Patents by Inventor Yuri OHARA
Yuri OHARA 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: 11635472Abstract: A load driving device includes a synchronous rectifier circuit having a driving-side switching element and a reflux-side switching element; a driver control circuit controls the synchronous rectifier circuit; and a voltage monitor circuit that monitors whether the voltage of an output terminal of the synchronous rectifier circuit is within a predetermined voltage range; where the driver control circuit, upon receiving a diagnosis command, performs control so that when the driving-side switching element is switched from ON to OFF, the reflux-Side switching element is also switched to OFF; and the voltage monitor circuit detects a normal state when the voltage to be monitored is within a normal level during a period in which both the driving-side switching element and the reflux-side switching element are turned OFF.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Yuri Ohara, Yasushi Sugiyama, Takeo Yamashita, Masahiro Doi
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Patent number: 11459996Abstract: Provided is an electronic control unit capable of performing a high-accurate failure diagnosis in a short time as an electronic control unit having a failure diagnosis function. A load drive circuit that drives a load, a control circuit that controls the load drive circuit, and a diagnosis circuit that diagnoses an output state of the load drive circuit and outputs a diagnostic result to the control circuit are provided. The diagnosis circuit outputs a diagnosis completion flag indicating whether or not there is a diagnosis opportunity to the control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Yuri Ohara, Yasuo Shima, Masahiro Doi, Takeo Yamashita
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Publication number: 20220189217Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device including a timer that operates during a key-off time period, the electronic control device having high reliability to diagnose whether the timer is normally operated even during the key-off time period. The electronic control device includes a first power supply unit to which a battery voltage is always supplied as a power supply voltage, the first power supply unit including a first timer that measures a key-off time period, a diagnostic timer different from the first timer, and a first timer diagnosis unit that compares a timer value of the first timer with that of the diagnostic timer during the key-off time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Masahiro DOI, Yasushi SUGIYAMA, Yuri OHARA, Takeo YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20210341957Abstract: Provided is a highly versatile and reliable power supply device (power supply ASIC) that can support electronic devices with a wide range of drive currents while suppressing a cost increase, and an electronic control device using the same. An electronic control device includes: a first power supply circuit that outputs a first voltage; a second power supply circuit that generates a second voltage from the first voltage; and a first MOSFET arranged independently of the first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit. The second power supply circuit includes: a reference power supply that outputs a reference voltage; an amplifier that amplifies the reference voltage; a second MOSFET connected in parallel with the first MOSFET; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage value of a gate terminal of the first MOSFET; and a switching unit that connects an output from the amplifier to either the gate terminal of the first MOSFET or a gate terminal of the second MOSFET.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Masahiro DOI, Yuri OHARA, Takeo YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20210317811Abstract: Provided is an electronic control unit capable of performing a high-accurate failure diagnosis in a short time as an electronic control unit having a failure diagnosis function. A load drive circuit that drives a load, a control circuit that controls the load drive circuit, and a diagnosis circuit that diagnoses an output state of the load drive circuit and outputs a diagnostic result to the control circuit are provided. The diagnosis circuit outputs a diagnosis completion flag indicating whether or not there is a diagnosis opportunity to the control circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yuri OHARA, Yasuo SHIMA, Masahiro DOI, Takeo YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20210218360Abstract: The conventional method requires at least one cycle of diagnostic time for pulse detection, which causes a problem of longer diagnostic time. A load driving device of the present invention includes a synchronous rectifier circuit having a driving-side switching element and a reflux-side switching element; a driver control circuit controls the synchronous rectifier circuit; and a voltage monitor circuit that monitors whether the voltage of an output terminal of the synchronous rectifier circuit is within a predetermined voltage range; where the driver control circuit, upon receiving a diagnosis command, performs control so that when the driving-side switching element is switched from ON to OFF, the reflux-side switching element is also switched to OFF; and the voltage monitor circuit detects a normal state when the voltage to be monitored is within a normal level during a period in which both the driving-side switching element and the reflux-side switching element are turned OFF.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yuri OHARA, Yasushi SUGIYAMA, Takeo YAMASHITA, Masahiro DOI
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Patent number: 10664033Abstract: In a power supply circuit in which a power supply sequence is variable, a malfunction of a device to which power is supplied caused by a wrong power-on order is prevented. In a power supply circuit according to the present invention, an operation state of a previous voltage regulator is detected, and based on a detection result, an order of activation or stop of respective voltage regulators is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yuri Ohara, Atsushi Arata
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Publication number: 20200042060Abstract: In a power supply circuit in which a power supply sequence is variable, a malfunction of a device to which power is supplied caused by a wrong power-on order is prevented. In a power supply circuit according to the present invention, an operation state of a previous voltage regulator is detected, and based on a detection result, an order of activation or stop of respective voltage regulators is controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yuri OHARA, Atsushi ARATA