Patents by Inventor Sadato Horiuchi

Sadato Horiuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 11945446
    Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes: a requested torque calculation unit which calculates a requested torque on the basis of a driving state of a vehicle; a requested torque change amount calculation unit which calculates the amount of change in requested torque per unit time as a requested torque change amount; an estimated generation torque calculation unit which calculates estimated generation torque estimated as being generated by an engine; an estimated generation torque change amount calculation unit which calculates the amount of change in estimated generation torque per unit time as an estimated generation torque change amount; and an abnormality detection unit which detects an abnormality of the engine on the basis of the integrated value of a difference between the requested torque change amount and the estimated generation torque change amount, and outputs abnormality determination for the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemi Oono, Sadato Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20220024456
    Abstract: It has been difficult to appropriately determine the abnormality of a drive source due to the influence of variation in driving operation amount and operation state of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shigemi OONO, Sadato HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10408155
    Abstract: An onboard control device has a drive manipulated variable detection unit (101) for determining a drive manipulated variable manipulated by a driver to impart a propulsive force to a vehicle, a command value calculation unit (109) for calculating a command value for a drive source of the vehicle based on the drive manipulated variable, a propulsive force control unit (115) for controlling the propulsive force based on the command value, operating state detection units (102, 103) for determining the operating states of the drive source, a drive manipulation rate of change calculation unit (110) for calculating the rate of change in drive manipulation, an operating state rate of change calculation unit (111) for calculating the rate of change in the operating state, and an abnormality detection unit (112) for detecting abnormalities in the drive source based on the rates of change in drive manipulation and the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemi Oono, Shinsaku Tsukada, Yoshihiko Akagi, Sadato Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20190085784
    Abstract: An onboard control device has a drive manipulated variable detection unit (101) for determining a drive manipulated variable manipulated by a driver to impart a propulsive force to a vehicle, a command value calculation unit (109) for calculating a command value for a drive source of the vehicle based on the drive manipulated variable, a propulsive force control unit (115) for controlling the propulsive force based on the command value, operating state detection units (102, 103) for determining the operating states of the drive source, a drive manipulation rate of change calculation unit (110) for calculating the rate of change in drive manipulation, an operating state rate of change calculation unit (111) for calculating the rate of change in the operating state, and an abnormality detection unit (112) for detecting abnormalities in the drive source based on the rates of change in drive manipulation and the operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shigemi OONO, Shinsaku TSUKADA, Yoshihiko AKAGI, Sadato HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 10174700
    Abstract: To quickly determine whether or not the propulsive force of a vehicle drive source is abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigemi Oono, Shinsaku Tsukada, Yoshihiko Akagi, Sadato Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20170002763
    Abstract: To quickly determine whether or not the propulsive force of a vehicle drive source is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Shigemi OONO, Shinsaku TSUKADA, Yoshihiko AKAGI, Sadato HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 7530347
    Abstract: There is provided an air amount computing unit, and a fuel control unit, of an internal combustion engine that calculates a cylinder flow-in air amount during a transient state without response delay and so as not to have any inflection point in changes of flow rate and that allows a desirable air-fuel ratio to be kept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Asano, Masahiro Sato, Shigeru Nishita, Kenichi Kotabe, Kenji Mizushima, Sadato Horiuchi, Makoto Muto
  • Publication number: 20080120010
    Abstract: There is provided an air amount computing unit, and a fuel control unit, of an internal combustion engine that calculates a cylinder flow-in air amount during a transient state without response delay and so as not to have any inflection point in changes of flow rate and that allows a desirable air-fuel ratio to be kept.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Asano, Masahiro Sato, Shigeru Nishita, Kenichi Kotabe, Kenji Mizushima, Sadato Horiuchi, Makoto Muto