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Granted Patent B2
US 12,732,097 · App. 18/762,874 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Control device, system and storage medium

Inventors: Takafumi Sakamoto (Tokyo, JP); Hidenori Okuni (Yokohama, JP); Masaki Nishikawa (Yokohama, JP); Kentaro Taniguchi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
H02M1/44H02M1/0038H02M1/0043H02M1/12
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Patent No.
US 12,732,097
App. No.
18/762,874
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a control device is connected to a first switching controller and a second switching controller. The control device includes a transmitter/receiver configured to communicate with the first switching controller and the second switching controller, and a timing controller configured to control operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, based on a first distance corresponding to a distance between a target point corresponding to a point where electromagnetic noise emitted from the first switching controller and the second switching controller is suppressed and the first switching controller, and a second distance corresponding to a distance between the target point and the second switching controller.

Claims (30)

1 . A control device connected to a first switching controller and a second switching controller converting AC signals into DC signals and outputting the DC signals or converting DC signals into AC signals and outputting the AC signals, the control device comprising:

a transmitter/receiver configured to communicate with the first switching controller and the second switching controller; and

a timing controller configured to control operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, based on a first distance corresponding to a distance between a target point corresponding to a point where electromagnetic noise emitted from the first switching controller and the second switching controller is suppressed and the first switching controller, and a second distance corresponding to a distance between the target point and the second switching controller.

2 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein

the timing controller is configured to control the operation time point of the first switching controller and the operation time point of the second switching controller to be shifted from each other.

3 . The control device of claim 2 , wherein

the timing controller is configured to control the operation time point of the first switching controller and the operation time point of the second switching controller to be shifted by time corresponding to a value obtained by dividing time corresponding to a range in which the operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller are settable by the number of the first switching controller and the second switching controller.

4 . The control device of claim 3 , wherein

the time corresponding to the range in which the operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller are settable corresponds to a value half of a cycle of a carrier signal of the first switching controller or the second switching controller.

5 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein

the timing controller is configured to control the operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, based on a difference between the first distance and the second distance.

6 . The control device of claim 5 , wherein

the timing controller is configured to control the operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, based further on a distance between the first switching controller and the second switching controller.

7 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein

the timing controller is configured to control the operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, when the first switching controller and the second switching controller perform switching operations based on carrier signals of a same frequency.

8 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein

the timing controller is configured to control the operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller when the second switching controller exists within a distance in which an intensity of electromagnetic noise emitted from the first switching controller becomes below a predetermined level.

9 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein

the timing controller is configured to control the operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, at each present time interval.

10 . The control device of claim 1 , wherein

the transmitter/receiver is configured to further communicate with a measurement device installed at the target point to measure electromagnetic noise, and receive distance information on the first distance and distance information on the second distance as results of measurement of the measurement device.

11 . A system comprising:

a first switching controller and a second switching controller converting AC signals into DC signals and outputting the DC signals or converting DC signals into AC signals and outputting the AC signals; and

a control device connected to the first switching controller and the second switching controller, wherein

the control device comprises:

a transmitter/receiver configured to communicate with the first switching controller and the second switching controller; and

a timing controller configured to control operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, based on a first distance corresponding to a distance between a target point corresponding to a point where electromagnetic noise emitted from the first switching controller and the second switching controller is suppressed and the first switching controller, and a second distance corresponding to a distance between the target point and the second switching controller.

12 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executed by a computer of a control device connected to a first switching controller and a second switching controller converting AC signals into DC signals and outputting the DC signals or converting DC signals into AC signals and outputting the AC signals, wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform:

communicating with the first switching controller and the second switching controller; and

controlling operation time points of the first switching controller and the second switching controller, based on a first distance corresponding to a distance between a target point corresponding to a point where electromagnetic noise emitted from the first switching controller and the second switching controller is suppressed and the first switching controller, and a second distance corresponding to a distance between the target point and the second switching controller.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2024
From: SAKAMOTO, TAKAFUMI; OKUNI, HIDENORI; NISHIKAWA, MASAKI; TANIGUCHI, KENTARO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 067903/0722 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-147536 · Sep 12, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250088098A1 · Mar 13, 2025
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