Patents by Inventor Natsuko Ishizuka

Natsuko Ishizuka 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: 20150234362
    Abstract: A motor controller, operatively connected to a motor having an output shaft, includes a rotary detector to detect a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the output shaft of the motor to generate an actual rotary signal, a drive controller to generate a control signal based on the actual rotary signal and a target rotary signal indicating a target rotary direction and a target rotary amount, and a driver to supply a driving power to the motor based on the control signal. When the motor is in a hold state, the control signal is reversed periodically for a predetermined reverse time period T2 per a predetermined one reverse cycle T1. When the control signal is not reversed for a certain lock detection time period Tr that is longer than the revere cycle T1 of the control signal, supply of the driving power to the motor is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya MURATA, Natsuko Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 9106164
    Abstract: A motor control device to execute speed control and position control of motor simultaneously, includes a target position information provider, a target speed information provider, a detected position information detector, a processor to add position feedback information, position feed-forward information, speed feedback information, and speed feed-forward information for output as motor control information, based on the target position information, the setting target speed information, and the detected position speed information, a control voltage generator operatively connected to the processor to generate a control voltage to drive the motor in accordance with the motor control information, and a motor driver operatively connected to the control voltage generator and the motor to control rotation of the motor based on the control voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Seki, Hiroyuki Kiguchi, Natsuko Ishizuka, Takuya Murata
  • Patent number: 9093935
    Abstract: A motor control device supplies a drive control signal to a drive circuit that drives a motor at a constant period using a motor drive signal based on the drive control signal, and shuts off the motor drive signal when a count value counted by a counter that reset the count value if a state of the motor changes exceeds a threshold corresponding to a plurality of driving periods of the motor. The motor control device includes: a control unit that controls a setting unit to set a rotational direction of the motor to a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction reverse to the first rotational direction at the constant period alternately, when a drive mode of the motor is a position holding mode to drive the motor so as to hold a rotational position of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Natsuko Ishizuka, Takuya Murata, Hiroyuki Kiguchi, Takeo Seki
  • Patent number: 9088227
    Abstract: A motor controller, operatively connected to a motor having an output shaft, includes a rotary detector to detect a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the output shaft of the motor to generate an actual rotary signal, a drive controller to generate a control signal based on the actual rotary signal and a target rotary signal indicating a target rotary direction and a target rotary amount, and a driver to supply a driving power to the motor based on the control signal. When the motor is in a hold state, the control signal is reversed periodically for a predetermined reverse time period T2 per a predetermined one reverse cycle T1. When the control signal is not reversed for a certain lock detection time period Tr that is longer than the revere cycle T1 of the control signal, supply of the driving power to the motor is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Murata, Natsuko Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20150130385
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a motor lock state determining unit configured to determine whether a motor is in a rotation lock state; a position hold state determining unit configured to determine whether the motor is in a position hold state; a lock detection invalidation determining unit configured to invalidate the determination of the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state and when a predetermined condition is satisfied; a position error correction unit configured to correct an error of a target stop position of the motor when the determination of the lock state is invalidated; and a motor control unit configured to change a rotation direction of the motor in a time shorter than a time in which the motor lock state determining unit determines the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state after the error is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Natsuko ISHIZUKA, Hiroyuki KIGUCHI, Takeo SEKI, Takuya MURATA
  • Patent number: 9018884
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a motor lock state determining unit configured to determine whether a motor is in a rotation lock state; a position hold state determining unit configured to determine whether the motor is in a position hold state; a lock detection invalidation determining unit configured to invalidate the determination of the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state and when a predetermined condition is satisfied; a position error correction unit configured to correct an error of a target stop position of the motor when the determination of the lock state is invalidated; and a motor control unit configured to change a rotation direction of the motor in a time shorter than a time in which the motor lock state determining unit determines the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state after the error is corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Natsuko Ishizuka, Hiroyuki Kiguchi, Takeo Seki, Takuya Murata
  • Publication number: 20140306635
    Abstract: A motor control device performs drive control of a motor connected to an object. The motor control device includes a rotation detection unit that detects rotation of the motor and outputs a detection signal, a counter unit that receives the detection signal from the rotation detection unit and outputs a count based on the received detection signal, and an error detection unit that receives counts from the counter unit at intervals of a reference period, computes a difference between a present count received from the counter unit and a previously received count, and detects that an error arises in the rotation detection unit when the difference is continuously less than a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya WATAHIKI, Natsuko ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20140265111
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance device that includes: a conveyance unit configured to convey a conveyance object; a motor configured to drive the conveyance unit; a sensor configured to detect a position of the conveyance object; an instruction unit configured to generate an instruction signal for conveying the conveyance object to a target position; and a control unit configured to control the motor by performing a speed feedback control and control the motor so as to cancel a delay between a time when the position of the conveyance object is detected and a time when the speed feedback control is reflected on the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Natsuko ISHIZUKA, Tatsuya WATAHIKI
  • Publication number: 20140265993
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus controls driving a direct current motor according to a drive condition set by a stepping motor control unit. The motor control apparatus includes a storage unit in which the drive condition is written by the stepping motor control unit; and a direct current motor control unit that reads the drive condition from the storage unit and controls driving the direct current motor based on the drive condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya WATAHIKI, Natsuko ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20140219698
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a first control unit and a second control unit. The first control unit includes an issuing unit that issues a command that schedules a next operation of a motor according to an instruction from a controller. The second control unit includes a receiving unit that receives the command, a detecting unit that detects a state of the motor, a determining unit that makes a determination as to whether to drive the motor to perform the operation according to the state detected by the detecting unit, and an executing unit that drives the motor to perform the operation scheduled by the command as determined by the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Natsuko ISHIZUKA, Tatsuya WATAHIKI
  • Publication number: 20140049199
    Abstract: A motor control device supplies a drive control signal to a drive circuit that drives a motor at a constant period using a motor drive signal based on the drive control signal, and shuts off the motor drive signal when a count value counted by a counter that reset the count value if a state of the motor changes exceeds a threshold corresponding to a plurality of driving periods of the motor. The motor control device includes: a control unit that controls a setting unit to set a rotational direction of the motor to a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction reverse to the first rotational direction at the constant period alternately, when a drive mode of the motor is a position holding mode to drive the motor so as to hold a rotational position of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Natsuko ISHIZUKA, Takuya Murata, Hiroyuki Kiguchi, Takeo Seki
  • Publication number: 20140044466
    Abstract: A motor controller, operatively connected to a motor having an output shaft, includes a rotary detector to detect a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the output shaft of the motor to generate an actual rotary signal, a drive controller to generate a control signal based on the actual rotary signal and a target rotary signal indicating a target rotary direction and a target rotary amount, and a driver to supply a driving power to the motor based on the control signal. When the motor is in a hold state, the control signal is reversed periodically for a predetermined reverse time period T2 per a predetermined one reverse cycle T1. When the control signal is not reversed for a certain lock detection time period Tr that is longer than the revere cycle T1 of the control signal, supply of the driving power to the motor is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Takuya Murata, Natsuko Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20130200838
    Abstract: A motor control device to execute speed control and position control of motor simultaneously, includes a target position information provider, a target speed information provider, a detected position information detector, a processor to add position feedback information, position feed-forward information, speed feedback information, and speed feed-forward information for output as motor control information, based on the target position information, the setting target speed information, and the detected position speed information, a control voltage generator operatively connected to the processor to generate a control voltage to drive the motor in accordance with the motor control information, and a motor driver operatively connected to the control voltage generator and the motor to control rotation of the motor based on the control voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Takeo SEKI, Hiroyuki KIGUCHI, Natsuko ISHIZUKA, Takuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20130200836
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a motor lock state determining unit configured to determine whether a motor is in a rotation lock state; a position hold state determining unit configured to determine whether the motor is in a position hold state; a lock detection invalidation determining unit configured to invalidate the determination of the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state and when a predetermined condition is satisfied; a position error correction unit configured to correct an error of a target stop position of the motor when the determination of the lock state is invalidated; and a motor control unit configured to change a rotation direction of the motor in a time shorter than a time in which the motor lock state determining unit determines the lock state when the motor is in the position hold state after the error is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Natsuko ISHIZUKA, Hiroyuki KIGUCHI, Takeo SEKI, Takuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20130193894
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of a motor to be controlled and output a rotation detection value related to the rotation; a drive control unit configured to perform drive control to rotate the motor at a control target value increasing with time based on the rotation detection value; and an abnormality detection unit configured to perform an abnormality detection process for detecting an abnormality in the drive control based on the rotation detection value and a predetermined threshold. The drive control unit performs control to stop rotation of the motor when the abnormality is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KIGUCHI, Takeo Seki, Natsuko Ishizuka, Takuya Murata