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).

  • Publication number: 20130181650
    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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Masaru Nishizono
  • Publication number: 20130175970
    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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 8378615
    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: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masaru Nishizono
  • Publication number: 20110221378
    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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Tazawa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masaru Nishizono
  • Patent number: 6936990
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling an electric motor is disclosed. The apparatus includes an instruction inputting section for transmitting an instruction for an electric motor or a control object coupled to said electric motor and a prefilter section for outputting a follow-up instruction value by acting on the instruction. The prefilter section has a prefilter concurrently having characteristics of lowered gain at a prescribed frequency and frequencies in the vicinity thereof, and characteristics of limiting the gain in a high range. An instruction follow-up controlling section provides a controlling instruction follow-up so that a quantity of a state of said electric motor or control object follows the follow-up instruction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro Oyama, Tomokuni Iijima, Toru Tazawa, Kazushige Narazaki, Kenichi Suzuki, Masaru Nishizono
  • Publication number: 20030184251
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling an electric motor and an apparatus for controlling the same, which lower vibrations generated due to low rigidity of a control object, secure vibration-suppressing performance without depending on instruction patterns and characteristics of a control object, and achieve high positioning accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro Oyama, Tomokuni Iijima, Toru Tazawa, Kazushige Narazaki, Kenichi Suzuki, Masaru Nishizono