Patents by Inventor Takayasu MATSUSHITA

Takayasu MATSUSHITA 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: 11754033
    Abstract: Provided is an ignition control device capable of suppressing wear of an ignition plug due to occurrence of a re-strike without adding a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu Matsushita, Osamu Mukaihara, Kohei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230213013
    Abstract: Provided is an ignition control device capable of suppressing wear of an ignition plug due to occurrence of a re-strike without adding a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takayasu MATSUSHITA, Osamu MUKAIHARA, Kohei SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11629683
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine control device capable of reducing a measurement load and calculating a flow velocity around an ignition plug. The internal combustion engine control device includes an inter-gap voltage calculation unit 31 and a flow velocity calculation unit 32. The inter-gap voltage calculation unit 31 calculates a reference inter-gap voltage under a reference condition, based on a secondary current and in-cylinder pressure. The flow velocity calculation unit calculates the flow velocity of a gas around the ignition plug based on the reference inter-gap voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Oryoji, Yoshihiko Akagi, Takayasu Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11467125
    Abstract: To provide a sensor control device capable of identifying a short circuit terminal with a simple configuration and whose identification operation is not easily affected by environmental conditions around the sensor. The sensor control device includes a short circuit detection unit that detects a short circuit of a sensor having a plurality of terminals, a resistance value control unit that increases a resistance value of an element between the terminals when the short circuit of the sensor is detected by the short circuit detection unit, and a short circuit terminal identification unit that identifies at which of the plurality of terminals a short circuit occurs when the resistance value control unit increases the resistance value of the element between the terminals to a set value or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayasu Matsushita, Kohei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220268249
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine control device capable of reducing a measurement load and calculating a flow velocity around an ignition plug. The internal combustion engine control device includes an inter-gap voltage calculation unit 31 and a flow velocity calculation unit 32. The inter-gap voltage calculation unit 31 calculates a reference inter-gap voltage under a reference condition, based on a secondary current and in-cylinder pressure. The flow velocity calculation unit calculates the flow velocity of a gas around the ignition plug based on the reference inter-gap voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ORYOJI, Yoshihiko AKAGI, Takayasu MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210372964
    Abstract: To provide a sensor control device capable of identifying a short circuit terminal with a simple configuration and whose identification operation is not easily affected by environmental conditions around the sensor. The sensor control device includes a short circuit detection unit that detects a short circuit of a sensor having a plurality of terminals, a resistance value control unit that increases a resistance value of an element between the terminals when the short circuit of the sensor is detected by the short circuit detection unit, and a short circuit terminal identification unit that identifies at which of the plurality of terminals a short circuit occurs when the resistance value control unit increases the resistance value of the element between the terminals to a set value or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu MATSUSHITA, Kohei SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10910815
    Abstract: An electronic control unit having a self-diagnosis function is realized in which an operation processing section is capable of identifying not only the presence or absence of the occurrence of NG of disconnection, an earth fault, and a power fault, but also three states of NG, OK, and indetermination. Therefore, when a diagnosis opportunity is present, a mask signal maintains a state of Not Mask even if the mask signal is subsequently brought into a mask state. When an operation processing device requests a drive circuit for communication therewith, the mask signal is set to the state of Mask, and information stored in a register is cleared. Further, when the mask signal is in the state of Mask when the operation processing device performs communication with the drive circuit, the operation processing device is capable of identifying that an indeterminate state free of the opportunity of the diagnosis is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayasu Matsushita, Yoshihisa Fujii
  • Publication number: 20200059082
    Abstract: An electronic control unit having a self-diagnosis function is realized in which an operation processing section is capable of identifying not only the presence or absence of the occurrence of NG of disconnection, an earth fault, and a power fault, but also three states of NG, OK, and indetermination. Therefore, when a diagnosis opportunity is present, a mask signal maintains a state of Not Mask even if the mask signal is subsequently brought into a mask state. When an operation processing device requests a drive circuit for communication therewith, the mask signal is set to the state of Mask, and information stored in a register is cleared. Further, when the mask signal is in the state of Mask when the operation processing device performs communication with the drive circuit, the operation processing device is capable of identifying that an indeterminate state free of the opportunity of the diagnosis is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Takayasu MATSUSHITA, Yoshihisa FUJII