Patents by Inventor Masaru Nishizono

Masaru Nishizono 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: 10579038
    Abstract: A method, according to the present invention, of adjusting control parameters used in a control apparatus of an electric motor includes the steps of: computing a first frequency characteristic (Step 1); computing a present speed-proportional gain range (Step 2); computing a present mechanical-system characteristic constant (Step 3); computing a present proportional gain range (Step 4); computing a secular characteristic (Step 5); computing a secular speed-proportional gain range (Step 6); computing a secular proportional gain range (Step 7); and selecting proportional gain values (Step 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 10353366
    Abstract: In a customization method of a motor control device, a customization module for executing a modifying operation of a specific function in a customizing element is formed. A customization module group is configured by a set of customization modules. The user can form a user module for executing an operation related to the specific function in the customizing element. A buffer memory accessible from both the customization module and the user module is provided. The customization module is configured to execute the operation related to the specific function based on data received from the user module via the buffer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishizono, Ken'ichi Suzuki, Yusuke Imada, Yuya Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190146453
    Abstract: A method, according to the present invention, of adjusting control parameters used in a control apparatus of an electric motor includes the steps of: computing a first frequency characteristic (Step 1); computing a present speed-proportional gain range (Step 2); computing a present mechanical-system characteristic constant (Step 3); computing a present proportional gain range (Step 4); computing a secular characteristic (Step 5); computing a secular speed-proportional gain range (Step 6); computing a secular proportional gain range (Step 7); and selecting proportional gain values (Step 8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Toru TAZAWA, Hiroshi FUJIWARA, Masaru NISHIZONO
  • Patent number: 10254737
    Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus, which drives a motor while controlling the motor based on an external command signal from an external device, includes an external command processor, a program storage, a motor controller, a program rewriting unit, a rewriting data input terminal. The external command processor outputs a motor control command from the external command signal based on an external command processing program. The motor controller controls an operation of the motor according to the motor control command based on a motor control program. Further, the external command processing program and the motor control program are previously stored in the program storage. The program rewriting unit rewrites only the external command processing program stored in the program storage based on the program rewriting data received from the rewriting data input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishizono, Yoshiaki Ikeuchi, Tomohisa Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 10197986
    Abstract: A method, according to the present invention, of adjusting control parameters used in a control apparatus of an electric motor includes the steps of: computing a first frequency characteristic (Step 1); computing a present speed-proportional gain range (Step 2); computing a present mechanical-system characteristic constant (Step 3); computing a present proportional gain range (Step 4); computing a secular characteristic (Step 5); computing a secular speed-proportional gain range (Step 6); computing a secular proportional gain range (Step 7); and selecting proportional gain values (Step 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masaru Nishizono
  • Publication number: 20180275628
    Abstract: A method, according to the present invention, of adjusting control parameters used in a control apparatus of an electric motor includes the steps of: computing a first frequency characteristic (Step 1); computing a present speed-proportional gain range (Step 2); computing a present mechanical-system characteristic constant (Step 3); computing a present proportional gain range (Step 4); computing a secular characteristic (Step 5); computing a secular speed-proportional gain range (Step 6); computing a secular proportional gain range (Step 7); and selecting proportional gain values (Step 8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 10007249
    Abstract: A method, according to the present invention, of adjusting control parameters used in a control apparatus of an electric motor includes the steps of: computing a first frequency characteristic (Step 1); computing a present speed-proportional gain range (Step 2); computing a present mechanical-system characteristic constant (Step 3); computing a present proportional gain range (Step 4); computing a secular characteristic (Step 5); computing a secular speed-proportional gain range (Step 6); computing a secular proportional gain range (Step 7); and selecting proportional gain values (Step 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masaru Nishizono
  • Publication number: 20180032047
    Abstract: In a customization method of a motor control device, a customization module for executing a modifying operation of a specific function in a customizing element is formed. A customization module group is configured by a set of customization modules. The user can form a user module for executing an operation related to the specific function in the customizing element. A buffer memory accessible from both the customization module and the user module is provided. The customization module is configured to execute the operation related to the specific function based on data received from the user module via the buffer memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Masaru NISHIZONO, Ken'ichi SUZUKI, Yusuke IMADA, Yuya SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160313721
    Abstract: A method, according to the present invention, of adjusting control parameters used in a control apparatus of an electric motor includes the steps of: computing a first frequency characteristic (Step 1); computing a present speed-proportional gain range (Step 2); computing a present mechanical-system characteristic constant (Step 3); computing a present proportional gain range (Step 4); computing a secular characteristic (Step 5); computing a secular speed-proportional gain range (Step 6); computing a secular proportional gain range (Step 7); and selecting proportional gain values (Step 8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellecyual Property Management Co., Lt
    Inventors: TORU TAZAWA, HIROSHI FUJIWARA, MASARU NISHIZONO
  • Publication number: 20160282835
    Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus, which drives a motor while controlling the motor based on an external command signal from an external device, includes an external command processor, a program storage, a motor controller, a program rewriting unit, a rewriting data input terminal. The external command processor outputs a motor control command from the external command signal based on an external command processing program. The motor controller controls an operation of the motor according to the motor control command based on a motor control program. Further, the external command processing program and the motor control program are previously stored in the program storage. The program rewriting unit rewrites only the external command processing program stored in the program storage based on the program rewriting data received from the rewriting data input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: MASARU NISHIZONO, YOSHIAKI IKEUCHI, TOMOHISA HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9423786
    Abstract: A motor drive device (2) of the present invention includes a command response setting unit (22), a position and speed controller (23), a load characteristic compensator (24), a servo adjuster (6), a command response setting function (221), a stiffness setting function (231), an evaluation indicator measuring function (27), and a storage (28). The servo adjuster (6) stores a plurality of command response indicators (61) and a plurality of stiffness indicators (62). The servo adjuster (6) also generates an evaluation indicator measuring pattern (63) by a combination of each command response indicator (61) and each stiffness indicator (62). A motor (3) is driven in accordance with the generated evaluation indicator measuring pattern (63) while the command response indicators (61) and the stiffness indicators (62) are sequentially changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Suke Imada, Kenichi Suzuki, Masaru Nishizono, Hiroshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9423782
    Abstract: Motor drive device (30) according to the present invention includes operation pattern generator (1), position and speed controller (23), load characteristic compensator (24), and load characteristic measurement unit (7). Operation pattern generator (1) increases an absolute value of acceleration, at which a motor speed or a motor position is changed, in each operation pattern. Load characteristic measurement unit (7) measures the load characteristic to set load characteristic compensator (24) when torque command indicator is less than or equal to a torque limit value. Load characteristic measurement unit (7) ends the measurement of the load characteristic without setting load characteristic compensator (24) when the torque command indicator is greater than the torque limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-suke Imada, Kenichi Suzuki, Masaru Nishizono, Hiroshi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20160070252
    Abstract: A motor drive device (2) of the present invention includes a command response setting unit (22), a position and speed controller (23), a load characteristic compensator (24), a servo adjuster (6), a command response setting function (221), a stiffness setting function (231), an evaluation indicator measuring function (27), and a storage (28). The servo adjuster (6) stores a plurality of command response indicators (61) and a plurality of stiffness indicators (62). The servo adjuster (6) also generates an evaluation indicator measuring pattern (63) by a combination of each command response indicator (61) and each stiffness indicator (62). A motor (3) is driven in accordance with the generated evaluation indicator measuring pattern (63) while the command response indicators (61) and the stiffness indicators (62) are sequentially changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: YU-SUKE IMADA, KENICHI SUZUKI, MASARU NISHIZONO, HIROSHI FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20160048116
    Abstract: Motor drive device (30) according to the present invention includes operation pattern generator (1), position and speed controller (23), load characteristic compensator (24), and load characteristic measurement unit (7). Operation pattern generator (1) increases an absolute value of acceleration, at which a motor speed or a motor position is changed, in each operation pattern. Load characteristic measurement unit (7) measures the load characteristic to set load characteristic compensator (24) when torque command indicator is less than or equal to a torque limit value. Load characteristic measurement unit (7) ends the measurement of the load characteristic without setting load characteristic compensator (24) when the torque command indicator is greater than the torque limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: YU-SUKE IMADA, KENICHI SUZUKI, MASARU NISHIZONO, HIROSHI FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 9065380
    Abstract: A method for calculating a motor constant of a permanent magnet type synchronous motor according to the present invention includes: a voltage applying step of applying a voltage obtained by compositing a DC component and an AC component to a permanent magnet type synchronous motor while varying a frequency of the AC component; a current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing according to the applied voltage; a phase difference calculating step of calculating a difference in phase between the AC component of the applied voltage and an AC component of the motor current; and a motor constant calculating step of calculating a motor constant of the permanent magnet type synchronous motor. In addition, in the motor constant calculating step, the motor constant is calculated based on the applied voltage and the motor current when the difference in phase becomes nearly 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 9024562
    Abstract: A motor constant calculating method for a PM motor according to the present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage applied in the voltage applying step, and a motor constant calculating step of calculating a motor constant of the PM motor based on the applied voltage and the motor current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 9024552
    Abstract: The present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage, and a current control gain adjusting step of calculating a current control gain based on frequency characteristics of the applied voltage and the motor current. In this manner, a stable current control gain having a high current response can be adjusted within a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 8988022
    Abstract: The present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage, and a current control gain adjusting step of calculating a current control gain based on frequency characteristics of the applied voltage and the motor current. In this manner, a stable current control gain having a high current response can be adjusted within a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 8901872
    Abstract: There are provided: a plurality of notch filters which are arranged inside a control system for feedback-controlling a moving operation of a moving section of a motor and attenuate signal components having near frequencies with a notch frequency at a center in an input signal; a plurality of oscillation extracting filters which are set with different frequency bands as being corresponded to the respective notch filters and extract oscillating components in the set frequency bands from a speed detection signal; and a plurality of notch controlling sections which are arranged with respect to the respective oscillation extracting filters and control the notch frequencies of the corresponding notch filters so as to decrease amplitudes of the oscillating components extracted by the oscillation extracting filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masaru Nishizono
  • Publication number: 20140152202
    Abstract: A method for calculating a motor constant of a permanent magnet type synchronous motor according to the present invention includes: a voltage applying step of applying a voltage obtained by compositing a DC component and an AC component to a permanent magnet type synchronous motor while varying a frequency of the AC component; a current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing according to the applied voltage; a phase difference calculating step of calculating a difference in phase between the AC component of the applied voltage and an AC component of the motor current; and a motor constant calculating step of calculating a motor constant of the permanent magnet type synchronous motor. In addition, in the motor constant calculating step, the motor constant is calculated based on the applied voltage and the motor current when the difference in phase becomes nearly 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Masaru Nishizono