Patents by Inventor Hidemasa Yasuda

Hidemasa Yasuda 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: 11718388
    Abstract: A flow control method is a flow control method of controlling flow around a blade of a rotary wing, a plasma actuator being disposed at the blade. The flow control method includes: determining a characteristic frequency ratio that is a characteristic value among frequency ratios, each of the frequency ratios being a ratio between an actuator driving frequency and an angle of attack changing frequency, the actuator driving frequency being a frequency of an applied voltage applied to the plasma actuator, the angle of attack changing frequency being a frequency at which an angle of attack of the blade changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the blade; setting the actuator driving frequency such that the frequency ratio becomes the characteristic frequency ratio; and applying a voltage of the set actuator driving frequency to the plasma actuator to control the flow around the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hidemasa Yasuda, Akio Ochi, Kenji Hayama, Tomoka Tsujiuchi, Kazuyuki Nakakita, Taku Nonomura, Atsushi Komuro, Keisuke Takashima
  • Publication number: 20220201832
    Abstract: A flow control method is a flow control method of controlling flow around a blade of a rotary wing, a plasma actuator being disposed at the blade. The flow control method includes: determining a characteristic frequency ratio that is a characteristic value among frequency ratios, each of the frequency ratios being a ratio between an actuator driving frequency and an angle of attack changing frequency, the actuator driving frequency being a frequency of an applied voltage applied to the plasma actuator, the angle of attack changing frequency being a frequency at which an angle of attack of the blade changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the blade; setting the actuator driving frequency such that the frequency ratio becomes the characteristic frequency ratio; and applying a voltage of the set actuator driving frequency to the plasma actuator to control the flow around the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hidemasa YASUDA, Akio OCHI, Kenji HAYAMA, Tomoka TSUJIUCHI, Kazuyuki NAKAKITA, Taku NONOMURA, Atsushi KOMURO, Keisuke TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220041269
    Abstract: A flow control method is a flow control method of controlling flow around a blade of a rotary wing, a plasma actuator being disposed at the blade. The flow control method includes: determining a characteristic frequency ratio that is a characteristic value among frequency ratios, each of the frequency ratios being a ratio between an actuator driving frequency and an angle of attack changing frequency, the actuator driving frequency being a frequency of an applied voltage applied to the plasma actuator, the angle of attack changing frequency being a frequency at which an angle of attack of the blade changes in accordance with a rotation angle of the blade; setting the actuator driving frequency such that the frequency ratio becomes the characteristic frequency ratio; and applying a voltage of the set actuator driving frequency to the plasma actuator to control the flow around the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hidemasa YASUDA, Akio OCHI, Kenji HAYAMA, Tomoka TSUJIUCHI, Kazuyuki NAKAKITA, Taku NONOMURA, Atsushi KOMURO, Keisuke TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210237862
    Abstract: A rotary-wing aircraft blade airfoil for use with a rotary-wing aircraft such as a helicopter. The airfoil satisfies the following four conditions: a first condition in which a blade thickness has its maximum value at a position within a range from 30% chord to 40% chord; a second condition in which a camber has its maximum value at a position within a range from 15% chord to 25% chord, and that a slope of the camber changes from decreasing into increasing at a position within a range from 45% chord to 55% chord; a third condition in which the upper blade height has its maximum value at a position within a range from 25% chord to 35% chord; and a fourth condition in which the lower blade height has its maximum value at a position within a range from 35% chord to 45% chord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidemasa YASUDA, Tomoka TSUJIUCHI, Akihito ABE, Akio OCHI
  • Patent number: 7310113
    Abstract: Image signals outputted from a CCD to an image signal processing circuit, which performs A/D conversion, YC signal processing to convert the image signals into video signals of NTSC or the like and outputs video signals after D/A conversion. A microcomputer receives the video signals from the image signal processing circuit and determines a brightness level of the video signals. An EEPROM stores a data table showing the relationship between a correction amount and the brightness level, and the microcomputer obtains the correction amount from the EEPROM. The microcomputer corrects the video signals according to the correction amount before the D/A conversion, and the image signal processing circuit outputs the corrected video signals to a displaying device controlling circuit, and a displaying device displays an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hidemasa Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20010015761
    Abstract: Image signals outputted from a CCD to an image signal processing circuit, which performs A/D conversion, YC signal processing to convert the image signals into video signals of NTSC or the like and outputs video signals after D/A conversion. A microcomputer receives the video signals from the image signal processing circuit and determines a brightness level of the video signals. An EEPROM stores a data table showing the relationship between a correction amount and the brightness level, and the microcomputer obtains the correction amount from the EEPROM. The microcomputer corrects the video signals according to the correction amount before the D/A conversion, and the image signal processing circuit outputs the corrected video signals to a displaying device controlling circuit, and a displaying device displays an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventor: Hidemasa Yasuda