Patents by Inventor Ryosuke Masuda
Ryosuke Masuda 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).
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Patent number: 11925974Abstract: A breakout prediction method includes: a step of inputting a dimension of a solid product withdrawn from a mold in a continuous casting machine; a step of detecting a temperature of the mold by a plurality of thermometers embedded in the mold; a step of executing interpolation processing on the detected temperatures detected by the plurality of thermometers according to the dimension of the solid product; a step of calculating, based on the temperatures calculated by executing the interpolation processing, a component in a direction orthogonal to an influence coefficient vector obtained by principal component analysis as a degree of deviation from during a normal operation in which a breakout has not occurred; and a step of predicting a breakout based on the degree of deviation.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Masuda, Yoshinari Hashimoto, Akitoshi Matsui, Shugo Morita, Tatsuro Hayashida, Taiga Koriyama, Takehide Hirata
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Publication number: 20240071705Abstract: A power supply control device is to be installed in a vehicle. The power supply control device controls power supply via a semiconductor switch and a fuse by turning the semiconductor switch ON or OFF. The semiconductor switch and the fuse are mounted on a circuit board. In the fuse, two long plate-shaped terminals are arranged in a row. The fusing portion and a part of the two terminals are covered with a housing having heat resistance. The two terminals are disposed in a current path of a current flowing through the semiconductor switch. The current flows through the fusing portion. If the temperature of the fusing portion exceeds a predetermined temperature, the fusing portion is fused.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Ryosuke MASUDA, Masayuki KATO, Shunichi SAWANO, Ryohei SAWADA
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Patent number: 11899043Abstract: Provided is current detection apparatus for detecting current flowing through a power supply path of a power supply control apparatus. The power supply path includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The current detection apparatus includes: a first and a second shunt resistor connected in parallel between the first and the second conductor, and a current detection circuit detecting: (1) current flowing through the first shunt resistor; and (2) current flowing from the first to the second conductor via both the first and second shunt resistors. The current detection apparatus further includes an arithmetic circuit that calculates current flowing through the power supply path based on a correlative relationship between the current flowing from the first to the second conductor via both the first and the second shunt resistor and current flowing through the first shunt resistor, and the current detected by the current detection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Masuda, Masayuki Kato, Shunichi Sawano
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Patent number: 11890671Abstract: A control method for a continuous casting machine, includes: estimating, by on-line real-time system, a flow state of molten steel in a mold by using an operation condition of a continuous casting machine and temperature data on the molten steel in the mold; calculating, by on-line real-time system, a molten steel flow index based on the estimated flow state of the molten steel, the molten steel flow index being a factor of mixing of an impurity into a casting inside the mold; and controlling the operation condition of the continuous casting machine such that the calculated molten steel flow index is within an appropriate range.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Masuda, Yoshinari Hashimoto, Akitoshi Matsui, Shugo Morita, Tatsuro Hayashida, Taiga Koriyama, Ryo Morishita
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Publication number: 20240021395Abstract: An on-vehicle device is provided with a fuse. A plurality of terminals each have a long- plate shape and are aligned with each other. A fusible portion is connected to two of the plurality of terminals. A housing covers a part of the plurality of terminals and the fusible portion and has heat resistance equal to or higher than 300 degrees. Current flows through the fusible portion. The fusible portion is blown out in the case where the temperature of the fusible portion exceeds a predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Ryosuke MASUDA, Masayuki KATO, Akihiro ODA, Yu KUYA, Chikako OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230313329Abstract: An operation guidance method includes: predicting a state in a blast furnace when a current operation state is retained in a future, by using a physical model that is able to calculate the state in the blast furnace; and displaying, on an output device, an oxygen balance in a raceway region, a carbon balance in an entire furnace, and an oxygen balance derived from iron oxide in the entire furnace, when the state in the blast furnace is predicted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinari HASHIMOTO, Ryosuke MASUDA
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Patent number: 11724307Abstract: A device includes: an input device configured to receive an input of measurement results of a temperature and components of molten steel in a tundish of continuous casting facilities, measurement results of a width, a thickness, and a casting speed of a cast slab casted in the continuous casting facilities, and molten steel flow rate distribution in a mold; a model database configured to store a model expression and a parameter related to solidification reaction of molten steel in the mold; a convertor configured to convert a molten steel flow rate in the mold into a heat conductivity parameter; and a calculator configured to estimate a solidified shell thickness in the mold based on temperature distribution of the mold and steel in the mold calculated by solving a three-dimensional transient heat conduction equation using the measurement results.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Masuda, Yoshinari Hashimoto, Akitoshi Matsui, Shugo Morita, Tatsuro Hayashida, Taiga Koriyama
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Publication number: 20230251036Abstract: A method for controlling a hot metal temperature, includes: a first control loop for calculating a target value of pulverized coal ratio such that a hot metal temperature, predicted by a physical model that is able to calculate conditions inside a blast furnace, falls within a preset target range; and a second control loop for calculating pulverized coal flow rate manipulation quantity to compensate for a deviation between the pulverized coal ratio target value and a current pulverized coal ratio actual value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinari HASHIMOTO, Shunpei SHIGENO, Ryosuke MASUDA, Koki UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20230226600Abstract: A breakout prediction method includes: a step of inputting a dimension of a solid product withdrawn from a mold in a continuous casting machine; a step of detecting a temperature of the mold by a plurality of thermometers embedded in the mold; a step of executing interpolation processing on the detected temperatures detected by the plurality of thermometers according to the dimension of the solid product; a step of calculating, based on the temperatures calculated by executing the interpolation processing, a component in a direction orthogonal to an influence coefficient vector obtained by principal component analysis as a degree of deviation from during a normal operation in which a breakout has not occurred; and a step of predicting a breakout based on the degree of deviation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke MASUDA, Yoshinari HASHIMOTO, Akitoshi MATSUI, Shugo MORITA, Tatsuro HAYASHIDA, Taiga KORIYAMA, Takehide HIRATA
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Patent number: 11648607Abstract: A continuously casting method including arranging temperature measuring elements according to specified conditions, selecting as evaluation targets for temperatures of copper plates on a wide face of mold values measured by the temperature measuring elements arranged closer to a center in a width direction of a cast slab than short sides of the cast slab under continuous casting at levels of 50 mm or more lower in a slab withdrawal direction than a meniscus of a molten steel in a mold, and adjusting a casting condition such that a standard deviation of the values measured over the width direction of the copper plates on the wide face of mold at a same level in the slab withdrawal direction is 20° C. or lower.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akitoshi Matsui, Shugo Morita, Tatsuro Hayashida, Yoshinari Hashimoto, Ryosuke Masuda, Taiga Koriyama, Ryo Morishita
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Publication number: 20220333921Abstract: An in-mold solidified shell thickness estimation apparatus includes: an input device; a model database configured to store a model formula and a parameter related to a solidification reaction of a molten steel inside a mold of a continuous casting facility; and a heat transfer model calculator configured to estimate an in-mold solidified shell thickness by calculating temperature distributions of the mold and of the molten steel inside the mold by solving a three-dimensional unsteady heat transfer equation. The heat transfer model calculator is configured to correct errors in a temperature of a mold copper plate and in an amount of heat removed from the mold, by correcting an overall heat transfer coefficient between the mold copper plate and the solidified shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke MASUDA, Yoshinari HASHIMOTO, Akitoshi MATSUI, Shugo MORITA, Tatsuro HAYASHIDA, Taiga KORIYAMA, Miho SATO
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Publication number: 20220308092Abstract: Provided is current detection apparatus for detecting current flowing through a power supply path of a power supply control apparatus. The power supply path includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The current detection apparatus includes: a first and a second shunt resistor connected in parallel between the first and the second conductor, and a current detection circuit detecting: (1) current flowing through the first shunt resistor; and (2) current flowing from the first to the second conductor via both the first and second shunt resistors. The current detection apparatus further includes an arithmetic circuit that calculates current flowing through the power supply path based on a correlative relationship between the current flowing from the first to the second conductor via both the first and the second shunt resistor and current flowing through the first shunt resistor, and the current detected by the current detection circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Ryosuke Masuda, Masayuki Kato, Shunichi Sawano
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Publication number: 20220152695Abstract: A device includes: an input device configured to receive an input of measurement results of a temperature and components of molten steel in a tundish of continuous casting facilities, measurement results of a width, a thickness, and a casting speed of a cast slab casted in the continuous casting facilities, and molten steel flow rate distribution in a mold; a model database configured to store a model expression and a parameter related to solidification reaction of molten steel in the mold; a convertor configured to convert a molten steel flow rate in the mold into a heat conductivity parameter; and a calculator configured to estimate a solidified shell thickness in the mold based on temperature distribution of the mold and steel in the mold calculated by solving a three-dimensional transient heat conduction equation using the measurement results.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke MASUDA, Yoshinari HASHIMOTO, Akitoshi MATSUI, Shugo MORITA, Tatsuro HAYASHIDA, Taiga KORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220126359Abstract: A continuously casting method including arranging temperature measuring elements according to specified conditions, selecting as evaluation targets for temperatures of copper plates on a wide face of mold values measured by the temperature measuring elements arranged closer to a center in a width direction of a cast slab than short sides of the cast slab under continuous casting at levels of 50 mm or more lower in a slab withdrawal direction than a meniscus of a molten steel in a mold, and adjusting a casting condition such that a standard deviation of the values measured over the width direction of the copper plates on the wide face of mold at a same level in the slab withdrawal direction is 20° C. or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akitoshi MATSUI, Shugo MORITA, Tatsuro HAYASHIDA, Yoshinari HASHIMOTO, Ryosuke MASUDA, Taiga KORIYAMA, Ryo MORISHITA
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Publication number: 20210387250Abstract: A control method for a continuous casting machine, includes: estimating, by on-line real-time system, a flow state of molten steel in a mold by using an operation condition of a continuous casting machine and temperature data on the molten steel in the mold; calculating, by on-line real-time system, a molten steel flow index based on the estimated flow state of the molten steel, the molten steel flow index being a factor of mixing of an impurity into a casting inside the mold; and controlling the operation condition of the continuous casting machine such that the calculated molten steel flow index is within an appropriate range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke MASUDA, Yoshinari HASHIMOTO, Akitoshi MATSUI, Shugo MORITA, Tatsuro HAYASHIDA, Taiga KORIYAMA, Ryo MORISHITA
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Patent number: 7593014Abstract: An image processing apparatus including image creation means (S14) for creating an animated image of a character in accordance with shape data of the character (S11) shifting with a predetermined motion in a virtual space, motion data (S12) indicating the predetermined action, and shift amount data (S13) of a shift amount for each of the predetermined actions of the character, and reproduction/display means (S16) for displaying the animated images of the characters on display means. The characters have shapes different in size. The motion data is common to all the characters. The shift amount data is set to a shift amount proportional to the character size. The reproduction/display means changes the reproduction speed (S15) of the animated image of the character created by the image creation means, in accordance with the shift amount data of the character.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha SegaInventors: Hideyuki Oyamada, Ryosuke Masuda
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Publication number: 20040209680Abstract: An image processing apparatus including image creation means (S14) for creating an animated image of a character in accordance with shape data of the character (S11) shifting with a predetermined motion in a virtual space, motion data (S12) indicating the predetermined action, and shift amount data (S13) of a shift amount for each of the predetermined actions of the character, and reproduction/display means (S16) for displaying the animated images of the characters on display means. The characters have shapes different in size. The motion data is common to all the characters. The shift amount data is set to a shift amount proportional to the character size. The reproduction/display means changes the reproduction speed (S15) of the animated image of the character created by the image creation means, in accordance with the shift amount data of the character.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Hideyuki Oyamada, Ryosuke Masuda
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Patent number: 5010774Abstract: A distribution type tactile sensor, which comprises a plurality of electrodes provided in pairs at respective pressure sensing points on a pressure sensitive conductive rubber sheet capable of changing the electrical resistance responsive to compressive forces, and a rectifier element provided to respective electrodes for rectifying the current flowing across each pair of electrodes through the rubber sheet, the electrodes being divided into groups each comprising electrodes arranged in a line for respective polarities of the electrodes, electrodes in respective electrode groups being parallel connected to one another through electrode leads, and directions of the division of electrode groups divided for respective polarities being crossed with one another at respective pressure sensing points.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1989Date of Patent: April 30, 1991Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kanaya Kikuo, Katsuhiko Kanamori, Ryosuke Masuda