Patents by Inventor Masahiro Toyama

Masahiro Toyama 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: 20240031204
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a circuit board configured to be provided in a frame and to have a communication circuit capable of receiving or transmitting differential signals via a pair of signal pins; a connector configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board and to input signals transmitted from an electronic device outside the frame by single-end transmission to the communication circuit; and a noise cancellation signal output circuit configured to output noise cancellation signals corresponding to noise superimposed on the signals in the connector, wherein one signal pin of the pair of signal pins of the communication circuit is connected to the connector, and the other signal pin is connected to the noise cancellation signal output circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Yuki NAKAMURA, Yutaka UEMATSU, Masayoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230359989
    Abstract: Food waste and loss is avoided by performing accommodation of foodstuffs. A foodstuff management apparatus of the present invention includes an inventory allocation section that determines, on the basis of information to the effect that allocation of a foodstuff to a grocery store has been cancelled and a condition of the foodstuff or circumstances of other grocery store, the other grocery store to which the foodstuff can be reallocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Toru YASUMURA, Keisuke HORIUCHI, Masahiro TOYAMA, Misato FUKAMI, Ying ZHONG
  • Patent number: 11572675
    Abstract: A working machine comprises an operation member for operating a hydraulic device via a control valve. An oscillation calculator acquires a specific value corresponding to a feature representing oscillation of the operation member when the feature appears in variation of an control signal output according to an operation amount of the operation member within one of a sequence of predetermined periods, and calculates an evaluation value representing a degree of oscillation of the operation member by adding up the specific value or values obtained within one or more of the predetermined periods. A control signal generator generates a control signal for controlling the control valve based on the operation signal. The control signal generator decreases a value of the control signal per a unit value of the operation signal as the evaluation value gradually increases with the elapse of one or more of the sequence of the predetermined periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyama, Yuji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20230031292
    Abstract: An electronic control device including a circuit substrate having a signal wiring and a ground wiring; at least one connector having a signal conductor and a ground conductor respectively connected to the signal wiring and the ground wiring of the circuit substrate on one end side and extending on the other end side; a housing including an accommodating portion that accommodates the circuit substrate and the at least one connector, in which a radio wave path through which a leakage electromagnetic wave propagates from one end on the circuit substrate side toward the other end on the side opposite to the circuit substrate side of the at least one connector is formed in an internal space at the periphery of the at least one connector; and a leakage electromagnetic wave attenuating structure provided between the housing and the at least one connector; where the leakage electromagnetic wave attenuating structure includes a plurality of conductors that are arrayed along a direction in which the leakage electromagn
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD
    Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Masahiro TOYAMA, Hiroki FUNATO, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Shina KAWAKITA
  • Publication number: 20220408569
    Abstract: An electronic control device comprising: a housing having conductivity; a circuit board that is arranged in the housing and has a first electronic component mounted on a mounting surface; an external connection portion that is electrically connected to the circuit board and is connectable to a device outside the housing; and a duplexing member that has conductivity and is arranged between an inner surface of the housing and the mounting surface of the circuit board, in which the duplexing member forms a cutout portion to avoid contact between the duplexing member and the first electronic component, and further forms a partition portion that partitions the external connection portion between the housing and the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Toshiaki TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220354006
    Abstract: A signal transmission circuit includes: a circuit board stored in a housing; a connector which is mounted on the circuit board and includes a first signal terminal and a first ground terminal; and an integrated circuit which is mounted on the circuit board and includes a second signal terminal and a second ground terminal. The first signal terminal and the second signal terminal are connected to each other by a signal wiring arranged on the circuit board. The first around terminal and the second ground terminal are connected to each other by a ground wiring arranged in a predetermined range including a portion immediately above or immediately below the signal wiring in the circuit board. At least a part of the ground wiring immediately above or immediately below the signal wiring has a high impedance structure formed to be wider than the signal wiring and narrower than a combined width of the first signal terminal and the first ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAMURA, Masahiro TOYAMA, Isao HODA, Hiroki FUNATO, Umberto PAOLETTI, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Yutaka UEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220341130
    Abstract: A working machine comprises an operation member for operating a hydraulic device via a control valve. An oscillation calculator acquires a specific value corresponding to a feature representing oscillation of the operation member when the feature appears in variation of an control signal output according to an operation amount of the operation member within one of a sequence of predetermined periods, and calculates an evaluation value representing a degree of oscillation of the operation member by adding up the specific value or values obtained within one or more of the predetermined periods. A control signal generator generates a control signal for controlling the control valve based on the operation signal. The control signal generator decreases a value of the control signal per a unit value of the operation signal as the evaluation value gradually increases with the elapse of one or more of the sequence of the predetermined periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Yuji FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11457548
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a housing accommodating a board on which an electronic component is mounted; and a guard pattern formed on an outer peripheral portion of the board. The guard pattern and a ground pattern of a circuit in the circuit board are connected to each other in a vicinity of an intermediate point of fixed positions where an upper portion of the housing and a lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyama, Isao Hoda, Umberto Paoletti, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11444657
    Abstract: A signal transmission circuit that is connected to a communication unit by a signal wiring and performs signal transmission to/from the communication unit via the signal wiring includes: a direct-current supply unit that outputs a direct current with a variable output voltage, superimposes the direct current on the signal, and supplies the direct current to the communication unit via the signal wiring; a signal reception unit that receives the signal from the communication unit; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing based on the signal received by the signal reception unit, wherein the signal reception unit has an equalizer function that adjusts a waveform of the signal to compensate for attenuation due to the signal wiring, and the output voltage is controlled based on an equalizer setting value used for control of the equalizer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu, Hideyuki Sakamoto, Masahiro Toyama, Hidetatsu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11414835
    Abstract: A working machine includes a hydraulic device, an operation valve to supply operation fluid to operate the hydraulic device and to vary the operation fluid to be supplied to the hydraulic device, an operation device having an operation member supported swingably, the operation device being configured to output an operation signal in accordance with an operation amount of the operation member, and a controller including a swing calculator to calculate an evaluation value representing a degree of swinging of the operation member, and a control signal generator to generate a control signal based on the evaluation value and the operation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyama, Ryuki Nishimoto, Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20220248575
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a conductive casing; a circuit board which is provided in the casing, and on which an electronic component including an integrated circuit is mounted; and a conductive conductor component that is provided on the circuit board, is disposed at a position higher than the electronic component, and has an elongated shape, in which a distance between the conductor component and the casing is shorter than a distance between the conductor component and the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Yuki NAKAMURA, Yutaka UEMATSU, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220190874
    Abstract: A signal transmission circuit that is connected to a communication unit by a signal wiring and performs signal transmission to/from the communication unit via the signal wiring includes: a direct-current supply unit that outputs a direct current with a variable output voltage, superimposes the direct current on the signal, and supplies the direct current to the communication unit via the signal wiring; a signal reception unit that receives the signal from the communication unit; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing based on the signal received by the signal reception unit, wherein the signal reception unit has an equalizer function that adjusts a waveform of the signal to compensate for attenuation due to the signal wiring, and the output voltage is controlled based on an equalizer setting value used for control of the equalizer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka UEMATSU, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO, Masahiro TOYAMA, Hidetatsu YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11330704
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a housing that stores a substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, a first capacitance unit formed between the housing and the electronic component, and a second capacitance unit formed between the housing and the substrate, in which a noise transmission path is formed between the housing and the substrate via the first capacitance unit and the second capacitance unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyama, Umberto Paoletti, Takeshi Yamakawa, Yoko Ohkubo, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11246246
    Abstract: To provide an electronic control device capable of suppressing leakage of radio-frequency radiation noise, radiated from a noise source, to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Ohkubo, Masahiro Toyama, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210307216
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a housing accommodating a board on which an electronic component is mounted; and a guard pattern formed on an outer peripheral portion of the board. The guard pattern and a ground pattern of a circuit in the circuit board are connected to each other in a vicinity of an intermediate point of fixed positions where an upper portion of the housing and a lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Isao HODA, Umberto PAOLETTI, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210185795
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes a housing that stores a substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, a first capacitance unit formed between the housing and the electronic component, and a second capacitance unit formed between the housing and the substrate, in which a noise transmission path is formed between the housing and the substrate via the first capacitance unit and the second capacitance unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Umberto PAOLETTI, Takeshi YAMAKAWA, Yoko OHKUBO, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210123212
    Abstract: A working machine includes a hydraulic device, an operation valve to supply operation fluid to operate the hydraulic device and to vary the operation fluid to be supplied to the hydraulic device, an operation device having an operation member supported swingably, the operation device being configured to output an operation signal in accordance with an operation amount of the operation member, and a controller including a swing calculator to calculate an evaluation value representing a degree of swinging of the operation member, and a control signal generator to generate a control signal based on the evaluation value and the operation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Ryuki NISHIMOTO, Yuji FUKUDA, Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10952311
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control unit, which includes a printed wiring board on which a semiconductor element is mounted, including a power supply pattern and a ground pattern which are formed on the printed wiring board and connected to the semiconductor element, at least one capacitance adjustment pattern which is formed on the printed wiring board, and a connection portion which is provided for each capacitance adjustment pattern and able to switch electrical connection between either the power supply pattern or the ground pattern and the capacitance adjustment pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyama, Yutaka Uematsu, Hiroki Funato, Hideki Osaka, Mitsuhiro Masuda
  • Publication number: 20210015008
    Abstract: To provide an electronic control device capable of suppressing leakage of radio-frequency radiation noise, radiated from a noise source, to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko OHKUBO, Masahiro TOYAMA, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190342989
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control unit, which includes a printed wiring board on which a semiconductor element is mounted, including a power supply pattern and a ground pattern which are formed on the printed wiring board and connected to the semiconductor element, at least one capacitance adjustment pattern which is formed on the printed wiring board, and a connection portion which is provided for each capacitance adjustment pattern and able to switch electrical connection between either the power supply pattern or the ground pattern and the capacitance adjustment pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TOYAMA, Yutaka UEMATSU, Hiroki FUNATO, Hideki OSAKA, Mitsuhiro MASUDA