Patents by Inventor Kenji Takahashi

Kenji Takahashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20220149764
    Abstract: A speed estimating device for an AC motor includes: a model deviation computing unit computing a model deviation based on a voltage, a current, and an estimated angular velocity of the AC motor; a first angular velocity estimating unit computing a first estimated angular velocity based on the model deviation; a second angular velocity estimating unit computing a second estimated angular velocity differing from the first estimated angular velocity in frequency, based on the model deviation; a compensation phase computing unit computing a compensation phase based on a disturbance frequency; and an estimated angular velocity calculator computing an estimated angular velocity of the AC motor based on the first estimated angular velocity and the second estimated angular velocity. Either one of the first estimated angular velocity and the second estimated angular velocity is computed based on the compensation phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuriko TAKEDA, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Shinya TOYODOME, Mitsuo KASHIMA, Tomohiro KUTSUKI
  • Patent number: 11330718
    Abstract: A printed wiring board production method that forms a base film and a conductive pattern on the base film by an additive method or a subtractive method, includes a plating process that electroplates the conductive pattern on a surface of the base film, wherein the plating process includes a shield plate arranging process that arranges a shield plate between an anode and a printed wiring board substrate that forms a cathode, and a substrate arranging process that arranges the printed wiring board substrate in a plating tank, and wherein a distance between the shield plate and the printed wiring board substrate is 50 mm or greater and 150 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi Motomura, Koji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Kenji Takahashi, Maki Ikebe, Kousuke Miura, Masahiro Itoh
  • Patent number: 11322960
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery pack including a plurality of cells, and an ECU. The ECU calculates a current distribution in each cell using a ladder circuit network model, the ladder circuit network model being obtained by geometrically modeling an interior of the cell using a plurality of resistance elements and a plurality of power storage elements. The ECU calculates the current distribution in the cell by applying, to the ladder circuit network model, a resistance distribution in the cell calculated based on a salt concentration distribution in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mai Fujiwara, Ryo Kanada, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11319846
    Abstract: An oil separator is provided, which can accurately control an interval between an introduction hole of a gaseous body and a separation member, and can ensure a stable and high separation performance. An oil separator 30 includes a wall portion 31 having a plurality of orifices 32, and a holding portion 34 holding a separation member 33. A facing surface 33A of the separation member 33 is disposed along a front face portion 42A of a positioning portion 42 having a plurality of opening portions 42D, so that an interval L between the orifices 32 and the facing surface 33A of the separation member 33 accurately has a desired distance. A gas separated from an oil smoothly flows downward along a flow path formed by the opening portions 42D so as to reduce a pressure loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakaya, Kenji Takahashi, Keisuke Utsu
  • Publication number: 20220115973
    Abstract: An inverter for driving a motor that has a switchable connection of windings and drives a load element having a periodically varying load torque is provided. The inverter is controlled so that an output torque of the motor follows the periodic variation of the load torque. The inverter is controlled so that a current flowing through the motor is zero during a period including a minimum torque phase at which the load torque is at or near a minimum value. The connection is switched while the current flowing through the motor is zero. It is possible to switch the connection of the windings while the motor is rotating, and avoid an increase in apparatus size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya TOYODOME, Kazunori HATAKEYAMA, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11303239
    Abstract: A magnetic pole initial position detection device includes: a direct-current excitation command generation section configured to generate a first command for causing a constant excitation current with a current phase fixed to a first phase to flow through the synchronous motor; a torque-zero determination section configured to determine whether a torque generated in the rotor of the synchronous motor is zero when the excitation current based on the first command flows through the synchronous motor; and a magnetic pole initial position acquisition section configured to acquire the magnetic pole initial position of the rotor of the synchronous motor on a basis of a rotor actual position at or near a point in time when the torque-zero determination section determines that the torque is zero; a number of pole pairs of the synchronous motor; and an excitation phase during direct-current excitation under the first command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Yuuki Morita
  • Patent number: 11293369
    Abstract: Provided is an engine control device which controls at least an intake valve, an exhaust valve, and a fuel injection valve injecting a fuel into an intake pipe such that internal EGR is realized, in which timing of opening and closing of the intake valve is set to be later in comparison with a reference operation state which is a first operation state and timing of closing of the exhaust valve is set to be earlier in comparison with the reference operation state, and the fuel injection valve is caused to inject the fuel in a period which is: after a piston starts to rise which had been passed through a bottom dead center for the first time after an exhaust stroke is finished, which is followed by closing of the intake valve; and before the intake valve is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Izumi, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11272844
    Abstract: [Problem] To predict a remaining time during which a fluorescence image is observable. [Solution] An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a remaining time estimation unit that estimates, on the basis of a luminance limit value for observation of a fluorescence image and a change in luminance of a fluorescence image, a remaining time until the luminance of the fluorescence image reaches the luminance limit value. This configuration enables the time at which the luminance of a fluorescence image reaches the luminance limit value to be estimated according to a change in luminance of the fluorescence image, and it is possible to predict a remaining time during which a fluorescence image is observable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takami Mizukura, Minori Takahashi, Kenji Takahashi, Kentaro Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 11252185
    Abstract: A graph stream mining processing system and method may be used to analyze the data from a plurality of data streams. In one embodiment, the graph stream mining processing system and method may be used to detect one or more candidate botnet malicious nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NTT SECURITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Dalek, Mattias Harrysson, Himanshu Sinha, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11209489
    Abstract: An ECU calculates, based on a prescribed active material model, a surface stress of an anode active material from the lithium amount inside the anode active material, and calculates, based on the calculated surface stress, an open circuit potential change amount of the anode active material relative to an open circuit potential. The ECU corrects an anode open circuit potential calculated by a deterioration estimation process, using the open circuit potential change amount. The ECU calculates three deterioration parameters so that the measured OCV curve substantially matches the estimated OCV curve specified based on the corrected anode open circuit potential. The open circuit potential is an open circuit potential of the anode active material in the state in which a surface stress is not generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210390603
    Abstract: A computer of an ordering supporting server executes: a process of acquiring information necessary for specifying a product model number corresponding to a specific product from a terminal apparatus; a process of specifying a product model number corresponding to the specific product on the basis of the acquired information; a process of specifying, on the basis of constituent component data associated with the specific product, a component model number associated with the product model number while defining a value of a component variable part associated with a value of a variable part of the product model number according to a rule for an associated relation set between the model numbers; and a process of providing the specified component identification information to the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: MISUMI Group Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo OKANO, Minoru KAGE, Nobuaki EBI, Tetsuya KAWANO, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Lei LI
  • Publication number: 20210369080
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow a plurality of doctors spatially isolated from each other to cooperate in a more preferable aspect. [Solution] A medical observation system includes: a first medical signal processing device including a first signal processing unit configured to acquire first image data corresponding to a result of image capturing of an affected part by a medical observation device and provide first signal processing to the first image data; and a second medical signal processing device including a second signal processing unit configured to acquire second image data corresponding to the result of image capturing from the first medical signal processing device through a predetermined network and provide second signal processing to the second image data. The second signal processing unit transmits information related to the second signal processing to the first medical signal processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: YASUAKI TAKAHASHI, KENJI TAKAHASHI, HISAKAZU SHIRAKI, MASAHITO YAMANE, MASAYA TAKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 11181583
    Abstract: A battery system includes a nickel hydride battery and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to store data indicating a corresponding relationship between an elapsed time from start of use of the nickel hydride battery and a memory quantity. The data are data determined in a classified manner individually for each of conditions of use that are defined in such a manner as to include an open circuit voltage and a temperature. The electronic control unit is configured to sequentially calculate, with reference to the data, the memory quantity within a time when classification of the conditions of use does not change. The memory quantity is a quantity indicating an amount of change in voltage resulting from a memory effect. The electronic control unit is configured to estimate a current memory quantity of the nickel hydride battery by integrating the calculated memory quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Masafumi Nose, Yuji Nishi, Nobuyasu Haga
  • Publication number: 20210344294
    Abstract: A rotary-machine control device includes: a connection switching device switching a connection state of stator windings of a rotary machine; a current detection unit detecting a rotary machine current flowing in the rotary machine; a voltage application unit applying voltage to the rotary machine; a control unit generating a voltage command provided to the voltage application unit and outputting a switching command to switch the connection state to the connection switching device; and an open-phase determination unit determining presence or absence of disconnection in the rotary machine or presence or absence of disconnection of a power distribution line to the rotary machine. During rotation of the rotary machine, the control unit outputs the switching command and the open-phase determination unit determines presence or absence of disconnection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akane HONGYO, Akira SATAKE, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11155929
    Abstract: The masking jig includes a contact member and a support unit. The contact member includes a through-hole allowing for insertion of a rod-like piston rod, and a deformation part around the through-hole configured to get elastically deformed by insertion of a male thread of the piston rod into the through-hole and contact the outer peripheral end face of the piston rod. The support unit supports the contact member such that the contact member moves in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Koike, Kenji Suzuki, Masami Kuramochi, Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210321887
    Abstract: A medical system (1) includes first light irradiation means (11) for irradiating an image capturing target with coherent light, image capturing means (12) for capturing a speckle image obtained from scattered light caused by the image capturing target irradiated with the coherent light, speckle contrast calculation means (1312) for calculating a speckle contrast value for each pixel on the basis of the speckle image, motion detection means (1311) for detecting motion of the image capturing target, speckle image generation means (1313) for generating a speckle contrast image on the basis of the speckle contrast value and the motion of the image capturing target detected by the motion detection means, and display means (14) for displaying the speckle contrast image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: TAKANORI FUKAZAWA, KAZUKI IKESHITA, DAISUKE KIKUCHI, TETSURO KUWAYAMA, KENJI TAKAHASHI, MINORI TAKAHASHI, ISAMU NAKAO, KENTARO FUKAZAWA, GORO FUJITA, FUMISADA MAEDA, TAKESHI MATSUI, TAKASHI YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11145912
    Abstract: A secondary battery system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that estimates surface stress generated in a negative-electrode active material upon incorporation or removal of lithium in a negative electrode of a battery assembly. The ECU calculates an estimated value of the surface stress from a difference obtained by subtracting a reference lithium amount from an amount of lithium contained in the negative-electrode active material, using a linear relationship between the difference and the surface stress. The ECU sets the surface stress to yield stress when the magnitude of the estimated value is larger than that of the yield stress (compressive stress or tensile stress) of the active material, and employs the estimated value as the surface stress when the magnitude of the estimated value is smaller than that of the yield stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210313054
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hospital system, a server device, and a method of managing a schedule that enable an operation schedule to be updated properly. A schedule management unit manages the operation schedule, a presentation unit presents the operation schedule, and a status estimation unit estimates a status of an operation on the basis of a type of the operation currently in progress and resource information from a resource related to the operation. Moreover, the schedule management unit reflects the estimated status of the operation in the operation schedule, and the presentation unit presents the operation schedule in which the status of the operation is reflected. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a hospital system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki TAKAHASHI, Tsuneo HAYASHI, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Koji KASHIMA, Keisuke UYAMA
  • Patent number: 11139461
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nickel-metal hydride battery includes: a first step of preparing a first nickel-metal hydride battery having a positive electrode including nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2); and a second step of manufacturing the second nickel-metal hydride battery by performing 600% overcharging to the prepared first nickel-metal hydride battery. The 600% overcharging is a process for supplying the first nickel-metal hydride battery with an amount of electric power of 600% of the rated capacity of the first nickel-metal hydride battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiko Mitsui, Junta Izumi, Kenji Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kaiya
  • Patent number: 11133762
    Abstract: A drive system includes a current detection unit that detects a current flowing to a main synchronous motor, and a current detection unit that detects a current flowing to a secondary synchronous motor. The drive system includes a magnetic pole position estimation unit that estimates the magnetic pole position of the rotor of the main synchronous motor, and a magnetic pole position estimation unit that estimates the magnetic pole position of the rotor of the secondary synchronous motor. The drive system includes a current control unit that outputs a voltage command, and a secondary torque current pulsating component extraction unit that extracts a pulsating component. The drive system includes a subtracter that determines an angle difference, and a magnetic flux current command determination unit that determines a magnetic flux current command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Tsukasa Masumura, Akihiro Tsumura, Yasuhiko Wada, Akane Hongyo