Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki KAIDU

Hiroyuki KAIDU 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: 10749452
    Abstract: A motor driving system has a first motor, a first motor driving control device for driving the first motor, a second motor, a second motor driving control device for driving the second motor, a controller performing communication with the first motor driving control device and the second motor driving control device, a first communication line for connecting a common terminal of the controller and the first motor driving control device; a second communication line for connecting the common terminal and the second motor driving control device, and a switch unit capable of switching each of the first and second communication lines between an enable state in which communication is possible by the communication line and an disable state in which communication is impossible under control of the controller. The controller controls the switch unit to set either the first or the second communication line to the enable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki, Xiao Zhou, Mitsunari Terada
  • Publication number: 20200244207
    Abstract: A motor drive control device capable of reducing the occurrence of vibration in a simple circuit configuration is provided. The motor drive control device (1) includes a motor drive unit (2) that selectively energizes coils with a plurality of phases (Lu, Lv and Lw) of a motor (20) and a control circuit (4) that outputs a drive control signal (Sd) which is a PWM signal to the motor drive unit (2) and thereby controls driving of the motor (20) while switching energization phases of the coils with the plurality of phases (Lu, Lv and Lw) energized by the motor drive unit (2) in predetermined order. The control circuit (4) executes reduction control to temporarily reduce a duty ratio of the drive control signal (Sd) every time a period of 1/m (m is an integer of 2 or more) of a switching cycle of the energization phases elapses after switching the energization phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Yuji OMURA, Tomoyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10715060
    Abstract: A motor driving system has a first motor, a first motor driving control device for driving the first motor, a second motor, a second motor driving control device for driving the second motor, a controller performing communication with the first motor driving control device and the second motor driving control device, a first communication line for connecting a common terminal of the controller and the first motor driving control device; a second communication line for connecting the common terminal and the second motor driving control device, and a switch unit capable of switching each of the first and second communication lines between an enable state in which communication is possible by the communication line and an disable state in which communication is impossible under control of the controller. The controller controls the switch unit to set either the first or the second communication line to the enable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki, Xiao Zhou, Mitsunari Terada
  • Patent number: 10651769
    Abstract: A motor drive control device includes: a control circuit unit for outputting a drive control signal for performing advance-angle control of a motor to drive the motor; a motor driving unit for outputting a drive signal to the motor with a phase based on the drive control signal output from the control circuit unit to drive the motor; and a current detecting circuit for detecting a voltage value corresponding to a drive current of the motor, wherein the control circuit unit detects a cross-timing between the voltage value detected by the current detecting circuit and each of two or more reference voltage values, and performs the advance-angle control based on a detection result of the cross-timing to adjust a phase of the drive current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki, Youhei Serizawa, Zhou Xiao
  • Patent number: 10609838
    Abstract: A motor driving control device, together with a controller, included in a motor driving system, has a control circuit controlling drive of a motor according to instruction information transmitted from the controller. The control circuit has a first acquisition unit acquiring setting reference information related to assignment of identification information for the motor driving control device itself, the setting reference information being input from outside, a setting unit setting the motor driving control device's identification information based on a magnitude of a setting voltage input from the outside and the setting reference information, and a second acquisition unit acquiring the instruction information based on the identification information set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200099321
    Abstract: An abnormality determination device has a detection unit configured to detect a change in a phase of a position signal, the phase of the position signal changing depending on a rotation of a rotor of a motor, a time measurement unit configured to measure a time depending on a detection timing of the detection of the change in the phase of the position signal, a comparison unit configured to compare a first time measured by the time measurement unit with a second time measured before the first time is measured, and a determination unit configured to determine that a drive state of the motor is abnormal based on a comparison result of the comparison of the first time with the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Mitsunari TERADA, Xiao ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10575436
    Abstract: A motor drive control apparatus is mounted on a fan having a motor and an impeller coupled to the motor. The motor drive control apparatus includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature correlated with a temperature of the impeller, a temperature comparing portion for comparing a detected temperature based on a measurement result of the temperature sensor with a first temperature higher than a highest value of a design temperature of the fan, a rotation speed setting portion for setting an upper limit value of the rotation speed of the motor based on a comparison result the temperature comparing portion, a PWM command portion for controlling such that the rotation speed of the motor does not exceed the upper limit value set by the rotation speed setting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200028457
    Abstract: A motor driving control device has a motor driving unit configured to selectively energize coils with a plurality of phases of a motor, a control circuit unit configured to control an operation of the motor driving unit by outputting a driving control signal to the motor driving unit, and a position detector configured to output a position signal which corresponds to any one phase of the plurality of phases and a phase of which changes depending on a position of a rotor of the motor. the control circuit unit detects a transition of values of a back electromotive force induced in the one phase in a detection period corresponding to a change timing of the position signal when beginning to start up the motor, and determines a rotational state of the motor including a rotational direction of the motor based on a detection result of the transition of the values of the back electromotive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Xiao ZHOU, Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato AOKI, Mitsunari TERADA
  • Patent number: 10530280
    Abstract: A motor driving control device includes a motor driving unit to drive the motor, a rotational position detecting circuit for generating rotational position information, and a controller. The controller outputs, to the motor driving unit, a first drive control signal for controlling an adjustment at a time of energization switching to reduce resonance between a natural frequency of the motor and a rotational component of the motor based on the rotational position information when an actual rotational speed of the motor is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotational speed lower than a target rotational speed, and outputs, to the driving unit, a second drive control signal for controlling regular energization switching without performing the adjustment at the time of energization switching when the actual rotational speed is less than the predetermined rotational speed and a set duty is within an error range of a maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki
  • Patent number: 10498265
    Abstract: Provided is a motor drive control device capable of accurately and speedily detecting an abnormal condition of a motor. When the motor is started, the control circuit section determines the commanded rotational speed in accordance with an actual rotational speed calculated based on the position signal, the control circuit section determines whether or not the motor is in an abnormal condition based on a predetermined determination condition for a predetermined period, upon determining that the motor is in the abnormal condition, the control circuit section outputs the drive control signal to the motor drive section to stop the motor, and the abnormal condition includes a reversely rotating state. In the reversely rotating state the motor rotating in a direction opposite to a rotating direction when the motor is successfully started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Masato Aoki, Hiroyuki Kaidu
  • Patent number: 10476415
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a motor drive control device includes a motor drive unit having a plurality of switch elements connected to a power supply source and supplying a driving current to a plurality of phase coils of a motor, a control circuit unit outputting, to the motor drive unit, a drive control signal for operating the plurality of switch elements to sequentially switch energization patterns for the plurality of phase coils, and a current detecting circuit for detecting a voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of the driving current, wherein the control circuit unit includes a first determination unit determining whether a state of overcurrent where a magnitude of the driving current exceeds a predetermined overcurrent threshold occurs based on the voltage value each time an energization pattern is switched, and a second determination unit determining whether driving of the motor is in an abnormal condition based on a determination result of the first determination unit f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Masato Aoki, Hiroyuki Kaidu
  • Publication number: 20190307017
    Abstract: A motor drive control apparatus is mounted on a fan having a motor and an impeller coupled to the motor. The motor drive control apparatus includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature correlated with a temperature of the impeller, a temperature comparing portion for comparing a detected temperature based on a measurement result of the temperature sensor with a first temperature higher than a highest value of a design temperature of the fan, a rotation speed setting portion for setting an upper limit value of the rotation speed of the motor based on a comparison result the temperature comparing portion, a PWM command portion for controlling such that the rotation speed of the motor does not exceed the upper limit value set by the rotation speed setting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato Aoki
  • Publication number: 20190229651
    Abstract: A motor driving system has a first motor, a first motor driving control device for driving the first motor, a second motor, a second motor driving control device for driving the second motor, a controller performing communication with the first motor driving control device and the second motor driving control device, a first communication line for connecting a common terminal of the controller and the first motor driving control device; a second communication line for connecting the common terminal and the second motor driving control device, and a switch unit capable of switching each of the first and second communication lines between an enable state in which communication is possible by the communication line and an disable state in which communication is impossible under control of the controller. The controller controls the switch unit to set either the first or the second communication line to the enable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato AOKI, Xiao ZHOU, Mitsunari TERADA
  • Publication number: 20190166719
    Abstract: A motor driving control device, together with a controller, included in a motor driving system, has a control circuit controlling drive of a motor according to instruction information transmitted from the controller. The control circuit has a first acquisition unit acquiring setting reference information related to assignment of identification information for the motor driving control device itself, the setting reference information being input from outside, a setting unit setting the motor driving control device's identification information based on a magnitude of a setting voltage input from the outside and the setting reference information, and a second acquisition unit acquiring the instruction information based on the identification information set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato AOKI
  • Patent number: 10236804
    Abstract: The control circuit includes a current detecting part detecting a driving current of the motor, a set duty generating part generating a set duty for outputting the driving control signal based on the speed command information and the actual rotational frequency information, a limit value determining part determining a current limit value based on the set duty and an instructed duty corresponding to the speed command information and a limiting part limiting the driving current of the motor based on the driving current of the motor detected by the current detecting part and the current limit value determined by the limit value determining part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Youhei Serizawa, Masato Aoki, Xiao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10224844
    Abstract: A motor driving controller comprising a motor driver applying voltage to each phase of a motor and driving the motor, a rotary position detection circuit detecting a rotary position of a rotor and generating rotary position information, and a control part outputting, to the motor driver, a driving control signal to execute control based on the detected rotary position information, so that an overlap energization operation at a time of energization switching is repeated in a predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kaidu
  • Publication number: 20190068092
    Abstract: A motor driving control device includes a motor driving unit to drive the motor, a rotational position detecting circuit for generating rotational position information, and a controller. The controller outputs, to the motor driving unit, a first drive control signal for controlling an adjustment at a time of energization switching to reduce resonance between a natural frequency of the motor and a rotational component of the motor based on the rotational position information when an actual rotational speed of the motor is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotational speed lower than a target rotational speed, and outputs, to the driving unit, a second drive control signal for controlling regular energization switching without performing the adjustment at the time of energization switching when the actual rotational speed is less than the predetermined rotational speed and a set duty is within an error range of a maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato AOKI
  • Patent number: 10218295
    Abstract: A motor drive controller includes: a motor drive unit; and a lock energization control circuit configured to control the motor drive unit to cause a lock current for holding the rotor at a predetermined lock position to flow from the motor drive unit to the drive coils for lock energization duration before rotation of the motor is started. The lock energization control circuit includes: a first lock energization unit that controls the motor drive unit such that a magnitude of the lock current becomes a first predetermined value when first predetermined duration has elapsed after the lock energization duration is started; and a second lock energization unit that controls the motor drive unit such that the magnitude of the lock current becomes a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value when the lock energization duration is terminated after the first predetermined duration has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Masato Aoki, Hiroyuki Kaidu, Youhei Serizawa
  • Publication number: 20190028046
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a motor drive control device includes a motor drive unit having a plurality of switch elements connected to a power supply source and supplying a driving current to a plurality of phase coils of a motor, a control circuit unit outputting, to the motor drive unit, a drive control signal for operating the plurality of switch elements to sequentially switch energization patterns for the plurality of phase coils, and a current detecting circuit for detecting a voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of the driving current, wherein the control circuit unit includes a first determination unit determining whether a state of overcurrent where a magnitude of the driving current exceeds a predetermined overcurrent threshold occurs based on the voltage value each time an energization pattern is switched, and a second determination unit determining whether driving of the motor is in an abnormal condition based on a determination result of the first determination unit f
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Masato AOKI, Hiroyuki KAIDU
  • Publication number: 20180351488
    Abstract: A motor drive control device includes: a control circuit unit for outputting a drive control signal for performing advance-angle control of a motor to drive the motor; a motor driving unit for outputting a drive signal to the motor with a phase based on the drive control signal output from the control circuit unit to drive the motor; and a current detecting circuit for detecting a voltage value corresponding to a drive current of the motor, wherein the control circuit unit detects a cross-timing between the voltage value detected by the current detecting circuit and each of two or more reference voltage values, and performs the advance-angle control based on a detection result of the cross-timing to adjust a phase of the drive current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato AOKI, Youhei SERIZAWA, Zhou XIAO