Patents by Inventor Kazuaki IIDA

Kazuaki IIDA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240132147
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a power source control device that executes a process of switching a connection state of a driving circuit to the main power source and an auxiliary power source including; a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a backup state as a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, and a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a normal state as the voltage decrease of the main power source is resolved. After a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, a turning-side control device of a steering control unit sets an output-limited state for a turning-side motor. The output-limited state is canceled upon the power source control device completing switching of the connection state so as to transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Kaishi MONOBE, Kenichi ABE, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Kazuaki IIDA, Yasushi HORA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hayaki TANABE, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi IWANA
  • Publication number: 20240025473
    Abstract: A steering control system that controls a steering device of a vehicle includes a storage unit, and a control unit configured to make a state transition to a normal control state via a start-up state after a power source system of the vehicle is started. In the start-up state, the control unit executes a correction information storing process of acquiring correction element information using a state variable obtained from the steering device and writing correction information obtained based on the correction element information into the storage unit. In the start-up state, the control unit is configured to execute an abnormal condition determination process of determining whether an abnormal condition indicating that the correction information is abnormal is met. The correction information storing process is re-executed when the abnormal condition is met. The abnormal condition determination process is executed at least either before or after the correction information storing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KOUDAI, Yuji FUJITA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Kazuaki IIDA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Takeshi IWANA, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Hayaki TANABE, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240010267
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a first reaction force control circuit and a second reaction force control circuit. Each of the first reaction force control circuit and the second reaction force control circuit are configured to control a reaction force motor, to execute, at a starting time, a preparation process including a process that requires the steering wheel to automatically rotate through the reaction force motor, and to store, at a time of execution completion of the preparation process, information indicating whether the preparation process has been normally completed. In a case where the first reaction force control circuit has been reset, when the information indicates that the preparation process has been normally completed, the first reaction force control circuit that has been rest is configured to not execute the preparation process at a time of restarting after completion of the reset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaishi MONOBE, Yuji FUJITA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Takashi KOUDAI, Kenichi ABE, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Kazuaki IIDA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hayaki TANABE, Takeshi IWANA
  • Publication number: 20240010269
    Abstract: A steering control system includes a plurality of control circuits configured to control a reaction force motor and a turning motor in coordination with one another, the reaction force motor generating a steering reaction force applied to a steering wheel from which power transmission to turning wheels of a vehicle is cut off, the turning motor generating a turning force for turning the turning wheels. When at least one control circuit among the control circuits that are operating normally is reset, the reset control circuit is configured to execute a process for stopping travel of the vehicle upon restarting after completion of the reset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo NAGASHIMA, Yuji FUJITA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Kazuaki IIDA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hayaki TANABE, Takeshi IWANA
  • Publication number: 20230415758
    Abstract: An electric power source apparatus includes a drive control apparatus and an auxiliary control apparatus. The drive control apparatus and the auxiliary control apparatus are configured to communicate with each other. When one of the drive control apparatus and the auxiliary control apparatus is a first control apparatus and the other of the drive control apparatus and the auxiliary control apparatus is a second control apparatus, the first control apparatus is configured to continue a function to communicate with the second control apparatus even when the first control apparatus is not able to normally communicate with the second control apparatus, and configured to execute communication with the second control apparatus when the first control apparatus is put into a state where the first control apparatus is able to normally communicate with the second control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Takashi KOUDAI, Daiki INABA, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Kazuaki IIDA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi IWANA, Hayaki TANABE, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230415586
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a driving control device and an auxiliary control device, the vehicle including a main power source, an auxiliary power source, and a supply path, the supply path being a path configured to be opened and closed according to a state of a start switch of the vehicle. The driving control device is a device that controls a state of equipment installed in the vehicle and the auxiliary control device is a device that controls a state of the auxiliary power source. The driving control device is configured to execute a storage process, a permission signal transmission process, and an initial value process, and the auxiliary control device is configured to execute a permission signal reception process and a stop process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Kazuaki IIDA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Takeshi IWANA, Hayaki TANABE, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230365187
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: dual-system control circuits that control power supply to dual-system winding sets of a motor; and dual-system rotation detection circuits. The control circuits calculate an absolute rotation angle of the motor, and, when a power source is turned off, store an absolute rotation angle of the motor at that time. The control circuits start when the power source is turned on and the absolute value of a difference between an absolute rotation angle that was stored when the power source was turned off last time and an absolute rotation angle that is calculated when the power source is turned on this time is equal to or smaller than a given threshold value, regardless of whether an abnormality has occurred in one of the dual-system rotation detection circuits or an abnormality of the dual-system rotation detection circuits is not determinable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma HASEGAWA, Yuji FUJITA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Takashi KOUDAI, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Kazuaki IIDA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230303159
    Abstract: A turning control device includes a precursor detection circuit configured to detect a precursor of an abnormality by which a smooth operation of a turning device is impaired. The precursor detection circuit is configured to start measurement of a total running time of a vehicle when the precursor is detected, and is configured to execute a process of reporting the precursor, based on the measured total running time. The precursor detection circuit is configured to perform the measurement of the total running time regardless of whether the precursor is detected again, when a vehicle electric power source is switched off and then is switched on again after the precursor is detected once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Koudai, Yuji Fujita, Yugo Nagashima, Kazuma Hasegawa, Yuuta Kajisawa, Masaharu Yamashita, Yosuke Yamashita, Kazuaki Iida, Shintaro Takayama
  • Publication number: 20230219618
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system including a steering device including a steering motor and a controller configured to supply a steering current to the steering motor based on a steering request. The controller includes a plurality of microcomputers, a plurality of drive circuits, and a plurality of temperature sensors. When a detection temperature difference that is a difference between detection temperatures of any two of the plurality of temperature sensors is greater than a predetermined threshold, each of the plurality of microcomputers executes an independent calculation control to independently calculate and set a current limit value, which is an upper limit value of the steering current, based on a detection temperature of one of the plurality of temperature sensors corresponding to itself, irrespective of detection temperatures of one or more of the plurality of temperature sensors other than the one of the plurality of temperature sensors corresponding to itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, JTEKT CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito ISHINO, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Kenji SHIBATA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Kazuaki IIDA, Ryo YAMAZAKI, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Kenichi ABE, Toyohiro HAYASHI, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA, Hiroyasu OTAKE, Kurumi TAZUKE, Hiroki TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230219617
    Abstract: A steering control device is applied to a steer-by-wire system in which a steering mechanism and a turning mechanism are mechanically separated. The steering control device applied to the steer-by-wire system controls a drive of a steering motor that functions as a reaction motor that applies reaction torque to a steering wheel. A steering wheel lock calculating unit of the steering control device performs a steering wheel lock drive control for calculating a drive command so as to output a lock torque for maintaining a rotation stop state of the steering wheel by energizing the steering motor when a predetermined condition is satisfied while a vehicle is parked or stopped. A power converter converts power supply electric power according to the drive command calculated by the steering wheel lock calculating unit and supplies the electric power to the steering motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI UCHIDA, YOSUKE YAMASHITA, SHINTARO TAKAYAMA, KAZUAKI IIDA, MASAHARU YAMASHITA, KAZUMA HASEGAWA, YUJI FUJITA, KENICHI ABE, YUUTA KAJISAWA, YUGO NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230117373
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a plurality of control circuits configured to control a control object by starting in response to powering-on of a vehicle and to perform power latch control for continuing to be supplied with electric power in a predetermined period in response to powering-off of the vehicle. Each of the control circuits is configured to perform starting after all of the control circuits have recognized the powering-on of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle is powered on while the power latch control is being performed after the vehicle has been powered off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo NAGASHIMA, Yuji FUJITA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Masaharu YAMASHITA, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Kazuaki IIDA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Hiroki TOMIZAWA, Nobuyori NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230029564
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system includes: a steering device including a steering motor powered by a main power source and/or a backup power source; and a controller configured to control the steering device based on a steering request. When the backup power source is normal, the controller executes an abnormal-situation control based on electric power supplied to the steering motor by the main power source and/or the backup power source when the controller determines that the voltage of the main power source is less than a first threshold. When the backup power source is abnormal, the controller executes the abnormal-situation control based on electric power supplied to the steering motor by the main power source when the controller determines that the voltage of the main power source is less than a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi SATOU, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Hiroaki HANZAWA, Kazuaki IIDA, Tokuaki HIBINO