Patents by Inventor Akinobu Sugiyama
Akinobu Sugiyama 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: 11370417Abstract: In a remote parking device, a remote control receiver receives remote operation signals including remote parking commands of a subject vehicle from a plurality of remote controllers. A sensor information receiver receives sensor information including surrounding information obtained in a surrounding information sensor in the subject vehicle and vehicle information obtained in a vehicle information sensor in the subject vehicle. When the plurality of remote operation signals including the remote parking commands are received at the same time, a priority determination part determines priority of each of the plurality of remote parking commands included in the plurality of remote operation signals based on information obtained from the plurality of remote operation signals. A remote parking controller controls a remote parking of the subject vehicle based on the remote parking command having highest priority and the sensor information.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akinobu Sugiyama, Atsushi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20220135080Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to accurately forced stop autonomous vehicle control when a failure occurs in a remote control terminal without mounting an additional sensor on a vehicle. The vehicle control device includes the detection unit that detects a forced stop operation, a control unit that implements the autonomous parking control of the vehicle, and a calculation unit that causes the control unit to perform the autonomous parking control when the start command is received from the remote control terminal, and causes the control unit to stop the autonomous parking control when the stop command is received from the remote control terminal. When the detection unit detects the forced stop operation while the control unit is performing the autonomous parking control, the calculation unit causes the control unit to stop the autonomous parking control even without receiving the stop command from the remote control terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsuharu HAMADA, Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Kazunori TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210053555Abstract: In a remote parking device, a remote control receiver receives remote operation signals including remote parking commands of a subject vehicle from a plurality of remote controllers. A sensor information receiver receives sensor information including surrounding information obtained in a surrounding information sensor in the subject vehicle and vehicle information obtained in a vehicle information sensor in the subject vehicle. When the plurality of remote operation signals including the remote parking commands are received at the same time, a priority determination part determines priority of each of the plurality of remote parking commands included in the plurality of remote operation signals based on information obtained from the plurality of remote operation signals. A remote parking controller controls a remote parking of the subject vehicle based on the remote parking command having highest priority and the sensor information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Atsushi YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10457269Abstract: A vehicle energy management device has a vehicle information receiver to receive vehicle information including a vehicle speed and a state of charge of a battery, a route information receiver to receive route information to a destination, and a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform: a vehicle information acquisition process of acquiring vehicle information including at least information on a vehicle speed and a state of charge of the battery; a route information acquisition process of acquiring route information to the destination; an optimal plan calculation process of making a target vehicle speed plan for the destination and a driving necessity plan for a motor, an engine, and a generator on the basis of the route information and the vehicle information; and a vehicle control process of controlling the motor, the engine, and the generator on the basis of the driving necessity plan.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akinobu Sugiyama, Atsushi Yoshikawa, Yoichi Okubo, Masataka Shirozono, Nobutaka Nakamura
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Patent number: 9932021Abstract: When a following vehicle approaches a host vehicle, a following vehicle warning unit that issues a warning to the following vehicle on the basis of the likelihood of a front end collision, calculated by a front end collision likelihood calculation unit and the likelihood of a rear end collision, calculated by a rear end collision likelihood calculation unit, issues a warning to the following vehicle before activating a brake apparatus of the host vehicle at a brake force determined by a braking processing determination unit that determines a brake force required to prevent a collision between the host vehicle and a frontward obstruction on the basis of the likelihood of a front end collision.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoichi Okubo, Akinobu Sugiyama, Atsushi Yoshikawa, Masataka Shirozono, Nobutaka Nakamura
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Patent number: 9758145Abstract: A vehicle energy management device includes: an energy consumption related information acquisition unit which acquires energy consumption related information that is information related to energy consumption of an own vehicle in each of traveling sections; an energy consumption related information correction unit which corrects the energy consumption related information; and a control plan production unit which produces a control plan for vehicle instruments based on an estimated value of an energy consumption amount of each of the vehicle instruments calculated by using the corrected energy consumption related information. The energy consumption related information correction unit corrects the energy consumption related information based on a result of comparing an actually measured value of traveling characteristics of the own vehicle in each of the road categories and a statistical result of traveling characteristics of a plurality of general vehicles in each of the traveling sections.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Atsushi Yoshikawa, Takanori Matsunaga, Akinobu Sugiyama, Kohei Mori, Masataka Shirozono, Nobutaka Nakamura
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Patent number: 9707856Abstract: A vehicle power management device managing: a vehicle path information generation device generating a vehicle travel path; a drive assembly consuming power to drive the vehicle; a power generator; an electrical load device group; a high-voltage storage device storing power for driving the vehicle; a low-voltage storage device storing power for operating the electrical load device group; and a DC voltage conversion and output device converting voltage of power stored in the high-voltage storage device to generate DC voltage for operating the electrical load device group, and outputting the DC voltage, and controlling electric energy flow in the vehicle. The vehicle power management device controls output of the DC voltage conversion and output device so that a filling rate of the low-voltage storage device is between lower and upper limits of a range in which a charge and discharge speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuji Igarashi, Katsuya Kawai, Yukio Goto, Masahiko Tanimoto, Yoshito Nishita, Kazushi Shirasawa, Takanori Matsunaga, Akinobu Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9701302Abstract: In a vehicle energy management device, a travel route calculator calculates a travel route of a vehicle, and an energy consumption-related information obtaining unit obtains energy consumption-related information along the travel route. An energy consumption amount computing unit calculates, based on the energy consumption-related information, an estimated value of an energy consumption amount by vehicle devices (required travel energy amount) when the vehicle travels along the travel route. A control plan preparing unit prepares a control plan for the vehicle devices based on the required travel energy amount. A feedback control unit performs feedback control of the vehicle devices to reduce a difference between the estimated value and an actual measured value of the energy consumption amount by the vehicle devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takanori Matsunaga, Hiroshi Fujioka, Akinobu Sugiyama, Kohei Mori, Masataka Shirozono, Nobutaka Nakamura
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Publication number: 20170129466Abstract: When a following vehicle approaches a host vehicle, a following vehicle warning unit that issues a warning to the following vehicle on the basis of the likelihood of a front end collision, calculated by a front end collision likelihood calculation unit and the likelihood of a rear end collision, calculated by a rear end collision likelihood calculation unit, issues a warning to the following vehicle before activating a brake apparatus of the host vehicle at a brake force determined by a braking processing determination unit that determines a brake force required to prevent a collision between the host vehicle and a frontward obstruction on the basis of the likelihood of a front end collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoichi OKUBO, Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Atsushi YOSHIKAWA, Masataka SHIROZONO, Nobutaka NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9539910Abstract: An electric power converting apparatus mainly includes a first power supply circuit, a second power supply circuit, a selection circuit, a control circuit, a bi-directional inverter circuit, and a charge/discharge circuit. The control circuit composed of a microcomputer or a microprocessor such as a DSP controls an operation of the electric power converting apparatus. The first power supply circuit or the second power supply circuit supplies a operation voltage for the control circuit. The first power supply circuit generates the operation voltage for the control circuit based on an AC voltage supplied from the electric power supply system. The second power supply circuit generates the operation voltage for the control circuit based on a DC voltage supplied from a DC power supply in an electric vehicle EV.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akinobu Sugiyama, Hiroshi Fujioka, Takanori Matsunaga, Kohei Mori, Toshihide Satake
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Publication number: 20160304080Abstract: A vehicle energy management device has a vehicle information receiver to receive vehicle information including a vehicle speed and a state of charge of a battery, a route information receiver to receive route information to a destination, and a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform: a vehicle information acquisition process of acquiring vehicle information including at least information on a vehicle speed and a state of charge of the battery; a route information acquisition process of acquiring route information to the destination; an optimal plan calculation process of making a target vehicle speed plan for the destination and a driving necessity plan for a motor, an engine, and a generator on the basis of the route information and the vehicle information; and a vehicle control process of controlling the motor, the engine, and the generator on the basis of the driving necessity plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Atsushi YOSHIKAWA, Yoichi OKUBO, Masataka SHIROZONO, Nobutaka NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9333873Abstract: In an electric motor vehicle management system according to the present invention, a portable terminal that is owned by a user and is located in an electric motor vehicle transmits vehicle condition information of the electric motor vehicle including position information of the portable terminal that has been detected by a position detector of the portable terminal to a vehicle condition receiver of an energy management system (EMS) installed in a customer. A battery charging-and-discharging plan creating unit of the EMS creates a charging and discharging plan for a battery through the use of the vehicle condition information of the electric motor vehicle. A charging and discharging device performs at least one of charging and discharging of the battery of the electric motor vehicle in accordance with the battery charging-and-discharging plan for the battery.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kohei Mori, Hiroshi Fujioka, Akinobu Sugiyama, Takanori Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20160016484Abstract: A vehicle power management device managing: a vehicle path information generation device generating a vehicle travel path: a drive assembly consuming power to drive the vehicle; a power generator; an electrical load device group; a high-voltage storage device storing power for driving the vehicle; a low-voltage storage device storing power for operating the electrical load device group; and a DC voltage conversion and output device converting voltage of power stored in the high-voltage storage device to generate DC voltage for operating the electrical load device group, and outputting the DC voltage, and controlling electric energy flow in the vehicle. The vehicle power management device controls output of the DC voltage conversion and output device so that a filling rate of the low-voltage storage device is between lower and upper limits of a range in which a charge and discharge speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuji IGARASHI, Katsuya KAWAI, Yukio GOTO, Masahiko TANIMOTO, Yoshito NISHITA, Kazushi SHIRASAWA, Takanori MATSUNAGA, Akinobu SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20160001671Abstract: In an electric motor vehicle management system according to the present invention, a portable terminal that is owned by a user and is located in an electric motor vehicle transmits vehicle condition information of the electric motor vehicle including position information of the portable terminal that has been detected by a position detector of the portable terminal to a vehicle condition receiver of an energy management system (EMS) installed in a customer. A battery charging-and-discharging plan creating unit of the EMS creates a charging and discharging plan for a battery through the use of the vehicle condition information of the electric motor vehicle. A charging and discharging device performs at least one of charging and discharging of the battery of the electric motor vehicle in accordance with the battery charging-and-discharging plan for the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei MORI, Hiroshi FUJIOKA, Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Takanori MATSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20150329102Abstract: A vehicle energy management device includes: an energy consumption related information acquisition unit which acquires energy consumption related information that is information related to energy consumption of an own vehicle in each of traveling sections; an energy consumption related information correction unit which corrects the energy consumption related information; and a control plan production unit which produces a control plan for vehicle instruments based on an estimated value of an energy consumption amount of each of the vehicle instruments calculated by using the corrected energy consumption related information. The energy consumption related information correction unit corrects the energy consumption related information based on a result of comparing an actually measured value of traveling characteristics of the own vehicle in each of the road categories and a statistical result of traveling characteristics of a plurality of general vehicles in each of the traveling sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Atsushi YOSHIKAWA, Takanori MATSUNAGA, Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Kohei MORI, Masataka SHIROZONO, Nobutaka NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9142975Abstract: In a discharge system that outputs DC power from a vehicle battery to the outside, improved safety is obtained during discharge of the battery. A discharge system includes an electric car having a battery unit mounted thereon, and a discharge device that discharges the battery unit. The electric car includes a connector to which the discharge device is connected, and a power line that connects the connector and the battery unit to each other. In the power line, switches and switching elements are provided. The switches render the power line conducting upon permission from the discharge device and a battery management unit. The switching elements adjust a current flowing in the power line when the battery unit is discharged.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kohei Mori, Toshihide Satake, Akinobu Sugiyama, Hiroshi Fujioka, Takanori Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20150134206Abstract: In a vehicle energy management device, a travel route calculator calculates a travel route of a vehicle, and an energy consumption-related information obtaining unit obtains energy consumption-related information along the travel route. An energy consumption amount computing unit calculates, based on the energy consumption-related information, an estimated value of an energy consumption amount by vehicle devices (required travel energy amount) when the vehicle travels along the travel route. A control plan preparing unit prepares a control plan for the vehicle devices based on the required travel energy amount. A feedback control unit performs feedback control of the vehicle devices to reduce a difference between the estimated value and an actual measured value of the energy consumption amount by the vehicle devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi FUJIOKA, Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Kohei MORI, Masataka SHIROZONO, Nobutaka NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 8928474Abstract: A charged-amount display part displays a battery charge rate of an entire battery pack according to kinds of charge sources. An example of displaying the battery charge rate in the form of a bar chart is shown. A speed display part displays a vehicle speed of a running electric vehicle. The running cost display part displays a running cost calculated based on consumed electric power of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Toshihide Satake, Akinobu Sugiyama, Hiroshi Fujioka, Takanori Matsunaga, Kouhei Mori
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Publication number: 20130082663Abstract: In a discharge system that outputs DC power from a vehicle battery to the outside, improved safety is obtained during discharge of the battery. A discharge system includes an electric car having a battery unit mounted thereon, and a discharge device that discharges the battery unit. The electric car includes a connector to which the discharge device is connected, and a power line that connects the connector and the battery unit to each other. In the power line, switches and switching elements are provided. The switches render the power line conducting upon permission from the discharge device and a battery management unit. The switching elements adjust a current flowing in the power line when the battery unit is discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Mori, Toshihide Satake, Akinobu Sugiyama, Hiroshi Fujioka, Takanori Matsunaga
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Patent number: 8267220Abstract: An electric power steering control apparatus can reduce a steering vibration such as shimmy vibration generated due to the structure of a vehicle without adding new mechanism elements. The apparatus includes a torque sensor for detecting steering torque generated by a driver, a torque controller for calculating an assist torque current for assisting the steering torque based on the detected steering torque, a vehicle speed detector for detecting the speed of the vehicle, a specific frequency detector for detecting a specific frequency from the detected vehicle speed, a motor angular velocity calculator for calculating a motor angular velocity from a motor angle detected by an angle detector, a phase compensator for converting a vibration frequency of the motor angular velocity, and a vibration suppression current calculator for calculating a vibration suppression current to suppress the steering vibration from respective output signals of the phase compensator and the specific frequency detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akinobu Sugiyama, Takanori Matsunaga, Hideyuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Kozuki