Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Kitta

Mitsuhiro Kitta 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: 6795767
    Abstract: To miniaturize and standardize an on-vehicle electronic controller by improving an input filter circuit in the device. Direct input interface circuits and a direct output interface circuit are connected to a data bus of a microprocessor, which has a nonvolatile memory for storing a control program and so on and a RAM memory for computing. ON/OFF signals inputted from indirect input interface circuits are transmitted to the RAM memory via a variable filter circuit, in which a filter constant is set by a constant setting register, and interactive serial communication circuits. A filter constant stored in the nonvolatile memory is stored in the constant setting register via the interactive serial communication circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Nakamoto, Mitsuhiro Kitta, Hiroshi Gokan, Kohji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6678586
    Abstract: In a vehicle built-in electronic control apparatus, second control programs are written, second RAM memory for calculation processing and second input/output ports, and a serial-parallel converter for full duplex two-way serial communication for mutually conducting data communications between the main CPU and the sub CPU in operation of the controlled vehicle, and at the time of starting operation of the controlled vehicle, a part of the control constants stored in the first nonvolatile memory is transferred to the second RAM memory through the serial-parallel converter for the serial communication and the sub CPU performs predetermined calculation based on the contents of the second control programs of the second nonvolatile memory and the contents of the control constants transferred to the second RAM memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Nakamoto, Mitsuhiro Kitta, Kohji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Gokan
  • Patent number: 6640259
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electronic control apparatus comprises: a main CPU including a first nonvolatile memory in which at least control programs and control constants, in correspondence with types of controlled vehicles, transmitted from an external tool are written, the main CPU including a first RAM for calculation processing; a sub CPU including a second nonvolatile memory in which programs for input/output processing are written and a second RAM for calculation processing; and a serial-parallel converter for serial communication adapted to transmit a plurality of input signals, which are input to the sub CPU, to the main CPU, wherein a plurality of filter constants corresponding to the plurality of input signals are stored in at least one of the first and second nonvolatile memory; and the sub CPU has a digital filter section adapted to perform predetermined calculation based on the filter constants to transmit a result of the calculation to the main CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Nakamoto, Mitsuhiro Kitta, Kohji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Gokan
  • Publication number: 20020169524
    Abstract: To miniaturize and standardize an on-vehicle electronic controller by improving an input filter circuit in the device. Direct input interface circuits and a direct output interface circuit are connected to a data bus of a microprocessor, which has a nonvolatile memory for storing a control program and so on and a RAM memory for computing. ON/OFF signals inputted from indirect input interface circuits are transmitted to the RAM memory via a variable filter circuit, in which a filter constant is set by a constant setting register, and interactive serial communication circuits. A filter constant stored in the nonvolatile memory is stored in the constant setting register via the interactive serial communication circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuya Nakamoto, Mitsuhiro Kitta, Hiroshi Gokan, Kohji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20020040261
    Abstract: In a vehicle built-in electronic control apparatus, second control programs are written, second RAM memory for calculation processing and second input/output ports, and a serial-parallel converter for full duplex two-way serial communication for mutually conducting data communications between the main CPU and the sub CPU in operation of the controlled vehicle, and at the time of starting operation of the controlled vehicle, a part of the control constants stored in the first nonvolatile memory is transferred to the second RAM memory through the serial-parallel converter for the serial communication and the sub CPU performs predetermined calculation based on the contents of the second control programs of the second nonvolatile memory and the contents of the control constants transferred to the second RAM memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Katsuya Nakamoto, Mitsuhiro Kitta, Kohji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Gokan
  • Publication number: 20020035650
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electronic control apparatus comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Katsuya Nakamoto, Mitsuhiro Kitta, Kohji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Gokan