Patents by Inventor Toshiya Kan
Toshiya Kan 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).
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Patent number: 10598110Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine based on an operating state of a vehicle is provided. The control device includes a processor configured to execute a basic target torque determining module for determining a basic target torque based on an operating state of the vehicle, a torque reduction amount determining module for determining a torque reduction amount based on a part of the operating state of the vehicle, a final target torque determining module for determining a final target torque based on the basic target torque and the torque reduction amount, an engine controlling module for controlling the engine to output the final target torque, and a torque change smoothing module for smoothing a chronological change of the final target torque corresponding to the torque reduction amount at a smaller smoothing degree than that of the chronological change of the final target torque corresponding to the basic target torque.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kenko Ujihara, Hiroaki Shiiba, Toshiya Kan
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Patent number: 10202039Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine based on a vehicle operating state is provided, which includes a steering angle detector for detecting a vehicle steering angle, and a processor configured to execute a basic target torque determining module for determining a basic target torque based on a vehicle operating state, a slip controller for acquiring the steering angle from the steering angle detector, detecting a slip state of wheels based on part of the vehicle operating state, and determining a torque control amount based on the slip state, a torque reduction amount determining module for acquiring the steering angle and determining a torque reduction amount based thereon, a final target torque determining module for determining a final target torque based on the basic target torque, the torque reduction amount, and the torque control amount, and an engine controlling module for controlling the engine to output the final target torque.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kenko Ujihara, Hiroaki Shiiba, Toshiya Kan
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Publication number: 20180274461Abstract: Provided is a turbocharged engine control device capable of controlling an engine to accurately realize vehicle behavior intended by a driver, while suppressing deterioration in acceleration response.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kenko UJIHARA, Hiroaki SHIIBA, Toshiya KAN
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Publication number: 20170089281Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine based on an operating state of a vehicle is provided. The control device includes a processor configured to execute a basic target torque determining module for determining a basic target torque based on an operating state of the vehicle, a torque reduction amount determining module for determining a torque reduction amount based on a part of the operating state of the vehicle, a final target torque determining module for determining a final target torque based on the basic target torque and the torque reduction amount, an engine controlling module for controlling the engine to output the final target torque, and a torque change smoothing module for smoothing a chronological change of the final target torque corresponding to the torque reduction amount at a smaller smoothing degree than that of the chronological change of the final target torque corresponding to the basic target torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Kenko Ujihara, Hiroaki Shiiba, Toshiya Kan
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Publication number: 20170087986Abstract: A control device for controlling an engine based on a vehicle operating state is provided, which includes a steering angle detector for detecting a vehicle steering angle, and a processor configured to execute a basic target torque determining module for determining a basic target torque based on a vehicle operating state, a slip controller for acquiring the steering angle from the steering angle detector, detecting a slip state of wheels based on part of the vehicle operating state, and determining a torque control amount based on the slip state, a torque reduction amount determining module for acquiring the steering angle and determining a torque reduction amount based thereon, a final target torque determining module for determining a final target torque based on the basic target torque, the torque reduction amount, and the torque control amount, and an engine controlling module for controlling the engine to output the final target torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Kenko Ujihara, Hiroaki Shiiba, Toshiya Kan
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Patent number: 5274512Abstract: An automatic equalizer for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus or with a communication transmission channel, wherein equalizer parameters are rendered variable and the degree of change of the error rate is extracted to set the parameters to optimum values based on the degree of change of the error rate. Output signal error rates are sequentially detected at a plurality of measurement points corresponding to preset plural characteristic parameters to find a minimum error rate measurement point. An initial parameter setting operation is performed for providing characteristic parameters for this measurement point to the equalizer as the initial parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1992Date of Patent: December 28, 1993Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masato Tanaka, Toshiya Kan
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Patent number: 5237588Abstract: An automatic equalizer for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus or with a communication transmission channel, wherein equalizer parameters are rendered variable and the degree of change of the error rate is extracted to set the parameters to optimum values based on the degree of change of the error rate. Output signal error rates are sequentially detected at a plurality of measurement points corresponding to preset plural characteristic parameters to find a minimum error rate measurement point. An initial parameter setting operation is performed for providing characteristic parameters for this measurement point to the equalizer as the initial parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1990Date of Patent: August 17, 1993Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masato Tanaka, Toshiya Kan
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Patent number: 5222465Abstract: A valve timing control system for varying a valve timing determines whether an engine operating condition falls within a specific valve timing range established for a specific valve timing or a standard valve timing range, other than the specific valve timing range, established for a standard valve timing. A valve timing device is activated so as to change a valve timing to the standard valve timing when the engine operates in the standard valve timing range. The valve timing device is also deactivated so as to change a valve timing to the specific valve timing when the engine operates in the specific valve timing range.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1992Date of Patent: June 29, 1993Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Katsuhiko Sakamoto, Toshiya Kan
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Patent number: 5181484Abstract: A cam timing control device in an antomotive engine which used in a valve timing correcting device of a type wherein an electromagnetic force is used to change a cam timing. The cam timing control device is so designed that, in the event that a resistance to the change of the cam timing is high, the length of time during which an electric power is continuously supplied to the electromagnetic coil is prolonged.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1992Date of Patent: January 26, 1993Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Toshiya Kan, Katsuhiko Sakamoto
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Patent number: 5134983Abstract: A fuel control system for an engine has a fuel injector which injects fuel into an intake manifold of the engine. A fuel injector controller determines the amount of fuel to be injected from the fuel injector so that the sum of the amount of the direct delivery part of the injected fuel which is directly fed to a combustion chamber of the engine from the injector and the amount of the drawn part fuel which has adhered to the well surface of the intake manifold, evaporates and then flows into the combustion chamber is a target amount of fuel to be actually fed to the combustion chamber and causes the fuel injector to inject the target amount of fuel.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1991Date of Patent: August 4, 1992Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hideki Kusunoki, Kazutomo Sasaki, Tomoichirou Shimada, Toshiya Kan
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Patent number: 4874993Abstract: In a brushless motor of the kind not employing a sensor for detecting rotor position, a rotational reference position of the rotor is detected based on an induction voltage in a stator excitation coil, and an energization switching point of the stator excitation coil is determined to occur a delayed time from the reference position. The time delay is increased or decreased in response to the rotational speed of the motor, so that energization switching of the excitation coils is performed at the optimum position in accordance with corresponding changes in the rotational speed of the motor. Signal masking is performed so that noise generated by the excitation coil switching does not interfere with the detection of the rotor reference position.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1988Date of Patent: October 17, 1989Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masato Tanaka, Toshiya Kan