Patents by Inventor Takuji Matsuzawa

Takuji Matsuzawa 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: 11970159
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system for avoiding a collection between a right-turning vehicle and a straight-through vehicle without decreasing comfort for an occupant. In the system, a first vehicle V1 and a second vehicle V2 retain high-precision map data for identifying a traveling lane. When the first vehicle V1 traveling in an autonomous driving mode intends to turn right from a right turn lane at an intersection ahead based on the high-precision map data, the first vehicle V1 transmits a right turn notification indicating the intention to turn right to nearby vehicles using vehicle-to-vehicle communications. When the second vehicle V2 traveling in an autonomous driving mode intends to travel straight at an intersection ahead, the second vehicle V2 recognizes a right-turning vehicle in an oncoming lane at the intersection upon receiving the right turn notification from the right-turning vehicle, and performs a predetermined control for collision avoidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Chikamori, Kazumasa Nakamura, Hitoshi Konishi, Takuji Harayama, Tomoaki Masakawa, Naofumi Aso, Ryo Matsuzawa, Zhaoqi Wang
  • Publication number: 20240112699
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive includes a notch filter, a parameter storage unit and a computation unit, when the sampling period changes from a first sampling period to a second sampling period, the computation unit computes a damping ratio parameter related to the damping ratio in a second set of parameters at the second sampling period, based on a first absolute value at a first angular frequency of a first transfer function computed from a first set of parameters at the first sampling period and a second absolute value at the first angular frequency of a second transfer function computed from the first set of parameters at the second sampling period, and the notch filter is set with the second set of parameters at the second sampling period is computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11938961
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes: a map processing unit that creates local map data based on high accuracy map data and a position of an own vehicle; and an autonomous driving control unit that creates a travel plan for autonomous traveling of the own vehicle based on the local map data and controls traveling of the own vehicle according to the travel plan. The map processing unit creates multiple pieces of transmission data by dividing the local map data so as to correspond to regions on a map and transmits the multiple pieces of transmission data to the autonomous driving control unit. The map processing unit changes a shape and a size of the region on the map corresponding to each piece of transmission data based on selection information which decides a travel mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Chikamori, Kazumasa Nakamura, Hitoshi Konishi, Takuji Harayama, Tomoaki Masakawa, Naofumi Aso, Ryo Matsuzawa, Zhaoqi Wang
  • Patent number: 11913803
    Abstract: A data compression method is used for compressing data indicating a gradient of a route. The data compression method includes: acquiring a gradient table that shows gradient values in respective sections arranged between a starting point of the route and an ending point thereof, the sections including one section and an adjacent section adjacent to the one section: ranking the gradient values; and in a case where the gradient value of the one section and the gradient value of the adjacent section are in a same rank, integrating the gradient value of the one section and the gradient value of the adjacent section and generating a compressed gradient table that shows a distance and a corresponding rank of the section having the same rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Chikamori, Kazumasa Nakamura, Hitoshi Konishi, Takuji Harayama, Tomoaki Masakawa, Naofumi Aso, Ryo Matsuzawa, Zhaoqi Wang
  • Patent number: 11862193
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device comprises an actuator, a controller that controls the actuator, a loop shaping filter connected in parallel with the controller, the loop shaping filter having a parameter for suppressing a rotation asynchronous disturbance affecting the actuator, the parameter of the loop shaping filter being determined using a transfer function from an output of the loop shaping filter to before an input of the rotation asynchronous disturbance, and a notch filter that suppresses mechanical resonance of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11804244
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a controlled object, a controller which controls a motion of the controlled object, and loop shaping filters each connected in parallel to the controller. During a determination of coefficients of the loop shaping filters using a transfer function from outputs of the loop shaping filters to before an input of a disturbance affecting the controlled object, the first set of coefficients of each the loop shaping filter is determined by reflecting a frequency response of the other loop shaping filters, and the determined first sets of coefficients of the loop shaping filters are set to the loop shaping filters, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20230238031
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device comprises an actuator, a controller that controls the actuator, a loop shaping filter connected in parallel with the controller, the loop shaping filter having a parameter for suppressing a rotation asynchronous disturbance affecting the actuator, the parameter of the loop shaping filter being determined using a transfer function from an output of the loop shaping filter to before an input of the rotation asynchronous disturbance, and a notch filter that suppresses mechanical resonance of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Takuji MATSUZAWA
  • Patent number: 11514937
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when adjusting a position of a magnetic head by a microactuator, in a case where a difference of an absolute value of a first voltage value obtained by correcting a voltage value applied to the microactuator based on hysteresis and an absolute value of a second voltage value obtained by not correcting the voltage value applied to the microactuator based on the hysteresis is positive, a control unit applies a third voltage value obtained based on the second voltage value to the microactuator, and adjusts shortage of the adjustment executed by the microactuator by controlling at least one of a voice coil motor and/or a microactuator other than a microactuator applying a third voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20220084552
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a controlled object, a controller which controls a motion of the controlled object, and loop shaping filters each connected in parallel to the controller. During a determination of coefficients of the loop shaping filters using a transfer function from outputs of the loop shaping filters to before an input of a disturbance affecting the controlled object, the first set of coefficients of each the loop shaping filter is determined by reflecting a frequency response of the other loop shaping filters, and the determined first sets of coefficients of the loop shaping filters are set to the loop shaping filters, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20210280210
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a first actuator that moves the magnetic head to a predetermined position on the magnetic disk, a second actuator that is provided in the first actuator and adjusts a position of the magnetic head, a control unit that controls operations of the first actuator and the second actuator, and a storing unit that stores a coefficient of an approximation polynomial calculated based on an approximation formula for approximating voltage dependency of a gain of the second actuator. When controlling the operation of the second actuator, the control unit calculates the gain amplitude of the second actuator from the approximation polynomial in which the coefficient is used and amplitude of a voltage input to the second actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11094341
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a first actuator that moves the magnetic head to a predetermined position on the magnetic disk, a second actuator that is provided in the first actuator and adjusts a position of the magnetic head, a control unit that controls operations of the first actuator and the second actuator, and a storing unit that stores a coefficient of an approximation polynomial calculated based on an approximation formula for approximating voltage dependency of a gain of the second actuator. When controlling the operation of the second actuator, the control unit calculates the gain amplitude of the second actuator from the approximation polynomial in which the coefficient is used and amplitude of a voltage input to the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10930311
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a first actuator which actuates a magnetic head portion including a magnetic head, a second actuator which adjusts a position of the magnetic head on a magnetic disk in a radial direction of the magnetic disk, and a control portion which determines a second measurement signal amplitude when a second transfer function is measured in accordance with a first gain estimated value of the second actuator and an amplitude of a first measurement signal amplitude to the second actuator applied when a first transfer function is measured, which calculates a second gain estimated value of the second actuator based on the first transfer function and the second transfer function, and which updates the first gain estimated value, using the calculated second gain estimated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20200395043
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a first actuator which actuates a magnetic head portion including a magnetic head, a second actuator which adjusts a position of the magnetic heal on a magnetic disk in a radial direction of the magnetic disk, and a control portion which determines a second measurement signal amplitude when a second transfer function is measured in accordance with a first gain estimated value of the second actuator and an amplitude of a first measurement signal amplitude to the second actuator applied when a first transfer function is measured, which calculates a second gain estimated value of the second actuator based on the first transfer function and the second transfer function, and which updates the first gain estimated value, using the calculated second gain estimated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 10497385
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk, a head, and a controller that estimates a first frequency component resulting from a disturbance in a first range of a frequency corresponding to the disturbance in a signal with the disturbance, estimates a second frequency component corresponding to a second frequency of a positive integral multiple of 2 or larger of a first frequency of the first frequency component in a second range different from the first range, and suppresses a first harmonic component corresponding to the positive integral multiple of the first frequency in a position error of a target position of the head on the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Takuji Matsuzawa, Takeyori Hara, Takayuki Kawabe
  • Patent number: 9947351
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a position detecting device includes a detecting portion which periodically detects a plurality of pieces of information generated in accordance with positional information divided into upper digits and lower digits. The upper digits are further divided into a plurality of pieces of upper digit information equal to the number of the period. The pieces of the upper digit information are obtained in a predetermined order. The lower digits are obtained simultaneously with any one of the pieces of the upper digit information. The positional information is divided so that the number of values, which are obtainable in one piece of the upper digit information provided by dividing the upper digits, and a division number of the upper digits are coprime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 9824707
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a disk apparatus including a first disk, a second disk, a main actuator, a first actuator, a second actuator, a third actuator, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured to be able to switch between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode where a first actuator, a second actuator, and a third actuator are driven in a same direction. The second mode is a mode where the first actuator and the second actuator are driven in opposite directions and where the third actuator and the second actuator are driven in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawabe, Takuji Matsuzawa, Takeyori Hara
  • Patent number: 9691420
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disc device outputs a first signal for canceling out a first disturbance at a predetermined frequency of a position error, outputs a second signal which gain or phase of the first signal are changed, and corrects an operation amount or the position error by using the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20170169844
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a disk apparatus including a first disk, a second disk, a main actuator, a first actuator, a second actuator, a third actuator, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured to be able to switch between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode where a first actuator, a second actuator, and a third actuator are driven in a same direction. The second mode is a mode where the first actuator and the second actuator are driven in opposite directions and where the third actuator and the second actuator are driven in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawabe, Takuji Matsuzawa, Takeyori Hara
  • Publication number: 20160064021
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disc device outputs a first signal for canceling out a first disturbance at a predetermined frequency of a position error, outputs a second signal which gain or phase of the first signal are changed, and corrects an operation amount or the position error by using the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 8934190
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a piezoelectric device drive method includes measuring gains including a first gain by applying voltages including a first voltage to a piezoelectric device at a first timing, calculating gain characteristics associated with the applied voltages from the measured gains, measuring a second gain by applying the first voltage to the piezoelectric device at a second timing, correcting the calculated gain characteristics based on the first gain and the second gain, and calculating a third gain based on the corrected gain characteristics and the second gain in a case where a second voltage other than the first voltage is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takuji Matsuzawa