Patents by Inventor Yu Sasaki

Yu Sasaki 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: 20190288626
    Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes a current estimation unit configured to output a detected current value corresponding to each of the three-phase AC currents based on the measured current value and rotor rotation angle information of the motor. The current estimation unit defines a phase whose duty ratio of a driving pulse supplied to an inverter circuit, which generates the three-phase AC currents, becomes more than or equal to an operation switching threshold as an estimation target phase, calculates, for the estimation target phase, an estimated current value based on a coefficient value, which is calculated from the measured current value by the current measurement unit in a period in which the duty ratio of the driving pulse is lower than the operation switching threshold, and the rotor rotation angle information, and outputs the calculated estimated current value as the detected current value of the estimation target phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki YAMADA, Hiroyuki IYAMA, Yu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190256757
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coolant composition comprising acetate as a freezing-point depressant, which has low corrosiveness to metal such as aluminum and hardly deteriorates rubber. The present disclosure provides a coolant composition comprising water and acetate, wherein the coolant composition further comprises: an aliphatic polyol compound; an azole compound; at least one selected from phosphoric acid and a salt thereof; at least one selected from carboxylic acid and a salt thereof in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight, with respect to the total amount of the coolant composition; at least one selected from a calcium compound, a magnesium compound, and a strontium compound in an amount of 0.0001% to 0.2% by weight in terms of nitrate, with respect to the total amount of the coolant composition; and at least one selected from tartaric acid and a salt thereof in an amount of 0.001% to 1.0% by weight in terms of tartaric acid, with respect to the total amount of the coolant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JAPAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki KODAMA, Hiroyuki ARAI, Masayuki NAGASAWA, Yoshimichi UMEHARA, Yousuke KISHINO, Yu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190243355
    Abstract: A remote control system includes: a moving object including shooting means, and image quality changing means; controller means by which an operator remotely controls the moving object; and display means for cutting out a predetermined range from the image data transmitted from the image quality changing means according to a direction in which the operator is facing and displaying the cut-out predetermined range for the operator. The image quality changing means increases a frame rate of the image data taken by the shooting means and lowers the resolution of the image data according to the increase in the frame rate when at least one of following conditions is satisfied: a condition that a moving speed of the moving object increases; and a condition that a setting is changed through the controller means so that the frame rate of the image data taken by the shooting means increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki IZU, Yu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10374541
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor, a resolver configured to detect a rotation angle of the motor, a resolver/digital converter configured to convert an analog angle signal output from the resolver into a digital angle signal, and a motor control unit configured to control the motor based on the digital angle signal output from the resolver/digital converter and determine, when an integrated value obtained by integrating the digital angle signal at a predetermined time interval is not within a threshold range, that the resolver/digital converter is abnormal. The motor control unit increases the time interval for the integration when a rotation speed of the motor decreases and decreases the time interval for the integration when the rotation speed of the motor increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Yamamoto, Yu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190216669
    Abstract: A first exemplary aspect is a walking training apparatus including: an walking assistance apparatus attached to a lower limb of a trainee; at least one wire connected to the lower limb directly or through the walking assistance apparatus; a first wire winding mechanism configured to wind the wire for applying a pull-up force to the wire; a sensor for detecting displacement information according to a displacement of a position connected to the wire in a lateral direction; and a controller configured to control the first wire winding mechanism based on the displacement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Fukunaga, Kanako Suzuki, Yu Sasaki, Uori Koike, Masatomo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190105218
    Abstract: A walking training system includes: a treadmill on which a walking trainee walks; a walking assistance apparatus that is mounted on a leg part of the walking trainee and assists walking of the walking trainee; and control means for controlling an operation of the walking assistance apparatus. The control means controls the operation of the walking assistance apparatus so as to cause the walking trainee to approach a reference position when the trainee is spaced apart from the reference position of the treadmill by a predetermined distance or more in a walking front/back direction while the walking trainee is walking on the treadmill, and increases the predetermined distance when at least one of a walking training amount of the walking trainee, a walking training level of the walking trainee set in the walking training system, and the speed of the treadmill is larger/higher/greater than a predetermined amount, level, and speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Izu, Yu Sasaki, Kazuya Yamamoto, Uori Koike, Masatomo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10181749
    Abstract: A charging system that includes a charging device and a secondary battery device with improved safety is provided. When the secondary battery device has been connected to a charging terminal of the charging device, a DC voltage for inspection is supplied from a DC power supply unit to the charging terminal to detect a DC signal by a DC signal detection unit, and an AC voltage for inspection is supplied from an AC power supply unit to the charging terminal to detect an AC signal by an AC signal detection unit. The secondary battery device is started to be charged only when the value of the DC signal falls within a reference range defined by a resistance value of the secondary battery device and the value of the AC signal falls within a reference range defined by an impedance value of the secondary battery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Izu, Yu Sasaki, Yoshihiro Okumatsu, Takahiro Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20190001537
    Abstract: A pad main body is bonded integrally with an inner pad while covering the front side of the inner pad. A back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the pad main body and the inner pad is integrally bonded on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body by impregnation of foamed synthetic resin materials constituting the inner pad and the pad main body. This allows impregnation of the foamed synthetic resin materials in the back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body. This consequently allows providing a high hardness on the back side of the inner pad while ensuring hardness on the back side of the pad main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Nakamura, Takashi Sakazume, Yu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10159872
    Abstract: A balance training device includes an inverted two-wheel vehicle, a posture detection unit that detects a posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, a control unit that enables control of the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle moves according to the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle detected by the posture detection unit and control of the inverted two-wheel vehicle so that the inverted two-wheel vehicle is forcibly moved in an arbitrary direction irrespective of the posture of the inverted two-wheel vehicle, and a position determining unit that determines a position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle. When a distance between the obtained position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle and the reference position is greater than or equal to a threshold, the control unit suppresses the control to forcibly move the inverted two-wheel vehicle in a direction from a reference position to the position of the inverted two-wheel vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Sasaki, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180342972
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor, a resolver configured to detect a rotation angle of the motor, a resolver/digital converter configured to convert an analog angle signal output from the resolver into a digital angle signal, and a motor control unit configured to control the motor based on the digital angle signal output from the resolver/digital converter and determine, when an integrated value obtained by integrating the digital angle signal at a predetermined time interval is not within a threshold range, that the resolver/digital converter is abnormal. The motor control unit increases the time interval for the integration when a rotation speed of the motor decreases and decreases the time interval for the integration when the rotation speed of the motor increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya YAMAMOTO, Yu SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10131358
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus which includes an engine, an automatic transmission, and drive wheels transmitted with the power of the engine through the automatic transmission, the automatic transmission including a torque converter connected with the engine, a transmission mechanism connected with the torque converter, the torque converter having a pump impeller connected with the engine, and a turbine runner connected with the transmission mechanism, the vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle further including: an input shaft rotational speed sensor that detects the rotational speed Nt of the turbine runner, and a control unit to control the engine to have the rotational speed Ne of the engine raised when a determination condition in which the rotational speed Nt of the turbine runner is not raised even within a standard time T1 lapsed after the engine is started is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Sasaki, Takeshi Ishiwada, Shuji Toyokawa
  • Patent number: 10086541
    Abstract: A pad main body is bonded integrally with an inner pad while covering the front side of the inner pad. A back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the pad main body and the inner pad is integrally bonded on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body by impregnation of foamed synthetic resin materials constituting the inner pad and the pad main body. This allows impregnation of the foamed synthetic resin materials in the back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body. This consequently allows providing a high hardness on the back side of the inner pad while ensuring hardness on the back side of the pad main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruo Nakamura, Takashi Sakazume, Yu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180258527
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes first and second processing gas supply parts for respectively supplying first and second processing gases to the substrate, and a separation region formed between first and second processing regions to separate an atmosphere of the first processing region to which the first processing gas is supplied and an atmosphere of the second processing region to which the second processing gas is supplied. The separation region includes: a separation region forming member including edge portions radially extending from a rotation center to a peripheral edge of a rotary table and for forming a narrow space between the edge portions and the rotary table, and a concave portion provided in a region sandwiched between adjacent edge portions and for forming a buffer space; and a separation gas supply part for supplying a separation gas into the buffer space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yu SASAKI, Kosuke TAKAHASHI, Fumiaki HAYASE
  • Patent number: 10053776
    Abstract: A method of detoxifying an exhaust pipe in a film forming apparatus configured to supply a raw material gas contending a harmful component and a reaction gas capable of generating a harmless reaction product by reaction with the raw material gas into a process chamber to perform a film forming process on a substrate while independently exhausting the raw material gas and the reaction gas from a raw material exhaust pipe and a reaction gas exhaust pipe connected to the process chamber, respectively, is provided. The method includes supplying the reaction gas into the raw material exhaust pipe to detoxify an interior of the raw material exhaust pipe during a predetermined period in which the film forming apparatus is operated and the film forming process is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Wamura, Fumiaki Hayase, Masahiko Kaminishi, Kosuke Takahashi, Yu Sasaki, Hiroko Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180229074
    Abstract: Provided is a balance training apparatus operating in conjunction with an inverted pendulum moving apparatus on which a trainee rides and performs a moving operation. The balance training apparatus includes a detector configured to detect a position of the moving apparatus, and a controller configured to set a task for the trainee to travel back and forth from an initial position to a target position within a predetermined time and configured to superimpose a character representing the trainee at a position corresponding to a position of the moving apparatus on a video indicating progress of the task and display it on a display. The controller corrects the initial position in a task to be executed next to a position of the moving apparatus at the end of a task that has been executed last and corrects the target position according to the correction of the initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu SASAKI, Masahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10044299
    Abstract: A motor driving device includes: an inverter control unit configured to generate and output a control signal for feedback-controlling a motor using a control command value for setting driving of the motor and a feedback value including a current value of driving power supplied to the motor; an inverter configured to supply driving power to the motor in accordance with the control signal output from the inverter control unit; and an abnormality detecting unit configured to detect an abnormality of the inverter. The abnormality detecting unit determines that the inverter is abnormal when a sum of three-phase AC voltage values of the driving power supplied to the motor is greater than a predetermined voltage value and a difference between the control command value supplied to the inverter control unit and the feedback value is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Sasaki, Hiroyuki Iyama
  • Publication number: 20180152124
    Abstract: A motor driving device includes: an inverter control unit configured to generate and output a control signal for feedback-controlling a motor using a control command value for setting driving of the motor and a feedback value including a current value of driving power supplied to the motor; an inverter configured to supply driving power to the motor in accordance with the control signal output from the inverter control unit; and an abnormality detecting unit configured to detect an abnormality of the inverter. The abnormality detecting unit determines that the inverter is abnormal when a sum of three-phase AC voltage values of the driving power supplied to the motor is greater than a predetermined voltage value and a difference between the control command value supplied to the inverter control unit and the feedback value is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu SASAKI, Hiroyuki IYAMA
  • Patent number: 9981412
    Abstract: A tubular lower mold partitioning wall is erected on a lower mold, and a three-dimensional mesh-like body is disposed with a part of a side face exposed with respect to the lower mold partitioning wall. When a pad main body is molded by foaming a liquid raw material, the mesh-like body is penetrated through the pad main body in a thickness direction. Since the mesh-like body is disposed with a part of the side face exposed with respect to the lower mold partitioning wall, the liquid raw material is hardened between the fibers on the side face of the mesh-like body, and the side face is attached to the pad main body. Therefore, it is possible that the mesh-like body is not easily displaced with respect to the pad main body while suppressing a sweaty feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Yu Sasaki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Shogo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9964896
    Abstract: A development device includes a development container and a second agitation member. The development container includes a second transport chamber and a developer discharge port which is provided at the end portion of the second transport chamber on a downstream side. The second agitation member includes a second transport blade, a damming member which dams a developer, a regulation portion which transports the developer in a direction opposite to the second transport blade and a discharge blade which discharges the developer from the developer discharge portion. A second rotation shaft includes a large shaft diameter portion on which the second transport blade is provided, a small shaft diameter portion on which the regulation portion and the discharge blade are provided and a shaft diameter change portion. The damming member is arranged between the shaft diameter change portion and the end portion of the second transport blade on the downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9956706
    Abstract: A three-dimensional mesh-like body is disposed on a molding face of a lower mold onto which a liquid raw material of flexible foam is poured. An upper mold is laid over the lower mold to form a cavity, a projection projected on the upper mold toward the cavity is contacted with the three-dimensional mesh-like body, and the three-dimensional mesh-like body is fixed. The three-dimensional mesh-like body is attached and fixed to a front surface of a pad main body, so that the three-dimensional mesh-like body can be prevented from being displaced with respect to the pad main body. Moreover, the position of the three-dimensional mesh-like body can be prevented from being displaced in the process of foaming the liquid raw material because of the projection, and a vent hole can be formed on the pad main body. As a result, a sweaty feeling can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Yu Sasaki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Shogo Suzuki