Patents by Inventor Shuhei NISHI
Shuhei NISHI 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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Publication number: 20210404478Abstract: A motor drive control device includes a control circuit to output a drive control signal for controlling the drive of a motor of a fan and a motor drive circuit to drive the motor, based on the drive control signal. The control circuit includes a storage unit to store correspondence information indicating a relationship between rotation speed and torque of the motor when the fan supplies a predetermined air volume, a target torque determination unit to determine a target torque from the rotation speed using the correspondence information corresponding to a specified target air volume, a target rotation speed determination unit to determine a target rotation speed such that a difference between the target torque and a torque value of the motor is reduced, and a drive control signal generation unit to generate the drive control signal such that the rotation speed of the motor approaches the target rotation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Shuhei NISHI, Kimihiro HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11205980Abstract: A motor driving control device has a motor driving unit configured to supply a current to coils of a motor, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the motor driving unit in a vector control mode. The control unit includes a state signal output unit configured to output a pulse signal indicating a predetermined value corresponding to a state of the motor or a control state of the control unit among values generated in a process of calculation processing in the vector control mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Shuhei Nishi, Tomohiro Inoue
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Publication number: 20200304044Abstract: A motor driving control device has a motor driving unit configured to supply a current to coils of a motor, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the motor driving unit in a vector control mode. The control unit includes a state signal output unit configured to output a pulse signal indicating a predetermined value corresponding to a state of the motor or a control state of the control unit among values generated in a process of calculation processing in the vector control mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Shuhei NISHI, Tomohiro INOUE
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Patent number: 9787231Abstract: A motor driving device includes a control unit which outputs a pre-driving signal to control a motor based on command information of an input target number of rotations and detection information of a number of rotations of the motor, and a motor driving unit which drives the motor based on the pre-driving signal. The control unit includes a speed control circuit which outputs speed command information based on the command information of the target number of rotations and the detection information, a stop control circuit which when an input of the command information of the target number of rotations is stopped, outputs stop command information after a predetermined time elapses from detection of stop of the motor, and a driving signal generation circuit which generates a control signal based on the stop command information and the speed command information.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiichi Katayama, Tomohiro Inoue, Shuhei Nishi
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Publication number: 20170005833Abstract: A method executed by a switch device including ports, the switch device being configured to transfer a received frame based on first corresponding information including an identifier of one of the ports and an identifier of a virtual network which are associated with one another. The method includes: receiving a first frame including an identifier of a first virtual network at a first port among the ports; determining whether the identifier of the first virtual network is stored in association with the identifier of the first port in the first corresponding information; and storing, when it is determined that the identifier of the first virtual network is not stored in association with the identifier of the first port in the first corresponding information, the identifier of the first virtual network in association with the identifier of the first port in the first corresponding information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Shuhei NISHI
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Patent number: 9379647Abstract: There is provided a motor driving control device including a state determining unit which determines whether a motor can perform a slow start operation based on a rotating state and a driving state of the motor, a control unit which generates command information corresponding to a speed at which the motor is to be rotated, based on a determination result of the state determining unit, and a motor driving unit which outputs a driving signal corresponding to the command information generated by the control unit to the motor so as to drive the motor. When it is determined that the motor can perform the slow start operation, the control unit generates the command information such that the motor performs the slow start operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shuhei Nishi
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Patent number: 9136791Abstract: A motor driving device includes a communication path selection unit, to which operation command information for controlling driving of a motor is input in a serial data format or a parallel data format via a common input path, a communication unit which includes a serial interface unit for the serial data format and a parallel interface unit for the parallel data format, and outputs a control signal based on the operation command information input via the communication path selection unit, and a driving control unit which controls driving of the motor based on the control signal. The communication path selection unit selects between outputs path to the serial interface unit and the parallel interface unit, which corresponds to the data format of the input operation command information, and outputs the input operation command information to the serial interface unit or the parallel interface unit through the selected output path.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Inoue, Keiichi Katayama, Shuhei Nishi
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Patent number: 9106558Abstract: A switch device includes a relay unit relaying communication data when information processing units included in an information processing apparatus perform communications with external devices; an address learning unit registering ports receiving the communication data in association with addresses indicating transmission sources of the communication data; and a band control unit controlling a bandwidth to be allocated to the communications by setting a first port and a second port of the ports to belong to a same group and by setting the first port and the second port to belong to different groups based on a number of addresses registered by the address learning unit in association with each of the ports.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masanori Takaoka, Shuhei Nishi
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Publication number: 20150097510Abstract: A motor driving device includes a control unit which outputs a pre-driving signal to control a motor based on command information of an input target number of rotations and detection information of a number of rotations of the motor, and a motor driving unit which drives the motor based on the pre-driving signal. The control unit includes a speed control circuit which outputs speed command information based on the command information of the target number of rotations and the detection information, a stop control circuit which when an input of the command information of the target number of rotations is stopped, outputs stop command information after a predetermined time elapses from detection of stop of the motor, and a driving signal generation circuit which generates a control signal based on the stop command information and the speed command information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Keiichi KATAYAMA, Tomohiro INOUE, Shuhei NISHI
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Publication number: 20150084557Abstract: There is provided a motor driving control device including a state determining unit which determines whether a motor can perform a slow start operation based on a rotating state and a driving state of the motor, a control unit which generates command information corresponding to a speed at which the motor is to be rotated, based on a determination result of the state determining unit, and a motor driving unit which outputs a driving signal corresponding to the command information generated by the control unit to the motor so as to drive the motor. When it is determined that the motor can perform the slow start operation, the control unit generates the command information such that the motor performs the slow start operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Shuhei NISHI
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Publication number: 20120299523Abstract: A motor driving device includes a communication path selection unit, to which operation command information for controlling driving of a motor is input in a serial data format or a parallel data format via a common input path, a communication unit which includes a serial interface unit for the serial data format and a parallel interface unit for the parallel data format, and outputs a control signal based on the operation command information input via the communication path selection unit, and a driving control unit which controls driving of the motor based on the control signal. The communication path selection unit selects between outputs path to the serial interface unit and the parallel interface unit, which corresponds to the data format of the input operation command information, and outputs the input operation command information to the serial interface unit or the parallel interface unit through the selected output path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicants: MINEBEA CO., LTD., MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro INOUE, Keiichi KATAYAMA, Shuhei NISHI