Patents by Inventor Yoshiyasu Nakashima

Yoshiyasu Nakashima 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: 20230034570
    Abstract: A water electrolysis system includes a plurality of conversion circuits configured to convert a first power generated by a solar power generation apparatus into a plurality of second powers, respectively, a control circuit configured to control at least a number of driven conversion circuits among the plurality of conversion circuits, and a plurality of water electrolysis cells configured to receive the plurality of second powers from the plurality of conversion circuits, respectively, wherein the control circuit includes a detector configured to detect an occurrence of a change in the first power, the change exceeding a predetermined amount per predetermined time, and the control circuit increases the number of driven conversion circuits in response to the detector detecting the occurrence of the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11264892
    Abstract: A power-supply apparatus includes a power-supply circuit to which an input voltage and an input current are input, to include a switching element to be controlled by a control signal so as to generate an output voltage and an output current, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor to calculate a first duty ratio of the control signal so that the output voltage approaches a target voltage, calculate a second duty ratio of the control signal for the switching element, based on the input voltage, the input current, the output voltage, and the output current, detect deterioration of the power-supply circuit, based on the first duty ratio and the second duty ratio, generate the control signal of the first duty ratio when the power-supply circuit has not deteriorated, and generate the control signal for stopping the power-supply circuit when the power-supply circuit has deteriorated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakao, Yu Yonezawa, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11028492
    Abstract: An electrolytic system includes, a power generator that outputs a first DC power, a plurality of converters each of which converts the first DC power into a second DC power according to a target duty ratio, and outputs voltage information and current information of the second DC power, a plurality of electrolyzers each of which receives the second DC power output from each of the plurality of converters and generates a gas, a control circuit that outputs control information by which the first DC power approaches a maximum power, based on a voltage value and a current value of the first DC power, and a selection circuit that outputs the target duty ratio, and a selection signal as to whether to select each of the plurality of electrolyzers and each of the plurality of converters, based on the control information and the voltage information and the current information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, Hiroshi Nakao, Yoshiyasu Nakashima, Daiji Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210050791
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a control circuit; a first switching element controlled by a first control signal having a duty ratio decided based on a difference between an output voltage of a power supply device and a target value, an integrated value of the difference, and a predetermined gain value; and a second switching element controlled by a second control signal having a phase opposite to a phase of the first control signal, the control circuit being configured to measure an input voltage of the power supply device, calculate a set duty ratio based on the input voltage and the target value, the set duty ratio being obtained by dividing a target duty ratio by the gain value, set the set duty ratio as an initial value of the integrated value, and control the first and second switching elements by generating the first and second control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10797595
    Abstract: A current detection circuit included in a power supply detects a current flowing to an inductance element from a detection tap of an inductance element connected between an output terminal and an output of a first switching element. A control circuit included in the power supply controls a first control terminal of the first switching element and a second control terminal of a second switching element and calculates an output current flowing to a load based on the current detected by the current detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, Jun Oikawa, Eiji Nagashima, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20200249281
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: obtain an actual measurement voltage at a time of a voltage change of a battery; estimate an internal impedance of the battery based on an equivalent circuit model of the battery in which a Warburg impedance is represented by an approximate equation using an equivalent circuit which is a series circuit of CR circuits and has steps of a power of 10 as a time constant of the CR circuit and the actual measurement voltage; determine a deterioration state of the battery based on the internal impedance; and notify of deterioration of the battery in a case where the deterioration diagnosis unit detects deterioration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishii, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200184033
    Abstract: A simulation apparatus of a power supply circuit includes an input processing circuit configured to process a pulse signal output from a control device that controls the power supply circuit, a memory, a processor coupled to the memory and configured to derive a response signal with respect to the pulse signal processed by the input processing circuit, by a calculation using a plurality of transfer functions that represents characteristics of the power supply circuit, and process the response signal to transmit to a device that displays the response signal, and an output processing circuit configured to process the response signal to transmit to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10627455
    Abstract: A capacitor life diagnosis apparatus includes ringing detection circuitry that detects ringing of an output voltage of a power source including a capacitor at an output end, and signal generation circuitry that generates a signal indicating a life of the capacitor based on the ringing detected by the ringing detection circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakao, Yu Yonezawa, Takahiko Sugawara, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20190341848
    Abstract: A current detection circuit included in a power supply detects a current flowing to an inductance element from a detection tap of an inductance element connected between an output terminal and an output of a first switching element. A control circuit included in the power supply controls a first control terminal of the first switching element and a second control terminal of a second switching element and calculates an output current flowing to a load based on the current detected by the current detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu YONEZAWA, Jun OIKAWA, Eiji NAGASHIMA, Yoshiyasu NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10409301
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing; a substrate disposed on the inner side of the housing; a plurality of temperature sensors disposed on the substrate; and a processor. The processor performs a procedure including calculating heat source temperatures of a plurality of heat sources disposed on the substrate from temperatures measured by the temperature sensors by using a first heat transfer model not including a first parameter representing a transient response of heat transfer from the heat sources to the temperature sensors; and calculating a surface temperature of a surface of the housing from the heat source temperatures by using a second heat transfer model including the first parameter and a second parameter representing a transient response of heat transfer from the heat sources to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishii, Yoshiyasu Nakashima, Hiroshi Nakao
  • Patent number: 10345360
    Abstract: A capacitor life diagnosis device includes: a first fluctuation detecting unit configured to detect a maximum value of fluctuation in output voltage of a first capacitor every fixed time; and an output unit configured to predict a residual life of the first capacitor on the basis of temporal transition of the maximum value of fluctuation in the output voltage detected by the first fluctuation detecting unit, and output a signal indicating the residual life of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakao, Yu Yonezawa, Takahiko Sugawara, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20190155347
    Abstract: A portable electronic device has a control unit including a processor whose clock frequency is variable, a temperature sensor, a housing that encases the control unit and temperature sensor, and a touch sensor that is able to detect touching to the surface of the housing. The control unit obtains a measured value of temperature from the temperature sensor, calculates an estimated value of surface temperature of the housing using the measured value and a first heat transfer model when the touch sensor has not detected touching, calculates the estimated value using the measured value and a second heat transfer model when the touch sensor has detected touching, decreases an upper limit for the clock frequency when the estimated value is higher than or equal to a threshold, and increases the upper limit for the clock frequency when the estimated value is lower than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishii, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190127867
    Abstract: An electrolytic system includes, a power generator that outputs a first DC power, a plurality of converters each of which converts the first DC power into a second DC power according to a target duty ratio, and outputs voltage information and current information of the second DC power, a plurality of electrolyzers each of which receives the second DC power output from each of the plurality of converters and generates a gas, a control circuit that outputs control information by which the first DC power approaches a maximum power, based on a voltage value and a current value of the first DC power, and a selection circuit that outputs the target duty ratio, and a selection signal as to whether to select each of the plurality of electrolyzers and each of the plurality of converters, based on the control information and the voltage information and the current information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, Hiroshi Nakao, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA, Daiji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10254179
    Abstract: A processor disposed over a substrate of an electronic apparatus acquires a first measured value from a temperature sensor disposed on the substrate, and calculates surface temperature of a surface of an enclosure of the electronic apparatus on the basis of a transfer function G(s) based on a first thermal resistance and a first thermal capacitance between a heat source over the substrate and the surface of the enclosure, a transfer function H(s) based on a second thermal resistance and a second thermal capacitance between the heat source and the temperature sensor, and the first measured value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishii, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20190097525
    Abstract: A power-supply apparatus includes a power-supply circuit to which an input voltage and an input current are input, to include a switching element to be controlled by a control signal so as to generate an output voltage and an output current, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor to calculate a first duty ratio of the control signal so that the output voltage approaches a target voltage, calculate a second duty ratio of the control signal for the switching element, based on the input voltage, the input current, the output voltage, and the output current, detect deterioration of the power-supply circuit, based on the first duty ratio and the second duty ratio, generate the control signal of the first duty ratio when the power-supply circuit has not deteriorated, and generate the control signal for stopping the power-supply circuit when the power-supply circuit has deteriorated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakao, Yu Yonezawa, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10014770
    Abstract: A power supply device coupled to a load includes a first switch that switches a current input from an input terminal, a second switch that switches between a ground potential and an output of the first switch, an inductor that establishes a connection between an output terminal and the output of the first switch, a current sensing circuit that senses a peak current value serving as a peak value of a current flowing through the inductor, and a control circuit that controls a first control terminal of the first switch and a second control terminal of the second switch and that calculates a value of an output current flowing through the load, based on an output value of a temporal coefficient circuit coupled to one of a first control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10008940
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: determine a duty ratio of a control signal of a switching element in a power supply circuit so that an output voltage of the power supply circuit approaches a target voltage; compute an acceptable range of a duty ratio based on an output current of the power supply circuit detected by a current detecting circuit; output the duty ratio when the duty ratio is inside the acceptable range; and stop the power supply circuit when the duty ratio is outside the acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiko Sugawara, Yu Yonezawa, Hiroshi Nakao, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20180166988
    Abstract: A power supply device coupled to a load includes a first switch that switches a current input from an input terminal, a second switch that switches between a ground potential and an output of the first switch, an inductor that establishes a connection between an output terminal and the output of the first switch, a current sensing circuit that senses a peak current value serving as a peak value of a current flowing through the inductor, and a control circuit that controls a first control terminal of the first switch and a second control terminal of the second switch and that calculates a value of an output current flowing through the load, based on an output value of a temporal coefficient circuit coupled to one of a first control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, YOSHIYASU NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 9960695
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a trans circuit configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage by adjusting switching of the input voltage; an output voltage detector configured to detect the output voltage; a compensator configured to generate a control value controlling a duty ratio of the switching such that a value of the detected output voltage coincides with a target value for the output voltage; an input voltage detector configured to detect the input voltage; an estimator configured to estimate an allowed range of the control value in accordance with the target value and a value of the detected input voltage; and an adjuster configured to adjust the control value so as to stop the switching when the control value falls outside the allowed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yonezawa, Takahiko Sugawara, Yoshiyasu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20180068787
    Abstract: An inductor apparatus includes: a substrate including an electrical insulation property and a non-magnetic material; and a plurality of inductors disposed in the substrate so as to extend from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate, each of the plurality of inductors including: an inductor conductive part that has an electrical conductivity and extends in a thickness direction of the substrate; and a magnetic layer that covers a side of the inductor conductive part and include a relative permeability and a soft magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAO, Yu Yonezawa, Takahiko Sugawara, Yoshiyasu Nakashima, Yoshikatsu Ishizuki, Shinya Sasaki, Shinya Iijima