Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240119723
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires learned models for executing object detection by methods different from each other and a plurality of pieces of unlabeled learning data as a plurality of images including an object, an object detection unit that performs the object detection on each of the plurality of pieces of unlabeled learning data by using the learned models, a calculation unit that calculates a plurality of information amount scores indicating values of the plurality of pieces of unlabeled learning data based on a plurality of object detection results, and a selection output unit that selects a predetermined number of pieces of unlabeled learning data from the plurality of pieces of unlabeled learning data based on the plurality of information amount scores and outputs the selected unlabeled learning data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Jia QU, Shoichi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240120833
    Abstract: Provided is a power converter in which increase in the wiring inductance of a busbar connected to a capacitor is effectively suppressed. The power converter includes: a capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode; and a specific busbar connected to a specific electrode which is one or each of both of the first electrode and the second electrode. The specific busbar has a folded wiring portion having parts opposing each other by being folded, at the specific electrode, and an end of the folded wiring portion is connected to the specific electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuro FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20240115208
    Abstract: A vital sign detection device includes: a sensor signal acquiring unit to acquire a sensor signal representing a sensing result of a biosensor to sense a vital sign of a measurement subject; a spectrum calculating unit to calculate a frequency spectrum of the sensor signal; a frequency component identifying unit to identify one or more frequency components which may represent vital signs of the measurement subject, in a plurality of frequency components included in the frequency spectrum calculated; a noise band identifying unit to identify a noise band which is a noise-containing frequency band, from a noise signal representing an observation result of a noise observer to observe noise which may be mixed in the sensor signal representing the sensing result of the biosensor; and a noise removing unit to remove a frequency component which is included in the noise band identified, in the one or more frequency components identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shusaku TAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240121508
    Abstract: A video transmission system includes: a video data acquiring unit to acquire first video data indicating a first video photographed by a camera; a first inference unit to give the first video data to a first learning model, and acquire intermediate data that is data different from the first video data from the first learning model; a data transmission unit to transmit the intermediate data; a data reception unit to receive the intermediate data transmitted from the data transmission unit; and a second inference unit to give the intermediate data to a second learning model, and acquire, from the second learning model, second video data indicating a predicted video of a second video of which a photographing time of the camera is advanced from that of the first video by a transmission time of the intermediate data from the data transmission unit to the data reception unit or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shotaro MIWA
  • Publication number: 20240120870
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device includes: a feature quantity calculation unit which calculates a plurality of feature quantities from the time-series data of the current values; an operation mode determination unit which determines an operation mode of a compressor on the basis of the load torque and the drive frequency; a feature quantity distribution generation unit which generates a feature quantity distribution from values of the plurality of feature quantities; a reference region generation unit which generates a reference region on the basis of the feature quantity distribution that is obtained in a normal case; and a determination unit which compares the feature quantity distribution that is obtained during an abnormality diagnosis and the reference region corresponding to the operation mode that is applied during the abnormality diagnosis, to determine whether an abnormality is present or absent in either of the compressor and the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Ken HIRAKIDA, Makoto KANEMARU, Takaharu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11952054
    Abstract: There is provided an electric power steering apparatus in which at least one of a motor housing and a control unit has a respiratory apparatus that performs a respiratory action, based on an inner pressure change in at least one of the motor housing and the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihito Asao, Yoshihiko Onishi, Toyoaki Udo
  • Patent number: 11952150
    Abstract: An apparatus communication device (950) communicates with at least one of a parent satellite (310) and a child satellite (320). A control unit (110) generates a control command (51) to capture debris by sandwiching the debris between the parent satellite (310) and the child satellite (320) and carry out an active control operation during orbital descent on a flying object which is the parent satellite (310), the debris, and the child satellite (320) being connected together. Then, the control unit (110) transmits the control command (51) to at least one of the parent satellite (310) and the child satellite (320) via the apparatus communication device (950).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisayuki Mukae
  • Patent number: 11953005
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a shell forming an outer portion thereof and having lower part in which an oil pan is formed to store oil; a motor provided in the shell; a compression unit provided in the shell to compress a working gas when being driven by the motor; a frame fixed to the shell and supporting the compression unit; a shaft supported by the frame, connecting the motor and the compression unit, provided to transmit a turning force of the motor to the compression unit, and including an oil passage; and an oil pump provided at lower part of the shaft to draw oil from the pan and supply the oil into the oil passage. The pump includes a bypass valve that is opened, when a pressure of oil flowing in the oil passage is higher than a threshold pressure, to return part of the oil to the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Sasano, Koji Masumoto, Yuji Takamura, Kohei Tatsuwaki
  • Patent number: 11953375
    Abstract: A plurality of lead pins (2a-d) penetrates through a stem (1) having a circular shape and includes a signal lead pin (2a,2b). A block (4) is provided on an upper surface of the stem. A waveguide light receiving device (9) is provided on a side surface of the block. An amplifier (6) is provided on the side surface of the block and amplifies an electric signal output from the waveguide light receiving device. A first relay substrate is provided on the upper surface of the stem and arranged between the block and the signal lead pin. A first transmission line (12a,12b) is provided on the first relay substrate. A first wire (10f,10g) connects one end of the first transmission line and an output terminal of the amplifier. A second wire (10h,10i) connects the other end of the first transmission line (12a,12b) and the signal lead pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: 11956926
    Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a housing having a front surface formed with an outlet and a back surface facing the front surface, an airflow flowing through the outlet; a substrate horizontally placed in the housing, an electric component being mounted on the substrate; and a heat dissipator including a plurality of fins, each of the fins having a heat dissipation surface, the heat dissipator dissipating, due to the airflow, heat generated by the electric component. The heat dissipation surface of each of the fins is parallel to the back surface or is angled at greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees relative to the back surface in top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Iwazaki, Koichi Arisawa, Takashi Yamakawa, Takuya Shimomugi, Keisuke Mori
  • Patent number: 11953608
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to continuously estimate the position with high accuracy while the moving body is traveling. A position estimation device is installed in a moving body, and includes a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a subject moving body being the moving body in which the position estimation device is installed using any of positioning means of satellite positioning using a positioning satellite or radio wave positioning using wireless communication, and a positioning means selection unit configured to switch the positioning means the position estimation unit uses for estimation of the position of the subject moving body based on a traveling environment or a peripheral environment of the subject moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Hamada, Naoki Isozaki, Takuya Matsuda, Takuma Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11953555
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device includes: a data acquirer to acquire a current waveform and a driving frequency of an electric motor; a storage which stores a combination of a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency at an identical time by the data acquirer; a data determiner to determine whether or not a current value of the current waveform and the driving frequency as a diagnosis target at an identical time by the data acquisition match the combination stored in the storage; an analyzer to perform frequency analysis for the current waveform determined to be matched by the data determiner, to extract sideband waves, and calculate a spectrum intensity of the sideband waves; and an abnormality diagnosis processor to make a diagnosis that abnormality has occurred, when the spectrum intensity of the sideband waves is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kanemaru, Takuya Ohkubo, Sota Sano, Akira Satake, Satoru Terashima
  • Patent number: 11955904
    Abstract: In first power transmission in which power is transmitted from a first DC power source to a second DC power source, a control circuit performs on/off drive control of a positive electrode-side switching element and a negative electrode-side switching element in a first bridge circuit and a second bridge circuit and stops on/off drive of a positive electrode-side switching element and a negative electrode-side switching element in a third bridge. For a positive electrode-side switching element and a negative electrode-side switching element of a fourth bridge circuit, when a first power transmission amount by the first power transmission is greater than a predetermined first reference value, the control circuit performs on/off drive control, whereas when the first power transmission amount is smaller than the first reference value, the control circuit stops on/off drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Itogawa, Yusuke Higaki
  • Patent number: 11955959
    Abstract: A parallel driving device that drives parallel-connected semiconductor elements includes a control unit and a gate driving circuit. The control unit detects a temperature difference between the semiconductor elements on the basis of detected values by temperature sensors that detect temperatures of the individual semiconductor elements. The control unit generates a control signal for changing the timing at which to turn on a first semiconductor element specified from the semiconductor elements on the basis of the temperature difference. The gate driving circuit generates a first driving signal for driving the semiconductor elements, and generates a second driving signal that is the first driving signal delayed on the basis of the control signal, and applies the second driving signal to the first semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakayama, Yoshiko Tamada, Takayoshi Miki, Shota Morisaki, Yukio Nakashima, Kenta Uchida, Keisuke Kimura, Tomonobu Mihara
  • Patent number: 11956398
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image reading device having a highly-accurate structure that enables an easy increase in depth of field, that is, improvement in the depth of the field, without need for a change in basic characteristics of lenses. An overlap preventer (5) disposed between a lens array (1) and a sensor element array (3) to prevent overlap of images formed by lenses (2) is included. A slit section (5) that is the overlap preventer (5) includes multiple slit plates (7) arranged in a main scanning direction and extending in a sub-scanning direction to partition off a space, and the slit plates (7) are fixed to fixing plates (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Arimoto, Kazuya Makabe, Daisuke Fukui, Koki Takasaki
  • Patent number: 11953220
    Abstract: A comfort-analyzing device includes a display unit, a first control unit, an input unit, and a cognitive-structure constructing unit. The display unit is configured to present a questionnaire for extracting both a comfort level of a user in an environment and at least one environmental factor to determine the comfort level. The first control unit is configured to cause the display unit to present the questionnaire twice or more during a survey period. The input unit is configured to accept, from the user, input of each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more. The cognitive-structure constructing unit is configured to construct a cognitive-structure model representing a cognitive structure of the user regarding comfort by extracting both the comfort level and the at least one environmental factor in chronological order based on each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Kurihara, Seiro Yuge, Makoto Takata, Noriko Nagata, Masashi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11956271
    Abstract: A scenario generation device (100) generates an attack scenario (32). An attack means storage unit (130) has stored therein attack means data (131) including a precondition and an attack effect of attack means. An edit screen display unit (110) arranges attack means to be included in the attack scenario (32) on a scenario edit screen (200). By using the attack means data (131), an attack scenario generation unit (20) extracts, from the attack means storage unit (130), another attack means whose attack effect is a precondition of attack means arranged on the scenario edit screen (200). The attack scenario generation unit (20) generates the attack scenario (32) by complementing the attack means arranged on the scenario edit screen (200) with the other attack means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoto Kawauchi
  • Patent number: 11952242
    Abstract: A guiding device according to the present invention generates and displays guidance information for displaying a sequence of operation states of an elevator on a three-sided frame corresponding to the car responding to a call for the elevator or the periphery of the three-sided frame. The sequence of operation state of the elevator includes the position of the lobby corresponding to the car number of the car selected from among a plurality of cars in response to the call for the elevator, the movement of the car of the elevator, the arrival direction of the car, a situation where the car arrives at the calling floor and the door opens, a situation where the door is fully open and starts closing, and a situation where the door is closing. Thus, a user in the lobby can intuitively determine the complicated sequence of operation states of the elevator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yoshizawa, Masato Hirai
  • Patent number: 11955300
    Abstract: A vacuum circuit breaker serving as a switch includes a pair of electrodes that serve as a stationary electrode and a movable electrode, a handler including a movable shaft and a housing that operate as a first mover in withdrawing the movable electrode from the stationary electrode and closing the movable electrode toward the stationary electrode, a movable shaft that is connected as a second mover to the movable electrode, a coil spring that is connected as an elastic between the first mover and the second mover to press the movable electrode against the stationary electrode, and a shock absorber that attenuates as an attenuator contraction of the elastic when the movable electrode is withdrawn from the stationary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro Sato, Kazuki Sugino, Yuji Yoshitomo
  • Patent number: 11954744
    Abstract: The actual performance information classify part derives a classification result of an actual performance information on electric power demand, by a classification setting information, from an environment information and a date attribute information which is correlated with each of the electric power demands which is included in an actual performance information on electric power demand. The prediction information calculate part derives a classification result of a prediction target day, using the date attribute information of the prediction target day, which is a day to conduct a prediction, and the environment information which is measured before a start of the prediction of a prediction target day, and in addition, predicts an electric power demand of a prediction target day, based on the electric power demand of the actual performance information on electric power demand, which corresponds to the classification result of the prediction target day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Hirata, Yuta Okumura, Yoshito Nishita