Patents by Inventor Masaya Kimura

Masaya Kimura 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: 12699366
    Abstract: Included are: a machining data acquiring unit to acquire machining data including data related to time-series machining conditions to perform machining for a plurality of steps and data related to a machining state for the plurality of steps on a basis of the machining conditions; an analysis unit to calculate an importance with respect to machining data; an extraction unit to extract transfer learning data for performing transfer learning of a first machine learning model on a basis of the importance; and a learning unit to perform the transfer learning of the first machine learning model by using the transfer learning data, and generate a second machine learning model that receives, as an input, data related to the machining conditions in time series for the plurality of steps and outputs data related to a machining state after execution for the plurality of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki Nakane, Go Sato, Jun Maruta, Hideyuki Masui, Shinya Nishino, Takeyuki Kawata, Masaya Kimura
  • Publication number: 20260138876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing silica particles without using citric acid and also provides silica particles having excellent true density and excellent dispersibility. Provided are silica particles having (1) a true density of 0.8 g/cm3 to 1.4 g/cm3, (2) a particle size distribution in which a frequency of particles larger than twice an average particle size is 15% or less, and (3) a water absorption of 1.0 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicant: FUSO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satomi KATO, Yoshihiro HIRANO, Masaya KIMURA, Munenori KOMOTO, Yasuhiro FUMA, Kazumi MIKI
  • Patent number: 12530001
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a drive control unit that drives a motor on the basis of a control command, operates a control target made up of the motor and a mechanical load, and performs an initialization operation of setting the control target in an initial state and an evaluation operation starting from the initial state. Further, there is a learning unit that determines the control command to be used in the evaluation operation, on the basis of the result of learning the control command used in the evaluation operation, and a state sensor signal in association with each other. Further, there is an adjustment management unit that determines, on the basis of the timing at which to perform a first process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Takano, Masaya Kimura
  • Publication number: 20250384681
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that makes it possible to improve inference accuracy of inference processing for an inference image to be input. Inference processing is performed on an input inference image, and an image quality of the inference image is corrected based on an image quality of a teacher image used for learning in an inference unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: KATSUTOSHI ANDO, MASAYA KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240419139
    Abstract: A simulation program is installed on an engineering setting tool. A controller control simulator simulates control performed by a controller by executing a controller program. A machine operation simulator simulates an operation of a machine using a machine model being a model of the machine in a library file format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu HATTORI, Atsuo HAISHI, Ko KOSAKA, Masaya KIMURA, Kyosuke ASAKI
  • Patent number: 12140925
    Abstract: A positioning control device includes a position-command generation unit to generate a position command by which a shape of an acceleration in an accelerating section and a decelerating section is determined on the basis of a position command parameter, a drive control unit to drive a motor such that a detected position value of the motor or a control target follows the position command, an evaluation unit to calculate an evaluation value regarding positioning performance on the basis of a detected position value of the motor or the control target during execution of positioning control on the control target, and a learning unit to obtain a learning result by learning a relation between the position command parameter and the evaluation value when positioning control is executed plural times, while changing each of shapes of an acceleration in an accelerating section and a decelerating section independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Kimura, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Naoto Takano, Hideyuki Masui, Daisaku Matsumoto, Atsunori Kanemura, Hideki Asoh
  • Patent number: 12117781
    Abstract: A positioning control device, in which motion of a motor in positioning operation of causing a mechanical load connected to the motor to move by a target moving distance is specified by operational conditions and command parameters, includes an adjustment unit performing the positioning operation based on an adjustment condition and a trial parameter, which are an operational condition and a command parameter, and determining one of the command parameters to be an excellent parameter corresponding to the adjustment condition based on an evaluation result based on the state of the motor or the mechanical load during positioning operation performed; and an estimation unit determining one of the command parameters to be an estimated excellent parameter corresponding to a non-adjustment condition, which is one type of the operational conditions, based on an adjustment record being a pair of the adjustment condition and the excellent parameter corresponding to the adjustment condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Takano, Masaya Kimura, Hidetoshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240045387
    Abstract: Included are: a machining data acquiring unit to acquire machining data including data related to time-series machining conditions to perform machining for a plurality of steps and data related to a machining state for the plurality of steps on a basis of the machining conditions; an analysis unit to calculate an importance with respect to machining data; an extraction unit to extract transfer learning data for performing transfer learning of a first machine learning model on a basis of the importance; and a learning unit to perform the transfer learning of the first machine learning model by using the transfer learning data, and generate a second machine learning model that receives, as an input, data related to the machining conditions in time series for the plurality of steps and outputs data related to a machining state after execution for the plurality of steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki NAKANE, Go SATO, Jun MARUTA, Hideyuki MASUI, Shinya NISHINO, Takeyuki KAWATA, Masaya KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220413453
    Abstract: A positioning control device, in which motion of a motor in positioning operation of causing a mechanical load connected to the motor to move by a target moving distance is specified by operational conditions and command parameters, includes an adjustment unit performing the positioning operation based on an adjustment condition and a trial parameter, which are an operational condition and a command parameter, and determining one of the command parameters to be an excellent parameter corresponding to the adjustment condition based on an evaluation result based on the state of the motor or the mechanical load during positioning operation performed; and an estimation unit determining one of the command parameters to be an estimated excellent parameter corresponding to a non-adjustment condition, which is one type of the operational conditions, based on an adjustment record being a pair of the adjustment condition and the excellent parameter corresponding to the adjustment condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto TAKANO, Masaya KIMURA, Hidetoshi IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220308531
    Abstract: A motor controller includes a drive control unit that drives a motor on the basis of a control command, operates a control target made up of the motor and a mechanical load, and performs an initialization operation of setting the control target in an initial state and an evaluation operation starting from the initial state. Further, there is a learning unit that determines the control command to be used in the evaluation operation, on the basis of the result of learning the control command used in the evaluation operation, and a state sensor signal in association with each other. Further, there is an adjustment management unit that determines, on the basis of the timing at which to perform a first process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto TAKANO, Masaya KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11339736
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve driving device includes: a maximum detection unit configured to detect a maximum point when time-series data of a differential value of a counter electromotive voltage generated in a solenoid has changed from an increase to a decrease by retrospectively tracing the time-series data in an opposite direction of a time series; and a valve closing time detection unit configured to execute a determination process of retrospectively tracing the time-series data from the maximum point detected by the maximum detection unit in the opposite direction and scanning whether or not an amount of decrease in the differential value from the maximum point exceeds a predetermined threshold value and detect a maximum time, which is a time of the maximum point, as a valve closing time of a fuel injection valve when there is an event in which the amount of decrease exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Kimura, Kyohei Matsumoto, Ryo Sasaki, Takuya Ikemoto, Daichi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20220034276
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve driving device includes: a maximum detection unit configured to detect a maximum point when time-series data of a differential value of a counter electromotive voltage generated in a solenoid has changed from an increase to a decrease by retrospectively tracing the time-series data in an opposite direction of a time series; and a valve closing time detection unit configured to execute a determination process of retrospectively tracing the time-series data from the maximum point detected by the maximum detection unit in the opposite direction and scanning whether or not an amount of decrease in the differential value from the maximum point exceeds a predetermined threshold value and detect a maximum time, which is a time of the maximum point, as a valve closing time of a fuel injection valve when there is an event in which the amount of decrease exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Masaya KIMURA, Kyohei MATSUMOTO, Ryo SASAKI, Takuya IKEMOTO, Daichi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220004160
    Abstract: A positioning control device includes a position-command generation unit to generate a position command by which a shape of an acceleration in an accelerating section and a decelerating section is determined on the basis of a position command parameter, a drive control unit to drive a motor such that a detected position value of the motor or a control target follows the position command, an evaluation unit to calculate an evaluation value regarding positioning performance on the basis of a detected position value of the motor or the control target during execution of positioning control on the control target, and a learning unit to obtain a learning result by learning a relation between the position command parameter and the evaluation value when positioning control is executed plural times, while changing each of shapes of an acceleration in an accelerating section and a decelerating section independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya KIMURA, Hidetoshi IKEDA, Naoto TAKANO, Hideyuki MASUI, Daisaku MATSUMOTO, Atsunori KANEMURA, Hideki ASOH
  • Patent number: 10734933
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes: an oscillation instruction unit outputting an oscillation instruction signal; a filter unit performing filtering processing having frequency characteristic defined by a filter parameter; an oscillation forcing unit configuring a control loop in an oscillation period together with the filter unit, a current control unit, a motor, and a velocity calculation unit and causing the control loop to oscillate during the oscillation period in which the oscillation instruction signal is in the on-state; an amplitude evaluation unit acquiring, as an evaluation value, the amplitude ratio of an input signal to an output signal of the oscillation forcing unit when the control loop oscillates; and a filter adjustment unit comparing evaluation values provided when filter parameter candidates are set in the filter unit sequentially, selecting one of the filter parameters achieving a smaller evaluation value, and setting the selected filter parameter in the filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Kimura, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Nobuhiro Shinohara
  • Patent number: 10480838
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus controller includes an expansion-valve controller configured to output an opening-degree command for an expansion valve based on a deviation between a discharge temperature of refrigerant discharged from a compressor and a set discharge temperature, and at least two control parameters including a proportionality coefficient and an integral coefficient, a flow-rate-correction-coefficient calculator configured to calculate a flow-rate correction coefficient from a refrigerant flow rate of refrigerant circulating through a refrigerant circuit and a preset flow-rate reference value, and a coefficient corrector configured to calculate the proportionality coefficient by correcting a preset proportionality-coefficient reference value based on the flow-rate correction coefficient, and calculate the integral coefficient by correcting a preset integral-coefficient reference value based on the flow-rate correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Fujitsuka, Masaya Kimura, Kazunori Tsuchino
  • Patent number: 10315876
    Abstract: The roller-to-roller conveyance control apparatus includes an amplitude target setting unit that sets an amplitude target value of the tension deviation; an adjustment execution command generation unit that provides a command to adjust the control gain; an adjustment manipulated-variable output unit that outputs an adjustment manipulated variable; a manipulated-variable amplitude determination unit that increases the amplitude of the adjustment manipulated variable until the amplitude of the tension deviation becomes larger than the amplitude target value; and a control-gain calculation device that calculates the control gain from the amplitude and the vibration period of the tension deviation. A tension-shaft speed controller controls a tension-control-shaft motor on the basis of the line speed reference and the adjustment manipulated variable during the adjustment of the control gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Onodera, Tsutomu Yamamoto, Masaya Kimura
  • Publication number: 20190123672
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes: an oscillation instruction unit outputting an oscillation instruction signal; a filter unit performing filtering processing having frequency characteristic defined by a filter parameter; an oscillation forcing unit configuring a control loop in an oscillation period together with the filter unit, a current control unit, a motor, and a velocity calculation unit and causing the control loop to oscillate during the oscillation period in which the oscillation instruction signal is in the on-state; an amplitude evaluation unit acquiring, as an evaluation value, the amplitude ratio of an input signal to an output signal of the oscillation forcing unit when the control loop oscillates; and a filter adjustment unit comparing evaluation values provided when filter parameter candidates are set in the filter unit sequentially, selecting one of the filter parameters achieving a smaller evaluation value, and setting the selected filter parameter in the filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya KIMURA, Hidetoshi IKEDA, Nobuhiro SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 10088813
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a control computing unit that generates an operation amount based on a control deviation, calculated by performing subtraction of a command value and a control amount, and a control gain; an adjustment-execution-command generating unit that generates an adjustment-execution command value indicating ON or OFF; a binary output unit that generates an adjustment-time addition value based on the control deviation and a hysteresis-width setting value; a standard-deviation estimating unit that calculates a low-frequency-component removed signal obtained by removing low-frequency components of the control amount or the control deviation and calculates a standard-deviation estimated value, which is an estimated value of a standard deviation; and a hysteresis-width computing unit that calculates a hysteresis-width computed value based on the standard-deviation estimated value and changes the hysteresis-width setting value of the binary output unit to the hysteresis-width computed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Kimura, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Fumio Kometani
  • Patent number: 10029873
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling conveyance between rollers includes: a tension-control-amount-detector; a speed-shaft-speed-controller; a tension-shaft-speed-controller; a synchronous-speed-command-generation-unit synchronizing the speed-shaft speed command with a tension-shaft reference speed command; a tension-control-calculation-unit outputting a tension-control correction value based on proportional compensation based on a proportional gain, and integral compensation based on an integral gain; an adjustment-execution-command-generation-unit outputting an adjustment execution command during an automatic adjustment period; a binary-output-unit outputting one of positive and negative values of the additional-value amplitude as an additional value in adjustment during the automatic adjustment period; a tension-shaft-speed-command-generation-unit outputting a tension-shaft speed command based on the tension-shaft reference speed command, the tension-control correction value and the additional value in adjustment;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ikeda, Masaya Kimura, Akio Saito, Yoshihiro Marushita
  • Patent number: 10023416
    Abstract: An inter-roller conveyance control device conveying an object to be conveyed between a speed shaft roller driven by a speed shaft motor and a tension shaft roller driven by a tension shaft motor while providing tension to the object includes a gain table that stores a plurality of pairs of a conveyance condition variable changing while the object to be conveyed is conveyed and affecting an appropriate value of a control parameter and a control parameter candidate value that is an appropriate control parameter where, when the conveyance condition variable is changed, the device performs calculation on the basis of the conveyance condition variable and a gain calculation result and writes, into the gain table, the control parameter candidate value and the conveyance condition variable in association with each other when the calculation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Kimura, Hidetoshi Ikeda, Akio Saito, Yoshihiro Marushita