Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Okumatsu

Yoshihiro Okumatsu 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: 20060022628
    Abstract: A motor control system according to the present invention comprises a magnetic encoder including a magnetic drum fixed to an output shaft of a motor and a magnetic sensor provided against a periphery of the magnetic drum through a space, an angle calculating unit for calculating a rotational angle of the motor from an output of the magnetic encoder, an angle estimating unit for estimating the rotational angle, an error angle calculating unit for finding an error angle from an calculated angle calculated by the angle calculating unit and an estimated angle estimated by the angle estimating unit, an error-correction value calculating unit for calculating from the error angle an error-correction value that corresponds to the rotational angle, a correction calculating unit for calculating a correction angle or a correction speed from the calculated angle and the error-correction value, and a motor operation controlling unit for outputting to an inverter a voltage command value that corresponds to the correction a
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Okumatsu, Yasuo Matsuda, Shoji Ohiwa
  • Patent number: 6897633
    Abstract: A stepping motor driver which drives a stepping motor for position and speed control. The stepping motor driver comprises: a current control means which outputs values corresponding to applied voltages; current sensors which detect phase currents; and a magnetic pole position estimation unit which uses the values corresponding to applied voltages and detected phase current values as outputs of the current sensors to obtain a magnetic pole position estimate. The magnetic pole position estimation unit calculates a magnetic pole position estimate from speed electromotive force estimates or from differences between phase currents at zero speed and detected phase current values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kuwano, Akio Takemori, Hiroaki Taka, Yasuo Matsuda, Yoshihiro Okumatsu, Atsuo Kawamura, Yukinari Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6850027
    Abstract: The stepping motor driver comprises an inverter for feeding stepped currents to windings of a stepping motor, a position detector for obtaining a detected angle of a rotor of the stepping motor and a current controller for controlling the inverter. In a d-q rotational coordinate system in which the d-axis is in the direction of the magnetic flux of the rotor and the q-axis is in the direction perpendicular to the d-axis, an excitation angle for a winding is determined from a d-axis component and a q-axis component of a command current to the winding, a lead angle control signal is computed from the excitation angle, and a phase of an applied voltage to the stepping motor is controlled using the lead angle control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kuwano, Akio Takemori, Yasuo Matsuda, Yoshihiro Okumatsu, Atsuo Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20040178763
    Abstract: A stepping motor driver which drives a stepping motor for position and speed control. The stepping motor driver comprises: a current control means which outputs values corresponding to applied voltages; current sensors which detect phase currents; and a magnetic pole position estimation unit which uses the values corresponding to applied voltages and detected phase current values as outputs of the current sensors to obtain a magnetic pole position estimate. The magnetic pole position estimation unit calculates a magnetic pole position estimate from speed electromotive force estimates or from differences between phase currents at zero speed and detected phase current values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kuwano, Akio Takemori, Hiroaki Taka, Yasuo Matsuda, Yoshihiro Okumatsu, Atsuo Kawamura, Yukinari Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20030178965
    Abstract: The stepping motor driver comprises an inverter for feeding stepped currents to windings of a stepping motor, a position detector for obtaining a detected angle of a rotor of the stepping motor and a current controller for controlling the inverter. In a d-q rotational coordinate system in which the d-axis is in the direction of the magnetic flux of the rotor and the q-axis is in the direction perpendicular to the d-axis, an excitation angle for a winding is determined from a d-axis component and a q-axis component of a command current to the winding, a lead angle control signal is computed from the excitation angle, and a phase of an applied voltage to the stepping motor is controlled using the lead angle control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kuwano, Akio Takemori, Yasuo Matsuda, Yoshihiro Okumatsu, Atsuo Kawamura