Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Shamoto
Yoshihiro Shamoto 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).
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Patent number: 11757395Abstract: An electric motor control device includes an electronic control unit configured to perform switching control of a switching element of an inverter in PWM control mode when a modulation degree is less than a first predetermined value, perform switching control of the switching element in square wave control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, and perform switching control of the switching element in intermediate control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value and less than the second predetermined value. The intermediate control mode uses a switching pattern in which, in a pulse pattern in the square wave control mode, a slit or a short pulse having the same width as the slit is formed according to whether a pulse is present at the time when a phase current crosses zero.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Shamoto, Hiroyuki Oyanagi
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Patent number: 11637522Abstract: The first square wave control mode using the square wave pulse pattern is used when the voltage acting on the inverter is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage. On the other hand, when the voltage acting on the inverter is lower than the threshold voltage, a square wave pulse pattern is used when the rotation speed of the motor is equal to or higher than the first predetermined rotation speed that is higher than the first resonance region, and the second square wave control mode using the first switching pattern for suppressing the LC resonance in the first resonance region is used when the rotation speed of the motor is lower than the first predetermined rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshihiro Shamoto
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Publication number: 20220231628Abstract: The first square wave control mode using the square wave pulse pattern is used when the voltage acting on the inverter is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage. On the other hand, when the voltage acting on the inverter is lower than the threshold voltage, a square wave pulse pattern is used when the rotation speed of the motor is equal to or higher than the first predetermined rotation speed that is higher than the first resonance region, and the second square wave control mode using the first switching pattern for suppressing the LC resonance in the first resonance region is used when the rotation speed of the motor is lower than the first predetermined rotation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventor: Yoshihiro SHAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210359635Abstract: An electric motor control device includes an electronic control unit configured to perform switching control of a switching element of an inverter in PWM control mode when a modulation degree is less than a first predetermined value, perform switching control of the switching element in square wave control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, and perform switching control of the switching element in intermediate control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value and less than the second predetermined value. The intermediate control mode uses a switching pattern in which, in a pulse pattern in the square wave control mode, a slit or a short pulse having the same width as the slit is formed according to whether a pulse is present at the time when a phase current crosses zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro SHAMOTO, Hiroyuki OYANAGI
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Patent number: 11108351Abstract: An electric motor control device includes an electronic control unit configured to perform switching control of a switching element of an inverter in PWM control mode when a modulation degree is less than a first predetermined value, perform switching control of the switching element in square wave control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, and perform switching control of the switching element in intermediate control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value and less than the second predetermined value. The intermediate control mode uses a switching pattern in which, in a pulse pattern in the square wave control mode, a slit or a short pulse having the same width as the slit is formed according to whether a pulse is present at the time when a phase current crosses zero.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Shamoto, Hiroyuki Oyanagi
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Publication number: 20200287496Abstract: An electric motor control device includes an electronic control unit configured to perform switching control of a switching element of an inverter in PWM control mode when a modulation degree is less than a first predetermined value, perform switching control of the switching element in square wave control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, and perform switching control of the switching element in intermediate control mode when the modulation degree is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value and less than the second predetermined value. The intermediate control mode uses a switching pattern in which, in a pulse pattern in the square wave control mode, a slit or a short pulse having the same width as the slit is formed according to whether a pulse is present at the time when a phase current crosses zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro SHAMOTO, Hiroyuki OYANAGI
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Patent number: 10723233Abstract: A controller of an electrically powered vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit performs a switching control by a square wave control in a first switching mode when a rotation speed of the motor is equal to or higher than a first predetermined rotation speed. The electronic control unit performs the switching control by the square wave control in a second switching mode when the rotation speed of the motor is lower than the first predetermined rotation speed. The first predetermined rotation speed is a rotation speed lower than a first resonance region. The first switching mode is a mode of a switching pattern that suppresses LC resonance in the first resonance region. The second switching mode is a mode of a switching pattern that suppresses LC resonance in a second resonance region lower than the first predetermined rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Shamoto, Kazuhito Hayashi, Hiroyuki Oyanagi
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Publication number: 20190248248Abstract: A controller of an electrically powered vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit performs a switching control by a square wave control in a first switching mode when a rotation speed of the motor is equal to or higher than a first predetermined rotation speed. The electronic control unit performs the switching control by the square wave control in a second switching mode when the rotation speed of the motor is lower than the first predetermined rotation speed. The first predetermined rotation speed is a rotation speed lower than a first resonance region. The first switching mode is a mode of a switching pattern that suppresses LC resonance in the first resonance region. The second switching mode is a mode of a switching pattern that suppresses LC resonance in a second resonance region lower than the first predetermined rotation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro SHAMOTO, Kazuhito HAYASHI, Hiroyuki OYANAGI
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Patent number: 8669734Abstract: A control device divides 360° corresponding to one cycle of a resolver angle into N zones, and determines whether or not a resolver angle ? in the current cycle exceeds a division border. When determined that resolver angle ? in the current cycle exceeds a division border, the control device calculates a time difference ?T[n] between a calculation time T[n] in the immediately preceding resolver cycle and a calculation time T in the current cycle. The control device also calculates a resolver angle variation ??[n] with time difference ?T[n] by adding 360° to the difference between resolver angle ? obtained in the current cycle and a resolver angle ?[n] obtained in the immediately preceding resolver cycle. The control device then calculates a rotation speed NM by multiplying, by a coefficient K, a value obtained by dividing ??[n] by ?T[n].Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso CorporationInventors: Kenji Yamada, Yasuhiro Nakai, Satoru Katoh, Yoshihiro Shamoto, Takaya Soma
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Publication number: 20120019179Abstract: A control device divides 360° corresponding to one cycle of a resolver angle into N zones, and determines whether or not a resolver angle ? in the current cycle exceeds a division border. When determined that resolver angle ? in the current cycle exceeds a division border, the control device calculates a time difference ?T[n] between a calculation time T[n] in the immediately preceding resolver cycle and a calculation time T in the current cycle. The control device also calculates a resolver angle variation ??[n] with time difference ?T[n] by adding 360° to the difference between resolver angle ? obtained in the current cycle and a resolver angle ?[n] obtained in the immediately preceding resolver cycle. The control device then calculates a rotation speed NM by multiplying, by a coefficient K, a value obtained by dividing ??[n] by ?T[n].Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Yamada, Yasuhiro Nakai, Satoru Katoh, Yoshihiro Shamoto, Takaya Soma