Patents by Inventor Yutaka Ono

Yutaka Ono 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: 20190260318
    Abstract: In a sensorless control of a motor, due to the characteristic of a response frequency, an induced voltage, a magnetic pole position estimation gain, a current control gain, and a speed control gain are closely related. An object of the invention is to enable the induced voltage and the frequency characteristic of a magnetic pole position estimation system to be clearly designed and to theoretically and quantitatively design all of the control gains necessary for the sensorless control so as to solve a problem that a method of designing those parameters cannot be established and the parameters have to be adjusted in a try and error manner. A control device has an estimator estimating an estimation induced voltage and a phase error of a motor by applying an induced-voltage observer and a controller controlling the motor on the basis of the estimation induced voltage and the phase error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Reiji YAMASAKI, Yutaka ONO
  • Patent number: 10367521
    Abstract: The present invention provides a signal processor that improves a resolution of a phase detection without increasing a clock frequency of a controller or decreasing a frequency of an excitation signal. A signal processor 10 includes a comparator 11 that compares a signal obtained by phase modulating a carrier frequency at a rotor rotation angle of a resolver with a dither signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Hiroshima, Yuji Shimizu, Yutaka Ono
  • Patent number: 10320317
    Abstract: In a sensorless control of a motor, due to the characteristic of a response frequency, an induced voltage, a magnetic pole position estimation gain, a current control gain, and a speed control gain are closely related. An object of the invention is to enable the induced voltage and the frequency characteristic of a magnetic pole position estimation system to be clearly designed and to theoretically and quantitatively design all of the control gains necessary for the sensorless control so as to solve a problem that a method of designing those parameters cannot be established and the parameters have to be adjusted in a try and error manner. A control device has an estimator estimating an estimation induced voltage and a phase error of a motor by applying an induced-voltage observer and a controller controlling the motor on the basis of the estimation induced voltage and the phase error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiji Yamasaki, Yutaka Ono
  • Publication number: 20190106862
    Abstract: Provided is a control system for a work vehicle having a work implement, the control system including: a position measurement unit for measuring a position of a windrow produced by grading work; a work route setting unit for setting a work route based on the position of the windrow that has been measured by the position measurement unit; and a travel control unit for controlling the work vehicle to travel along the work route that has been set by the work route setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka ONO, Akihiko SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190093313
    Abstract: A method of controlling a motor grader including a blade provided between a front wheel and a rear wheel which are attached to a vehicular body and a height adjustment mechanism which adjusts a height of the blade includes obtaining current topography in front of the motor grader and adjusting a height of the blade with respect to the front wheel based on the current topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka ONO
  • Publication number: 20190085528
    Abstract: A control method is performed in a motor grader, the motor grader including a blade between a front wheel and a rear wheel, the blade being attached to a swing circle which adjusts a blade angle. The control method includes detecting a load applied to the blade and revolving, when the detected load is larger in value than a predetermined reference value, the swing circle in such a direction that the blade angle is smaller than the blade angle at the time of detection of that value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka ONO
  • Publication number: 20190078292
    Abstract: A work vehicle capable of accurately obtaining current topography to be worked is provided. A motor grader includes a vehicular body frame, a blade, and a camera. The blade is arranged between a front end of the vehicular body frame and a rear end of the vehicular body frame. The camera is configured to obtain current topography in front of the vehicular body frame. The camera is attached to the vehicular body frame. The camera is arranged in front of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka ONO
  • Publication number: 20190024340
    Abstract: A motor grader includes a blade between a front wheel and a rear wheel, the blade being attached to a swing circle which adjusts a blade angle. A control method performed in the motor grader includes obtaining current topography in front of the motor grader and adjusting the blade angle to an angle in accordance with the current topography by revolving the swing circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka ONO
  • Patent number: 10158507
    Abstract: A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Akane Hiroshima, Yutaka Ono
  • Publication number: 20180324011
    Abstract: A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji SHIMIZU, Akane HIROSHIMA, Yutaka ONO
  • Patent number: 10090846
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes, for at least two-phase signals detected from a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, a signal generator that generates a correction signal for canceling out an error component of the carrier signal, and a synthesizer that synthesizes the phase-shifted first phase signal, the phase-shifted second signal, and the correction signal for canceling out the error component, in order to create a phase-modulated signal that is the carrier signal being modulated at a rotation angle of a rotor of the resolver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Akane Hiroshima, Yutaka Ono
  • Patent number: 10044538
    Abstract: A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Akane Hiroshima, Yutaka Ono
  • Publication number: 20180076748
    Abstract: In a sensorless control of a motor, due to the characteristic of a response frequency, an induced voltage, a magnetic pole position estimation gain, a current control gain, and a speed control gain are closely related. An object of the invention is to enable the induced voltage and the frequency characteristic of a magnetic pole position estimation system to be clearly designed and to theoretically and quantitatively design all of the control gains necessary for the sensorless control so as to solve a problem that a method of designing those parameters cannot be established and the parameters have to be adjusted in a try and error manner. A control device has an estimator estimating an estimation induced voltage and a phase error of a motor by applying an induced-voltage observer and a controller controlling the motor on the basis of the estimation induced voltage and the phase error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Reiji YAMASAKI, Yutaka ONO
  • Publication number: 20180069737
    Abstract: A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji SHIMIZU, Akane HIROSHIMA, Yutaka ONO
  • Patent number: 9832054
    Abstract: A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Akane Hiroshima, Yutaka Ono
  • Publication number: 20170317682
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes, for at least two-phase signals detected from a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, a signal generator that generates a correction signal for canceling out an error component of the carrier signal, and a synthesizer that synthesizes the phase-shifted first phase signal, the phase-shifted second signal, and the correction signal for canceling out the error component, in order to create a phase-modulated signal that is the carrier signal being modulated at a rotation angle of a rotor of the resolver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yuji SHIMIZU, Akane HIROSHIMA, Yutaka ONO
  • Publication number: 20170250701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a signal processor that improves a resolution of a phase detection without increasing a clock frequency of a controller or decreasing a frequency of an excitation signal. A signal processor 10 includes a comparator 11 that compares a signal obtained by phase modulating a carrier frequency at a rotor rotation angle of a resolver with a dither signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Akane HIROSHIMA, Yuji SHIMIZU, Yutaka ONO
  • Publication number: 20170222850
    Abstract: A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Yuji SHIMIZU, Akane HIROSHIMA, Yutaka ONO
  • Patent number: 9644341
    Abstract: A circle rotator of a motor grader includes a worm, a worm wheel and a shaft. The worm wheel has an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion enclosing the inner peripheral portion from outside, and a plurality of first clutch discs to be spline-coupled to the inner peripheral surface of the inner peripheral portion. The inner peripheral portion is made of a material harder than a material of which the outer peripheral portion is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yoshimura, Yutaka Ono, Shintaro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9641367
    Abstract: A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Akane Hiroshima, Yutaka Ono