Patents by Inventor Takashi Esumi

Takashi Esumi 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: 11374526
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to ensuring a period for detecting a phase current from a DC bus current of an inverter. A motor control circuit of the present disclosure includes: a voltage command generator and a PWM signal generator. The voltage command generator detects a phase current from a DC bus current of an inverter driving an AC motor, and generating three-phase voltage commands. The PWM signal generator generates three-phase PWM signals to the inverter according to a comparison result of the three-phase voltage commands and a triangular wave signal with a predetermined frequency and outputs the three-phase PWM signals to the inverter. The PWM signal generator corrects a maximum or minimum voltage command by synchronizing the maximum or minimum voltage command with an intermediate command in a first period of multiple consecutive PWM periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Esumi
  • Publication number: 20220034969
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor control system including: a motor control device, including a semiconductor integrated circuit having a memory and forming a control loop for a motor so as to control a drive of the motor; and an external debug device, externally connected to the motor control device and accessible to the memory in the motor control device. The external debug device includes a disturbance signal superimposer and a frequency characteristics deriver. The interference signal superimposer generates a disturbance signal for the control loop and superimposes the disturbance signal on a signal generated in the control loop. The frequency characteristics deriver derives frequency characteristics of the control loop based on the signal generated in the control loop by superimposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Naoyuki Usagawa, Takashi Esumi, Tatsuro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210336577
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to ensuring a period for detecting a phase current from a DC bus current of an inverter. A motor control circuit of the present disclosure includes: a voltage command generator and a PWM signal generator. The voltage command generator detects a phase current from a DC bus current of an inverter driving an AC motor, and generating three-phase voltage commands. The PWM signal generator generates three-phase PWM signals to the inverter according to a comparison result of the three-phase voltage commands and a triangular wave signal with a predetermined frequency and outputs the three-phase PWM signals to the inverter. The PWM signal generator corrects a maximum or minimum voltage command by synchronizing the maximum or minimum voltage command with an intermediate command in a first period of multiple consecutive PWM periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Takashi Esumi
  • Patent number: 9628739
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Esumi
  • Publication number: 20160249000
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Takashi Esumi
  • Patent number: 8901541
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishiyama, Takashi Esumi
  • Patent number: 8879226
    Abstract: A high side switch circuit includes a switch electrically connected between input and output terminals, a gate control unit, and an over-current sensor unit. The over-current sensor unit includes a resistive element and a comparator. The comparator senses an over-current if a voltage of the resistive element exceeds a threshold voltage. The comparator is adjusted in advance such that the detected voltage at the time of over-current exceeds the threshold voltage. Even if accuracy of resistance value of the resistive element is not high, accuracy of detecting over-current can be improved by adjusting the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Esumi, Yuzo Mizushima, Daisaku Shugo
  • Publication number: 20120098517
    Abstract: A high side switch circuit includes a switch electrically connected between input and output terminals, a gate control unit, and an over-current sensor unit. The over-current sensor unit includes a resistive element and a comparator. The comparator senses an over-current if a voltage of the resistive element exceeds a threshold voltage. The comparator is adjusted in advance such that the detected voltage at the time of over-current exceeds the threshold voltage. Even if accuracy of resistance value of the resistive element is not high, accuracy of detecting over-current can be improved by adjusting the comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Esumi, Yuzo Mizushima, Daisaku Shugo
  • Publication number: 20120086095
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishiyama, Takashi Esumi
  • Publication number: 20070265998
    Abstract: An information processing device retrieves external data stored in an external memory and performs predetermined first processing for the external data thus retrieved. Here, the information processing device has: a storage that stores retrieval control information transmitted from outside; and a retrieval controller that controls retrieval of the external data according to the retrieval control information. This makes it possible to efficiently perform the retrieval of data from the external memory, and alleviate the burden on a control device corresponding to a BB-CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mori, Takashi Esumi, Muga Imamura