Patents by Inventor Hiroi Nagasawa

Hiroi Nagasawa 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: 11560137
    Abstract: A control device of a powertrain system executes a control input determination processing and a system control processing. The control input determination processing includes a co-state variable determination processing to update a co-state variable p of an optimization problem for each time step and a control input calculation processing. The co-state variable determination processing includes an initial value determination processing that determines, as an initial value of the co-state variable p, the sum of a base value of the initial value and an external charge/discharge correction value. The base value is a final value or an average value of the co-state variable p during the last control time period. The external charge/discharge correction value is determined based on an external charge/discharge amount obtained by subtracting a SOC at the end of the last control time period from the SOC at the start of the current control time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroi Nagasawa, Yushi Shibaike
  • Patent number: 11292450
    Abstract: A powertrain system includes an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a battery and a control device. The control device is configured to: execute a control input determination processing to solve an optimization problem that minimizes a fuel consumption amount mf during the control time period while taking dynamics of a charging rate SOC as a constraint, and thereby calculate one or more control input values; and execute a system control processing. The control input determination processing includes: a co-state variable determination processing to update a co-state variable p for each time step while using, as an initial value thereof, a final value or an average value thereof during the last control time period; and a control input calculation processing to use the determined co-state variable p and search for and calculate, for each time step, the one or more control input values that minimize an Hamiltonian H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroi Nagasawa, Yushi Shibaike
  • Publication number: 20210188245
    Abstract: A control device of a powertrain system executes a control input determination processing and a system control processing. The control input determination processing includes a co-state variable determination processing to update a co-state variable p of an optimization problem for each time step and a control input calculation processing. The co-state variable determination processing includes an initial value determination processing that determines, as an initial value of the co-state variable p, the sum of a base value of the initial value and an external charge/discharge correction value. The base value is a final value or an average value of the co-state variable p during the last control time period. The external charge/discharge correction value is determined based on an external charge/discharge amount obtained by subtracting a SOC at the end of the last control time period from the SOC at the start of the current control time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroi Nagasawa, Yushi Shibaike
  • Publication number: 20200198618
    Abstract: A powertrain system includes an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a battery and a control device. The control device is configured to: execute a control input determination processing to solve an optimization problem that minimizes a fuel consumption amount mf during the control time period while taking dynamics of a charging rate SOC as a constraint, and thereby calculate one or more control input values; and execute a system control processing. The control input determination processing includes: a co-state variable determination processing to update a co-state variable p for each time step while using, as an initial value thereof, a final value or an average value thereof during the last control time period; and a control input calculation processing to use the determined co-state variable p and search for and calculate, for each time step, the one or more control input values that minimize an Hamiltonian H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroi Nagasawa, Yushi Shibaike
  • Patent number: 9890733
    Abstract: A control device is configured to calculate a basic accelerator request torque based on an accelerator opening degree detected by an accelerator opening degree sensor, and calculate a target acceleration increase amount based on relations between the target acceleration increase amount and an accelerator opening degree increase amount. Further, the control device is configured to calculate a torque increase amount correction amount based on the target acceleration increase amount, calculate a request engine torque based on the basic accelerator request torque and the torque increase amount correction amount, calculate a request injection amount based on the request engine torque, and control a fuel injection valve based on the request injection amount. The relations are such that as a present operating state is close to a constraint, a ratio of the target acceleration increase amount and the accelerator opening degree increase amount becomes smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroi Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20170167425
    Abstract: A control device is configured to calculate a basic accelerator request torque based on an accelerator opening degree detected by an accelerator opening degree sensor, and calculate a target acceleration increase amount based on relations between the target acceleration increase amount and an accelerator opening degree increase amount. Further, the control device is configured to calculate a torque increase amount correction amount based on the target acceleration increase amount, calculate a request engine torque based on the basic accelerator request torque and the torque increase amount correction amount, calculate a request injection amount based on the request engine torque, and control a fuel injection valve based on the request injection amount. The relations are such that as a present operating state is close to a constraint, a ratio of the target acceleration increase amount and the accelerator opening degree increase amount becomes smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroi NAGASAWA
  • Patent number: 9644572
    Abstract: This invention relates to a control device for internal combustion engine for performing an exhaust recirculation control for controlling an operation condition of an exhaust recirculation device (50,52) according to a target exhaust gas recirculation amount (TRegr) set such that a detected air-fuel ratio (AFd) corresponds to an estimated air-fuel ratio (AFe).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroi Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20140090627
    Abstract: This invention relates to a control device for internal combustion engine for performing an exhaust recirculation control for controlling an operation condition of an exhaust recirculation device (50,52) according to a target exhaust gas recirculation amount (TRegr) set such that a detected air-fuel ratio (AFd) corresponds to an estimated air-fuel ratio (AFe).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroi Nagasawa