Patents by Inventor Hidetsugu TOYAMA

Hidetsugu TOYAMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240067257
    Abstract: A turning control device includes a first processor, a second processor, a third processor, and a fourth processor. The first processor calculates a torque command value based on a difference between a target pinion angle and a pinion angle. The second processor calculates a compensation value compensating resistance of a turning mechanism based on a difference between a target pinion angular velocity and a pinion angular velocity. The third processor limits a variation range of the torque command value based on a limit value of the torque command value and limits a variation range of the compensation value based on a limit value of the compensation value. The fourth processor calculates a turning torque command value by subtracting the compensation value from the torque command value. The third processor changes the limit values based on a traveling state of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Isao NAMIKAWA, Shunsuke YOSHIDA, Yoshio KUDO, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230286569
    Abstract: A steering control device calculates a target angle of a shaft that rotates in conjunction with a turning operation of a turning wheel that is isolated from dynamic power transmission with a steering wheel, depending on a steering state of the steering wheel, and executes a feedback control to cause an actual angle to follow the target angle, for controlling electricity supply to a turning motor to turn the turning wheel, the steering control device including: a first processing unit to execute a process to alter the target angle independently of the steering state of the steering wheel; and a second processing unit to calculate a turning state amount for a guide monitor function to assist traveling of a vehicle, by reducing or removing an influence of an alteration of the target angle on the actual angle of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Atsushi Ishihara, Yusuke Kakimoto, Hidetsugu Toyama, Tomoyuki Iida
  • Publication number: 20230026554
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a control unit configured to perform a calculation based on angle information and to control the operation of a turning section based on a turning control amount. The angle information is obtained by relating the turning control amount for operating the turning section to a steering angle that is an angle by which a steering wheel is steered. The control unit includes a speed increase ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a speed increase ratio based on state variables, and an angle information calculation unit configured to calculate the angle information by converting the steering angle using the speed increase ratio obtained by the speed increase ratio calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KODERA, Yusuke KAKIMOTO, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220081030
    Abstract: A steering control device is configured to control a steering device as a controlled object, the steering device having a structure in which transmission of power between a steering portion and a turning portion is cut off. The steering control device includes a central processing unit. The central processing unit is configured to execute a reduction process in a case where at least either one of a travel state amount and a steering state amount is a state amount indicating that a target turning-corresponding angle does not change. The reduction process is a process of reducing a driving current to be supplied to a turning motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220081023
    Abstract: A steering device includes a turning shaft, a turning motor, and a control device that controls the turning motor such that an angle capable of being converted into a turning angle of a turning wheel follows a target angle that is calculated depending on a steering state of a steering wheel. The control device executes a correction process of correcting the target angle. The control device corrects the target angle such that the degree of an increase in the target angle is slower as the target angle approaches a limit value of an angle region, when the target angle increases toward the limit value of the angle region in either of a vehicle stop state or an extremely low speed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220081029
    Abstract: A steering device includes: a turning shaft that turns a turning wheel of a vehicle, with dynamic power transmission being separated between the turning shaft and a steering wheel; a turning motor; and a control device. The control device executes a particular process for increasing a command value to a value larger than an original command value that depends on a steering state, in a particular situation where an axial force exceeding a design-based expectation is easily generated in the turning shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11136061
    Abstract: A vehicle of a steer-by-wire type includes a steering wheel and a turning device configured to turn a wheel. A control device for the vehicle is configured to: calculate a target turn angle being represented as a function of a steering angle of the steering wheel, and control the turning device such that a turn angle of the wheel becomes the target turn angle; receive driver-specified information indicating a specified maximum steering angle that is a maximum value of the steering angle specified by a driver of the vehicle; and flexibly set the function such that the target turn angle calculated according to the specified maximum steering angle is equal to a predetermined maximum turn angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Toyama, Osamu Yasuike, Miwanori Oikawa, Takahito Ishino
  • Publication number: 20200180681
    Abstract: A vehicle of a steer-by-wire type includes a steering wheel and a turning device configured to turn a wheel. A control device for the vehicle is configured to: calculate a target turn angle being represented as a function of a steering angle of the steering wheel, and control the turning device such that a turn angle of the wheel becomes the target turn angle; receive driver-specified information indicating a specified maximum steering angle that is a maximum value of the steering angle specified by a driver of the vehicle; and flexibly set the function such that the target turn angle calculated according to the specified maximum steering angle is equal to a predetermined maximum turn angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetsugu TOYAMA, Osamu YASUIKE, Miwanori OIKAWA, Takahito ISHINO