to CPU33,
Overload detection for the motor 4 is performed.

The detailed internal structure of the CPU 33 is as shown in FIG. Explaining the CPU 33, raindrop detector information 59, ignition switch information 60, key detector information 61, through the input interface 43,
Door opening / closing detector information 62, setting switch information 63, operation switch information 64, synchronous pulse detector information 65, and overcurrent detector information 66 are input.

The raindrop detector information 59 gives a raindrop detection signal from the raindrop detection sensor 34.

The ignition switch information 60 is information for informing whether or not the ignition switch 36 is turned on.

The key detector information 61 is information indicating whether the ignition key is removed from the key cylinder by the key presence / absence detection switch 36.

The door open / close detector information 62 is information for informing whether or not the door is opened / closed by the left and right door lock detection switches 37, 38.

The setting switch information 63 is switch information for setting the correspondence between the pulse count value and the lid open / close position as described later.

The operation switch information 64 is information notifying the operation states of the operation switches 39 to 42 such as tilt, close, and open.

The synchronous pulse detector information 65 is for inputting a pulse signal from the Hall IC 32.

Further, as the overcurrent detector information 66, the detection signal of the overcurrent detector 58 that detects that an overcurrent has flown into the motor 4 is input.

Inside the CPU 33, centering on the comparison calculation unit 67,
There is provided a timer unit 68, a forgetting to close condition determining unit 69, and a fully closed position corresponding count value generating unit 70 which constitute a sunroof closing forgetting circuit.

In addition, a numerical value setting unit 71 as a setting circuit of the opening / closing position of the lid 3 which is different for each type of vehicle used, and a switch corresponding count value generating unit 72 for specifying a pulse count value corresponding to an input signal of the operation switch information 63 are provided. There is.

Further, a pulse counter section 73 as a detection circuit of the open / closed position of the lid 3 and a reset instruction section 74 as a reset circuit for resetting the pulse count value to 0 in the tilt-up state are provided.

Furthermore, when the lid 3 stops after passing a predetermined stop position, the pulse count value is corrected so that there is no error in the correspondence between the open / close position of the lid 3 and the pulse count value at the next lid drive. In order to configure the correction circuit, a previous motor operating direction storage unit 75, a current motor operating direction detecting unit 76, an operating direction comparing unit 77, a pulse state detecting unit 78, and a correction instruction unit 79 are provided. .

In addition, the pulse cycle monitoring unit 8 that constitutes the overload detection circuit
0, an overload detection unit 81, and a comparison calculation change instruction unit 82 are provided.

As an output unit of the CPU 33, an alarm sound control unit 83 of the buzzer 51, a display control unit 84 that controls lighting, blinking, and turning off of the LEDs 47 to 50, and a motor control unit 85 that controls driving of the motor 4 are provided. There is. Then, the motor control unit 85 controls the motor driver 86, and the motor driver 86 drives the motor 4.

The operation of the sunroof control device having the above configuration will be described below.

3 to 5, the lid 3 attached to the sunroof opening 2 is driven to slide and open / close and tilt / open / close by rotation of the motor 4.

Tilt opening / closing is performed by pressing the TILT button 39 of the operation switch at the fully closed position of the lid 3. By pushing the TILT button 39, the motor 4 is further reversed from the fully closed position, and the rear end of the lid 3 is lifted and tilted up. On the contrary, if the CLOSE button 40 of the operation switch is pressed in the tilt-up state, the lid 3 is tilted down and is in the fully closed state.

To open the lid 3 in the opening direction from the fully closed state, the OPEN button 42 of the operation switch is pressed. The operation of the OPEN button 42 causes the motor 4 to rotate in the forward direction and slide the lid 3 backward, thereby opening the sunroof opening 2.

Conversely, to close the lid 3 from the fully open state, the CLOSE button 40 of the operation switch is pressed, the motor 4 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the lid 3 is slid forward. In this case, lid 3
To prevent the person's neck or hand from being caught in, the lid 3 stops once when it reaches the intermediate position, and after a certain period of time, the buzzer sounds and the lid 3 slides further forward and stops until it reaches the fully closed position. .

By pressing the MID button 41, the lid 3 moves to the intermediate position and stops.

The output transmission mechanism of the motor 40 during the opening / closing operation of the lid 3 will be described. The rotation of the motor 4 causes the worm 16 of the output shaft 15 to rotate and the driving gear 10 meshing with the worm 16 to rotate. The drive gear 11 on the rotational force transmitting means side rotates via the friction clutch 5 by the rotation of the driving gear 10, and the drive gear 1
1 rotation is transmitted to the drive wire 7 via the transmission gear train 6. Therefore, the drive wire 7 moves backward or forward on both sides of the sunroof opening 2 to open / close the lid 3. When the motor 4 rotates in the forward direction, the drive wire 7 moves backward to slide the lid 3 in the opening direction, and when the motor 4 rotates in the reverse direction, the drive wire 7 moves forward to slide the lid 3 in the closing direction.

Further, when the motor 4 reversely rotates from the fully closed state, the lid 3 tilts up, and when the motor 4 normally rotates from the tilted up state, the lid 3 tilts down to the fully closed state.

The operation of the electric circuit of this sunroof control device will be described below.

FIG. 6 shows the layout of the operation switch panel 87. This panel 87 has TILT buttons 39, C
Four switch buttons, a LOSE button 40, a MID button 41, and an OPEN button 42 are provided. When any one of these buttons 39 to 42 is pressed, the lid 3 is automatically driven from that position to a position corresponding to the pressed button, regardless of which open / close position the lid 3 is in.

With reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 6, by pressing any of the buttons 39 to 42 on the operation switch panel 87, the operation switch information 64 corresponding to the pressed button is displayed.
Is input to the switch-corresponding count value generating unit 72, and the switch-corresponding count value generating unit 72 generates the corresponding pulse count value selected by the numerical value selecting unit 71 and gives it to the comparison calculating unit 67. In the comparison calculation unit 67, the pulse count value corresponding to the switch is calculated by the pulse counter unit 7.
3 is compared with the pulse count value of the current position of the lid 3 given by the motor 3, the forward / reverse rotation direction of the motor 4 is determined by the difference between the two, and a correction value from a pulse count value correction circuit described later is also added to the motor control unit. A drive command is given to 85.

When the lid 3 moves due to the driving of the motor 4, the movement position information of the lid 3 is input to the pulse counter section 73 as the synchronous pulse detector information 65, and the comparison calculation section 67 corresponds the count value of the pulse counter section 73 to the switch. The pulse count value is compared and the motor 4 is driven until the difference becomes zero. Then, when the difference between the pulse count values becomes 0, the motor 4 is stopped.

Thus, by pressing any one of the switch buttons 39 to 42, the lid can be automatically driven to the designated open / close position with one touch.

In addition, L is placed inside each of these switch buttons 39 to 42.
Since the ED lamps 47 to 50 are provided, the buttons 39 to 42 are brightly illuminated by the lighting thereof. Each LED lamp 47-50
The display control unit 84 controls lighting, blinking, and turning off.

Explaining the lighting operation of each of the LEDs 47 to 50, the LED lamp of the corresponding button for displaying the current position of the lid 3 is lit, and the LED lamp of the pressed switch button blinks. In this way, the position of the lid 3 up to now and the target position to be moved from now on are clearly indicated by the lighting and blinking display of the LED lamp, and the operation switch panel 87 of the operation switch panel 87 can be displayed without looking at the actual lid 3. Only by looking at the lamp display, the operation state of the lid 3 of the sunroof can be recognized, and the safety of driving the vehicle can be improved.

The layout of the operation switch panel 87 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but the three-point one-touch buttons 39, 40, 42, 1 as shown in FIG.
It may be a stop button 41a. In this case, TILT, CLOSE, OPEN buttons 39, 40,
Tilt up with one touch by operating 42,
Fully closed and fully open operation is possible, and stop button 41a
It is also possible to stop at any open position by the operation of.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, three-point one-touch buttons 39, 40, 42 and one manual switch button 41b.
Can also be In this case, the tilt-up, fully-closed, and fully-opened operations can be operated with one touch, and the manual switch button 41b can be operated to manually operate to any position. Furthermore, the figure (c)
As shown in FIG. 7, a separate switch panel 87 for the operation unit 88 and the display unit 89 may be configured. In this case, the switch buttons 39-1 to 42- on the operation unit 88
The motor 4 can be driven with one touch by pressing 1, and the position of the lid 3 is set to the respective light emitting portions 3 of the display unit 89.
It can be displayed by causing 9-2 to 42-2 to emit light.

By operating the operation switches 39 to 42 in this manner, the CPU 33 operates as follows. First, the third
Referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 5, when the motor 4 rotates, the drive gear 11 rotates by receiving the rotational force from the driving gear 10 via the friction clutch 5, and the rotation of the drive gear 11 also rotates the magnetnet 31. To do. Therefore, Magnet 3
1 gives a magnetic force to the Hall IC 32 for each rotation of the drive gear 11. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
Converts this magnetic force into an electric pulse and inputs it to the CPU 33. Then, the CPU 33 counts up and down the number of input pulses, and based on the correspondence shown in FIG.
The open / close position is determined to determine whether the lid 3 has reached the position designated by the operation switches 39 to 42, and the drive of the motor 4 is stopped when the predetermined pulse count value is reached.

Here, since the size of the opening 2 of the sunroof differs depending on the vehicle model, the tilt-up state is set to 0 and the pulse count value Ai in the fully closed state is set by turning on and off the setting switch provided on the CPU 33 side. The pulse count value Bi at the intermediate position and the pulse count value Ci at the fully open position are set according to the vehicle model. That is, referring to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 9, a combination of ON and OFF of the two setting switches SW1 and SW2 is input to the numerical value selecting unit 71 as the setting switch information 63 to open and close the lid 3. The position pulse count value will be set.

The following table shows an example of setting the pulse count value depending on the combination of ON and OFF of the setting switches SW1 and SW2.

table. Combination of setting switches Setting Tilt Fully closed Intermediate full open SW SW Up state State State 1 2 state Ai Bi Ci Off Off 0 3 8 15 (steps 101-103) Off On 0 4 10 20 (steps 101, 102, 104) On Off 0 5 12 25 (Steps 101, 105, 106) On On 0 8 16 30 (Steps 101, 105, 107) In this way, the internal configuration of the CPU 33 side is left unchanged, and the combination of the setting switches SW1 and SW2 is changed. When setting the open / close positions of the lid 3, the CPU 33 that is complicated and tends to be expensive can be shared, and it is not necessary to use an individual CPU for each vehicle type, and the versatility of the device can be improved. Cost can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the setting switches SW1 and SW2
Although the numerical value of the switch-corresponding count value is changed depending on the combination of ON and OFF, the number of setting switches is not particularly limited and can be arbitrarily selected as needed. Also, instead of the setting switch, CPU3
A printed circuit board to be connected to the CPU 3 that can input switch information corresponding to various vehicle types is prepared.
You may make it select and use a printed circuit board according to the vehicle type which mounts. Therefore, there is no particular limitation as long as the set value can be changed by an external operation without changing the internal configuration of the CPU 33.

As described above, the lid 3 is operated by the operation switches 39 to 42.
When the battery is connected to the sunroof control device for the first time in a new vehicle prior to the drive control of FIG. 3, only the TILT button 39 of the operation switches 39 to 42 is effective, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. Push the TILT button 39 like this to reverse the motor 4
Is tilted up (steps 201 to 205). When the lid 3 is completely tilted up, the lid 3 is mechanically stopped and the motor 4 is overloaded. As a result, an overcurrent flows through the motor 4, and a high voltage rises in the current detection resistor 58 as an overcurrent detector, which causes the overcurrent detector information 66.
Is input to the reset instruction section 74 as an overload detection signal (step 206). Therefore, the reset instruction unit 74
Receives this overload detection signal, the pulse counter unit 73
A reset signal is given to reset the pulse count value to 0 and initialize so that accurate pulse count can be performed (slits 207, 208).

By configuring the reset circuit in this way, it is not necessary to provide a special reset button, and the reset device is simplified. The O reset operation is also executed when the battery is replaced.

In addition, TILT and CLOS from the operation switch information 64
The selection signals of the E and OPEN buttons 39 to 42 are inputted to the switch-corresponding count value generating section 72, where the pulse count values at the corresponding open / close positions of the numerical value selecting section 71 are selected and inputted to the comparison calculating section 67. The motor control unit 8
A motor drive command is given to the motor 5, and the motor driver 86 is driven to rotate the motor 4 in the forward and reverse predetermined directions.

The synchronous pulse detector information 65 is a pulse signal from the Hall IC 32, is input to the pulse counter unit 73 and is pulse counted, and is compared with a designated pulse count value from the switch corresponding count value generation unit 72 in the comparison operation unit 67. , It is determined whether the lid 3 has reached the open / close position designated by the operation switches 39 to 42, and the motor drive signal is continuously given to the motor control unit 85 until the predetermined pulse count value is reached. Then, when the input pulse count value designated pulse count value is matched, a motor stop command is output.

Here, as shown in FIG. 11, each pulse width of the pulse signal is obtained by adding the processing times a and b of the microcomputer, the recovery time c of the drive relays 56 and 57, and the movement time d of the inertia mass of the motor 4. However, in some cases, the lid 3 may not stop within this pulse width, and may stop after the detection pulse having a predetermined count value is exceeded. In such a case, when the next opening / closing operation of the lid 3 is performed, an error may occur from the normal position to the stop position for one pulse depending on the moving direction.

Therefore, the pulse count correction circuit corrects the pulse count value into an automatic droplet so that the lid 3 is always driven at the regular pulse count value. With reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2, 12, and 13, when the lid 3 is in the normal rotation state of the motor driven in the fully open direction from the tilt-up side, the detection pulse having the predetermined count value “4” is detected. Suppose you stopped after passing. At this time, the comparison calculation unit 67 stores the forward and reverse rotation directions of the motor 4 in the previous motor operating direction storage unit 75 depending on whether the pulse count value is in the increasing direction or the decreasing direction.

Subsequently, when the opening / closing signal of the lid 3 is input from the operation switch information 64, the current motor operation direction detection unit 76 receives the signal from the comparison calculation unit 67, detects the forward / reverse rotation direction of the motor 4, and operates. The rotation direction of the motor 4 is input to the direction comparison unit 77 (step 301).

The operation direction comparison unit 77 determines whether the motor rotation direction at the time of the previous drive from the previous motor rotation direction storage unit 75 and the motor rotation direction for which the current drive command has been issued are the same direction or the opposite direction, and the information is determined. It is given to the correction instruction unit 79. The correction instruction unit 79 receives the synchronous pulse detector information 65 from the Hall IC 32 and determines whether the input at the time of lid stop is at the “H” position or the “L” position of the pulse. The identification signals of "H" and "L" are received from 78 (step 302). Therefore, the rotation direction identification signal from the operation direction comparison unit 77 and the "H" and "L" identification signals of this pulse are input, and the lid is placed at the "H" position of the pulse as shown in FIG. 12 (a). If 3 is stopped, motor 4
The pulse counting is performed as usual regardless of whether the rotation direction of the is normal or reverse. However, if the lid 3 stops at the “L” position of the pulse and the rotation direction of the motor 4 is opposite to the previous direction as shown in FIG. 7B, the pulse count value is corrected by −1. , This correction instruction is sent to the comparison calculation unit 67.
(Steps 303 and 304).

In this way, by providing the CPU 33 side with the self-correction function of the pulse count value, it is possible to accurately control the open / close position of the lid 3 even if the detection characteristics of the pulse detection means vary.

When the lid 3 is slidingly closed, a person's hand or head may be caught in the sunroof opening 2. In such a case, it is necessary to immediately stop the operation of the lid 3 and open the conversely to open the sandwiched hand or head immediately. Such safe operation is performed as follows.

When the lid 3 is sliding and closing from the open state,
When the tilt-up state is tilted down to the fully closed state, there is a risk of pinching. This trapping can be detected when the lid 3 is stopped and the friction clutch 5 slips while the motor 4 is rotating.

Referring to the flowcharts of FIGS. 1, 2, and 14, when the lid 3 stops, the drive gear 11 on the downstream side of the friction clutch 5 stops, and the pulse detected by the Hall IC 32 is “H”. Alternatively, the state of “L” continues, and the pulse cycle extends. Further, since the load on the motor 4 increases, an overcurrent flows through the overcurrent detection resistor 58, and a high voltage is generated. Therefore, the pulse cycle monitoring unit 80 monitors the cycle of the pulse signal from the synchronous pulse detector information 65,
When a pulse having a predetermined period or more is input, a period abnormality signal is output (step 401). Then, when the overload detection unit 81 obtains the overcurrent detection signal from the overcurrent detector information 66 when there is the period abnormality detection signal from the pulse period monitoring unit 80, it is determined that entrapment has occurred. A lid stop detection signal is given to the comparison calculation change instruction section 88 (step 402).

When the signal from the motor operation direction detection unit 76 this time is in the tilt-down direction or the slide closing direction, the comparison calculation change instruction unit 82 obtains this motor overload detection signal and sends the motor reverse rotation command signal to the comparison calculation unit 67. Give (steps 403, 404). Upon receiving this motor reverse rotation command signal, the comparison calculation unit 67 outputs a motor reverse rotation command to the motor control unit 85, drives the motor 4 to rotate in a direction opposite to the rotation direction up to then, and inserts the sandwiched hand. The lid 3 is driven in the direction to release the head and the head (steps 405 and 406;
Steps 407, 408).

In this way, if the trapping occurs during the tilt-down operation, the tilt-up operation is performed again, and if the trapping occurs during the slide-closing operation, the slide opening operation is performed in reverse, and the motor 4 is stopped (step 409). To ensure the safety of.

The lid 3 may be stopped for some reason even during the slide opening operation or the tilt up operation. However,
In this case, human hands and head are not pinched,
It is not necessary to forcibly drive the lid 3 in the reverse direction, and it is sufficient to stop it in place. The operation in this case is as follows. Since the lid 3 is stopped, the cycle of the pulse from the synchronous pulse detector information 65 becomes longer, and the pulse cycle monitoring unit 65 detects a pulse cycle abnormality (step 40).
1). Then, the motor 3 is overloaded due to the stop of the lid 3, and the overload detection unit 81 causes the overcurrent detector information 66.
To detect the overload and give a lid stop detection signal to the comparison calculation change instructing section 82 (step 402).

The comparison operation change instruction unit 82 receives the current rotation direction signal of the motor 4 from the motor operation direction detection unit 76 this time, and receives the lid stop detection signal, and the comparison operation unit 6 receives the lid stop detection signal.
A motor stop signal is given to 7. Comparison calculation unit 67
Receives a motor stop signal from the comparison calculation change instructing section 82 and outputs a motor stop command signal to the motor control section 85,
Forcibly stop the motor 4 (steps 403, 40
4,409).

In this manner, when the lid 3 is driven in the tilt-up direction from the fully closed state or when the lid 3 is slidingly opened in the fully open direction from the closed state, the lid 4 is rotated while the lid 4 is rotated for some reason. When only 3 has stopped, the motor 4 is forcibly stopped to prevent damage to the motor 4 due to burnout or the like.

In the case of this embodiment, the stop of the tilt-up operation is
This is performed by detecting that the pulse count value has become 0 and stopping the motor. On the other hand, the stop of the full-open operation requires detection of the pulse count value and the motor 4
Overload detection. This is because the rotation of the motor 4 causes the drive gear 10, the friction clutch 5, and the drive gear 1 to rotate.
1. When the drive wire 7 is driven through the transmission gear train 6 and the lid 3 is opened, the drive wire 7 is pushed in the longitudinal direction, and the drive wire 7 is bent to generate a pulse count value. This is because a slight error occurs between the position and the lid movement position, and if the control is performed only with the pulse count value, the accurate position control of the lid 3 cannot be performed.

To stop the fully opening operation, when the lid 3 reaches the fully open position near the rear end of the sunroof opening 2, a part of the lid 3 comes into contact with the stopper (not shown) to prevent the lid 3 from sliding further rearward. ) Is provided. The detection of reaching the fully open position of the lid 3 is performed by detecting the overload of the motor 4 after detecting the pulse count value corresponding to the fully open position.

That is, referring to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 15, when the motor 4 rotates normally and the lid 3 slides in the opening direction, the pulse generated by the Hall IC 32 is used as the synchronous pulse detector information 65 as the pulse counter unit 73. Is taken in and the comparison calculation unit 67 monitors the lid position (step 501). When the predetermined pulse count value indicating the fully open position of the lid 3 is obtained, the fully open position arrival signal is given to the comparison calculation unit 67 (step 502).

Further, when the lid 3 reaches the fully open position, it abuts on the stopper, so that an overcurrent flows through the motor 4. Therefore, when the overcurrent detection signal is obtained from the overcurrent detector information 66,
The overload detection unit 81 gives an overload detection signal to the comparison calculation change instruction unit 82 (step 503). Since the comparison calculation change instructing unit 82 has received the opening direction drive signal from the motor operating direction detection unit 76 this time, it receives the overload detection signal and determines that the overload is occurring during the opening direction drive, and the motor stop signal is output. To the comparison calculation unit 67.

Since the comparison calculation unit 67 receives the full-open position instruction pulse from the pulse counter unit 73, it outputs this motor stop signal to the motor control unit 85 and outputs the stop command signal to the display control unit 84 as well as the OPEN LED 50. The lighting instruction signal of is given (steps 504 and 505).

Even if there is no overload detection in step 503, if the count value of 1 pulse is further detected after detecting the full-open corresponding pulse count value, it is judged that the full-open position has been reached, the motor 4 is stopped, and malfunction is prevented (step 503). Fifty
6,504,505).

In this way, the lid 3 is stopped at the fully opened position and the OPE
The N display LED 50 lights up, and the fully open stop operation is completed.

Since the sunroof is installed on the roof 1 of the car,
It is easy for the driver to forget to close the car when getting out of the car.
It is inconvenient even when it rains suddenly, and a device for preventing forgetting to close it is necessary. In this sunroof control device, the forget-to-close circuit is configured as follows.

When the key is removed from the key cylinder within a certain time after the ignition switch 35 is turned off, for example, within 30 seconds, and the door is opened / closed, it is determined that the driver has left the vehicle, and in this state, the lid 3 is completely removed. When the lid 3 is not closed, the lid 3 is forcibly fully closed to prevent forgetting to close it.

As shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 1, 2, and 16, when a signal that detects that the ignition switch 35 is turned off is input from the ignition switch information 60, the timer unit 68 starts time counting. (Steps 601 and 602). Then, a signal indicating that the key is removed from the key cylinder is input from the key detector information 61. Further, a door open / close signal from the door lock switches 37 and 38 is input from the door open / close detector information 62. Therefore, key removal detection and door opening / closing detection are performed until 30 seconds have elapsed after the timer section 68 started counting time, and further, from the operation switch information 64, operation buttons 39, 41, other than the CLOSE button 40, were detected.
When it is detected that 42 is pressed, the closing forgetting condition determination unit 69 determines that the lid 3 of the sunroof is not closed (step 603) and gives a command to the fully closed position corresponding count value generating unit 70. The fully closed position corresponding count value generation unit 70 gives the comparison calculation unit 67 the pulse count value corresponding to the fully closed position selected by the numerical value selection unit 71. The comparison calculation unit 67 gives a drive command to the motor control unit 85 by inputting the pulse count value corresponding to the fully closed position, and drives the motor 4 so that the lid 3 moves to the fully closed position (step 604 ,. 605). Then, after the fully closing operation is completed, the state is shifted to the standby state and the consumption of the battery is kept low (steps 606 to 609, 610, 61).
3-615).

In this way, when a certain condition is satisfied after the ignition switch 35 is turned off, it is determined that the sunroof is forgotten to be closed, and the lid 3 is automatically driven to fully close to prevent forgetting to close it.

In the case of this forget-to-close operation, if any of the operation switches 39 to 42 is operated after the ignition switch 35 is turned off, it is not forgotten to close, and for example, driving in which the inside of the vehicle becomes too hot due to direct sunlight is disliked. It is judged that the person is trying to open the sunroof even when the vehicle is stopped, and the lid 3 is pushed to the position specified by the switch operation.
And then shift to the standby state (steps 604, 612, 618 to 621, 610, 613-
615).

Further, even during the automatic closing operation, the lid 3 may be caught by something and cannot move, and the motor 4 may be overloaded. Therefore, when such an overload occurs, the lid 3 that is being closed is driven again in the opening direction so that burnout of the motor 4 and other damage do not occur (steps 607 and 610). , 61
1,609; step 620).

Furthermore, when rain or snow falls with the sunroof open, it is necessary to close the lid 3 so that the inside of the vehicle does not get wet. However, it is possible to leave the car with the sunroof open and then forget to leave the sunroof open.

In view of this, the sunroof control device has a function of automatically closing the lid 3 when a raindrop is detected and preventing the interior of the vehicle from getting wet due to forgetting to close it. The raindrop detection operation circuit will be described below.
As shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 2, 2 and 17, when the raindrop detector information 59 inputs the raindrop detection signal from the raindrop detection sensor 34 with the lid 3 open, the fully closed position corresponding count value generation unit 70 The pulse count value corresponding to the fully closed position is instructed to the comparison calculation unit 67. Comparison operation unit 6
Reference numeral 7 compares the pulse count value of the current position of the lid 3 from the pulse counter unit 73 and gives a necessary drive command signal to the motor control unit 85 to forcibly drive the motor 4 to close the lid 3 at the fully closed position. (Steps 703-7)
06). The raindrop detection operation function is maintained in the standby state when the ignition switch 35 is on (steps 707 and 708).

It should be noted that the motor 4 may be overloaded even during the automatic closing operation by the raindrop detection, but in that case, the routine shifts to the overload detection routine shown in FIG. 14 (steps 704 and 709).

As described above, according to the present invention, the pulse count value setting means for giving the pulse count value corresponding to each opening / closing position of the opening / closing body to the switch corresponding count value generating means is provided. The switch-compatible count value corresponding to each operation switch can be set simply by changing the output of the pulse count value setting means, without changing the part of the comparison calculation means composed of an expensive microcomputer for each vehicle type. It can be used in common, the cost can be reduced, and the work of changing the pulse count value corresponding to the switch can be easily performed.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed circuit configuration of the above embodiment, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a drive configuration of the above embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a motor. FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the drive configuration of the rotational force transmission system, and FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV in FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of the layout of the operation switch panel, and FIG.
(C) is a plan view showing another layout example of the operation switch panel, FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the correspondence between the pulse count value by the pulse detection means and the lid position, and FIG. 9 is the lid position by the setting switch. 10 is a flow chart showing a selection operation, FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a reset operation of the pulse counter unit, FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a stop position on a detection pulse, and FIG. 12 is a timing chart explaining a lid position correction operation, FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a pulse count value correction operation at the lid position,
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the overload detection operation, first
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the previous stop operation, FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the forgetting to close operation, and FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the raindrop detecting operation. 1 ... Roof, 2 ... Sunroof opening 3 ... Lid, 4 ... Motor 5 ... Friction clutch, 7 ... Drive wire 10 ... Driving gear, 11 ... Driving gear 31 ... Magnetnet, 32 ... Hole IC 33 ... CPU, 34 ... Raindrop sensor 35 ... Ignition switch 36 ... Key presence / absence detection switch 37, 38 ... Door lock switch 39-42 ... Operation switch button 47-50 ... Position display LED 53 ... … Motor drive circuit, 58 …… Overcurrent detection resistance 63 …… Setting switch information 64 …… Operation switch information 65 …… Synchronous pulse detector information 67 …… Comparison operation unit, 71 …… Numerical value selection unit 72 …… Switch correspondence Count value generation unit 73 ... Pulse counter unit 85 ... Motor control unit, 86 ... Motor driver SW1, SW2 ... Setting switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sunroof control device for transmitting a motor output to an opening / closing body via a rotational force transmitting means to tilt / open / slide the opening / closing body, and a pulse generating means synchronized with the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body. Counter means for the pulse signal from the pulse generating means, an operation switch for inputting an operation signal for driving the opening / closing body to a tilt-up position, a fully closed position or a fully open position, and an operation signal for the operation switch. A switch-corresponding count value generating means for outputting a pulse count value corresponding to a tilt-up position, a fully-closed position or a fully-open position of the opening / closing body, and a detection pulse count value from the pulse counter means for generating the switch-corresponding count value. Necessary for moving the opening / closing body by a predetermined distance in a desired direction by comparing with the corresponding pulse count value of the means. A comparison calculation means for calculating a drive signal, a motor drive means for driving the motor by an output from the comparison calculation means, a tilt-up position, a fully closed position and A sunroof control device comprising pulse count value setting means for setting a pulse count value corresponding to a fully open position.