Patents by Inventor Miyuki NISHIDA

Miyuki NISHIDA 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: 10195991
    Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes a load connected to a load connection terminal; a first switching element, having one end connected to the load connection terminal, that switches between connection and disconnection of a power supply to the load; a control unit that switches between an on state and an off state of the first switching element; a detection unit that outputs a signal based on comparison between a voltage of the load connection terminal and a predetermined reference voltage; an acquisition unit that acquires the signal from the detection unit; a determination unit that determines that the load is in an abnormal state when the acquisition unit acquires an abnormality detection signal, which is a signal of a predetermined level, continuously for more than a predetermined first determination time period after the control unit switches the first switching element from the on state to the off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miyuki Nishida
  • Patent number: 10040411
    Abstract: An electronic control unit monitors a state of a monitor target based on an analog signal from a sensor which is supplied with electric power and which outputs the analog signal that changes in accordance with a value of the electric power and the state of the monitor target. The electronic control unit includes a first power supply, a second power supply having higher accuracy than the first power supply, and a controller. The controller supplies the power to the sensor with the first power supply and determines whether there is a change in the state of the monitor target based on the analog signal. When determining that there is the change, the controller switches over a power supply from the first power supply to the second power supply and determines whether there is a change in the state of the monitor target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miyuki Nishida
  • Publication number: 20180194283
    Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes a load connected to a load connection terminal; a first switching element, having one end connected to the load connection terminal, that switches between connection and disconnection of a power supply to the load; a control unit that switches between an on state and an off state of the first switching element; a detection unit that outputs a signal based on comparison between a voltage of the load connection terminal and a predetermined reference voltage; an acquisition unit that acquires the signal from the detection unit; a determination unit that determines that the load is in an abnormal state when the acquisition unit acquires an abnormality detection signal, which is a signal of a predetermined level, continuously for more than a predetermined first determination time period after the control unit switches the first switching element from the on state to the off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventor: Miyuki NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160193974
    Abstract: An electronic control unit monitors a state of a monitor target based on an analog signal from a sensor which is supplied with electric power and which outputs the analog signal that changes in accordance with a value of the electric power and the state of the monitor target. The electronic control unit includes a first power supply, a second power supply having higher accuracy than the first power supply, and a controller. The controller supplies the power to the sensor with the first power supply and determines whether there is a change in the state of the monitor target based on the analog signal. When determining that there is the change, the controller switches over a power supply from the first power supply to the second power supply and determines whether there is a change in the state of the monitor target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Miyuki NISHIDA