JP2002264772A - Control method for opposing wiping type wiper device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve front visibility of a driver in intermittent operation in an opposing wiping type wiper device. SOLUTION: A wiper blade 2a on DR side and a wiper blade 2b on AS side attached to left and right wiper arms 6a, 6b are operated so as to wipe opposingly between upper inversion positions X set on both end sides of a windshield and lower inversion position Y set in a central part at a lower end of the windshield. The wiper blade 2a on DR side and the wiper blade 2b on AS side are indivisually driven by a motor 3a on DR side and a motor 3b on AS side. When performing intermittent operation, the wiper blade 2a on DR side and the wiper blade 2b on AS side stop temporarily at the upper inversion positions X. When performing initial operation, temporary stop operation is suspended at least once.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control technique for a wiper device for a vehicle, and more particularly to a technology effective when applied to a wiper device of an opposite wiping type.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to increase the wiping area and improve the visibility in the lateral direction due to an increase in the size of a windshield, the center of rotation of a wiper arm is arranged on both left and right sides of the windshield, and the wipers are moved from both sides of the windshield toward the center. A so-called opposite wiping type wiper device in which a blade (hereinafter, appropriately abbreviated as a blade) operates has been adopted.

A conventional wiper device of this type has a structure in which one wiper driving motor is disposed in the center of a vehicle and left and right wiper blades are opposed to each other via a link mechanism. It has been known. However, when trying to drive the blade with one motor,
There is a problem in that a drive mechanism that is substantially equal to the entire width of the vehicle is required, the mechanism becomes large, and its weight increases. Therefore, a method of separately driving the left and right blades with motors to reduce the size and weight of the apparatus has been studied and put to practical use.

However, if the left and right blades are driven by separate motors, the movements of both blades may not be synchronized due to differences in motor characteristics and changes in motor speed due to load fluctuations. When such an asynchronous state occurs, the movements of the left and right blades are scattered, causing a problem that the blades interfere with each other. In order to solve such a problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-301409 proposes a system in which the motors are individually controlled while observing the position angle of the other blade to smoothly drive the blade. There, a target angle difference between the left and right blades is set in advance, and the left and right motors are individually controlled so as to reduce the difference between the target angle difference and the actually measured angle difference while referring to the position angle of the other blade. .

[0005] In a general opposing wiping type wiper device, when an intermittent operation (INT) is selected during a light rain or the like, the blade operates at a predetermined time interval, and when the wiping operation is not performed, the blade operates. Is temporarily stopped at the lower turning position. In the opposed wiping type wiper device, the blade on the driver side (hereinafter abbreviated as DR side) is generally arranged above the blade on the passenger side (hereinafter abbreviated as AS side). It stops temporarily with the DR side blade positioned above.

Here, when the two blades are operated from the lower turning position, there is a possibility that the tip side of the AS-side blade hits the root side of the DR-side blade due to the difference in the amount of blade movement due to the difference in the distance from the center of rotation. . In other words, when both blades are started simultaneously from the state of contact polymerization,
Unless the DR side blade is driven at a considerably high speed, the AS side blade collides with the DR side blade. Therefore, in the lower reversing position, a certain angle difference is provided between the two so that the DR side blade can escape from the AS side blade at the time of starting, and the DR side is stopped at a position slightly above the AS side. I have.

[0007]

However, at the time of a temporary stop in the intermittent operation, both blades are stopped for a while at the lower turning position. At this time, as described above, the DR side blade is located at a position slightly above the windshield since the stop position of the DR side blade is higher than the AS side blade. When the wiper device is performing a continuous operation, even if the blade stops at that position, the blade immediately reverses and continues the wiping operation, so that the stop position does not pose any particular problem for the driver. On the other hand, in the case of the intermittent operation, the blade remains at that position until the next wiping operation, so that there is a problem that the forward visibility is obstructed and the driver is obstructed.

Further, a force is applied to the blade to push it upward along the windshield due to wind pressure during traveling. For this reason, even during a temporary stop, control for keeping the blade at that position is required. That is, when the blade is pushed up, control is required to operate the blade downward to push it back. However, in such a control mode, when the blade is pushed back to the predetermined position, the downward operation is stopped. However, when the blade is pushed upward by the wind pressure, the stationary control is performed again and the blade is moved downward. For this reason, there is a problem that the blade moves up and down in the field of view ahead of the driver, which also becomes an obstacle for the driver.

In this case, it is possible to reduce the vertical movement by providing a dead zone in which the stationary control is not performed near the temporary stop position of the blade so that the stationary control is performed only when the blade is moved upward to some extent. However, during high-speed running, a large push-up force is applied to the blade, and the blade may move beyond the dead zone. At this time, the stationary control operates as described above,
The blade is pushed back down. When entering the dead zone, the control is stopped and the downward operation is stopped. However, when the blade receives the wind pressure, the blade moves upward. When the blade exceeds the dead zone, the stationary control is performed again and the blade is moved downward. That is, also in this case, the blade repeatedly moves up and down across the boundary of the dead zone, and the same problem as described above occurs during high-speed running. .

An object of the present invention is to improve the driver's front view at the time of intermittent operation in the opposed wiping type wiper device.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling an opposing wiping type wiper device, comprising the steps of: moving a wiper blade attached to a right and left wiper arm to an upper reversing position set at both ends of the windshield; A method of controlling an opposing wiping-type wiper device, wherein a wipe operation is performed in an opposing manner with a lower inversion position set at a lower end center portion, wherein the wiper blade is in an upper inversion position during an intermittent operation of the wiper device. A pause operation is performed.

According to the present invention, the wiper blade temporarily stops at the upper turning position during the intermittent operation, so that the blade does not stop in a state obstructing the driver, and the driver's view is kept good and the driving feeling is improved. Improvement can be achieved.
In addition, at the upper reversing position, the blade stops along the wind direction, so that the blade is less affected by the wind. In addition, since the brake is applied mechanically, the blade can be stably stopped at the temporary stop position.

[0013] In the control method of the opposing wiping type wiper device, the temporary stop operation of the wiper blade may be stopped at least once during an initial operation of the intermittent operation. As a result, at least 1.
An initial wiping operation of five reciprocations is secured, and water droplets remaining during the temporary stop operation can be reduced to improve wiping performance.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view schematically showing a drive system and a control system in the opposed wiping type wiper device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a wiper device to which a wiper control method according to the present invention is applied. The wiper device 1 is a so-called opposite wiping in which the DR side and the AS side are arranged to face each other, and the DR side wiper blade 2a and the AS side wiper blade 2b (hereinafter abbreviated as blades 2a and 2b) are vertically overlapped at a lower reversing position. It has a mold configuration. In the wiper device 1, the DR side motor 3a and the AS side motor 3b (hereinafter, motors 3a, 3
b) is provided separately.

The motors 3a and 3b are
a, 12b, and a relative position signal or an absolute position signal is output by a sensor provided in the unit. That is, from the motor units 12a and 12b,
A relative position signal composed of a pulse signal generated with the rotation of the motor and an absolute position signal generated when the blades 2a and 2b come to the lower reverse position are output. These signals are sent to the wiper drive control device 10, based on which the position information (position angle) of each blade 2a, 2b is calculated, and the motors 3a, 3b are individually controlled. Note that “a, b” in the reference numerals indicates members and portions related to the DR side and the AS side, respectively.

A blade rubber member (not shown) is attached to the blades 2a and 2b. Then, by moving the blade rubber member in close contact with the windshield of the vehicle, water droplets and the like existing in the wiping areas 4a and 4b indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 are wiped. The blades 2a and 2b are driven by drive systems 32a and 32b. The drive systems 32a and 32b include motors 3a and 3b as drive sources, and link mechanisms including crank arms 9a and 9b, connecting rods 8a and 8b, drive levers 7a and 7b, and wiper arms 6a and 6b.

The blades 2a, 2b are connected to the wiper shafts 5a, 5b.
Are supported by wiper arms 6a and 6b fixed to the distal end of the camera, and perform a swinging motion to the left and right. Drive levers 7a, 7b are provided at the other ends of the wiper shafts 5a, 5b.
Are arranged. Further, connecting rods 8a, 8b are attached to ends of the driving levers 7a, 7b. The other ends of the connecting rods 8a, 8b are connected to tip ends of crank arms 9a, 9b rotated by motors 3a, 3b. When the motors 3a, 3b rotate, the crank arms 9a, 9b rotate, and this movement is transmitted to the drive levers 7a, 7b via the connecting rods 8a, 8b. Then, the rotational motion of the motors 3a, 3b is converted into the swing motion of the wiper arms 6a, 6b. That is, the blades 2a and 2b are driven by the drive systems 32a and 32b.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the link mechanism in the drive systems 32a and 32b. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the operating characteristics of the blade. The horizontal axis indicates the crank arm rotation angle, and the vertical axis indicates the angular velocity of the wiper arm. Although the DR side is described as an example in FIGS. 2 and 3, the AS side has the same configuration.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the wiper device 1, the crank arm 9a driven by the motor 3a moves from A to A.
The connecting rod 8a moves from A 'to B' to C 'by rotating 180 degrees from B to C. Accordingly, the drive lever 7a also swings about the wiper shaft 5a, the wiper arm 6a moves from the storage position Z to the upper reversing position X, and the forward movement of the blade 2a is performed. On the other hand, in the wiper device 1, the oscillating motion of the wiper arm 6a is performed by forward and reverse rotation of the motor 3a. In the link configuration as shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to rotate the crank arm 9a 360 degrees to obtain a swinging motion, but here, the crank arm 9a is rotated in the order of C → B → E by the reverse rotation of the motor 3a. The return operation is performed.

When the wiping operation is to be continued, the crank arm 9a is stopped at the point E in the return path operation, and is set to the lower inversion position Y. Then, the crank arm 9a is driven again in the forward path direction (forward rotation direction) from the point E, and the forward path operation is started from the lower inversion position Y. These reversing operations are performed by electrically controlling the motor 3a for reverse rotation. If the wiper switch is turned off to stop the wiping operation, the crank arm 9a is
Drive to point A without stopping at point. As a result, the wiper arm 6a and the blade 2a are driven to the storage position Z and are stopped.

As shown in FIG. 3, the angular velocity of the blade 2a driven by such a link mechanism changes along a substantially sinusoidal curve from point A to point C. In addition, 1 in the figure
A dotted line after 80 degrees indicates a change in angular velocity when the crank arm 9a is rotated once without being reversed. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the angular velocity of the blade 2a gradually decreases after passing the point B, and reaches zero at the point C corresponding to the dead point on the link. That is, the blade 2a is braked toward the upper reversing position X. At the upper reversing position X, the link is fully extended, and the motor 3a is reversed after the link is stopped, and the returning path wiping operation is performed. Therefore, at the upper reversing position X, a mechanical stopping action is performed to perform the reversing operation.

On the other hand, at the lower inversion position Y, as can be seen from FIG. 3, the angular velocity is not zero at the corresponding point E. In the wiper device 1, the motor 3a is electrically inverted at the point E to switch to the forward wiping operation, and the crank arm 9a is suddenly braked at the point E. Accordingly, the inertia of the blade 2a, the wiper arm 6a, the crank arm 9a, etc. acts, and it is more difficult to smoothly invert the blade 2a than in the upper inversion position X. However, in the present embodiment, the motor 3a relaxes it. Is controlled in reverse.

The motors 3a and 3b are driven by separately provided drive circuits. This drive circuit is stored in the wiper drive control device 10, and the CPU 11
Is controlled by The wiper drive control device 10 includes a CPU
The microcomputer 11 includes a microcomputer in which an I / O interface (not shown), a timer, a ROM, a RAM, and the like (not shown) are connected to each other via a bus line, and peripheral circuits thereof. Then, each motor unit 12a,
A signal from the motor 12a is processed, and a motor drive output signal is sent to each of the motors 3a and 3b to control its operation.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the motor unit 12a. Although the motor unit 12a is a device on the DR side, the reference numerals of members, parts, and the like inside thereof are shown without suffix "a". Also, the motor unit 12b
Needless to say, this also has a configuration similar to that of FIG.

The motor unit 12a includes a motor 3a and a gear box 13. The rotation of a motor shaft 14 of the motor 3a is reduced in the gear box 13 and output to an output shaft 15. The motor shaft 14 is rotatably supported by a bottomed cylindrical yoke 16, and has an armature core 17 around which a coil is wound and a commutator 18. A plurality of permanent magnets 19 are fixed to the inner surface of the yoke 16. Further, a brush 20 for power supply is in sliding contact with the commutator 18.

A case frame 21 of the gear box 13 is attached to an opening edge of the yoke 16.
The tip of the motor shaft 14 projects from the yoke 16 and is housed in the case frame 21. A worm 22 is formed at the tip of the motor shaft 14.
A worm gear 23 rotatably supported by the case frame 21 meshes with 2. This worm gear 23
, A small-diameter first gear 24 is integrally provided on the same axis. A large diameter second gear 25 is meshed with the first gear 24. The second gear 25 has a case frame 2
An output shaft 15 rotatably mounted on the shaft 1 is integrally mounted.

The driving force of the motor 3a is output to the output shaft 15 while being reduced through the worm 22, the worm gear 23, the first gear 24, and the second gear 25. The output shaft 15 is provided with a crank arm 9a. The rotation of the motor 3a drives the crank arm 9a via the output shaft 15, and as described above, the wiper arm 6a
a is activated.

A multi-pole magnetized magnet 26 (hereinafter abbreviated as magnet 26) is attached to the motor shaft 14. On the other hand, in the case frame 21,
Hall IC 27 for relative position detection (hereinafter abbreviated as Hall IC 27) so as to face the outer periphery of magnet 26.
Is provided. FIG. 5 shows the magnet 26 and the hole I
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between C27 and an output signal (motor pulse) of a Hall IC 27.

As shown in FIG. 5, two Hall ICs 27 (27A, 27B) are provided at positions having an angle difference of 90 degrees with respect to the center of the motor shaft 14. In the motor 3a, the magnet 26 is magnetized into six poles, and when the motor shaft 14 makes one rotation, a pulse output for six cycles is obtained from each Hall IC 27. Also,
From the Hall ICs 27A and 27B, pulse signals whose phases are shifted by 1/4 cycle are output as shown on the right side of FIG. Therefore, by detecting the appearance timing of the pulses from the Hall ICs 27A and 27B, the motor shaft 14
The rotation direction of the wiper operation can be determined.
The return trip can be determined.

Further, the rotation speed of the motor shaft 14 can be detected from the cycle of the pulse output of one of the Hall ICs 27A and 27B. There is a correlation between the rotation speed of the motor shaft 14 and the speed of the blade 2a based on the reduction ratio and the link operation ratio, and the speed of the blade 2a can be known from the motor pulse period. In the wiper device 1, a motor pulse cycle map is stored in the ROM as a speed map indicating a target speed for each position angle (number of pulses) of the blades 2a and 2b, and blade speed control is performed based on the map.

On the other hand, a magnet 28 for detecting an absolute position (hereinafter abbreviated as magnet 28) is attached to the bottom surface of the second gear 25. Also, the case frame 21
Is mounted with a printed circuit board 29, on which an absolute position detecting Hall IC 30 (hereinafter abbreviated as Hall IC 30) is disposed so as to face the absolute position detecting magnet 28. The magnet 28 is the second gear 2
5, one of which is provided on the bottom surface, and faces the Hall IC 30 when the blade 2a reaches the lower turning position Y. The second gear 25, to which the crank arm 9a is attached as described above, rotates by 180 degrees to reciprocate the blade 2a. Then, the second gear 25 rotates,
When the blade 2a comes to the lower inversion position Y, the Hall IC 30 and the magnet 28 face each other, and a pulse signal is output.

The pulse output from the Hall ICs 27 and 30 is sent to the wiper drive control device 10 and the CPU 1
1 recognizes the position of the blade 2a using the pulse output from the Hall IC 30 as an absolute position signal. The pulse signal from the Hall IC 27 is used as a relative position signal of the blade 2a, and the CPU 11 recognizes the current position of the blade 2a by counting the number of pulses after obtaining the absolute position signal.

That is, since the number of revolutions of the motor shaft 14 and the number of revolutions of the output shaft 15 have a fixed relationship based on the reduction ratio, the number of pulses from the Hall IC 27 is
Can be calculated. On the other hand, the output shaft 15
Has a certain correlation with the moving angle of the blade 2a based on the link mechanism shown in FIG. Therefore, the moving angle of the blade 2a can be known by integrating the number of pulses from the Hall IC 27. Therefore, the wiper drive control device 10 detects the current position of the blade 2a based on a combination of the absolute position signal indicating the lower inversion position from the Hall IC 30 and the number of pulses from the Hall IC 27.

Thus, the wiper drive control device 10 recognizes the current positions of the blades 2a, 2b and controls the motors 3a, 3b based on the data. In this case, the CPU 11 treats the accumulated pulse number of the relative position signal as the position angle as it is, and performs the following processing based on the pulse number. However, the number of pulses and blade 2
The relationship between the position angles a and 2b and the position angles θa and θb (deg) may be stored in a ROM in advance using a map or the like, and the following processing may be performed according to the angle (deg).

In the CPU 11, first, the blade 2
From the current position angles of a and 2b (the number of accumulated pulses), DR
Blades 2a and 2b viewed from each side of the AS and AS sides
Calculate the actual angle difference between them. In this case, DR side, AS
The difference between the measured angles as viewed from each side is, for example, DR
Side, the position angle of the DR side blade 2a is used as a reference for A
This is the absolute value of the angle difference (pulse number difference) obtained by calculating the difference between the position and the angle of the S-side blade 2b. That is, for example, when the DR side is at the position angle of the “10” pulse and the AS side is the position angle of the “4” pulse, the position angle on the AS side is subtracted from the position angle on the DR side to “6” (10).
-4). On the other hand, when this is viewed from the AS side, the position angle on the DR side is subtracted from the position angle on the AS side with reference to the position angle of the AS-side blade 2b to obtain “6” (4-10 = −4).
6 absolute value).

Next, the CPU 11 compares the target angle difference, which is the target value of the position angle difference between the two blades 2a and 2b at the current position angle, with the previously measured actual angle difference, and compares the actual measured angle at the present time. Angle difference information indicating the difference between the difference and the target angle difference is calculated. Here, the target angle difference to be compared is obtained from the DR-side target angle difference map 3 stored in the ROM in advance.
1a and the AS-side target angle difference map 31b. FIG. 6 shows these configurations. FIG.
FIG. 6B is an AS-side target angle difference map showing the target angle difference based on the AS-side position angle, which is a DR-side target angle difference map 31a showing the target angle difference based on the R-side position angle. 31b.

The DR side target angle difference map 31 shown in FIG.
Looking at a, for example, when the position angle on the DR side is “10” pulses, the target position angle on the AS side is “4” pulses, and the target angle difference between the two is “6”. Therefore, for example, when the position information of the actually measured angle difference “3” is obtained at “DR = 10, AS = 7”, the DR side angle difference of “3” (6-3) with respect to the target angle difference is obtained. Calculate information. This indicates a state in which the AS side is ahead (approached) by "3" pulses from the target position angle when viewed from the preceding DR side.

On the other hand, in the AS side target angle difference map 31b of FIG. 6B, the case of the above example (“DR = 10, A
S = 7 ”), when the position angle on the AS side is“ 7 ”pulse, D
The position angle target on the R side is “32” pulses, and the target angle difference between the two is “25”. On the other hand, in the previous example, the measured angle difference is “3” (7-10), and the AS-side angle difference information of “22” (25-3) with respect to the target angle difference is calculated. This is DR from the viewpoint of the following AS
On the side is delayed (approached) by "22" pulses from the target position angle.

In the wiper device 1, the leading side and the following side are reversed at the upper reversing position X. That is, on the return path, the AS side precedes the DR side. In the motors 3a and 3b, the upper inversion position X is set when the cumulative number of pulses of the relative position signal becomes "160" after the output of the absolute position signal of the lower inversion position. In the return path, the position angle is calculated by subtracting the number of pulses from “160” for each input of the relative position signal. Each target angle difference map 31
In a and 31b, the target angle difference is indicated by an absolute value.
Although there is a difference between leading and following, the position of the blades 2a and 2b can be controlled on the map also on the return path. In addition, the map of FIG. 6 is an example to the last,
It goes without saying that the map form and the numerical values therein are not limited to those shown in FIG.

As described above, in the wiper drive control device 10, each of the DR side and the AS side has a map corresponding to the other party, and the blades 2 having different moving speeds are provided.
a and 2b are controlled in consideration of not only their own position angles but also the other position angles. When a pulse is input from one of the motors 3a or 3b to either one of the two motors,
The control of a and 3b is started.

On the other hand, the CPU 11 further calculates the outputs of the motors 3a and 3b based on the obtained angle difference information.
decide. Here, the outputs of the motors 3a and 3b are calculated based on the previous angle difference information so that the difference between the target angle difference and the actually measured angle difference is reduced, and the calculated outputs are used as the motor drive outputs. To send to.

That is, according to the above example, the CPU 11 acquires the value “3” as the DR side angle difference information,
Based on this, the output of the subsequent DR side motor 3a is calculated. In this case, it is recognized from the acquired angle difference information that the AS side is closer to the target value by “3” pulses, and in accordance with this recognition, the DR side is higher than the current one in order to widen the position angle difference and approach the target value. An output (rotational speed) is calculated. Then, a control signal is sent to the DR side motor unit 12a so as to realize this output.

Further, as for the AS side, according to the above example, a value of "22" is acquired as the AS side angle difference information, and the subsequent output of the AS side motor 3b is calculated based on this. In this case, it is recognized from the acquired angle difference information that the DR side is closer to the target value by “22” pulses, and in accordance with this recognition, the AS side is lower than the current side to widen the position angle difference and approach the target value. Output (rotation speed)
Is calculated. Then, AS realizes this output.
A control signal is sent to the motor unit 12b on the side.

According to FIG. 6, the DR side and the AS side are 4
The DR side is driven at the same time until the pulse, and thereafter the DR side is driven as it is after the fifth pulse, but the AS side waits for 4 pulses until the DR side has 32 pulses. That is, the DR side is advanced to the position angle of 32 pulses, and a distance of 32 pulses (about 32 degrees) is provided between the blades 2a and 2b. Therefore, the above example (“DR = 10, AS =
7 "), the AS side has advanced too much with respect to the DR side, and the AS side stops at the position angle of the pulse 7, and D
It will wait for the R side to proceed.

Next, when the DR side reaches the position angle of 32 pulses, the AS side is driven to the position angle of 27 pulses.
In other words, the AS side, which has been in the stopped state for 5 to 31 pulses on the DR side, restarts when the DR side has 32 pulses, moves to the position angle of 27 pulses at a stroke, and the position angle difference between the two is "5". It is said. Thereafter, the AS side stays at the position of 27 pulses until the DR side has 37 pulses, and the DR side has 3 pulses.
When the number of pulses reaches eight, it advances by one pulse and moves to the position of 28 pulses.

Further, as can be seen from FIG.
When the R side reaches the position of 44 pulses, the AS side advances one pulse and moves to the position of 29 pulses, and when the DR side reaches 50 pulses, it moves to the position of 30 pulses. That is, while the pulses on the DR side are integrated as “39 → 43” or “45 → 49”, the AS side is held at the positions of the “28” and “29” pulses, respectively.

As described above, the wiper drive control device 10
Each motor 3a, 3b is independently controlled so that the measured angle difference between the blades 2a, 2b approaches the target angle difference. That is, when the position angle difference between the two blades 2a and 2b becomes smaller than the target (when approaching), the output on the leading side is increased, and the output on the following side is decreased, as in the above-described example. To reduce the difference between When the position angle difference is larger than the target (when the position angle difference is larger), the output on the leading side is reduced, and the output on the follower side is increased to reduce the difference from the target position angle. Therefore, the blade 2a,
Even if a change occurs in the position angle difference of 2b, the outputs of both motors 3a and 3b can be changed successively with respect to the change, so that the target position angle difference shown in the target angle difference map is quickly converged. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the variation in the position angle difference between the blades 2a and 2b.

The wiper drive control device 10 also performs feedback speed control of the blades 2a and 2b in addition to control based on the target angle difference. This speed control uses the cycle of the pulse output of one of the Hall ICs 27A and 27B, and the motor 3a, the motor 3a based on a predetermined speed target value.
3b is controlled by PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control. In the present embodiment, the Hall IC 27A
The speed of the blade 2a is detected by the pulse signal from
By comparing this to the periodic map as described above,
The blades 2a and 2b are controlled so as to have a target speed corresponding to the position angle.

In the wiper device 1, the blade speed control and the above-described position / angle control are performed as follows.
So-called PID control is adopted. In this PID control, a P term (proportional term), an I term (integral term), and a D term (differential term) are provided for the difference between the motor pulse cycle and the target cycle.
The duty of the motor is set by multiplying each by a predetermined gain coefficient. As a result, the residual error near the target value is reduced as compared with the case of the proportional control based on the cycle difference alone (I term), and the control is performed by judging the following response from the tendency of the cycle change (D term). ), Controllability can be improved. For this reason, even when the blade speed changes due to, for example, wind pressure or snowfall, an appropriate command is issued to the motors 3a and 3b to maintain the target speed, and the blade speed is kept substantially constant irrespective of load fluctuation.

The PID speed of the leading blade is controlled, and the target angle difference maps 31a and 31b are added to the following blade in addition to the PID speed control.
By performing the PID angle difference control based on the PID, more accurate operation control can be performed. That is, with stabilization of the blade speed by the PID control, more accurate angle difference control can be performed, and the angle control itself realizes a highly accurate control form by the PID control.

By the way, in the conventional opposing wiping type wiper device, as described above, the DR-side blade 2 during the intermittent operation is operated.
There was an adverse effect such that a became obstructive to the driver. That is, at the lower inversion position Y, the DR-side blade 2a is temporarily stopped above the AS-side blade 2b, thereby obstructing the driver's front view. Therefore, in the present invention, the blades 2a and 2b that are performing the pause operation during the intermittent operation are made to stand by at the upper inversion position X so as not to obstruct the driver's front view.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the blades 2a and 2b are temporarily stopped during the intermittent operation in the opposed wiping type wiper device to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 7, a position indicated by a dashed line is a temporary stop position at the time of an intermittent operation in the conventional wiper device. In the wiper device 1,
At the time of the intermittent operation, the wiping operation is performed at a predetermined interval, and the blades 2a and 2b are stopped at the upper reversing position X during the temporary stop operation without performing the wiping operation. That is, when the intermittent operation mode is selected, the CPU 11 sets the time interval of the wiping operation, drives the motors 3a and 3b to perform normal rotation to perform the forward movement, and moves to the position where the relative position signal is counted by 160 pulses. To stop. Then, the suspension time is counted, and when it is completed, the motors 3a, 3b
Is rotated in the reverse direction to perform the return path operation, and the blades 2a and 2b are operated toward the lower inversion position Y.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 56-86839 discloses a method of operating a wiper that stops the left and right blades on both sides of the glass when the wiper is stopped. However, the device disclosed in this publication relates to a wiper device that reciprocates a wiper blade in the same direction, and furthermore,
It relates to the stop position at the end of the operation. The present invention relates to a temporary stop at the time of an intermittent operation in the opposed wiping type wiper device. That is, the present invention
The purpose and configuration of the invention are different from those of the invention of the above publication, and the invention belongs to a technical idea completely different from that of the above publication.

On the other hand, when the driver selects the intermittent operation mode from the wiper stop state, the first wiping operation is started from the storage position Z. At this time, the wiper device 1
Since the upper inversion position X is set as the temporary stop position, the wiping operation is performed only on the outward route for the first time unless otherwise set. However, in the case of wiping only on the outward path, a wiping mark by the AS-side blade 2b remains in the wiping area on the DR side. The amount of remaining water increases. In particular, if the amount of water droplets attached is large, the splashes blown off by the AS-side blade 2b may remain on the DR side of the windshield, which may be somewhat obstructive to the driver.

Therefore, in the wiper device 1, the temporary stop operation of the blades 2a and 2b is stopped at the time of the initial operation, and the pause is performed after at least one reciprocation of the windshield. For this reason, the water droplets on the windshield are first wiped once in one reciprocating operation. Even if the subsequent wiping operation is performed only on the outward path, the water droplets remaining on the DR side are not so disturbing. No. In addition,
When the intermittent operation mode is selected from the LO or HI mode, the setting may be made so that the temporary stop operation at the upper inversion position X is started immediately without suspending the initial temporary stop operation.

As described above, according to the wiper device control method of the present invention, the blades 2a and 2b are moved to the upper turning position X during the intermittent operation.
, The blade 2a is located at a position where it is difficult for the driver to enter the field of view of the driver, and it is possible to improve the driving sensation.

At the upper reversing position X, as shown in FIG. 7, the blades 2a and 2b stop along the wind direction, so that the blades 2a and 2b are hardly affected by the wind, and problems such as vibration hardly occur. Further, as described above, since the brake is mechanically applied by the link mechanism at the upper reversing position X, the blades 2a and 2b can be easily stably stopped, which is convenient for performing the stop control. On the other hand, at the time of the first operation, the pause operation is stopped at least once and the initial wiping operation of at least 1.5 reciprocations is secured, so that the water droplets remaining at the time of the pause operation can be reduced and the wiping performance can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the suspension operation may be canceled not only once but also a plurality of times. If the suspension operation is to be canceled twice, the blades 2a and 2b will
After reciprocating, a pause operation is performed. Further, the number of cancellations of the pause operation may be changed as appropriate according to the amount of water droplets on the windshield.For example, in a wiper device that detects a water droplet and performs a wiper operation, the number of cancellations may be changed according to the detected amount of water droplets. It can be controlled appropriately.

Further, in the present embodiment, one magnet 28 for detecting the absolute position is used for detecting the lower inverted position Y, but it can be increased or decreased as needed. For example, the magnet 28 may be provided also at a portion corresponding to the upper reversing position X and the storage position Z of the second gear 25 to detect a total of three absolute positions.

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According to the wiper device control method of the present invention,
Since the temporary stop position of the wiper blade during the intermittent operation is set to the upside-down position, the blade is not stopped at a position that is obstructive to the driver, and the driver's view is improved and driving feeling is improved. Becomes possible. In addition, by stopping at the upper inversion position, the blade stops along the wind direction, so that the blade is less affected by wind. In addition, since the mechanism is mechanically braked at the upper inversion position, the blade is temporarily stopped. , The vehicle can be stably stopped, and it is possible to suppress unsightly movements for the driver.

On the other hand, the temporary stop operation is stopped at least once at the time of the initial operation of the intermittent operation, so that at least 1.5 reciprocating initial wiping operations can be secured at the time of the initial operation. Therefore, even when many water droplets adhere to the windshield as in the first operation, the water droplets remaining during the temporary stop operation can be reduced, and the wiping performance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a configuration of a facing wiping type wiper device and a control system thereof.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a wiper driving mechanism in the wiper device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing operating characteristics of a wiper blade.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a motor unit.

FIG. 5 shows the relationship between a magnet and a Hall IC and Hall I.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an output signal from C.

FIG. 6A is a DR side target angle difference map showing a target angle difference based on the DR side position angle, and FIG.
It is an AS side target angle difference map which shows the target angle difference based on the position angle on the S side.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the blade is temporarily stopped during an intermittent operation in the opposed wiping type wiper device to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 Wiper device 2a DR-side wiper blade 2b AS-side wiper blade 3a DR-side motor 3b AS-side motor 4a, 4b Wiping area 5a, 5b Wiper shaft 6a, 6b Wiper arm 7a, 7b Drive lever 8a, 8b Connecting rod 9a, 9b Crank arm DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wiper drive control device 11 CPU 12a, 12b Motor unit 13 Gear box 14 Motor shaft 15 Output shaft 16 Yoke 17 Armature core 18 Commutator 19 Permanent magnet 20 Brush 21 Case frame 22 Worm 23 Worm gear 24 First gear 25 Second gear 26 Multipolar magnetized magnet 27 (27A, 27B) Hall IC for relative position detection 28 Magnet for absolute position detection 29 Printed circuit board 30 Hall IC for absolute position detection 31a DR side target angle difference map 3 b AS-side target angular difference map 32a, the 32b drive system X reversing position Y under reversing position Z storage position

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Tamotsu Iwasaki 1-2681, Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma Co., Ltd. Inside the Mitsuba Corporation (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Amagasa 1-2681-1, Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma Co., Ltd. F Terms (reference) 3D025 AA01 AC01 AD02 AE02 AE06 AE57 AE79 AG21 AG78

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wiper blade attached to a right and left wiper arm is opposed to an upper reversing position set at both ends of a windshield and a lower reversing position set at a center of a lower end of the windshield. A method for controlling an opposing wiping type wiper device that is operated by wiping, wherein the wiper blade performs a temporary stop operation at the upper reversing position during an intermittent operation of the wiper device. Control method. 2. The opposing wiping type wiper device according to claim 1, wherein the temporary stop operation of the wiper blade is stopped at least once at the time of the initial operation of the intermittent operation. How to control the device.