Patents by Inventor Kazuya Yamano

Kazuya Yamano 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: 11845499
    Abstract: A control device for a power steering device includes a low-pass filter unit including a cutoff frequency adjustment unit configured to adjust a cutoff frequency for partially attenuating a component of an input signal, set the cutoff frequency to a first cutoff frequency when a steering torque signal is lower than a first predetermined torque value, and to set the cutoff frequency to a second cutoff frequency lower than the first cutoff frequency when the steering torque signal is equal to or higher than the first predetermined torque value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito Nakakuki, Kazuya Yamano, Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11807211
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a control apparatus for an in-vehicle apparatus includes a first sensor and a second sensor configured to output sensor data, and a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor. A second sensor data request signal generation portion of the second microprocessor is configured to generate a second sensor data request signal. The first microprocessor includes a first sensor data request signal generation portion, a first data comparison portion, a first abnormality determination portion, and a first instruction signal generation portion. The first sensor data request signal generation portion is configured to generate a first sensor data request signal. The first data comparison portion is configured to compare first comparison data selected from a plurality of an first sensor data and second comparison data selected from a plurality of an second sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Fujiwara, Kazuya Yamano, Masaki Itabashi, Toshiaki Meguro
  • Patent number: 11685437
    Abstract: The steering control device includes an automatic steering controller that generates an automatic steering control amount and a manual steering controller that generates a manual steering control amount, and selects either one of an automatic steering mode and a manual steering mode to control an electric motor. When steering torque exceeds a predetermined value during the control in the automatic steering mode, the manual steering controller generates a manual steering control amount change based on the change in the manual operation amount with reference to the time of exceeding, generates the manual steering control amount based on the steering torque, controls the electric motor based on a control amount obtained by adding the manual steering control amount change to the automatic steering control amount at the time of exceeding, and then controls the electric motor in the manual steering mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Itou, Kazuya Yamano, Yasuhito Nakakuki
  • Patent number: 11584428
    Abstract: A steering device includes: an offset correction value storing section to store an offset correction value including a first offset correction value and a second offset correction value, the first offset value being a current value for correcting the first sensed current signal so that a value of a vibration of the electric motor is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined value when the motor rotation speed signal is a first rotation speed, and the second offset value being a current value for correcting the first sensed current signal so that the value of the vibration of the electric motor is equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value when the motor rotation speed signal is a second rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirata, Kazuya Yamano, Tatsuro Suzuki, Masaki Kashima
  • Publication number: 20230050144
    Abstract: A control device of an electric power steering device includes an arithmetic processing device having a comparison unit, a failure diagnosis unit, and a drive control unit. The comparison unit compares a difference between a first output signal output from a first sensor and a second output signal output from a second sensor with a first threshold value to determine a magnitude relationship, and compares a difference between the first output signal and a third output signal output from a third sensor with a second threshold value to determine a magnitude relationship. Based on a result of the comparison unit, the failure diagnosis unit identifies one abnormal sensor among the first, second and third sensor. Using output values from two normal sensors that are not identified as abnormal sensors among the first, second and third sensor, the drive control unit generates a drive control signal for driving an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita YASU, Kazuya YAMANO, Atsushi MATSUOKA, Makoto GOTO
  • Publication number: 20220063643
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a control apparatus for an in-vehicle apparatus includes a first sensor and a second sensor configured to output sensor data, and a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor. A second sensor data request signal generation portion of the second microprocessor is configured to generate a second sensor data request signal. The first microprocessor includes a first sensor data request signal generation portion, a first data comparison portion, a first abnormality determination portion, and a first instruction signal generation portion. The first sensor data request signal generation portion is configured to generate a first sensor data request signal. The first data comparison portion is configured to compare first comparison data selected from a plurality of an first sensor data and second comparison data selected from a plurality of an second sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota FUJIWARA, Kazuya YAMANO, Masaki ITABASHI, Toshiaki MEGURO
  • Publication number: 20210206424
    Abstract: A control device for a power steering device includes a low-pass filter unit including a cutoff frequency adjustment unit configured to adjust a cutoff frequency for partially attenuating a component of an input signal, set the cutoff frequency to a first cutoff frequency when a steering torque signal is lower than a first predetermined torque value, and to set the cutoff frequency to a second cutoff frequency lower than the first cutoff frequency when the steering torque signal is equal to or higher than the first predetermined torque value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito NAKAKUKI, Kazuya YAMANO, Atsushi ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10899381
    Abstract: A steering device is provided to perform a safe transition from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode when necessary. When it is determined necessary to transition from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode during the automatic driving mode, a transition period before an end time point of the automatic driving mode is set, a driving operation reliability indicative of whether or not it is possible to perform the transition is determined, and the transition when it is determined that it is possible to perform the transition to the manual driving mode during the automatic driving mode. Consequently, the transition can be controlled so that transition is not performed instantly, such as, for example, in a case where a driver is not driving during the automatic driving mode and is not accustomed to manual driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Itou, Kazuya Yamano, Yasuhito Nakakuki
  • Patent number: 10870444
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a power steering apparatus, and a power steering apparatus using it that can reduce electromagnetic noise with the aid of a spread spectrum, thereby realizing stabilized motor control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Kashima, Yoshitaka Sugiyama, Masaki Itabashi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kazuya Yamano
  • Patent number: 10766523
    Abstract: Provided is a steering device which allows continued safe travel in the event of a fault during automatic steering control. The steering device is equipped with an electric drive device composed of a plurality of systems of electric motors and has an assist control function for assisting a driver in steering and an automatic steering control function for automatically controlling the steering angle of steered wheels on the basis of a steering angle instruction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Itou, Masaru Yamasaki, Mitsuo Sasaki, Kazuya Yamano
  • Publication number: 20200086910
    Abstract: A steering device includes: an offset correction value storing section to store an offset correction value including a first offset correction value and a second offset correction value, the first offset value being a current value for correcting the first sensed current signal so that a value of a vibration of the electric motor is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined value when the motor rotation speed signal is a first rotation speed, and the second offset value being a current value for correcting the first sensed current signal so that the value of the vibration of the electric motor is equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value when the motor rotation speed signal is a second rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi HIRATA, Kazuya YAMANO, Tatsuro SUZUKI, Masaki KASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10589787
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a power steering apparatus control device in which it is possible to suppress generation of the canceling of the automatic steering unintended by the driver. The present invention provides a control device controlling the operation of a power steering apparatus in which there is selected either an assist control (28) in which a steering force is assisted based on a steering torque input through the operation of a steering wheel or an automatic steering control (29) in which a steering angle of a turning wheel is controlled based on a steering angle command value. When, in the state in which the automatic steering control (29) is selected, the steering torque exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the automatic steering control (29) is canceled and the assist control (28) is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Itou, Kenta Maeda, Kazuya Yamano, Yasuhito Nakakuki
  • Publication number: 20190360015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yutaka Kanda, Mitsuo Satoh, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Naoko Yamane, Emi Hosaka, Kazuya Yamano, Motoo Yamasaki, Nobuo Hanai
  • Publication number: 20190276077
    Abstract: The steering control device includes an automatic steering controller that generates an automatic steering control amount and a manual steering controller that generates a manual steering control amount, and selects either one of an automatic steering mode and a manual steering mode to control an electric motor. When steering torque exceeds a predetermined value during the control in the automatic steering mode, the manual steering controller generates a manual steering control amount change based on the change in the manual operation amount with reference to the time of exceeding, generates the manual steering control amount based on the steering torque, controls the electric motor based on a control amount obtained by adding the manual steering control amount change to the automatic steering control amount at the time of exceeding, and then controls the electric motor in the manual steering mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro ITOU, Kazuya YAMANO, Yasuhito NAKAKUKI
  • Publication number: 20190270482
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for a power steering device that provides stable steering feeling in the vicinity of a stroke end. The control device for the power steering device is configured to calculate a stopper torque that is a steering force in a direction opposite to a direction causing a turning angle to approach a stopper angle, based on a steering torque signal, when the turning angle approaches the stopper angle accompanied with a steering operation of a steering wheel, and configured to calculate a motor command signal that is used to drive a power-driven motor, based on a driving condition of a vehicle and the stopper torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito NAKAKUKI, Kazuya YAMANO, Masaki KODATO
  • Publication number: 20190202494
    Abstract: There is provided a novel steering device capable of perform safe transition from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode in a case where it is necessary to perform transition from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode. In a case where it is determined that it is necessary to perform transition from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode (S8) during the automatic driving mode (S1), a transition period Lth before an end time point of the automatic driving mode (S1) is set, the driving operation reliability (S5) as to whether or not it is possible to perform the transition to the manual driving mode during the transition period is determined, and the transition from the automatic driving mode (S1) to the manual driving mode (S8) is performed in a case where it is determined that it is possible to perform the transition to the manual driving mode (S8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro ITOU, Kazuya YAMANO, Yasuhito NAKAKUKI
  • Patent number: 10233475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a fragment of the antibody and a fusion protein having the Fc region of the antibody or the like, a method for producing an antibody composition using the cell, the antibody composition and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yutaka Kanda, Mitsuo Satoh, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Kazuhisa Uchida, Toyohide Shinkawa, Naoko Yamane, Emi Hosaka, Kazuya Yamano, Motoo Yamasaki, Nobuo Hanai
  • Publication number: 20190047614
    Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a power steering apparatus, and a power steering apparatus using it that can reduce electromagnetic noise with the aid of a spread spectrum, thereby realizing stabilized motor control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki KASHIMA, Yoshitaka SUGIYAMA, Masaki ITABASHI, Tadashi SUGANUMA, Kazuya YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20190016378
    Abstract: Provided is a steering device which allows continued safe travel in the event of a fault during automatic steering control. The steering device is equipped with an electric drive device composed of a plurality of systems of electric motors and has an assist control function for assisting a driver in steering and an automatic steering control function for automatically controlling the steering angle of steered wheels on the basis of a steering angle instruction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro ITOU, Masaru YAMASAKI, Mitsuo SASAKI, Kazuya YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20180186406
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a power steering apparatus control device in which it is possible to suppress generation of the canceling of the automatic steering unintended by the driver. The present invention provides a control device controlling the operation of a power steering apparatus in which there is selected either an assist control (28) in which a steering force is assisted based on a steering torque input through the operation of a steering wheel or an automatic steering control (29) in which a steering angle of a turning wheel is controlled based on a steering angle command value. When, in the state in which the automatic steering control (29) is selected, the steering torque exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the automatic steering control (29) is canceled and the assist control (28) is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro ITOU, Kenta MAEDA, Kazuya YAMANO, Yasuhito NAKAKUKI