Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Shimazaki

Tsutomu Shimazaki 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: 9912150
    Abstract: In a power control system which connects power from the power storage device to a power grid and supplies power to a load, the power from the power storage device is connected to the load and the power grid via a DC/DC converter, a smoothing capacitor, and a DC/AC converter. By a first power control unit for controlling flow power of the power grid to be a power command value, and by a second power control unit for suppressing reverse flow power, an output power command for the DC/AC converter is generated, an output power command for the DC/DC converter is generated so that voltage of the smoothing capacitor becomes target voltage, and the output power command is corrected so as to suppress voltage variation in the smoothing capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kikuo Izumi, Tatsuya Okuda, Tsutomu Shimazaki, Naohide Tsuchimoto
  • Publication number: 20160072281
    Abstract: In a power control system which connects power from the power storage device to a power grid and supplies power to a load, the power from the power storage device is connected to the load and the power grid via a DC/DC converter, a smoothing capacitor, and a DC/AC converter. By a first power control unit for controlling flow power of the power grid to be a power command value, and by a second power control unit for suppressing reverse flow power, an output power command for the DC/AC converter is generated, an output power command for the DC/DC converter is generated so that voltage of the smoothing capacitor becomes target voltage, and the output power command is corrected so as to suppress voltage variation in the smoothing capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kikuo IZUMI, Tatsuya OKUDA, Tsutomu SHIMAZAKI, Naohide TSUCHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8860338
    Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes: a digital filter configured to attenuate amplitude in a frequency band including a resonance frequency of an actuator in a target current signal, the target current signal being a digital signal indicative of a target value of a drive current, the drive current being supplied to a voice coil motor configured to drive the actuator; a digital-analog converter configured to convert an output signal of the digital filter into an analog signal, and output the converted analog signal as a current control signal; and a drive circuit configured to supply the drive current to the voice coil motor according to the current control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimazaki, Akira Suzuki, Takeshi Arai
  • Patent number: 8373377
    Abstract: A shift register which receives a transmission clock signal, which is shifted according to the transmission clock signal, and which outputs a gate signal a predetermined time after reset; a reset circuit which outputs a reset signal for resetting the shift register when the reset circuit receives an input of a step signal for driving the stepping motor; and a switching element which receives the gate signal of the shift register and which is switched between a blocked state and a conductive state are provided in a driving circuit of a stepping motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshito Motoki, Tsutomu Shimazaki, Yuanjie Wu
  • Publication number: 20110304285
    Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes: a digital filter configured to attenuate amplitude in a frequency band including a resonance frequency of an actuator in a target current signal, the target current signal being a digital signal indicative of a target value of a drive current, the drive current being supplied to a voice coil motor configured to drive the actuator; a digital-analog converter configured to convert an output signal of the digital filter into an analog signal, and output the converted analog signal as a current control signal; and a drive circuit configured to supply the drive current to the voice coil motor according to the current control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimazaki, Akira Suzuki, Takeshi Arai
  • Publication number: 20110148340
    Abstract: A shift register which receives a transmission clock signal, which is shifted according to the transmission clock signal, and which outputs a gate signal a predetermined time after reset; a reset circuit which outputs a reset signal for resetting the shift register when the reset circuit receives an input of a step signal for driving the stepping motor; and a switching element which receives the gate signal of the shift register and which is switched between a blocked state and a conductive state are provided in a driving circuit of a stepping motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshito Motoki, Tsutomu Shimazaki, Yuanjie Wu
  • Patent number: 7706111
    Abstract: A motor lock detection circuit for detecting lock of a motor, comprising: a binarizing circuit to binarize a signal, obtained from the motor, having a frequency corresponding to rotation speed of the motor, to generate a binary signal; an edge detecting circuit to generate an edge detection signal when detecting an edge of the binary signal; a first counter to count based on a first counter clock, be reset according to the edge detection signal generated by the edge detecting circuit, and generate a count signal when counting for a first count period longer than an interval between edges of the binary signal; and a second counter to count based on a second counter clock, be reset according to the count signal, and generate a motor lock detection signal indicative of detection of lock of the motor when counting for a second count period longer than the first count period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimazaki, Shunji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080239594
    Abstract: A motor lock detection circuit for detecting lock of a motor, comprising: a binarizing circuit to binarize a signal, obtained from the motor, having a frequency corresponding to rotation speed of the motor, to generate a binary signal; an edge detecting circuit to generate an edge detection signal when detecting an edge of the binary signal; a first counter to count based on a first counter clock, be reset according to the edge detection signal generated by the edge detecting circuit, and generate a count signal when counting for a first count period longer than an interval between edges of the binary signal; and a second counter to count based on a second counter clock, be reset according to the count signal, and generate a motor lock detection signal indicative of detection of lock of the motor when counting for a second count period longer than the first count period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimazaki, Shunji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6384556
    Abstract: In order to brake a brushless motor in a forward rotation to give a reverse rotation force, source-side and sink-side transistors for supplying driving circuits *a, *b, *c, *d, *e, *f are periodically switched on and switched off based on the oscillation frequency of an oscillator (13) when a both end voltage of a current detection resistance (10) is higher than a reference voltage Vref. Moreover, the transistors are kept in an ON state all the time when the both end voltage of the current detection resistance (1) has lowered below the reference voltage Vref. With this arrangement, damage to a source-side transistor due to a large current flowing thereinto when the motor rotating in a reverse direction can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Mizumoto, Koichiro Ogino, Tsutomu Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 5192902
    Abstract: A controller for properly controlling a rotating speed and a rotational phase of a DC servo motor. A velocity correction signal is obtained by comparing a rotation signal detected from the motor rotating at a predetermined rotating speed, and a phase error signal is detected from the rotation detected signal as well. Both the rotating velocity and phase of the motor are corrected by the controller supplying a signal which is a mix of the velocity error signal and the phase error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Mizumoto, Kouichirou Ougino, Tsutomu Shimazaki, Tomohiro Inoue, Yasuhiro Okada