Patents by Inventor Yutaka MIYAJIMA

Yutaka MIYAJIMA 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).

  • Patent number: 11400905
    Abstract: A powering pattern representing velocity of a vehicle at each position of a powering interval in a braking delay period between a timing at which the vehicle exceeds allowable velocity and a braking timing at which the vehicle starts to brake, and a coasting pattern representing velocity of the vehicle at each position of a coasting interval subsequent to the powering interval in the braking delay period are calculated after calculating a braking pattern representing velocity of the vehicle in a braking interval, which is a running interval subsequent to the coasting interval and which occurs between a position of the vehicle at the braking timing and a target position for controlling the vehicle to run at predetermined velocity or less, wherein an acceleration characteristic depending on velocity of the vehicle is used to calculate at least the powering pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Noritaka Yanai, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11396313
    Abstract: The limit information acquisition unit is configured to acquire limit information including speed limit information and the position information corresponding to the speed limit, from a vehicle speed limit unit that is configured to set the speed limits at a plurality of positions in order to achieve a predetermined deceleration completion speed at the speed limit start position. The current position acquisition unit is configured to acquire a current position of the vehicle. The current speed acquisition unit is configured to acquire a current speed of the vehicle. The travel curve generation unit is configured to generate a travel curve which satisfies the speed limit at each position obtained from the limit information according to the acquired limit information, the current position, and the current speed. The speed command unit is configured to generate a speed command according to the generated travel curve and the current position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Yanai, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11110944
    Abstract: A travel management device is configured to transmit a reservation request for a block section to be reserved based on track information indicating a plurality of block sections constituting a track on which a vehicle travels and a connection relationship between the block sections, the block section to be reserved being among the block sections included in the track on which the vehicle travels. A resource management device is configured to record the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request as a reserved block section of the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request in case where the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request is not reserved by a vehicle other than the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request at a time at which the reservation request is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Yanai, Masahiro Yamada, Yutaka Miyajima, Hiroki Nonaka, Kazuyuki Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 10915438
    Abstract: A software-testing device includes a conversion unit configured to convert a PLC program for operating a programmable logic controller into a general-purpose language program described in a general-purpose programming language, and a test execution unit configured to perform a test on the general-purpose language program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Okazaki, Noritaka Yanai, Masahiro Yamada, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10625717
    Abstract: A brake control device includes a mechanical brake output determination unit configured to determine the stage number of a braking force on the basis of a target deceleration of a moving body from one or a plurality of braking force stages output from a mechanical brake included in the moving body, a mechanical braking force estimation unit configured to estimate braking force of the mechanical brake corresponding to the stage number determined by the mechanical brake output determination unit, and a regenerative brake control unit configured to output a regenerative brake command value such that a regenerative brake included in the moving body outputs a braking force corresponding to a difference between target braking force based on the target deceleration and the braking force estimated by the mechanical braking force estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Yanai, Hirotaka Okazaki, Kazuyuki Wakasugi, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20200039489
    Abstract: A powering pattern representing velocity of a vehicle at each position of a powering interval in a braking delay period between a timing at which the vehicle exceeds allowable velocity and a braking timing at which the vehicle starts to brake, and a coasting pattern representing velocity of the vehicle at each position of a coasting interval subsequent to the powering interval in the braking delay period are calculated after calculating a braking pattern representing velocity of the vehicle in a braking interval, which is a running interval subsequent to the coasting interval and which occurs between a position of the vehicle at the braking timing and a target position for controlling the vehicle to run at predetermined velocity or less, wherein an acceleration characteristic depending on velocity of the vehicle is used to calculate at least the powering pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMADA, Noritaka YANAI, Yutaka MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190391910
    Abstract: A software-testing device includes a conversion unit configured to convert a PLC program for operating a programmable logic controller into a general-purpose language program described in a general-purpose programming language, and a test execution unit configured to perform a test on the general-purpose language program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hirotaka OKAZAKI, Noritaka YANAI, Masahiro YAMADA, Yutaka MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10293842
    Abstract: An on-board device is loaded in a moving vehicle and includes a control device configured to control the traveling of the moving vehicle. In the control device, an in-field traveling instructing section determines whether a blockade moving vehicle exists to hinder the traveling of the moving vehicle on a traveling route to an inspection field in a railyard, based on different moving vehicle related data in the railyard when the moving vehicle is an inspection waiting vehicle. A traveling route securing section requests securement of the traveling route to a railyard interface device that controls branching on the traveling route when there is not the blockade moving vehicle on the traveling route. A traveling permission section permits the traveling of the moving vehicle on the secured route based on traveling route state data from the railyard interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Miyajima, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20180346005
    Abstract: A travel management device is configured to transmit a reservation request for a block section to be reserved based on track information indicating a plurality of block sections constituting a track on which a vehicle travels and a connection relationship between the block sections, the block section to be reserved being among the block sections included in the track on which the vehicle travels. A resource management device is configured to record the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request as a reserved block section of the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request in case where the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request is not reserved by a vehicle other than the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request at a time at which the reservation request is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritaka YANAI, Masahiro YAMADA, Yutaka MIYAJIMA, Hiroki NONAKA, Kazuyuki WAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20180326953
    Abstract: A brake control device includes a mechanical brake output determination unit configured to determine the stage number of a braking force on the basis of a target deceleration of a moving body from one or a plurality of braking force stages output from a mechanical brake included in the moving body, a mechanical braking force estimation unit configured to estimate braking force of the mechanical brake corresponding to the stage number determined by the mechanical brake output determination unit, and a regenerative brake control unit configured to output a regenerative brake command value such that a regenerative brake included in the moving body outputs a braking force corresponding to a difference between target braking force based on the target deceleration and the braking force estimated by the mechanical braking force estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING ,LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka YANAI, Hirotaka OKAZAKI, Kazuyuki WAKASUGI, Yutaka MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9884635
    Abstract: A signaling system includes an on-board device, a station interface device and a platform screen door. The on-board device is provided in a moving vehicle. The station interface device is provided in a station. The platform screen door is provided in the station and controlled by the station interface device. When the moving vehicle has stopped at the station, the on-board device outputs a door open permission command to instruct release of a lock state. The station interface device releases the lock state of the platform screen door in response to the door open permission command. After the lock state is released, the on-board device outputs a door open command to instruct the opening of the platform screen door. The station interface device opens the platform screen door in response to the door open command. The on-board device opens doors of the moving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Miyajima, Takahiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9849897
    Abstract: A signaling system includes an on-board device provided for a moving vehicle traveling on a track, and a station interface device provided for a station, and a branch provided on the track. A second moving vehicle transmits different moving vehicle related data of itself to a first on-board device of a first moving vehicle. The first station interface device transmits station related data of the branch to the first on-board device. The first on-board device outputs a command which instructs to switch the branch, to the first station interface based on the different moving vehicle related data and the station related data, to secure the traveling route. The first station interface device switches the branch and secures the traveling route. The first on-board device determines the traveling of the first moving vehicle of the secured traveling route based on the different moving vehicle related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9783214
    Abstract: An operation management device that manages the operation of a plurality of vehicles that travel along a track is provided with: a vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires the positions of the plurality of vehicles that are present on the track; a density calculation unit that calculates the density of the plurality of vehicles that are traveling along the track within a predetermined range; and a departure determination unit that adjusts the departure time of a target vehicle from a station at which the vehicle stops on the basis of a front direction density indicating the density of vehicles that are traveling within a predetermined range in front of the predetermined target vehicle in the travel direction thereof and a back direction density indicating the density of vehicles that are traveling within a predetermined range in back of the predetermined target vehicle in the travel direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Niinomi, Kenji Takao, Noritaka Yanai, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9744981
    Abstract: An operation management device that manages the operation of a plurality of vehicles is provided with: a vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires the positions of the plurality of vehicles; an interval adjustment unit that, on the basis of congestion information, identifies a station that is a reference for increasing the density of the plurality of vehicles that are present and sets a standby time at each station that is behind the station that is a reference, the standby time being for the plurality of vehicles that stops at the stations behind the station; and a departure determination unit that adjusts the departure times of the plurality of vehicles from each of the stations behind the station on the basis of the standby times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Niinomi, Kenji Takao, Noritaka Yanai, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9554320
    Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a mobile station provided in a moving object moving along a predetermined route, and a plurality of base stations provided along the route. The mobile station includes an interruption time determining unit that determines whether an interruption time, in which the base station communicating with the mobile station which is currently connected is interrupted communication with the mobile station, is within a predetermined permissible time range for a travel direction side of the route more forward than a current position of the moving object, and a handover processing unit that performs handover processing when the interruption time determining unit determines that the interruption time is not within the permissible time range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Syusaku Yamamoto, Masatoshi Tominaga, Shinichi Hayashi, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9522688
    Abstract: An on-board device is loaded in a moving vehicle traveling on a track. The on-board device determines whether or not a traveling route has been secured, based on station related data indicating data related to a branch on the traveling route of the moving vehicle and acquired from a station interface device of a station to which the branch belongs, and different moving vehicle related data indicating data related to a different moving vehicle acquired from the different moving vehicle on the traveling route. The on-board device determines the traveling of the moving vehicle on the secured traveling route based on the different moving vehicle related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9503949
    Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a mobile station and base stations, and the mobile station includes a base station selection unit, a first selected base station determination unit, a second selected base station determination unit, an inhibition command data transmission unit that transmits data for commanding inhibition of a downlink to a base station when the first selected base station determination unit determines that the base station is selected at the previous time and is not selected at this time, and a permission command data transmission unit that transmits data for commanding permission of a downlink to a base station when the second selected base station determination unit determines that the base station is not selected at the previous time and is selected at this time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Syusaku Yamamoto, Masatoshi Tominaga, Shinichi Hayashi, Yutaka Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20160332647
    Abstract: The limit information acquisition unit is configured to acquire limit information including speed limit information and the position information corresponding to the speed limit, from a vehicle speed limit unit that is configured to set the speed limits at a plurality of positions in order to achieve a predetermined deceleration completion speed at the speed limit start position. The current position acquisition unit is configured to acquire a current position of the vehicle. The current speed acquisition unit is configured to acquire a current speed of the vehicle. The travel curve generation unit is configured to generate a travel curve which satisfies the speed limit at each position obtained from the limit information according to the acquired limit information, the current position, and the current speed. The speed command unit is configured to generate a speed command according to the generated travel curve and the current position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Noritaka YANAI, Yutaka MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160059874
    Abstract: A signaling system includes an on-board device, a station interface device and a platform screen door. The on-board device is provided in a moving vehicle. The station interface device is provided in a station. The platform screen door is provided in the station and controlled by the station interface device. When the moving vehicle has stopped at the station, the on-board device outputs a door open permission command to instruct release of a lock state. The station interface device releases the lock state of the platform screen door in response to the door open permission command. After the lock state is released, the on-board device outputs a door open command to instruct the opening of the platform screen door. The station interface device opens the platform screen door in response to the door open command. The on-board device opens doors of the moving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Yutaka MIYAJIMA, Takahiro MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160046306
    Abstract: An on-board device is loaded in a moving vehicle traveling on a track. The on-board device acquires failure data indicating a failure on the track. Based on the failure data, a traveling route is determined in case of the failure. The securement of the traveling route is determined based on station related data that is acquired from a station interface device of a station to which a branch on the route belongs and which indicates data of the branch, and different moving vehicle related data that is acquired from a different moving vehicle competing in at least a part of the traveling route and that indicates data of the different moving vehicle. The traveling of the moving vehicle is determined regarding the secured traveling route based on the different moving vehicle related data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: Yutaka MIYAJIMA