Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kamio

Shigeru Kamio 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: 20210006194
    Abstract: A shift range control device is provided for a shift range switching system that includes a motor having winding sets and a motor rotational angle sensor. The shift range control device includes controllers configured to control switching of a shift range by controlling drive of the motor. Each of the controllers is provided to corresponding one of the winding sets, and is configured to acquire a motor rotational angle signal from the motor rotational angle sensor and calculate a motor angle, control drive of the motor by controlling a current supply to the corresponding one of the winding sets to make the motor angle become a target rotational angle corresponding to a target shift range, and drive the motor by sequentially switching a current-supplied phase for each predetermined period without using the motor rotational angle signal when the motor rotational angle signal is in fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200412293
    Abstract: A shift range control device is provided for a shift range switching system that includes a motor and a plurality of detectors. The motor has a plurality of winding sets. Each of the detectors is configured to detect a physical quantity that changes in accordance with rotation of the motor. The shift range control device includes a plurality of controllers configured to control switching of a shift range by controlling drive of the motor. Each of the controllers is provided to corresponding one of the winding sets and configured to acquire detection signals from the detectors, determine, based on the detection signals, a calculation signal having a same value between the controllers, and control, based on a target shift range and the calculation signal, a current supply to the corresponding one of the winding sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Patent number: 10871223
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling driving of a motor in a shift range switching system, in which a play exists between a motor shaft which is a rotation shaft of a motor and an output shaft to which the rotation of the motor is transmitted. A parameter calculation unit calculates a motor angle, a motor speed and a motor acceleration based on a motor rotation angle signal acquired from a motor rotation angle sensor which detects a rotation position of the motor. An idling check unit checks an end of idle rotation, in which the motor rotates within a range of the play, based on the motor speed and the motor acceleration. A target setting unit sets a motor angle target value related to drive control on the motor, by using an angle correction value which is a value corresponding to the motor angle at the end of the idle rotation. A drive control unit controls the driving of the motor such that the motor angle becomes the motor angle target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Patent number: 10844954
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling a drive of a motor, and includes an abnormality monitoring unit and a torque control command unit. The abnormality monitoring unit detects an abnormality occurrence of an intermediate range stop in which the output shaft to which the drive of the motor is transmitted stops in an intermediate range region. The intermediate range region is a range outside a range guarantee region that guarantees the function of each range. When an abnormality of the intermediate range stop occurs, the torque control command unit commands suppression of the torque applied to the automatic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Publication number: 20200347930
    Abstract: A motor angle calculation unit acquires from a motor rotation angle sensor a motor rotation angle signal corresponding to a rotational position of the motor, and calculates a motor angle based on the motor rotation angle signal. An output shaft signal acquisition unit acquires, from an output shaft sensor that detects a rotational position of an output shaft, an output shaft signal corresponding to the rotational position of an output shaft. An abnormality determination unit determines abnormality in the output shaft sensor. A target angle setting unit sets a target rotation angle corresponding to a target shift range. A drive control unit controls driving of the motor so that the motor angle becomes a target rotation angle. The target angle setting unit sets the target rotation angle to different values when the output shaft sensor is normal and when the output shaft sensor is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Patent number: 10794479
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling the driving of a motor. An angle calculation unit acquires a motor rotation angle signal outputted from a motor rotation angle sensor that detects the rotation position of the motor, and calculates a motor angle. A signal acquisition unit acquires an output shaft signal, which is outputted from an output shaft sensor for detecting the rotation position of an output shaft through which the rotation of the motor is transmitted. A value of the output shaft signal changing in steps in accordance with the rotation position of the output shaft. A target setting unit sets a motor angle target value by correcting, in accordance with a speed of the motor at the timing at which the acquired output shaft signal changes, a pre-correction motor angle target value that is set on the basis of a target shift range and a change point at which the output shaft signal changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Patent number: 10781918
    Abstract: A shift range control device includes an angle calculation unit, a target angle setting unit, a learning unit and a drive control unit. The learning unit learns a correction value to be used in calculating a motor angle target value based on a motor angle and an output shaft signal. The learning unit learns the correction value based on at least a first change point value, which is the motor angle at a timing at which the output shaft signal changes when a rotation member rotates in a first direction from a state in which an engagement member is in the center of valley section, and/or a second change point value, which is the motor angle at a timing at which the output shaft signal changes when the rotation member rotates in a second direction from a state in which the engagement member is in the center of the valley section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Publication number: 20200271224
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle control system, which includes a shift range switching system configured to switch a shift range by controlling a drive of a shift actuator, and an electric brake system configured to brake a vehicle by controlling a drive of a brake actuator. The vehicle control device includes a shift control unit and a brake control unit. The shift control unit controls a drive of the shift actuator. The brake control units control a drive of a brake actuator. When the start switch of the vehicle is turned off, the power of the brake control units is turned off after the shift range switching system completes switching to the P range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200271221
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling a drive of a motor, and includes an abnormality monitoring unit and a torque control command unit. The abnormality monitoring unit detects an abnormality occurrence of an intermediate range stop in which the output shaft to which the drive of the motor is transmitted stops in an intermediate range region. The intermediate range region is a range outside a range guarantee region that guarantees the function of each range. When an abnormality of the intermediate range stop occurs, the torque control command unit commands suppression of the torque applied to the automatic transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200271222
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a vehicle control system, which includes a shift range switching system configured to switch a shift range by controlling a drive of a shift actuator, and an electric brake system configured to brake a vehicle by controlling a drive of a brake actuator. The vehicle control device includes a drive control unit, an abnormality monitoring unit, and a presence determination unit. The drive control unit controls a drive of a shift actuator. The abnormality monitoring unit monitors an abnormality of the shift range switching system. The presence determination unit determines whether the driver is in the driver's seat. When the abnormality of the range mismatch, which the actual shift range does not match the target shift range in a state where the driver is absent, the vehicle control device executes the fail safe process different from the fail safe process when the driver is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200208741
    Abstract: An angle calculation unit calculates a motor angle based on a motor rotation angle signal acquired from a motor rotation angle sensor that detects a rotational position of a motor. An acceleration variation calculation unit calculates an acceleration variation parameter related to an amount of variation in motor acceleration, based on the motor angle. An idle running determination unit determines the end of an idle running state in which the motor is rotating within the range of play, based on the acceleration variation parameter. A target setting unit sets a target motor angle by adopting an angle correction value that is a value corresponding to the motor angle at the end of the idle running state. A drive control unit controls the drive of the motor such that the motor angle becomes the target motor angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200198639
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling the drive of a motor. An angle calculation unit calculates a motor angle based on a motor rotation angle signal acquired from a motor rotation angle sensor detecting a rotational position of the motor. An acceleration calculation unit calculates a motor acceleration based on the motor angle. A moving average calculation unit calculates an acceleration moving average value as a moving average of at least one of a predetermined electrical angle cycle and a predetermined mechanical angle cycle of the motor acceleration. A drive control unit adopts the acceleration moving average value to control the drive of the motor such that the motor angle becomes a target motor angle value corresponding to a target shift range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Patent number: 10680542
    Abstract: A shift range control device, mounted on a vehicle for switching a shift range by controlling a driving operation of a motor, includes: feedback controller; a feedback value setting unit; a current sensor; and a current correction unit. The feedback controller performs a feedback control based on an actual angle of the motor and a motor speed as a rotational speed of the motor. The feedback value setting unit sets a feedback value of the motor speed to advance a phase of the motor speed, based on the motor speed. The current sensor detects a motor current which flows through the motor. The current correction unit estimates a temperature of the motor based on the motor current, and corrects a target motor speed which is a target speed of the motor determined based on a request shift range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Patent number: 10680541
    Abstract: A shift range control apparatus includes: an idling determination portion that determines, based on a motor angle and an output shaft angle, an end of an idling state in which a motor is rotating within a range of a play, the motor angle being a value based on a detected value of a motor rotation angle sensor that detects the rotation of the motor, the output shaft angle being a value based on a detected value of an output shaft sensor that detects rotation of the output shaft; and a target value setting portion that sets a motor angle target value for drive control of the motor using a corrected angle value that is a value corresponding to the motor angle at an end of an idling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Publication number: 20200139903
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a motor generator in a vehicle includes a first control unit that determines a target torque using a redundant signal and a non-redundant signal, a monitoring unit that determines a monitoring target torque using the redundant signal, and a fail-safe determining unit. The fail-safe determining unit determines the execution of first fail-safe processing when a difference between the target torque and the monitoring target torque is equal to or more than a predetermined first upper limit threshold value or equal to or less than a first lower limit threshold value, and determines the execution of second fail-safe processing when the difference is equal to or more than a predetermined second upper limit threshold value which is smaller than the first upper limit threshold value or equal to or less than a second lower limit threshold value which is smaller than the first lower limit threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Patent number: 10644622
    Abstract: A shift range control apparatus switches shift range by controlling the drive of a motor. The shift range control apparatus includes a feedback controller that is configured to perform position feedback control based on a target angle determined corresponding to the request shift range and the actual angle of the motor; a stationary phase energization controller that is configured to perform stationary phase energization control that energizes a stationary phase selected corresponding to an actual angle; and a switching controller that switches between motor control states. The switching controller switches the control state to position feedback control when the request shift range is switched. When the difference between the target angle and the actual angle becomes equal to or less than an angle determination threshold value, the switching controller switches the control state from position feedback control to the stationary phase energization control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Patent number: 10615724
    Abstract: A shift range control apparatus switching a shift range by controlling a drive of a motor, the shift range control apparatus includes: an idle running determiner that is configured to determine whether a rotation state of the motor is an idle running state in which the motor rotates within a range of play existing between a motor shaft being a rotation shaft of the motor and an output shaft to which a rotation of the motor is transmitted; and a current limiter that is configured to limit a current of the motor when it is determined that the rotation state of the motor is the idle running state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Kamio
  • Publication number: 20200088294
    Abstract: A rotational angle sensor detects the rotational position of a motor and outputs a motor rotational angle signal corresponding to the rotational position of the motor. An output shaft sensor detects a change in the magnetic field of a target that rotates integrally with an output shaft to which the rotation of the motor is transmitted, and outputs an output shaft signal according to the rotational position of the output shaft. A shift range control unit includes a motor control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200080634
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling driving of a motor. A learning unit learns, as a position correction value, a normal state time correction value calculated based on at least one of a first reference angle and a second reference angle when at least one output shaft signal is available at a time of turning on of a start switch. The first reference angle is a motor angle at timing when the output shaft signal changes in response to the rotation of the motor in a first direction. The second reference angle is the motor angle at timing when the output shaft signal changes in response to the rotation of the motor in a second direction opposite to the first direction. A target setting unit sets a motor angle target value by using the normal state time correction value stored in a storage unit during a period from when all the output shaft signals are determined to be unavailable to when the start switch is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200080635
    Abstract: A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling driving of a motor in a shift range switching system, in which a play exists between a motor shaft which is a rotation shaft of a motor and an output shaft to which the rotation of the motor is transmitted. A parameter calculation unit calculates a motor angle, a motor speed and a motor acceleration based on a motor rotation angle signal acquired from a motor rotation angle sensor which detects a rotation position of the motor. An idling check unit checks an end of idle rotation, in which the motor rotates within a range of the play, based on the motor speed and the motor acceleration. A target setting unit sets a motor angle target value related to drive control on the motor, by using an angle correction value which is a value corresponding to the motor angle at the end of the idle rotation. A drive control unit controls the driving of the motor such that the motor angle becomes the motor angle target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO