Patents by Inventor Tadahiro Yanagisawa

Tadahiro Yanagisawa 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: 9429136
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a control system of a variable speed pumped storage hydropower system includes an optimization processing unit configured to calculate a flow rate adjusting valve opening demand value and a first command value, a speed control unit configured to generate a secondary current active power component command value of a secondary excitation device based on the first command value, a mechanical (pump-turbine) output compensation unit configured to calculate a compensation value of the opening of the flow rate adjusting valve and/or a compensation value of the generator-motor output, and an output control unit configured to generate a flow rate adjusting valve opening command value based on the generator-motor output command value, the flow rate adjusting valve opening demand value, the compensation value calculated by the mechanical output compensation unit, and the output detection value of the generator-motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kusunoki, Yuichi Shiozaki, Teruyuki Ishizuki, Tadahiro Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20140197638
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a control system of a variable speed pumped storage hydropower system includes an optimization processing unit configured to calculate a flow rate adjusting valve opening demand value and a first command value, a speed control unit configured to generate a secondary current active power component command value of a secondary excitation device based on the first command value, a mechanical (pump-turbine) output compensation unit configured to calculate a compensation value of the opening of the flow rate adjusting valve and/or a compensation value of the generator-motor output, and an output control unit configured to generate a flow rate adjusting valve opening command value based on the generator-motor output command value, the flow rate adjusting valve opening demand value, the compensation value calculated by the mechanical output compensation unit, and the output detection value of the generator-motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kiyoshi KUSUNOKI, Yuichi Shiozaki, Teruyuki Ishizuki, Tadahiro Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 5729118
    Abstract: A variable velocity apparatus includes a wound-rotor induction machine having a primary winding connected to a power system having a power system frequency, a secondary winding excited by an alternating current (AC), a generator-motor shaft, and a load united with the generator-motor shaft. The apparatus includes a frequency detection element for detecting a change in the power system frequency, and a controller for changing a rotational speed of the induction machine based on the detected change in the power system frequency. The change in the rotational speed is made substantially equivalent to the detected change in the power system frequency, so as to maintain a slip frequency of the induction machine essentially constant when the power system frequency changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yanagisawa, Takahisa Kageyama
  • Patent number: 5418710
    Abstract: A simulator includes a modelling simulate section in which properties of an apparatus to be controlled are modelled. In addition, this simulator includes a neural network in which learning is performed depending on a real control quantity for the apparatus to be controlled. A correction value relative to a simulation control quantity for the modeling simulate section is calculated in the neural network based on a process quantity output from a controlling unit. Thereafter, the simulation control quantity is corrected depending on the calculated correction value. In practice, learning is performed in the neural network by changing a synapse load based on a real quantity for the apparatus to be controlled. As a result of the foregoing correction, the simulator can simulate the real apparatus more accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuteru Ono, Tadahiro Yanagisawa