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).
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Patent number: 12157524Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Miyake, Takashi Kodera, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Patent number: 12097917Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Miyake, Takashi Kodera, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Patent number: 12049263Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Kodera, Yusuke Kakimoto, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Publication number: 20240067257Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya MIYAKE, Isao NAMIKAWA, Shunsuke YOSHIDA, Yoshio KUDO, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
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Publication number: 20230286569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya MIYAKE, Atsushi Ishihara, Yusuke Kakimoto, Hidetsugu Toyama, Tomoyuki Iida
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Publication number: 20230026554Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi KODERA, Yusuke KAKIMOTO, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
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Publication number: 20220081023Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
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Publication number: 20220081030Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
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Publication number: 20220081029Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya MIYAKE, Takashi KODERA, Toru TAKASHIMA, Hidetsugu TOYAMA
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Patent number: 11136061Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidetsugu Toyama, Osamu Yasuike, Miwanori Oikawa, Takahito Ishino
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Publication number: 20200180681Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidetsugu TOYAMA, Osamu YASUIKE, Miwanori OIKAWA, Takahito ISHINO