Patents by Inventor Tatsuya HATAKEYAMA

Tatsuya HATAKEYAMA 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: 10784800
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve reliability after the control of a microcomputer recovers. A signal control apparatus according to the present invention includes a microcomputer, an output control unit that receives a reset signal and a load control signal from the microcomputer and outputs a load output signal to a load, and when the output control unit receives the reset signal, the output control unit maintains a state of the load output signal immediately before the reset signal is received, and when the load control signal is switched, the output control unit releases the maintaining state of the load output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20200044585
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve reliability after the control of a microcomputer recovers. A signal control apparatus according to the present invention includes a microcomputer, an output control unit that receives a reset signal and a load control signal from the microcomputer and outputs a load output signal to a load, and when the output control unit receives the reset signal, the output control unit maintains a state of the load output signal immediately before the reset signal is received, and when the load control signal is switched, the output control unit releases the maintaining state of the load output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya HATAKEYAMA
  • Patent number: 10254733
    Abstract: A motor control device avoids the difficulties associated with safely controlling a motor using a second calculation unit when a first calculation unit malfunctions. A motor control device monitors a malfunction of a first microcomputer and a malfunction of a first CPU of the first microcomputer and performs a determination based on a result of a second external communication functional unit. When the determination is normal, the process proceeds determine that the first CPU is normal and a second CPU malfunctions. Therefore, it is possible to continue processing using the first CPU in this case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hatakeyama, Hiroaki Igarashi, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9964579
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to diagnose a state of a voltage divider while performing a normal measurement to improve reliability. A voltage detection apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first resistor for dividing voltage of a detection unit into a first divided voltage value; and a test pattern insertion circuit unit including a second resistor for dividing the first divided voltage value into a second divided voltage value and a switching device, wherein the test pattern insertion circuit unit is connected to an equipotential connection point to the first divided voltage value, and wherein a state of the first resistor is detected based on the second divided voltage value when the switching device is conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Igarashi, Masayoshi Kashihara, Tatsuya Hatakeyama, Koichi Yahata, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20170131698
    Abstract: A motor control device avoids the difficulties associated with safely controlling a motor using a second calculation unit when a first calculation unit malfunctions. A motor control device monitors a malfunction of a first microcomputer and a malfunction of a first CPU of the first microcomputer and performs a determination based on a result of a second external communication functional unit. When the determination is normal, the process proceeds determine that the first CPU is normal and a second CPU malfunctions. Therefore, it is possible to continue processing using the first CPU in this case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya HATAKEYAMA, Hiroaki IGARASHI, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170089969
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to diagnose a state of a voltage divider while performing a normal measurement to improve reliability. A voltage detection apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first resistor for dividing voltage of a detection unit into a first divided voltage value; and a test pattern insertion circuit unit including a second resistor for dividing the first divided voltage value into a second divided voltage value and a switching device, wherein the test pattern insertion circuit unit is connected to an equipotential connection point to the first divided voltage value, and wherein a state of the first resistor is detected based on the second divided voltage value when the switching device is conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroaki IGARASHI, Masayoshi KASHIHARA, Tatsuya HATAKEYAMA, Koichi YAHATA, Hideyuki SAKAMOTO