Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kamiyama

Masayuki Kamiyama 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: 8188709
    Abstract: A power transmission control device used for a non-contact power transmission system includes an operation mode switching terminal that receives an operation mode switch control signal that switches a mode between an automatic mode and a switch mode, a power transmitting device starting normal power transmission in the automatic mode after installation of a power-receiving-side instrument that includes a power receiving device in an area in which power transmitted via non-contact power transmission can be received has been automatically detected, the normal power transmission supplying power to a load of the power-receiving-side instrument, and the power transmitting device starting the normal power transmission in the switch mode after an operation trigger switch has been turned ON, an operation trigger terminal that receives an operation trigger signal that occurs due to an operation of the operation trigger switch, and a power-transmitting-side control circuit that controls power transmission to the power
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Nobutaka Shiozaki, Takahiro Kamijo, Minoru Hasegawa, Haruhiko Sogabe
  • Patent number: 8179089
    Abstract: A power transmission control apparatus is a power transmission control apparatus provided in a power transmission apparatus included in a contactless power transmission system where power is transmitted from the power transmission apparatus to a power reception apparatus by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil. The power transmission control apparatus includes: a signal detection circuit that detects a signal induced by the primary coil; and a power transmission control circuit that determines a value of transmission data transmitted from the power reception apparatus by a load modulation, on the basis of an output signal of the signal detection circuit. The power transmission control circuit obtains detection data by detecting the transmission data on the basis of the output signal of the signal detection circuit at every drive clock cycle of the primary coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shiozaki, Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 8143745
    Abstract: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil from the power transmission device to a power receiving device so as to supply the power to a load on the power receiving device. The power transmission control device includes a controller that controls the power transmission control device, and a register section. The register section includes a power receiving side information register that stores power receiving side information received from the power receiving device, and a power transmission side information register that stores power transmission side information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shiozaki, Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Takahiko Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8134256
    Abstract: A power receiving control device provided to a power receiving device in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power from a power transmission device by electromagnetically coupling primary and secondary coils to feed electric power to a load. The power receiving control device includes a power receiving side control circuit. The power receiving side control circuit turns on a switch circuit provided between input and output nodes of a regulator in the power receiving device based on detecting lowering power feeding capability. The power receiving side control circuit turns off the switch circuit when power feeding is temporarily stopped in a period when the regulator is bypassed when voltage of a power supply control signal output terminal switches levels or before the power feeding is temporarily stopped. The power receiving side control circuit turns on the switch circuit after releasing the temporary stop of power feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Nobutaka Shiozaki, Kentaro Yoda, Takahiro Kamijo
  • Patent number: 8026694
    Abstract: A power-transmission-side control circuit causes a power transmission device to perform temporary power transmission when a switch provided in a power-transmission-side instrument has been turned ON, and performs ID authentication based on ID authentication information. The power-transmission-side control circuit detects the presence or absence of a foreign object during normal power transmission by monitoring a change in induced voltage in a primary coil, causes the power transmission device to stop temporary power transmission when the ID authentication information from the power reception device has not been received within a given period of time, causes the power transmission device to stop temporary power transmission when the ID authentication has failed, and causes the power transmission device to stop normal power transmission when removal, a metal foreign object, a takeover state, or a full-charge state has been detected after normal power transmission has started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kamijo, Minoru Hasegawa, Haruhiko Sogabe, Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Nobutaka Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 8004118
    Abstract: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmitting device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a driver control circuit that controls a power transmitting driver that drives a primary coil, a load state detection circuit that detects a power-receiving-side load state, and a control circuit that controls the driver control circuit. The control circuit performs a foreign object detection process based on load state detection information from the load state detection circuit after receiving ID authentication information from a power receiving device, and starts normal power transmission to the power receiving device after performing the foreign object detection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kamijo, Minoru Hasegawa, Kentaro Yoda, Haruhiko Sogabe, Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Nobutaka Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 7884927
    Abstract: A power transmission control device includes a power-transmitting-side control circuit that controls an operation of a power transmitting device, a driver control circuit that controls operations of a first power transmitting driver and a second power transmitting driver, and a waveform detection circuit that performs a waveform detection process based on a monitor signal from a waveform monitor circuit. The first power transmitting driver drives a first node of a primary coil directly, and the second power transmitting driver drives a second node of the primary coil through a capacitor. A switch circuit is provided in the waveform monitor circuit, the switch circuit being situated in a signal path between the primary coil and a low-level power supply potential. The power-transmitting-side control circuit causes the switch circuit to be turned ON/OFF using a switch control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Nobutaka Shiozaki, Takahiro Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20100026236
    Abstract: A power transmission control device provided to a power transmission device of a contactless power transmission system includes a controller including an authentication process section and a command process section. The authentication process section performs an authentication process on a power receiving device before normal power transmission from the power transmission device to the power receiving device starts. If an event proceeding to a communication mode in which the power transmission device and the power receiving device communicate with occurs, after the normal power transmission starts, the command process section proceeds to a command branch phase without proceeding to a phase of the authentication process, and performs a command process on the communication mode in the command branch phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Kota ONISHI, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20100013319
    Abstract: There is provided a power transmission control device included in a power transmission device in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power from the power transmission device to a power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil to a secondary coil to supply the power to a load of the power receiving device. The power transmission control device includes a controller controlling the power transmission control device, a host interface communicating with a power transmission-side host, and a register section accessible from the power transmission-side host via the host interface. The controller shifts into a communication mode that executes communication between the power transmission-side host and a power receiving-side host, when the power transmission-side host writes, via the host interface, a communication request command that requests the communication between the hosts in the register section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Kota ONISHI, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI, Kentaro YODA, Takahiro KAMIJO
  • Publication number: 20100013320
    Abstract: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil from the power transmission device to a power receiving device so as to supply the power to a load on the power receiving device. The power transmission control device includes a controller that controls the power transmission control device, and a register section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka SHIOZAKI, Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Takahiko NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20100013322
    Abstract: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device included in a contactless power transmission system in which power is transmitted from the power transmission device to a power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil and the power is supplied to a load of the power receiving device includes a controller controlling the power transmission control device. The controller includes a communication condition setting section setting, by exchanging information with the power receiving device, a communication condition that is at least one of a communication method between the power transmission device and the power receiving device and a communication parameter, and a communication processing section performing a communication processing between the power transmission device and the power receiving device by using the set communication condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko SOGABE, Yoichiro KONDO, Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI, Takahiro KAMIJO
  • Publication number: 20100013321
    Abstract: A power receiving control device provided to a power receiving device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits electric power from a power transmission device to the power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil so as to feed the electric power to a load serving as a power feeding object from a voltage output node of the power receiving device, which includes a rectifying circuit and a regulator; and transmits a load modulation signal to the power transmission device by load modulation performed by a load modulation section included in the power receiving device, in a period of the power feeding to the load as the power feeding object, includes a power receiving side control circuit controlling an operation of the power receiving device; and a power supply control signal output terminal for outputting a power supply control signal by which the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped In the device, the power receiving side control
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI, Kentaro YODA, Takahiro KAMIJO
  • Publication number: 20090322280
    Abstract: A power transmission control device included in a contactless power transmission system in which power is transmitted from a power transmission device to a power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil and the power is supplied to a load of the power receiving device, includes a controller controlling the power transmission control device, and a load condition detection circuit detecting a load condition on a power receiving side. The controller determines the load condition on the power receiving side based on threshold information received from the power receiving device and load condition detection information from the load condition detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro KAMIJO, Yoichiro KONDO, Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20090325651
    Abstract: A power transmission control device is provided in a contactless power transmission system that supplies electric power to a load of a power reception device such that a primary coil and a secondary coil are electromagnetically coupled to each other so as to transmit the electric power to the power reception device from the power transmission device. The power transmission control device includes a controller that controls the power transmission control device, and a storage section that stores information about a power transmitting side coil. The controller performs a collation process for collating the information about the power transmitting side coil with information about a power receiving side coil received from the power reception device, and determines whether or not the information about the power transmitting side coil is compatible with the information about the power receiving side coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro KONDO, Takahiro KAMIJO, Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20090322281
    Abstract: A power transmission control device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits power by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil from a power transmission device to a power receiving device so as to supply the power to a load of the power receiving device includes: a controller that controls the power transmission device. The controller includes: a negotiation processing section that performs a negotiation process of contactless power transmission; and a setup processing section that performs a setup process of the contactless power transmission based on a result of the negotiation process. In the device, normal power transmission from the power transmission device to the power receiving device is started after the setup process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro KAMIJO, Yoichiro Kondo, Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Nobutaka Shiozaki, Kentaro Yoda
  • Publication number: 20090302800
    Abstract: A power transmission control apparatus is a power transmission control apparatus provided in a power transmission apparatus included in a contactless power transmission system where power is transmitted from the power transmission apparatus to a power reception apparatus by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil. The power transmission control apparatus includes: a signal detection circuit that detects a signal induced by the primary coil; and a power transmission control circuit that determines a value of transmission data transmitted from the power reception apparatus by a load modulation, on the basis of an output signal of the signal detection circuit. The power transmission control circuit obtains detection data by detecting the transmission data on the basis of the output signal of the signal detection circuit at every drive clock cycle of the primary coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka SHIOZAKI, Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama
  • Publication number: 20090174364
    Abstract: A power transmission control device used for a non-contact power transmission system includes an operation mode switching terminal that receives an operation mode switch control signal that switches a mode between an automatic mode and a switch mode, a power transmitting device starting normal power transmission in the automatic mode after installation of a power-receiving-side instrument that includes a power receiving device in an area in which power transmitted via non-contact power transmission can be received has been automatically detected, the normal power transmission supplying power to a load of the power-receiving-side instrument, and the power transmitting device starting the normal power transmission in the switch mode after an operation trigger switch has been turned ON, an operation trigger terminal that receives an operation trigger signal that occurs due to an operation of the operation trigger switch, and a power-transmitting-side control circuit that controls power transmission to the power
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI, Takahiro KAMIJO, Minoru HASEGAWA, Haruhiko SOGABE
  • Publication number: 20090174264
    Abstract: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmitting device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a power-transmitting-side control circuit that controls power transmission to a power receiving device, the power-transmitting-side control circuit causing the power transmitting device to perform intermittent temporary power transmission, detecting a response from the power receiving device that has received the power due to the temporary power transmission to automatically detect installation of a power-receiving-side instrument that includes the power receiving device in an area in which power transmitted via non-contact power transmission can be received, and causing the power transmitting device to perform continuous normal power transmission to the power receiving device when the installation of the power-receiving-side instrument has been detected. A foreign object detection process may also be performed in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI, Takahiro KAMIJO, Minoru HASEGAWA, Haruhiko SOGABE
  • Publication number: 20090175060
    Abstract: A power transmission control device includes a power-transmitting-side control circuit that controls an operation of a power transmitting device, a driver control circuit that controls operations of a first power transmitting driver and a second power transmitting driver, and a waveform detection circuit that performs a waveform detection process based on a monitor signal from a waveform monitor circuit. The first power transmitting driver drives a first node of a primary coil directly, and the second power transmitting driver drives a second node of the primary coil through a capacitor. A switch circuit is provided in the waveform monitor circuit, the switch circuit being situated in a signal path between the primary coil and a low-level power supply potential. The power-transmitting-side control circuit causes the switch circuit to be turned ON/OFF using a switch control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Onishi, Masayuki Kamiyama, Nobutaka Shiozaki, Takahiro Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20090133942
    Abstract: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmitting device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a driver control circuit that controls a power transmitting driver that drives a primary coil, a load state detection circuit that detects a power-receiving-side load state, and a control circuit that controls the power transmission control device. The control circuit acquires a reference value used to determine a power-receiving-side load state after starting normal power transmission in a reference value acquisition period, the reference value acquisition period being a period after receiving ID authentication information from the power receiving device, but before starting the normal power transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken IISAKA, Takahiro KAMIJO, Kota ONISHI, Masayuki KAMIYAMA, Nobutaka SHIOZAKI