Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro TOKUYAMA
Kazuhiro TOKUYAMA 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: 11555462Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for internal combustion engine which can calculate the shaft torque in unburning with good accuracy in all the operating condition in which calculation is required, using the shaft torque in unburning which was set in the specific operating condition, and can improve estimation accuracy of the parameter relevant to the combustion state. A controller for internal combustion engine calculates a specific shaft torque in unburning with reference to a specific unburning condition data; calculates specific and current generated torques of unburning assumption using the physical model equation; calculates a current shaft torque in unburning based on the specific shaft torque in unburning, and the specific and current generated torques of unburning assumption; and calculates an increment of gas pressure torque by burning based on the current shaft torque in unburning and the actual shaft torque in burning condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuhei Matsushima, Tatsuhiko Takahashi, Junichi Inoue, Toshikatsu Saito, Kazuhiro Tokuyama, Kazuyo Kako
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Patent number: 11480121Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for internal combustion engine which can reduce arithmetic load, while suppressing deterioration in the estimation accuracy of the parameter relevant to the combustion state, even if the error component of high frequency is included in the crank angle acceleration. A controller for internal combustion engine, by referring an unburning condition data, calculates a shaft torque in unburning in the vicinity of the top dead center in the burning condition; calculates an external load torque based on calculated shaft torque in unburning and the actual shaft torque in burning in the vicinity of the top dead center; calculates a shaft torque in unburning by referring the unburning condition data; calculates an increment of gas pressure torque by burning based on the shaft torque in unburning, the actual shaft torque in burning, and the external load torque.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuhei Matsushima, Tatsuhiko Takahashi, Junichi Inoue, Toshikatsu Saito, Kazuhiro Tokuyama, Kazuyo Kako
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Publication number: 20220333544Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for internal combustion engine which can calculate the shaft torque in unburning with good accuracy in all the operating condition in which calculation is required, using the shaft torque in unburning which was set in the specific operating condition, and can improve estimation accuracy of the parameter relevant to the combustion state. A controller for internal combustion engine calculates a specific shaft torque in unburning with reference to a specific unburning condition data; calculates specific and current generated torques of unburning assumption using the physical model equation; calculates a current shaft torque in unburning based on the specific shaft torque in unburning, and the specific and current generated torques of unburning assumption; and calculates an increment of gas pressure torque by burning based on the current shaft torque in unburning and the actual shaft torque in burning condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuhei Matsushima, Tatsuhiko Takahashi, Junichi Inoue, Toshikatsu Saito, Kazuhiro Tokuyama, Kazuyo Kako
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Publication number: 20220220910Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for internal combustion engine which can reduce arithmetic load, while suppressing deterioration in the estimation accuracy of the parameter relevant to the combustion state, even if the error component of high frequency is included in the crank angle acceleration. A controller for internal combustion engine, by referring an unburning condition data, calculates a shaft torque in unburning in the vicinity of the top dead center in the burning condition; calculates an external load torque based on calculated shaft torque in unburning and the actual shaft torque in burning in the vicinity of the top dead center; calculates a shaft torque in unburning by referring the unburning condition data; calculates an increment of gas pressure torque by burning based on the shaft torque in unburning, the actual shaft torque in burning, and the external load torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuhei Matsushima, Tatsuhiko Takahashi, Junichi Inoue, Toshikatsu Saito, Kazuhiro Tokuyama, Kazuyo Kako
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Patent number: 10215111Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating the cylinder internal pressure of the combustion cylinder accurately in consideration of the torsional vibration of the crankshaft. A controller for an internal combustion engine includes a torsional torque calculator that calculates a value which has an amplitude of the maximum value of torsional vibration torque calculated based on a crank angle acceleration in the combustion period, and vibrates with a preliminarily set natural angular frequency, as a torsional vibration torque in the combustion period; and a cylinder internal pressure estimator that calculates a combustion gas pressure torque, by use of the equation of motion of the rotation system of the crankshaft, based on the crank angle, the crank angle acceleration, and the torsional vibration torque, and estimates the cylinder internal pressure of the combustion cylinder based on the combustion gas pressure torque.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki Hagari, Kazuhiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 9938921Abstract: There is provided a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of correcting a detection error of a crankshaft angle with high accuracy. The controller of the internal combustion engine is provided with an angle information detection unit that detects an angle interval and a time interval with a specific crank angle sensor, an angle information correction unit that corrects the angle interval or the time interval by the correction value, an angle information calculation unit that calculates a first crank angle acceleration based on the corrected values of first interval number and calculates a second crank angle acceleration based on the corrected values of second interval number which is larger number than the first interval number, and a correction value change unit that changes the correction value so that the first crank angle acceleration approaches the second crank angle acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki Hagari, Kazuhiro Tokuyama
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Publication number: 20180087459Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating the cylinder internal pressure of the combustion cylinder accurately in consideration of the torsional vibration of the crankshaft. A controller for an internal combustion engine includes a torsional torque calculator that calculates a value which has an amplitude of the maximum value of torsional vibration torque calculated based on a crank angle acceleration in the combustion period, and vibrates with a preliminarily set natural angular frequency, as a torsional vibration torque in the combustion period; and a cylinder internal pressure estimator that calculates a combustion gas pressure torque, by use of the equation of motion of the rotation system of the crankshaft, based on the crank angle, the crank angle acceleration, and the torsional vibration torque, and estimates the cylinder internal pressure of the combustion cylinder based on the combustion gas pressure torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki HAGARI, Kazuhiro TOKUYAMA
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Patent number: 9903290Abstract: There is provided a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of correcting a detection error of a crankshaft angle with high accuracy. A controller for an internal combustion engine includes an angle information detector that detects an angle interval and a time interval by a specific crank angle sensor; an angle information correction calculator that corrects the angle interval or the time interval by the correction value; an angle information calculator that calculates a crank angle speed, a crank angle acceleration, and an angular acceleration change amount based on the corrected angle interval and the corrected time interval; and a correction value change calculator that change the correction value so that the angular acceleration change amount approaches zero.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki Hagari, Kazuhiro Tokuyama
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Publication number: 20170292466Abstract: There is provided a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of correcting a detection error of a crankshaft angle with high accuracy. The controller of the internal combustion engine is provided with an angle information detection unit that detects an angle interval and a time interval with a specific crank angle sensor, an angle information correction unit that corrects the angle interval or the time interval by the correction value, an angle information calculation unit that calculates a first crank angle acceleration based on the corrected values of first interval number and calculates a second crank angle acceleration based on the corrected values of second interval number which is larger number than the first interval number, and a correction value change unit that changes the correction value so that the first crank angle acceleration approaches the second crank angle acceleration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki HAGARI, Kazuhiro TOKUYAMA
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Publication number: 20170204795Abstract: There is provided a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of correcting a detection error of a crankshaft angle with high accuracy. A controller for an internal combustion engine includes an angle information detector that detects an angle interval and a time interval by a specific crank angle sensor; an angle information correction calculator that corrects the angle interval or the time interval by the correction value; an angle information calculator that calculates a crank angle speed, a crank angle acceleration, and an angular acceleration change amount based on the corrected angle interval and the corrected time interval; and a correction value change calculator that change the correction value so that the angular acceleration change amount approaches zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki HAGARI, Kazuhiro TOKUYAMA