Patents by Inventor Tomotaka SAKUMA

Tomotaka SAKUMA 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: 20240030840
    Abstract: A drive control device includes a rotation speed calculation unit configured to calculate a rotation speed of a motor based on a rotation position detection signal of the motor, an energization stop time period calculation unit configured to calculate an energization stop time period for stopping energization to all phases of coils of the motor based on a target rotation speed and the rotation speed of the motor, and an energization signal generation unit configured to generate an energization signal for controlling energization to the coils of the motor to switch energization to the coils of the motor and to stop energization to all the coils of the motor in the energization stop time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tomotaka SAKUMA, Akihiro NAKAMURA, Kazuki AKAHORI
  • Publication number: 20230299707
    Abstract: Included are a drive control signal generation unit configured to generate a drive control signal for a motor in accordance with a target rotation speed of the motor and a rotation speed of the motor calculated in response to a rotation position detection signal of the motor; a rotation speed signal generation unit configured to generate a rotation speed signal having a frequency corresponding to the rotation speed of the motor, in response to the rotation position detection signal of the motor; an abnormality determination processing unit configured to determine whether a condition value for abnormality determination of the motor has reached a predetermined threshold value, for each predetermined abnormality determination period, and generate an abnormality determination signal distinguishable from the rotation speed signal when the abnormality determination processing unit determines that the condition value has reached the predetermined threshold value; and a signal output unit configured to output the rot
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Tomotaka SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 11539321
    Abstract: The degree of flexibility of a speed curve for a target rotational speed of a motor is to be increased. A motor control circuit 11 measures a duty cycle of an input speed command signal Sc indicating a target rotational speed of a motor 50 to be driven, sets an inflection point In for each duty cycle obtained by equally dividing a possible duty cycle range assumed by the speed command signal Sc based on resolution information 301 indicating a resolution of the duty cycle of the speed command signal Sc, calculates a rotational speed corresponding to the measured duty cycle of the speed command signal Sc based on rotational speed information 302 indicating rotational speeds at the inflection points In on a speed curve and the set inflection points In, and determines the calculated rotational speed as the target rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki, Takahiro Suzuki, Tomotaka Sakuma, Yoshihisa Okabuchi
  • Patent number: 11515814
    Abstract: To provide a motor drive control device capable of determining the rotational direction of a motor using a simple configuration with a reduced number of lead wires from position sensors, and a method for controlling the motor drive control device. A control circuit unit of a motor drive control device includes a first comparator configured to compare the magnitudes of a first positive Hall signal and a first negative Hall signal output from a first Hall element, thereby generating a first position detection signal; a second comparator configured to compare the magnitudes of a second negative Hall signal output from a second Hall element and the first negative Hall signal, thereby generating a second position detection signal; and a rotational direction determination unit configured to compare the transitions of the first position detection signal and the second position detection signal, thereby determining the rotational direction of a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Aoki, Takahiro Suzuki, Tomotaka Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20220109388
    Abstract: To provide a motor drive control device capable of determining the rotational direction of a motor using a simple configuration with a reduced number of lead wires from position sensors, and a method for controlling the motor drive control device. A control circuit unit of a motor drive control device includes a first comparator configured to compare the magnitudes of a first positive Hall signal and a first negative Hall signal output from a first Hall element, thereby generating a first position detection signal; a second comparator configured to compare the magnitudes of a second negative Hall signal output from a second Hall element and the first negative Hall signal, thereby generating a second position detection signal; and a rotational direction determination unit configured to compare the transitions of the first position detection signal and the second position detection signal, thereby determining the rotational direction of a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Masato AOKI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Tomotaka SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20220094292
    Abstract: The degree of flexibility of a speed curve for a target rotational speed of a motor is to be increased. A motor control circuit 11 measures a duty cycle of an input speed command signal Sc indicating a target rotational speed of a motor 50 to be driven, sets an inflection point In for each duty cycle obtained by equally dividing a possible duty cycle range assumed by the speed command signal Sc based on resolution information 301 indicating a resolution of the duty cycle of the speed command signal Sc, calculates a rotational speed corresponding to the measured duty cycle of the speed command signal Sc based on rotational speed information 302 indicating rotational speeds at the inflection points In on a speed curve and the set inflection points In, and determines the calculated rotational speed as the target rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato AOKI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Tomotaka SAKUMA, Yoshihisa OKABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220021322
    Abstract: In a motor drive control device including a machine learning function, appropriate motor drive control in accordance with the usage environment of a motor is realized. A motor drive control device 10 includes: a measurement data generation unit 23 that generates measurement data 300 relating to operation of a motor 50; a training data generation unit 24 that attaches predetermined identification information indicating the operation state of the motor 50 to the measurement data 300 and generates training data 310; a machine learning unit 25 that generates a learned model 320 for determining the operation state of the motor 50 by performing machine learning using the training data 310; and a monitor control unit 26 that monitors the operation state of the motor 50 using the learned model 320.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Masato AOKI, Takamichi KITANO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Tomotaka SAKUMA, Yoshihisa OKABUCHI