Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Hattori

Nobuyuki Hattori 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: 20190195923
    Abstract: A measurement device that performs a predetermined measurement task together with a plurality of other measurement devices is provided. This measurement device is provided with a sampling phase generator for generating a sampling phase for instructing a timing of sampling, and a communication unit for communicating with at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The communication unit transmits the sampling phase generated by the sampling phase generator to at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The sampling phase generator is configured to generate a third sampling phase, using an operation that is based on a generated first sampling phase and a second sampling phase received by the communication unit from at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro OHORI, Nobuyuki HATTORI
  • Patent number: 10247764
    Abstract: A measurement device that performs a predetermined measurement task together with a plurality of other measurement devices is provided. This measurement device is provided with a sampling phase generator for generating a sampling phase for instructing a timing of sampling, and a communication unit for communicating with at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The communication unit transmits the sampling phase generated by the sampling phase generator to at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The sampling phase generator is configured to generate a third sampling phase, using an operation that is based on a generated first sampling phase and a second sampling phase received by the communication unit from at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Ohori, Nobuyuki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20190065439
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus is used in cooperation with another equivalent measurement apparatus. Each measurement apparatus includes a change amount calculator for calculating a change amount of measured values, an average value generator for generating a first internal average value based on the change amount, and a communication unit for receiving a second internal average value that was generated by at least one other measurement apparatus. The average value generator generates a third internal average value, using a computation result based on at least the first and second internal average values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro OHORI, Nobuyuki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20190052185
    Abstract: A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are highl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HATTORI, Akihiro OHORI, Hiroki MUNECHIKA
  • Publication number: 20190020261
    Abstract: A signal processor is configured to perform a process equivalent to performing a series of fixed-to-rotating coordinate conversion, a predetermined process and then rotating-to-fixed coordinate conversion, while maintaining linearity and time-invariance. The signal processor performs a process given by the following matrix G: G = [ F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ? j - F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ? j F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ] where F(s) is a transfer function representing the predetermined process, ?0 is a predetermined angular frequency and j is the imaginary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro OHORI, Nobuyuki HATTORI
  • Patent number: 10162801
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus is used in cooperation with another equivalent measurement apparatus. Each measurement apparatus includes a change amount calculator for calculating a change amount of measured values, an average value generator for generating a first internal average value based on the change amount, and a communication unit for receiving a second internal average value that was generated by at least one other measurement apparatus. The average value generator generates a third internal average value, using a computation result based on at least the first and second internal average values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Ohori, Nobuyuki Hattori
  • Patent number: 10141864
    Abstract: A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: DAUHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hattori, Akihiro Ohori, Hiroki Munechika
  • Patent number: 10110111
    Abstract: A signal processor is configured to perform a process equivalent to performing a series of fixed-to-rotating coordinate conversion, a predetermined process and then rotating-to-fixed coordinate conversion, while maintaining linearity and time-invariance. The signal processor performs a process given by the following matrix G: G = [ F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ? j - F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ? j F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ] where F(s) is a transfer function representing the predetermined process, ?0 is a predetermined angular frequency and j is the imaginary unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Ohori, Nobuyuki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20180234029
    Abstract: A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HATTORI, Akihiro OHORI, Hiroki MUNECHIKA
  • Patent number: 9979317
    Abstract: A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are high1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hattori, Akihiro Ohori, Hiroki Munechika
  • Patent number: 9450513
    Abstract: A control circuit controls the inverter circuit in one of the non-master-slave inverters connected in parallel in a power system. The control circuit includes: a target parameter controller for generating a compensation value for adjusting a target parameter to the target value; a cooperative correction value generator for generating a correction value for cooperating with another of the inverters; a PWM signal generator for generating a PWM signal based on a correction compensation value obtained by adding the correction value to the compensation value; a weighting unit for weighting the correction compensation value; and a communication unit for communicating with other inverters. The communication unit transmits the weighted correction compensation value to the other inverters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Ohori, Nobuyuki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20160241158
    Abstract: A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are high1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HATTORI, Akihiro OHORI, Hiroki MUNECHIKA
  • Patent number: 9294009
    Abstract: A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hattori, Akihiro Ohori, Hiroki Munechika
  • Publication number: 20150248376
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus is used in cooperation with another equivalent measurement apparatus. Each measurement apparatus includes a change amount calculator for calculating a change amount of measured values, an average value generator for generating a first internal average value based on the change amount, and a communication unit for receiving a second internal average value that was generated by at least one other measurement apparatus. The average value generator generates a third internal average value, using a computation result based on at least the first and second internal average values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro OHORI, Nobuyuki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20150188409
    Abstract: A signal processor is configured to perform a process equivalent to performing a series of fixed-to-rotating coordinate conversion, a predetermined process and then rotating-to-fixed coordinate conversion, while maintaining linearity and time-invariance. The signal processor performs a process given by the following matrix G: G = [ F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ? j - F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) - F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ? j F ? ( s + j ? ? ? 0 ) + F ? ( s - j ? ? ? 0 ) 2 ] where F(s) is a transfer function representing the predetermined process, ?0 is a predetermined angular frequency and j is the imaginary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro OHORI, Nobuyuki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20150092462
    Abstract: A control circuit controls the inverter circuit in one of the non-master-slave inverters connected in parallel in a power system. The control circuit includes: a target parameter controller for generating a compensation value for adjusting a target parameter to the target value; a cooperative correction value generator for generating a correction value for cooperating with another of the inverters; a PWM signal generator for generating a PWM signal based on a correction compensation value obtained by adding the correction value to the compensation value; a weighting unit for weighting the correction compensation value; and a communication unit for communicating with other inverters. The communication unit transmits the weighted correction compensation value to the other inverters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro OHORI, Nobuyuki HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20150028851
    Abstract: A measurement device that performs a predetermined measurement task together with a plurality of other measurement devices is provided. This measurement device is provided with a sampling phase generator for generating a sampling phase for instructing a timing of sampling, and a communication unit for communicating with at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The communication unit transmits the sampling phase generated by the sampling phase generator to at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices. The sampling phase generator is configured to generate a third sampling phase, using an operation that is based on a generated first sampling phase and a second sampling phase received by the communication unit from at least one of the plurality of other measurement devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro OHORI, Nobuyuki HATTORI
  • Patent number: 8446742
    Abstract: An inverter control circuit (6) controls the operation of a plurality of switching elements in a three-phase inverter circuit (2) by a PWM signal. A phase voltage output from the three-phase inverter circuit (2) is outputted through a low-pass filter (3). A waveform of the phase voltage output from the low-pass filter (3) assumes the following waveforms through the control of the PWM signal. The waveform becomes zero in a first one-third period of a cycle; forms a sine wave corresponding to a phase from 0 to 2?/3 in a second one-third period; and forms a sine wave corresponding to a phase from ?/3 to ? in a remaining one-third period of the cycle. Such PWM signal cyclically includes a period where a pulse is not generated. Therefore, the switching action of the switching element is periodically stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: DAIHEN Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hattori, Noriyuki Morotomi, Daisuke Tsukiyama
  • Patent number: 8385085
    Abstract: The PWM signal generator of the present invention generates a first pulse waveform in which a first on-time ?T1 calculated by a first on-time calculator (401) is used as an on-duration, and a second pulse waveform in which a second on-time ?T2, calculated by a second on-time calculator (402) when a preset delay time has elapsed from the start of the calculation of the first on-time ?T1, is used as an on-duration. Also, a PWM signal generator (413) generates a PWM signal on the basis of a composite pulse in which the generated first pulse waveform and second pulse waveform are combined, and the first on-time calculator (401) calculates the first on-time ?T1 at the end of the composite pulse waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Daihen Corporation, Kyoto University, National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hattori, Yoshito Ohta, Kenji Hirata
  • Publication number: 20120243276
    Abstract: A control circuit reduces switching loss by periodically stopping switching elements, and reduces the difference between the time for which positive switching elements are in on state and the time for which negative switching elements are in on state. The control circuit includes a command value signal generator generating command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 from line voltage command value signals Xuv, Xvw, and Xwu, and includes a PWM signal generator generating PWM signals by the command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1. The command value signals Xu1, Xv1, and Xw1 are continuously at “0” for a predetermined period, and are continuously at “2” for another period. This enables reducing the difference between the period for which the PWM signals are low and the period for which they are high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: DAIHEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HATTORI, Akihiro OHORI, Hiroki MUNECHIKA