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US 12,143,034 · App. 17/664,407 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Power conversion device, control device, data accumulating device, and data accumulating method

Inventor: Takeshi Ueda (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
H02M7/539G06F1/28H02P27/06H02M1/0009
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Patent No.
US 12,143,034
App. No.
17/664,407
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion device is provided, which includes: a power conversion circuit that performs power conversion between a primary power and a secondary power; a buffer data accumulation circuit that, in a predetermined buffer cycle, repeatedly acquires data sets relating to a state of the power conversion circuit and store the data sets in a ring buffer; a state monitoring circuit that generates a trigger signal in a case where a state of a predetermined monitoring target satisfies a predetermined condition; and a data replication circuit that, in a case where a trigger signal is generated, stores, in a data storage circuit, a plurality of the data sets accumulated in the ring buffer in a target storage period including a time before a generation time of the trigger signal.

Claims (45)

1. A power conversion device, comprising:

a power conversion circuit configured to perform power conversion between a primary power and a secondary power;

a buffer data accumulation circuit configured to, in a predetermined buffer cycle, repeatedly acquire data sets relating to a state of the power conversion circuit and stores the data set in a ring buffer;

a state monitoring circuit configured to generate a trigger signal in a case where a state of a predetermined monitoring target satisfies a predetermined condition; and

a data replication circuit configured to, in a case where the trigger signal is generated, continue to accumulate data in the ring buffer via the buffer data accumulation circuit until a predetermined amount of time has passed, and store, in a data storage circuit, a plurality of the data sets accumulated in the ring buffer in a target storage period including a time before a generation time of the trigger signal and a time after the generation time of the trigger signal until the predetermined amount of time.

2. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the state monitoring circuit generates the trigger signal in a case where the state of the power conversion circuit satisfies a predetermined condition.

3. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a period setting circuit configured to set a duration of a period of the target storage period before the generation time of the trigger signal and the buffer cycle on the basis of a user input.

4. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a log data accumulation circuit configured to, in a log cycle longer than the buffer cycle, repeatedly store at least one long cycle data set relating to the state of the power conversion circuit in the data storage circuit.

5. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein

the data replication circuit associates together and stores, in the data storage circuit, a plurality of the long cycle data sets accumulated in the data storage circuit by the log data accumulation circuit and the plurality of the data sets.

6. The power conversion device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

an offset value calculation circuit configured to calculate an offset value representing a relationship between a start time of the target storage period and a storage time of the long cycle data sets by the log data accumulation circuit, wherein

the data replication circuit stores, in the data storage circuit, the plurality of long cycle data sets, the offset value, and the plurality of the data sets.

7. The power conversion device according to claim 6 , wherein:

the offset value calculation circuit calculates the offset value on the basis of the generation time of the trigger signal, a time at which the log data accumulation circuit stores the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit immediately before the generation time, and a duration of a period of the target storage period before the generation time of the trigger signal.

8. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein:

in a case where the trigger signal is generated, the log data accumulation circuit suspends storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit, and, after the data replication circuit stores the plurality of the data sets in the data storage circuit, the log data accumulation circuit resumes storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit.

9. The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the data replication circuit stores, in the data storage circuit, the plurality of the data sets accumulated in the ring buffer in the target storage period, the target storage period further including a time after the generation time of the trigger signal.

10. The power conversion device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a log data accumulation circuit configured to, in a log cycle longer than the buffer cycle, repeatedly store at least one long cycle data set relating to the state of the power conversion circuit in the data storage circuit.

11. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a log data accumulation circuit configured to, in a log cycle longer than the buffer cycle, repeatedly store at least one long cycle data set relating to the state of the power conversion circuit in the data storage circuit.

12. The power conversion device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a log data accumulation circuit configured to, in a log cycle longer than the buffer cycle, repeatedly store at least one long cycle data set relating to the state of the power conversion circuit in the data storage circuit.

13. The power conversion device according to claim 5 , wherein:

in a case where the trigger signal is generated, the log data accumulation circuit suspends storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit, and, after the data replication circuit stores the plurality of the data sets in the data storage circuit, the log data accumulation circuit resumes storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit.

14. The power conversion device according to claim 6 , wherein:

in a case where the trigger signal is generated, the log data accumulation circuit suspends storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit, and, after the data replication circuit stores the plurality of the data sets in the data storage circuit, the log data accumulation circuit resumes storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit.

15. The power conversion device according to claim 7 , wherein:

in a case where the trigger signal is generated, the log data accumulation circuit suspends storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit, and, after the data replication circuit stores the plurality of the data sets in the data storage circuit, the log data accumulation circuit resumes storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit.

16. A power conversion device, comprising:

a power conversion circuit configured to perform power conversion between a primary power and a secondary power;

a buffer data accumulation circuit configured to, in a predetermined buffer cycle, repeatedly acquire data sets relating to a state of the power conversion circuit and stores the data set in a ring buffer;

a state monitoring circuit configured to generate a trigger signal in a case where a state of a predetermined monitoring target satisfies a predetermined condition;

a data replication circuit configured to, in a case where the trigger signal is generated, store, in a data storage circuit, a plurality of the data sets accumulated in the ring buffer in a target storage period including a time before a generation time of the trigger signal;

a log data accumulation circuit configured to, in a log cycle longer than the buffer cycle, repeatedly store at least one long cycle data set relating to the state of the power conversion circuit in the data storage circuit, wherein the data replication circuit associates together and stores, in the data storage circuit, a plurality of the long cycle data sets accumulated in the data storage circuit by the log data accumulation circuit and the plurality of the data sets; and,

an offset value calculation circuit configured to calculate an offset value representing a relationship between a start time of the target storage period and a storage time of the long cycle data sets by the log data accumulation circuit, wherein the data replication circuit stores, in the data storage circuit, the plurality of long cycle data sets, the offset value, and the plurality of the data sets.

17. A power conversion device, comprising:

a power conversion circuit configured to perform power conversion between a primary power and a secondary power;

a buffer data accumulation circuit configured to, in a predetermined buffer cycle, repeatedly acquire data sets relating to a state of the power conversion circuit and stores the data set in a ring buffer;

a state monitoring circuit configured to generate a trigger signal in a case where a state of a predetermined monitoring target satisfies a predetermined condition;

a data replication circuit configured to, in a case where the trigger signal is generated, store, in a data storage circuit, a plurality of the data sets accumulated in the ring buffer in a target storage period including a time before a generation time of the trigger signal; and,

a log data accumulation circuit configured to, in a log cycle longer than the buffer cycle, repeatedly store at least one long cycle data set relating to the state of the power conversion circuit in the data storage circuit, wherein in a case where the trigger signal is generated, the log data accumulation circuit suspends storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit, and, after the data replication circuit stores the plurality of the data sets in the data storage circuit, the log data accumulation circuit resumes storing the long cycle data sets in the data storage circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2022
From: UEDA, TAKESHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
Reel/Frame 059977/0368 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-083799 · May 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020042679 · Nov 16, 2020
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