Patents by Inventor Kenji Ikeda

Kenji Ikeda 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: 11761895
    Abstract: It is possible to more appropriately perform fluorescence separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Ikeda, Noriyuki Kishii, Hideya Chubachi, Ayumu Taguchi, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Sakiko Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 11750134
    Abstract: To provide an AC rotary machine apparatus which can determine the operation stop of the control circuit of the other system with good accuracy. An AC rotary machine apparatus, including: a resolver is provided with a first system excitation winding, first system two output windings, a second system excitation winding, and second system two output windings, in which a magnetic interference occurs between a first system and a second system; a first system control circuit that applies AC voltage with a first period to the first system excitation winding; and a second system control circuit that applies AC voltage with a second period to the second system excitation winding, wherein the first system control circuit determines whether the operation of the second system control circuit stops, based on the components of the second period extracted from the first system output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mori, Hiroko Ikeda, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Kenji Ikeda, Kenta Kubo
  • Publication number: 20230273465
    Abstract: Provided are a magneto-optical material capable of enhancing the tunable range of magneto-optical properties such as the Faraday rotation angle, and a method for producing the same. The temperature of a substrate 20 is controlled to a first temperature within the range of 300 to 800 [° C.], and the atmospheric pressure of the substrate 20 is controlled to 1.0×10?4 [Pa] or less (first step). Using a composite target or plurality of individual targets of a TCO material exhibiting ENZ properties in the infrared wavelength region, together with a magnetic metal, a magneto-optical material 10 is deposited on the substrate 20 while the temperature of the substrate 20 is controlled to a second temperature within the range of 300 to 800 [° C.], and the atmospheric pressure of the substrate 20 is controlled to the range of 0.1 to 10 [Pa] (second step).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi IWAMOTO, Yasutomo OTA, Kenji IKEDA, Nobukiyo KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230243839
    Abstract: To improve analysis accuracy in fluorescence microscopy. An information processing device according to an embodiment includes: a separation unit (132) that separates a fluorescence image obtained by observing a specimen labeled with one or more fluorescent dyes into a fluorescence component image containing one or more fluorescence components and an autofluorescence component image containing one or more autofluorescence components; a generation unit (133) that generates an autofluorescence component correction image using a reference spectrum of each of one or more autofluorescent substances included in the specimen and using the autofluorescence component image; and a processing unit (130) that processes the fluorescence component image based on the autofluorescence component correction image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ai Goto, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Tomohiko Nakamura, Kenji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20230238897
    Abstract: A power conversion device capable of shortening the time required for acceleration of a motor and a metal processing device including the power conversion device are provided. Then, a power conversion device 10 includes a converter 100 configured to convert an AC voltage from outside to a DC voltage Vo and a converter controller 107 configured to control the converter 100. The converter 100 includes a voltage doubler circuit 104 configured to boost the DC voltage Vo when activated, and outputs the DC voltage Vo having a voltage value different in accordance with the activation and stop of the voltage doubler circuit 104. The converter controller 107 activates the voltage doubler circuit 104 at a first time that is earlier by a predetermined period than a second time at which a speed command value ?* of the motor 130 rises from a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mizuki NAKAHARA, Hirooki TOKOI, Kenji IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230230733
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new nanogranular structure material having magneto-optical properties different from those of existing nanogranular structure materials, and a method for producing the same. The nanogranular structure material has a composition represented by L-M-F—O wherein L is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, Be, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sr, Ba, Bi, and rare earth elements, F is fluorine, and O is oxygen. The nanogranular structure material according to the present invention is composed of a matrix formed of a fluorine compound having a composition represented by M-F and metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in the matrix and having a composition represented by L-O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Nobukiyo KOBAYASHI, Tadayoshi IWASA, Kenji IKEDA, KenIchi ARAI
  • Publication number: 20230194313
    Abstract: To provide an angle detection apparatus which can reduce the error of the angle which is caused by the eccentricity, by performing the reduction processing about smallest possible number of frequency bands and the lowest possible order of frequency band. An angle detection apparatus performs a first-order component reduction processing which reduces a first-order component which is a component of one rotation period in a mechanical angle of the rotor, to each of the first system two output signals; and calculates a first angle (?1) of the rotor, based on the first system two output signals to which the first-order component reduction processing was performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya MORI, Hiroko IKEDA, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO
  • Publication number: 20230155528
    Abstract: In an electric motor control device which controls rotation of an AC electric motor having two sets of three-phase windings and provided with a resolver having two systems by calculating voltage command values on dq axes, dq conversion of currents of first three-phase windings is performed using a first angle calculated from output of the first system of the resolver, and dq conversion of currents of second three-phase windings is performed using a second angle calculated from output of the second system of the resolver. With both d-axis current command values set at the same value, respective voltage command values on dq axes are calculated and respectively converted into voltage command values for voltage application to the first three-phase windings, using the first angle, and converted into voltage command values for voltage application to the second three-phase windings, using the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko ORII, Tatsuya MORI, Hiroko IKEDA, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO
  • Publication number: 20230125647
    Abstract: A resolver body including a rotor having Nx (Nx is a natural number) salient poles, a stator facing the rotor and having Ns (Ns is an integer equal to or larger than 3) teeth arranged in a circumferential direction, and an excitation winding and two phases of output windings wound on each tooth; and an excitation circuit configured to apply voltage to the excitation winding. The excitation winding and the two phases of output windings wound on each of Nsm (Nsm is an integer equal to or larger than 2) teeth among the Ns teeth are set to be of a main system. The excitation winding and the two phases of output windings wound on each of Ns-Nsm teeth are set to be of a sub-system. The number Nsm of the teeth corresponding to the main system is larger than the number Ns-Nsm of the teeth corresponding to the sub-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko IKEDA, Shohei FUJIKURA, Tatsuya MORI, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230112554
    Abstract: To provide an abnormality detection apparatus for resolver which can determine the abnormality of at least the first system, even if the period of the excitation AC voltage of the first system and the period of the excitation AC voltage of the second system are different periods, and the magnetic interference between systems occurs. An abnormality detection apparatus for resolver applies an AC voltage of a first period to a first system excitation winding; applies an AC voltage of a second period different from the first period to a second system excitation winding; calculates DC values of first system two output signals by performing a DC extraction processing; and determines abnormality of first system based on whether or not the DC values of first system two output signals are within a normal range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya MORI, Hiroko IKEDA, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO
  • Patent number: 11610710
    Abstract: A module includes a circuit board and an inductor. The circuit board has a facing surface and a rear surface which are located at opposite sides to each other in an up-down direction. The inductor has a magnetic core and a coil. The magnetic core is made of a soft magnetic metal material. The magnetic core has a facing surface and a radiating surface which are located at opposite sides to each other in the up-down direction. The facing surface of the magnetic core is arranged to face the facing surface of the circuit board in the up-down direction. The radiating surface of the magnetic core is arranged to be radiatable heat outward. The coil has a coil portion and a connection end. The coil portion winds, at least in part, the magnetic core. The connection end is connected to the facing surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Chatani, Kenji Ikeda, Toshinori Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20230078128
    Abstract: To solve a problem that the accuracy of angle detection deteriorates owing to noise voltage generated by eccentricity or variation in shape among rotors according to the number of magnetic poles of a rotor core of a multiple-system rotation sensor, the number S of magnetic poles of a stator core is, with the number R of the magnetic poles of the rotor core and the number N (N is a natural number equal to or larger than 2) of systems for stator windings, in a relationship of S=nRN (n is a natural number), system windings of each system are wound so as to be divided for every R magnetic poles among the S magnetic poles of the stator core, and a winding arrangement of the system windings of each system is made so as to achieve R-times rotational symmetry about a rotor rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIKURA, Hiroko IKEDA, Tatsuya MORI, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230071901
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to perform fluorescence separation more accurately. An information processing apparatus (100) according to an embodiment includes a separation unit (2311) that separates a fluorescence signal derived from a fluorescent reagent from a fluorescence image on the basis of the fluorescence image of a biological sample containing a cell, a reference spectrum derived from the biological sample or the fluorescent reagent, and morphological information of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: KENJI IKEDA, SAKIKO HOSOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230055461
    Abstract: To provide an abnormality detection apparatus for resolver which can determine the abnormality of at least the first system, even if the period of the excitation AC voltage of the first system and the period of the excitation AC voltage of the second system are different periods, and the magnetic interference between systems occurs. An abnormality detection apparatus for resolver applies an AC voltage of a first period to a first system excitation winding; applies an AC voltage of a second period different from the first period to a second system excitation winding; calculates a first system square sum which is a sum of square values of the detection values of output signals of first system two output windings after the second period component reduction processing: and determines abnormality of first system based on whether or not the first system square sum is within a normal range of first system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya MORI, Hiroko IKEDA, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO
  • Publication number: 20230013379
    Abstract: Provided is a resolver capable of increasing an accuracy of a detected angle of the resolver. The resolver includes: a stator; and a rotor, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of salient poles; wherein the stator includes: a stator core having a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of winding groups each of which is provided on each of the plurality of teeth, wherein the winding groups are divided into two systems, wherein the numbers of turns of the excitation windings are distributed in a form of a sine wave of Ne-th spatial order, wherein each of the numbers of turns of a first output windings and the numbers of turns of a second output windings are distributed in a form of a sine wave of |Ne±Nx|-th spatial order, and wherein the following expressions are satisfied, Nout1=N1 cos{|Ne±Nx|(i?1)/Ns×2?+?}, Nout2=N1 cos{|Ne±Nx|(i?1)/Ns×2?+?}, and 90(deg)<|???|<140(deg).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko IKEDA, Tatsuya MORI, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO
  • Publication number: 20220376641
    Abstract: To provide an AC rotary machine apparatus which can determine the operation stop of the control circuit of the other system with good accuracy. An AC rotary machine apparatus, including: a resolver is provided with a first system excitation winding, first system two output windings, a second system excitation winding, and second system two output windings, in which a magnetic interference occurs between a first system and a second system; a first system control circuit that applies AC voltage with a first period to the first system excitation winding; and a second system control circuit that applies AC voltage with a second period to the second system excitation winding, wherein the first system control circuit determines whether the operation of the second system control circuit stops, based on the components of the second period extracted from the first system output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya MORI, Hiroko IKEDA, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO
  • Publication number: 20220363310
    Abstract: The redundant resolver includes: a resolver body having a rotor, a stator opposed to the rotor and having Ns teeth arranged in a circumferential direction, and an excitation winding and two phases of output windings wound on the stator; an excitation circuit configured to supply power to the excitation winding; and an angle calculation unit configured to calculate a rotation angle on the basis of signals from the two phases of output windings. The stator is divided in the circumferential direction into M pieces which serve as M tooth blocks, N (M?N) redundancy systems are formed on the basis of the M tooth blocks. The excitation circuit and the angle calculation unit are provided to each system so as be independent among the systems. Gap magnetic flux densities at both end portions of each tooth block are set to change mildly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko IKEDA, Tatsuya MORI, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA, Kenji IKEDA, Kenta KUBO
  • Patent number: 11451698
    Abstract: In a case where a plurality of imaging apparatuses is used for a surgery, the appearance is regulated between images captured by the respective imaging apparatuses. According to the present disclosure, a medical system is provided, the medical system including a plurality of surgical imaging apparatuses and a control unit to which each of the surgical imaging apparatuses is connected, the control unit including a signal processing unit that links images captured by the respective surgical imaging apparatuses. With this configuration, in a case where a plurality of imaging apparatuses is arranged for a surgery, it becomes possible to regulate the appearance between images captured by the respective imaging apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kikuchi, Yuki Sugie, Yukihiro Nakamura, Kentaro Fukazawa, Kenji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220224172
    Abstract: In a redundancy resolver device, winding groups of different systems are arranged at different positions in a circumferential direction of a stator core. The winding groups of each system include: an excitation winding group consisting of a plurality of excitation windings, and being connected to corresponding one of excitation circuits; a first output winding group; and a second output winding group. Each of the teeth has corresponding one of the excitation windings wound therearound. When two of the excitation windings belonging to different systems and being arranged side by side is the circumferential direction of the stator core are defined as a first end excitation winding and a second end excitation winding, respectively, the first end excitation winding and the second end excitation winding are applied with excitation signals to generate magnetic fluxes in the same direction of radial directions of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko IKEDA, Tatsuya MORI, Kenta MOTOYOSHI, Kodai OKAZAKI, Kenji IKEDA, Yosuke SUGINO, Seiji SAWADA, Kenta KUBO, Toshihiro MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220165927
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor light-emitting element; a substrate having a mount portion for the light-emitting element and a frame portion that is provided to stand on an outer peripheral part of the mount portion and has, on a top surface thereof, a substrate joint surface to which an annular substrate metal layer is fixed; and a light-transmitting cap made of glass and having a window portion that allows light emitted from the light-emitting element to pass through and a cap joint surface to which an annular cap metal layer of a size corresponding to the substrate metal layer is fixed, the cap joint surface being joined to the substrate metal layer by a joint layer to seal the light-transmitting cap to the substrate, wherein the top surface of the frame portion is inclined to decrease in height from an outer peripheral part toward an inner peripheral part of the frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Ikeda