Patents by Inventor Kyohei Watanabe

Kyohei Watanabe 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: 20240116405
    Abstract: A clutch unit (100) includes an operation lever (21), an operation member (22), an input-side clutch (50), an output-side clutch (60), and a bottomed cylindrical housing (11). The input-side clutch (50) includes an input-side inner ring member (51) and an operation bracket (54). The operation bracket (54) includes an engagement portion (54b) that engages with the input-side inner ring member (51), a facing portion (54d) that faces the bottom surface (11 a) of the housing (11) with a gap therebetween, a fastened portion (54c) that penetrates a through hole (11h) formed in the bottom surface (11a) of the housing (11) and is fastened to the operation member (22), and a sliding-contact portion (54e) that extends from the facing portion (54d) toward the bottom surface (11a) of the housing (11) and comes into sliding-contact with the bottom surface of the housing (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: SHIROKI CORPORATION, NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIKASA, Yasumasa HIBI, Kyohei SASANUMA, Kengo WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240110833
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a beam splitter, an operation unit, an imaging unit, a spatial filter unit, and a photodetector. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including light pulses having time differences and different center wavelengths. The beam splitter branches the light pulse train passed through a measurement object. The imaging unit disperses one light pulse train and images each light pulse. The spatial filter unit extracts light of a partial region of the other light pulse train. The correlation optical system outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the extracted light. The photodetector detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount in the measurement object based on a feature value of the temporal waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Hisanari TAKAHASHI, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240102465
    Abstract: Provided is a method for continuing the operation of an electric compressor even if the magnitude of ripple voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold value. A control device of an electric compressor is provided with: a detection unit for detecting the ripple voltage of the electric compressor which is driven by a battery; a determination unit for determining whether or not the value of the ripple voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and a control unit for reducing the rotation speed of a motor of the electric compressor down to a predetermined first target rotation speed greater than 0 when the value is greater than or equal to the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Toyohisa KAWASHIMA, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240088818
    Abstract: Provided is a method for determining the generation source of ripple voltage when abnormal ripple voltage is detected. The control device is for an electric compressor, the control device comprising: a detection unit that detects ripple voltage; a judgment unit that judges whether the ripple voltage is abnormal based on the value of the ripple voltage; and a cause determination unit that determines whether the cause of the abnormality is the electric compressor or some other external device, based on the control result of the electric compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Toyohisa KAWASHIMA, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240079985
    Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting a ripple voltage. A control device is provided with: an acquiring unit which acquires the voltage value of an input voltage of a battery-driven electric compressor at irregular intervals; and a waveform computing unit which computes the waveform of a ripple component of the input voltage on the basis of the acquired voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Toyohisa KAWASHIMA, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11913836
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a beam splitter, an operation unit, an imaging unit, a spatial filter unit, and a photodetector. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including light pulses having time differences and different center wavelengths. The beam splitter branches the light pulse train passed through a measurement object. The imaging unit disperses one light pulse train and images each light pulse. The spatial filter unit extracts light of a partial region of the other light pulse train. The correlation optical system outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the extracted light. The photodetector detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount in the measurement object based on a feature value of the temporal waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Hisanari Takahashi, Kyohei Shigematsu, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11606543
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for controlling white balance of an image is provided. The apparatus detects a white region from image data and calculates a first white balance correction value based on data of the white region. The apparatus also detects, with use of machine learning, a region of a subject that has a preset specific color, from the image data, and calculates a second white balance correction value based on a color of the region of the subject. The apparatus calculates a white balance correction value to be applied to the image data, based on the first white balance correction value and the second white balance correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyohei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11413937
    Abstract: A current estimating device that estimates a capacitor current of a high-voltage circuit for driving a motor, wherein the current estimating device calculates a voltage utilization rate using the input voltage of an inverter included in the high-voltage circuit and the speed of the motor, calculates a first constant by applying the voltage utilization rate to a predetermined first arithmetic expression, and calculates the capacitor current of an electrical condenser included in the high-voltage circuit by multiplying the first constant by a motor current effective value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Hiroyuki Kamitani, Hiroto Higuchi, Masahiro Mori, Kyohei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11418136
    Abstract: A motor control device provided with a control unit which controls the number of rotations of a motor by implementing a first control which enables high-torque and precise control, or a second control enabling more efficient control than the first control with respect to the motor; and a switching determination unit which, if an actual measurement value of the number of rotations of the motor is greater than a prescribed threshold value of the number of rotations, switches the first control to the second control. The switching determination unit further switches the first control to the second control if the actual measurement value of the number of rotations is not more than the threshold value of the number of rotations, and when a prescribed time has passed from a point in time at which the actual measurement value of the number of rotations matched the required number of rotations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Takayuki Takashige, Kyohei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220181948
    Abstract: This vehicle-mounted electric compressor is provided with a compressor body including a motor for compressing a refrigerant, and an inverter including a power element for supplying the motor with electric current. The power element is provided with: a metal substrate having an electrically conductive layer in a partial region of the surface thereof; a heat-generating element having a metal layer solder-fixed to the electrically conductive layer; and a resin substrate which is disposed in parallel with the metal substrate in a plate thickness direction of the metal substrate, and has a metal pattern printed on the surface thereof, the metal pattern having an electronic component mounted thereon. The electronic component and a terminal of the heat-generating element are connected by means of the metal pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato ITO, Hiroto HIGUCHI, Kyohei WATANABE, Sachiko NAKAO, Koji NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220166345
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a control device comprising: an electric detection unit which detects an electric physical quantity relating to a head capacitor provided between a DC power supply and an inverter switching element; and a protection control unit which controls the inverter switching element in accordance with a change in the electric physical quantity so that no electric current flows to the head capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei WATANABE, Takayuki TAKASHIGE
  • Patent number: 11146201
    Abstract: A current value determination device provided with: a capacitor current computation unit for computing the capacitor current of a capacitor included in a high-voltage circuit that drives a motor, on the basis of the input voltage of an inverter included in the high-voltage circuit and the revolution speed of the motor; and a capacitor current determination unit for determining the value of capacitor current on the basis of the input voltage of the inverter, the revolution speed of the motor, the capacitor current computed by the capacitor current computation unit, and a prescribed model for determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Takayuki Takashige, Kyohei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210266507
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for controlling white balance of an image is provided. The apparatus detects a white region from image data and calculates a first white balance correction value based on data of the white region. The apparatus also detects, with use of machine learning, a region of a subject that has a preset specific color, from the image data, and calculates a second white balance correction value based on a color of the region of the subject. The apparatus calculates a white balance correction value to be applied to the image data, based on the first white balance correction value and the second white balance correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Kyohei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210155080
    Abstract: A current estimating device that estimates a capacitor current of a high-voltage circuit for driving a motor, wherein the current estimating device calculates a voltage utilization rate using the input voltage of an inverter included in the high-voltage circuit and the speed of the motor, calculates a first constant by applying the voltage utilization rate to a predetermined first arithmetic expression, and calculates the capacitor current of an electrical condenser included in the high-voltage circuit by multiplying the first constant by a motor current effective value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Hiroyuki KAMITANI, Hiroto HIGUCHI, Masahiro MORI, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200313582
    Abstract: This motor control device is provided with: a control unit which controls the number of rotations of a motor in accordance with a required number of rotations by implementing a first control which enables high-torque and precise control with respect to the motor, or a second control enabling more efficient control than the first control with respect to the motor; and a switching determination unit which, if an actual measurement value of the number of rotations of the motor is greater than a prescribed threshold value of the number of rotations, switches the first control to the second control. The switching determination unit further switches the first control to the second control if the actual measurement value of the number of rotations is not more than the threshold value of the number of rotations, and when a prescribed time has passed from a point in time at which the actual measurement value of the number of rotations matched the required number of rotations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Takayuki TAKASHIGE, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200244205
    Abstract: A current value determination device provided with: a capacitor current computation unit for computing the capacitor current of a capacitor included in a high-voltage circuit that drives a motor, on the basis of the input voltage of an inverter included in the high-voltage circuit and the revolution speed of the motor; and a capacitor current determination unit for determining the value of capacitor current on the basis of the input voltage of the inverter, the revolution speed of the motor, the capacitor current computed by the capacitor current computation unit, and a prescribed model for determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto HATTORI, Takayuki TAKASHIGE, Kyohei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10673348
    Abstract: To improve the accuracy of detecting a current flowing through an electric compressor after operation of the electric compressor, the electric compressor having a large change in temperature before and after operation. An inverter-integrated electric compressor (1) that compresses and discharges a refrigerant suctioned therein, includes an inverter device (2) provided with a circuit board (60) mounted with an inverter circuit (40), the inverter device (2) being integrally incorporated in an inverter case. The circuit board (60) is provided with a current detection circuit (30) that detects an input current flowing through the inverter circuit (40), and an offset correction circuit (20). The current detection circuit (30) includes a shunt resistor (32) that is serially connected to the inverter circuit (40) and detects a current, and a first amplifier (31) that amplifies and outputs a voltage appearing as a voltage drop in the shunt resistor (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Ito, Kenichi Aiba, Takashi Nakagami, Kyohei Watanabe, Naoki Nishikawa, Katsuhiro Saito, Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10608547
    Abstract: To improve the accuracy of detecting a current flowing through an electric compressor after operation of the electric compressor, the electric compressor having a large change in temperature before and after operation. An inverter-integrated electric compressor (1) that compresses and discharges a refrigerant suctioned therein, includes an inverter device (2) provided with a circuit board (60) mounted with an inverter circuit (40), the inverter device (2) being integrally incorporated in an inverter case. The circuit board (60) is provided with a current detection circuit (30) that detects an input current flowing through the inverter circuit (40), and an offset correction circuit (20). The current detection circuit (30) includes a shunt resistor (32) that is serially connected to the inverter circuit (40) and detects a current, and a first amplifier (31) that amplifies and outputs a voltage appearing as a voltage drop in the shunt resistor (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Ito, Kenichi Aiba, Takashi Nakagami, Kyohei Watanabe, Naoki Nishikawa, Katsuhiro Saito, Kenji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180281565
    Abstract: To improve the accuracy of detecting a current flowing through an electric compressor after operation of the electric compressor, the electric compressor having a large change in temperature before and after operation. An inverter-integrated electric compressor (1) that compresses and discharges a refrigerant suctioned therein, includes an inverter device (2) provided with a circuit board (60) mounted with an inverter circuit (40), the inverter device (2) being integrally incorporated in an inverter case. The circuit board (60) is provided with a current detection circuit (30) that detects an input current flowing through the inverter circuit (40), and an offset correction circuit (20). The current detection circuit (30) includes a shunt resistor (32) that is serially connected to the inverter circuit (40) and detects a current, and a first amplifier (31) that amplifies and outputs a voltage appearing as a voltage drop in the shunt resistor (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato ITO, Kenichi AIBA, Takashi NAKAGAMI, Kyohei WATANABE, Naoki NISHIKAWA, Katsuhiro SAITO, Kenji SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9755563
    Abstract: In an inverter control apparatus, a phase current calculation section calculates each of phase currents flowing into a motor by using measurement results of a current sensor, and a voltage command generation section calculates three-phase voltage commands by using each of the estimated phase currents. A command modulation section compares the phase voltage commands with each other, to specify a full-on phase or a full-off phase on the basis of the comparison result and then to set the voltage command of the specified phase to a full-on voltage or a full-off voltage, and offsets the voltage commands of the other two phases according to the full-on voltage or the full-off voltage to modulate the voltage commands into voltage commands allowing the line voltage between the other two phases to be kept constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyohei Watanabe, Kenichi Aiba, Takayuki Takashige