Patents by Inventor Yuya TSUCHIMOTO

Yuya TSUCHIMOTO 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: 11936309
    Abstract: A permanent-magnet-synchronous electric motor control device includes: a reference voltage value calculation unit for calculating a reference voltage value; an output voltage value calculation unit for calculating an output voltage value on the basis of a voltage command; a current weakening command calculation unit for calculating a current weakening command on the basis of the reference voltage value and the output voltage value; a voltage command calculation unit for calculating the voltage command on the basis of the current weakening command; and a power converter for supplying power to a permanent-magnet-synchronous electric motor on the basis of the voltage command. The current weakening command calculation unit calculates the current weakening command in which a high-frequency component is amplified on the basis of the difference between the reference voltage value and the output voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Tsuchimoto, Tatsuya Mori, Akira Furukawa, Isao Kezobo, Genki Fujii
  • Publication number: 20240051598
    Abstract: A rotary machine control device includes: a first inverter that applies an alternating-current voltage to three-phase windings of a first system included in a rotary machine, according to a first direct-current voltage; a second inverter that applies an alternating-current voltage to three-phase windings of a second system included in the rotary machine; a first controller that generates a command value of a d-axis electric current of the first system, according to a direct-current voltage minimum value and a command value of the rotary machine, the direct-current voltage minimum value being a lower one of the first direct-current voltage and the second direct-current voltage, that generates a command value of a q-axis electric current of the first system, according to the direct-current voltage minimum value and the command value of the d-axis electric current of the first system, and that controls the first inverter, according to the command value of the d-axis electric current of the first system and the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Tatsuya MORI, Chiaki FUJIMOTO, Kenta KUBO
  • Publication number: 20230097479
    Abstract: A permanent-magnet-synchronous electric motor control device includes: a reference voltage value calculation unit for calculating a reference voltage value; an output voltage value calculation unit for calculating an output voltage value on the basis of a voltage command; a current weakening command calculation unit for calculating a current weakening command on the basis of the reference voltage value and the output voltage value; a voltage command calculation unit for calculating the voltage command on the basis of the current weakening command; and a power converter for supplying power to a permanent-magnet-synchronous electric motor on the basis of the voltage command. The current weakening command calculation unit calculates the current weakening command in which a high-frequency component is amplified on the basis of the difference between the reference voltage value and the output voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Tatsuya MORI, Akira FURUKAWA, Isao KEZOBO, Genki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20220073129
    Abstract: An angle detector including; a magnet being mounted on a rotation axle and that has a first track magnetized in P pole-pairs and second track magnetized in Q pole-pairs, a first hole device group that senses magnetic flux from the first track, a second hole device group that senses magnetic flux from the second track, a first detection unit that outputs an M-step absolute angular signal through division of one electric-angle rotation into M sections, a second detection unit that outputs an N-step relative angular signal through division of each of the M divided sections into N sections, an angle calculation unit that divides the one electric-angle rotation into [M×N] sections and calculates an [M×N]-step electric angular signal, based on the absolute angular signal and the relative angular signal, and an angle correction unit that outputs a correction angle supplemented so as to smooth the electric angular signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Tatsuya MORI, Isao KEZOBO, Satoru AKUTSU, Isao SONODA, Genki FUJII
  • Patent number: 11155294
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus includes: a torque sensor configured to detect a steering torque of a driver; a motor configured to assist in a steering force of the driver; a rotation angle estimation unit configured to estimate a rotation angle of the motor to output an estimated angle; a correction signal calculation unit configured to calculate a correction signal based on the steering torque; a frequency separation unit configured to separate the estimated angle into a first frequency component and a second frequency component; an estimated angle correction unit configured to calculate, as a control angle, a value obtained by adding a second-frequency-component corrected signal, which is obtained by correcting the second frequency component based on the correction signal, to the first frequency component; and an electric power supply unit configured to supply electric power to the motor based on the control angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Yuji Takatsuka, Akira Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11152881
    Abstract: A control device includes: a first power converter applying a voltage to a first winding; a second power converter applying a voltage to a second winding; a first power supply circuit supplying power to the first power converter; a second power supply circuit supplying power to the second power converter; a current command calculator; a first current controller; and a second current controller. The second power supply circuit supplies power at a voltage higher than a voltage of the first power supply circuit. The current command calculator calculates a first voltage usage state, which is an indicator value correlated with a magnitude of the output voltage of the first power converter with respect to a power supply voltage output at a time of supply of power by the first power supply circuit, and calculates the second current command based on the first voltage usage state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Akira Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11014601
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus including: a steering torque detector to detect a steering torque of a driver; a motor to assist a steering force of the driver; an estimated speed calculator to calculate an estimated speed, which is an estimated value of a rotation speed of the motor; an estimated speed corrector to correct the estimated speed based on the steering torque; an estimated angle calculator to calculate an estimated angle of the motor by integrating the estimated speed after the correction; and an electric power supply to supply electric power to the motor based on the estimated angle, wherein the estimated speed corrector corrects the estimated speed when a determination signal, which is based on a value obtained by removing a frequency component of steering of the driver from a derivative of the steering torque, the steering torque, and the estimated speed have the same signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Akira Furukawa, Yuji Takatsuka
  • Patent number: 11005402
    Abstract: A control device for a motor, comprising: a power converter for performing ON/OFF control on an upper switching element and a lower switching element in accordance with a drive command from a current controller, and thereby supplying power to a motor; a current sensor provided to the lower switching element; and a fault determining unit for determining a fault in the current sensor. When the lower switching element for each phase is OFF, the current sensor detects the current error in each phase. The fault determining unit obtains a current error determination value on the basis of the value obtained by converting, to Cartesian coordinates, the current error for each phase or the magnitude of the sum of current error vectors for each phase in which the value for the current error for each phase is held as the magnitude, and determines a fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Shunsuke Nakajima, Akira Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20210058018
    Abstract: A control device includes: a first power converter applying a voltage to a first winding; a second power converter applying a voltage to a second winding; a first power supply circuit supplying power to the first power converter; a second power supply circuit supplying power to the second power converter; a current command calculator; a first current controller; and a second current controller. The second power supply circuit supplies power at a voltage higher than a voltage of the first power supply circuit. The current command calculator calculates a first voltage usage state, which is an indicator value correlated with a magnitude of the output voltage of the first power converter with respect to a power supply voltage output at a time of supply of power by the first power supply circuit, and calculates the second current command based on the first voltage usage state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Isao KEZOBO, Akira FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200119674
    Abstract: A control device for a motor, comprising: a power converter for performing ON/OFF control on an upper switching element and a lower switching element in accordance with a drive command from a current controller, and thereby supplying power to a motor; a current sensor provided to the lower switching element; and a fault determining unit for determining a fault in the current sensor. When the lower switching element for each phase is OFF, the current sensor detects the current error in each phase. The fault determining unit obtains a current error determination value on the basis of the value obtained by converting, to Cartesian coordinates, the current error for each phase or the magnitude of the sum of current error vectors for each phase in which the value for the current error for each phase is held as the magnitude, and determines a fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Isao KEZOBO, Shunsuke NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10583859
    Abstract: When the state where steering torque detected by a torque detection unit is normal and the value of the steering torque is the same as or larger than a threshold value continues, an assist command generation unit that generates an assist command corresponding to steering torque produced by a driver limits the assist command; a failure determination unit includes a first failure determination unit that performs determination on a failure regardless of the limitation of the assist command and a second failure determination unit that performs determination on a failure while the assist command is limited, and stops driving of a motor when the second failure determination unit determines that there exists a failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Shunsuke Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20200062297
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus including: a steering torque detector to detect a steering torque of a driver; a motor to assist a steering force of the driver; an estimated speed calculator to calculate an estimated speed, which is an estimated value of a rotation speed of the motor; an estimated speed corrector to correct the estimated speed based on the steering torque; an estimated angle calculator to calculate an estimated angle of the motor by integrating the estimated speed after the correction; and an electric power supply to supply electric power to the motor based on the estimated angle, wherein the estimated speed corrector corrects the estimated speed when a determination signal, which is based on a value obtained by removing a frequency component of steering of the driver from a derivative of the steering torque, the steering torque, and the estimated speed have the same signs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Isao KEZOBO, Akira FURUKAWA, Yuji TAKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20190389506
    Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus includes: a torque sensor configured to detect a steering torque of a driver; a motor configured to assist in a steering force of the driver; a rotation angle estimation unit configured to estimate a rotation angle of the motor to output an estimated angle; a correction signal calculation unit configured to calculate a correction signal based on the steering torque; a frequency separation unit configured to separate the estimated angle into a first frequency component and a second frequency component; an estimated angle correction unit configured to calculate, as a control angle, a value obtained by adding a second-frequency-component corrected signal, which is obtained by correcting the second frequency component based on the correction signal, to the first frequency component; and an electric power supply unit configured to supply electric power to the motor based on the control angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Isao KEZOBO, Yuji TAKATSUKA, Akira FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10116250
    Abstract: When there is an error between an actual resistance value of an AC rotary machine (ACRM) and an estimated resistance value estimated from a detected external temperature of the ACRM, the ACRM cannot be rotated smoothly. In view of this, provided are a control device for an ACRM and the like, including a resistance value estimation unit (10) configured to calculate an estimated resistance value (Rest) by adding to a basic estimated resistance value (Rest0), which is a value obtained by estimating a resistance value from a detected external temperature of the ACRM, an estimated resistance correction value (Radd), which is determined such that a range that can be taken by an error (?R) of the resistance value estimated in advance falls within a range of the error of the resistance value that enables the ACRM to be rotated smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Yoshihiko Kimpara, Shunsuke Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20180257701
    Abstract: When the state where steering torque detected by a torque detection unit is normal and the value of the steering torque is the same as or larger than a threshold value continues, an assist command generation unit that generates an assist command corresponding to steering torque produced by a driver limits the assist command; a failure determination unit includes a first failure determination unit that performs determination on a failure regardless of the limitation of the assist command and a second failure determination unit that performs determination on a failure while the assist command is limited, and stops driving of a motor when the second failure determination unit determines that there exists a failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Isao KEZOBO, Shunsuke NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9912274
    Abstract: This AC rotating machine control device includes: power limiting means 6 for limiting drive power supplied for driving the AC rotating machine; and power feed means 10 for, when sensor abnormality determination means 3 determines that the rotational position sensor is abnormal, on the basis of the estimated rotational position, supplying the AC rotating machine with power obtained by adding rotational position estimation power supplied for the rotational position estimation means 9 to estimate the rotational position, to the drive power limited by the power limiting means, wherein the power limiting means 6 limits drive current at least during a predetermined period since the sensor abnormality determination means 3 determines that the abnormality occurs until estimated error of the estimated rotational position falls within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakajima, Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Yoshihiko Kimpara
  • Patent number: 9871481
    Abstract: This AC rotating machine control device includes: power limiting means 6 for limiting drive power supplied for driving the AC rotating machine; and power feed means 10 for, when sensor abnormality determination means 3 determines that the rotational position sensor is abnormal, on the basis of the estimated rotational position, supplying the AC rotating machine with power obtained by adding rotational position estimation power supplied for the rotational position estimation means 9 to estimate the rotational position, to the drive power limited by the power limiting means, wherein the power limiting means 6 limits drive current at least during a predetermined period since the sensor abnormality determination means 3 determines that the abnormality occurs until estimated error of the estimated rotational position falls within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Nakajima, Yuya Tsuchimoto, Isao Kezobo, Yoshihiko Kimpara
  • Publication number: 20170047883
    Abstract: When there is an error between an actual resistance value of an AC rotary machine (ACRM) and an estimated resistance value estimated from a detected external temperature of the ACRM, the ACRM cannot be rotated smoothly. In view of this, provided are a control device for an ACRM and the like, including a resistance value estimation unit (10) configured to calculate an estimated resistance value (Rest) by adding to a basic estimated resistance value (Rest0), which is a value obtained by estimating a resistance value from a detected external temperature of the ACRM, an estimated resistance correction value (Radd), which is determined such that a range that can be taken by an error (?R) of the resistance value estimated in advance falls within a range of the error of the resistance value that enables the ACRM to be rotated smoothly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Isao KEZOBO, Yoshihiko KIMPARA, Shunsuke NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160329849
    Abstract: This AC rotating machine control device includes: power limiting means 6 for limiting drive power supplied for driving the AC rotating machine; and power feed means 10 for, when sensor abnormality determination means 3 determines that the rotational position sensor is abnormal, on the basis of the estimated rotational position, supplying the AC rotating machine with power obtained by adding rotational position estimation power supplied for the rotational position estimation means 9 to estimate the rotational position, to the drive power limited by the power limiting means, wherein the power limiting means 6 limits drive current at least during a predetermined period since the sensor abnormality determination means 3 determines that the abnormality occurs until estimated error of the estimated rotational position falls within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke NAKAJIMA, Yuya TSUCHIMOTO, Isao KEZOBO, Yoshihiko KIMPARA