Patents by Inventor Yuji Kunida

Yuji Kunida 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: 9692330
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor driving device without an additional signal line for identifying whether a motor rotates stably. The motor driving device (21) includes a control circuit (100) for receiving an acceleration signal (SU) and a deceleration signal (SD), and generating a driver control signal (S10); a driving circuit (200) for generating a motor driving signal (S3) according to the driver control signal (S10); and a phase-locked identifying circuit (500) for monitoring an input mode of the acceleration signal (SU) and the deceleration signal (SD), and identifying whether the motor rotation speed is stable at the desired target rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Kunida
  • Patent number: 9690288
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor driving device for easily and accurately detecting an abnormal status of a motor. The motor driving device (21) includes a control circuit (100) for generating a driver control signal (S10); a driving circuit (200) for generating a motor driving signal (S3) according to the driver control signal (S10); an initial position detecting circuit (300) for detecting an initial position of a motor (22); and a rotation detecting circuit (400) for detecting a rotation status of the motor (22). Before the motor (22) starts to rotate normally, the control circuit (100) repeatedly performs a serial activation processing including detecting an initial position; applying an initial torque and detecting a motor rotation, and when the repetition number reaches a threshold value “m” (for example, m=5), the motor (22) is forced stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kunida, Takashi Yoshiya
  • Patent number: 9329023
    Abstract: A rotation control apparatus includes: a controller configured to supply test currents to a plurality of different paths of a motor when the motor is stopped; and a stop position detector configured to detect a rotational position of the motor based on an order of current values of the test currents. The controller causes one of the test currents to flow through one of the plurality of different paths, measure time taken until the corresponding detection voltage reaches a reference voltage, and set electrical conduction time of the test currents based on a result of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kunida, Norihiro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20150346715
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor driving device for easily and accurately detecting an abnormal status of a motor. The motor driving device (21) includes a control circuit (100) for generating a driver control signal (S10); a driving circuit (200) for generating a motor driving signal (S3) according to the driver control signal (S10); an initial position detecting circuit (300) for detecting an initial position of a motor (22); and a rotation detecting circuit (400) for detecting a rotation status of the motor (22). Before the motor (22) starts to rotate normally, the control circuit (100) repeatedly performs a serial activation processing including detecting an initial position; applying an initial torque and detecting a motor rotation, and when the repetition number reaches a threshold value “m” (for example, m=5), the motor (22) is forced stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Kunida, Takashi Yoshiya
  • Publication number: 20150349693
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor driving device without an additional signal line for identifying whether a motor rotates stably. The motor driving device (21) includes a control circuit (100) for receiving an acceleration signal (SU) and a deceleration signal (SD), and generating a driver control signal (S10); a driving circuit (200) for generating a motor driving signal (S3) according to the driver control signal (S10); and a phase-locked identifying circuit (500) for monitoring an input mode of the acceleration signal (SU) and the deceleration signal (SD), and identifying whether the motor rotation speed is stable at the desired target rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Yuji Kunida