Patents by Inventor Takeya SHIMA

Takeya SHIMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20250327667
    Abstract: The present disclosure has an object of providing a mobile object positioning device positioning a mobile object using a sensor with high accuracy. The mobile object positioning device according to the present disclosure includes: a sensor information obtainment unit obtaining a sensor value on a mobile object, the sensor value being detected by a sensor; a sideslip angle estimation unit estimating a sideslip angle of the mobile object using the sensor value; and an inertial positioning unit performing inertial positioning of the mobile object using the sensor value and the sideslip angle, wherein the sideslip angle estimation unit estimates the sideslip angle based on the sensor value and a mixture model obtained by weighting a plurality of motion models on the mobile object based on state quantities of the mobile object and integrating the plurality of motion models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki KITANO, Shota KAMEOKA, Norizumi MOTOOKA, Masaya SAKAI, Takeya SHIMA
  • Patent number: 12240631
    Abstract: In an orbital attitude control device (1150), an ideal thrust axis direction calculator (1505) calculates an ideal thrust axis direction based on information of a predetermined orbit, an ideal attitude calculator (1506) calculates an ideal attitude of the satellite based on the ideal thrust axis direction and a solar direction, and a control torque calculator (1510) calculates an ideal control torque that makes the attitude of the satellite follow the ideal attitude and a torque restraint plane in which the solar direction is orthogonal to a rotational axis of the solar array panel, defines an evaluation function obtained by weighting a distance from the ideal control torque and a distance from the torque restraint plane and then summing the weighted distances, and calculates the control torque that allows the drive constraint to be satisfied and the evaluation function to be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kitamura, Takeya Shima, Katsuhiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 11655056
    Abstract: An attitude control apparatus (20) includes an ideal thrust direction calculator (22), an ideal attitude calculator (24), a target attitude calculator (26), and a torque calculator (28). The ideal thrust direction calculator (22) calculates an ideal thrust direction of a thruster. The target attitude calculator (26) calculates a target attitude that is the attitude of a satellite in which a deviation from an ideal attitude is minimized within a movement limitation of an attitude control actuator (14) while a panel surface faces the sun. The torque calculator (28) calculates a torque for turning the satellite from an actual attitude to the target attitude and transmits a torque instruction to the attitude control actuator (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kitamura, Takeya Shima, Katsuhiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220402633
    Abstract: In an orbital attitude control device (1150), an ideal thrust axis direction calculator (1505) calculates an ideal thrust axis direction based on information of a predetermined orbit, an ideal attitude calculator (1506) calculates an ideal attitude of the satellite based on the ideal thrust axis direction and a solar direction, and a control torque calculator (1510) calculates an ideal control torque that makes the attitude of the satellite follow the ideal attitude and a torque restraint plane in which the solar direction is orthogonal to a rotational axis of the solar array panel, defines an evaluation function obtained by weighting a distance from the ideal control torque and a distance from the torque restraint plane and then summing the weighted distances, and calculates the control torque that allows the drive constraint to be satisfied and the evaluation function to be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KITAMURA, Takeya SHIMA, Katsuhiko YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11167867
    Abstract: When calculating a gimbal angle trajectory that satisfies boundary conditions set by an attitude boundary condition setter 2131 of the ground station 21, a gimbal angle trajectory calculator 2132 calculates the gimbal angle trajectory that minimizes a period of an acceleration interval within a range that satisfies driving restrictions of a gimbal, based on a gimbal angle ?0i of a start time and a gimbal angle ?ci of a fixed interval of an attitude change. Also, the gimbal angle trajectory is calculated that minimizes a period of a deceleration interval within a range that satisfies the driving restrictions of the gimbal, based on the gimbal angle ?ci of the fixed interval and a gimbal angle ?fi of a completion time of the attitude change. The obtained ?0i, ?ci, ?fi and an attitude change period ? are transmitted to the artificial satellite as gimbal angle trajectory parameters, and the control moment gyros are controlled based on the gimbal angle trajectory parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kitamura, Takeya Shima, Katsuhiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210245901
    Abstract: An attitude control apparatus (20) includes an ideal thrust direction calculator (22), an ideal attitude calculator (24), a target attitude calculator (26), and a torque calculator (28). The ideal thrust direction calculator (22) calculates an ideal thrust direction of a thruster. The target attitude calculator (26) calculates a target attitude that is the attitude of a satellite in which a deviation from an ideal attitude is minimized within a movement limitation of an attitude control actuator (14) while a panel surface faces the sun. The torque calculator (28) calculates a torque for turning the satellite from an actual attitude to the target attitude and transmits a torque instruction to the attitude control actuator (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KITAMURA, Takeya SHIMA, Katsuhiko YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10752384
    Abstract: A satellite comprises thrusters disposed with the firing directions each facing away from the mass center of satellite and different from each other. A control amount calculator calculates control amounts of the mean orbital elements from the mean orbital elements and the temporal change rates of the mean orbital elements set by an orbit determiner, and the target values. A distributor calculates firing timings and firing amounts of the thrusters for realizing the control amounts of the mean orbital elements by expressing a motion of satellite with orbital elements, solving an equation taking into account coupling of an out-of-plane motion and an in-plane motion due to thruster disposition angles and thruster firing amounts at multiple times, and combining one or more thruster firings controlling mainly an out-of-the-orbit-plane direction and one or more thruster firings controlling mainly an in-the-orbit-plane direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kitamura, Katsuhiko Yamada, Takeya Shima, Hiroshi Suenobu
  • Patent number: 10407187
    Abstract: When the number of CMGs is represented by n (n is an integer of 4 or more), (n?3) gimbal angles out of n gimbal angles corresponding to the n CMGs are set as free parameters, and an algebraic equation representing a relationship among three gimbal angles out of the n gimbal angles, the free parameters, and an angular momentum of all the CMGs is used to solve the algebraic equation while changing the free parameters within set ranges, to thereby obtain solutions of the gimbal angles of the plurality of CMGs required for achieving a given angular momentum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kitamura, Katsuhiko Yamada, Takeya Shima
  • Publication number: 20190202582
    Abstract: When calculating a gimbal angle trajectory that satisfies boundary conditions set by an attitude boundary condition setter 2131 of the ground station 21, a gimbal angle trajectory calculator 2132 calculates the gimbal angle trajectory that minimizes a period of an acceleration interval within a range that satisfies driving restrictions of a gimbal, based on a gimbal angle ?0i of a start time and a gimbal angle ?ci of a fixed interval of an attitude change. Also, the gimbal angle trajectory is calculated that minimizes a period of a deceleration interval within a range that satisfies the driving restrictions of the gimbal, based on the gimbal angle ?ci of the fixed interval and a gimbal angle ?fi of a completion time of the attitude change. The obtained ?0i, ?ci, ?fi and an attitude change period ? are transmitted to the artificial satellite as gimbal angle trajectory parameters, and the control moment gyros are controlled based on the gimbal angle trajectory parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KITAMURA, Takeya SHIMA, Katsuhiko YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20190061978
    Abstract: When the number of CMGs is represented by n (n is an integer of 4 or more), (n?3) gimbal angles out of n gimbal angles corresponding to the n CMGs are set as free parameters, and an algebraic equation representing a relationship among three gimbal angles out of the n gimbal angles, the free parameters, and an angular momentum of all the CMGs is used to solve the algebraic equation while changing the free parameters within set ranges, to thereby obtain solutions of the gimbal angles of the plurality of CMGs required for achieving a given angular momentum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KITAMURA, Katsuhiko Yamada, Takeya Shima
  • Publication number: 20170369192
    Abstract: A satellite comprises thrusters disposed with the firing directions each facing away from the mass center of satellite and different from each other. A control amount calculator calculates control amounts of the mean orbital elements from the mean orbital elements and the temporal change rates of the mean orbital elements set by an orbit determiner, and the target values. A distributor calculates firing timings and firing amounts of the thrusters for realizing the control amounts of the mean orbital elements by expressing a motion of satellite with orbital elements, solving an equation taking into account coupling of an out-of-plane motion and an in-plane motion due to thruster disposition angles and thruster firing amounts at multiple times, and combining one or more thruster firings controlling mainly an out-of-the-orbit-plane direction and one or more thruster firings controlling mainly an in-the-orbit-plane direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KITAMURA, Katsuhiko YAMADA, Takeya SHIMA, Hiroshi SUENOBU