Patents by Inventor Masanori IECHIKA

Masanori IECHIKA 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: 11823222
    Abstract: A power supply/demand management device includes: a battery health acquisition controller configured or programmed to acquire a battery health X of the storage battery; a power selling amount management controller configured or programmed to acquire a desired power selling amount and correct desired power selling amount based on the battery health X acquired by the battery health acquisition controller; a power transmission/reception management controller configured or programmed to manage an amount of received/transmitted power between the storage battery and the power transmission/distribution system, based on the corrected power selling amount; and an incentive management controller configured or programmed to calculate an incentive to be provided to the user of the storage battery based on the corrected power selling amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Yamauchi, Jun Asakura, Hideki Sakata, Hideyuki Nagai, Masanori Iechika, Yasuhiko Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20230289760
    Abstract: The herein disclosed operation management system includes an on-vehicle terminal, a disposed-at-facility terminal, a passenger terminal, and a management terminal. The on-vehicle terminal calculates a first electric power in which a fare to be paid by a passenger is converted into an electric power. The disposed-at-facility terminal calculates a second electric power in which a discounting process has been performed on the first electric power in response to a customer coming process performed by the passenger. The passenger terminal performs a process for supplying the second electric power to the commercial facility. The management terminal transfers an operation fee containing a fare to the operating company from the commercial facility. The system can generate a constant advantage for each of the passenger, the operating company, and the commercial facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Katsushi SAITO, Hideyuki NAGAI, Masaru ANDO, Masanori IECHIKA
  • Publication number: 20230236562
    Abstract: The herein disclosed electric power management system includes a shared power supply, and an electric power selling process unit that is configured to control the electric power sell from the shared power supply to the external system, and a countervalue distributing unit that is configured to distribute a countervalue for the electric power sell to each of the plural users. Then, the countervalue distributing unit is configured to distribute the countervalue for the electric power sell so as to provide a larger countervalue of the electric power sell to an user whose electric power use amount from the shared power supply is smaller. By doing this, it is possible to provide a larger electric power sell countervalue to the user who has efforted to save the electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Masaru ANDO, Katsushi SAITO, Masanori IECHIKA, Hideyuki NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230208173
    Abstract: An electric power supply demand adjustment method disclosed herein is a method in which supply and demand of electric power on the electric power system is adjusted by inputting, from an electricity storage device that can store electric power generated using renewable energy, at least electric power, to the electric power system. The method includes acquiring usage history information indicating history of usage of a shared vehicle by a tracked person, registered in advance in a manner associated with an electric power provider, notifying the electric power provider of the acquired usage history information of the tracked person, calculating an electric power amount to be input from the electricity storage device to the electric power system on the basis of notification of the usage history information, and causing the electricity storage device to input the calculated electric power amount to the electric power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Masanori IECHIKA, Katsushi SAITO, Masaru ANDO, Hideyuki NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20230116812
    Abstract: A power supply/demand management device includes: a battery health acquisition controller configured or programmed to acquire a battery health X of the storage battery; a power selling amount management controller configured or programmed to acquire a desired power selling amount and correct desired power selling amount based on the battery health X acquired by the battery health acquisition controller; a power transmission/reception management controller configured or programmed to manage an amount of received/transmitted power between the storage battery and the power transmission/distribution system, based on the corrected power selling amount; and an incentive management controller configured or programmed to calculate an incentive to be provided to the user of the storage battery based on the corrected power selling amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yutaka YAMAUCHI, Jun ASAKURA, Hideki SAKATA, Hideyuki NAGAI, Masanori IECHIKA, Yasuhiko IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230095670
    Abstract: The herein disclosed electrical grid system includes: a first obtaining controller that obtains the electric power demand or supply request information from the electric power transmission and distribution facility; a second obtaining controller that obtains an electric storage state information; a third obtaining controller that obtains a vehicle information of an electric vehicle; a supply and demand satisfaction level calculation controller that calculates a supply and demand satisfaction level based on the electric power demand or supply request information; a selection controller that selects an electric vehicle to be guided to the charge or discharge spot based on the vehicle information obtained by the third obtaining controller and the supply and demand satisfaction level calculated by the supply and demand satisfaction level calculation controller; and a communication controller that sends a guide information to the selected electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jun ASAKURA, Hideki SAKATA, Yutaka YAMAUCHI, Hideyuki NAGAI, Yasuhiko IKEDA, Masanori IECHIKA
  • Publication number: 20230094931
    Abstract: A power system apparatus that suitably secures users of electric vehicles performing charge/discharge at the timing when power supply/demand adjustment is needed is provided. The power system apparatus disclosed herein includes: a power supply/demand information acquisition unit; a first calculator configured to calculate an urgency degree or a redundancy degree and a first rank point; a communication unit; a charge/discharge management unit; a second calculator configured to acquire a charge/discharge amount and calculate a second rank point; a rank setting unit configured to set a rank based on the first rank point calculated by the first calculator and the second rank point calculated by the second calculator; and an incentive management unit configured to calculate an incentive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jun ASAKURA, Hideki SAKATA, Yutaka YAMAUCHI, Yasuhiko IKEDA, Hideyuki NAGAI, Masanori IECHIKA
  • Publication number: 20230070376
    Abstract: A new system is provided that enables a resource aggregator to smoothly use on-board batteries of electric vehicles as an energy resource. A user is allowed to select whether or not to permit interchange of electric power between a charging and discharging facility and an electric vehicle through the resource aggregator when the electric vehicle is connected to the charging and discharging facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hideki SAKATA, Jun ASAKURA, Yutaka YAMAUCHI, Hideyuki NAGAI, Masanori IECHIKA, Yasuhiko IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230013447
    Abstract: A power supply/demand adjusting method disclosed here is a method for adjusting power supply and demand between a power transmission/distribution system and a storage battery mounted on an electric vehicle. The method includes the steps of: acquiring power selling approval of a storage battery; acquiring battery information of a storage battery for which the power selling approval is acquired based on the acquired power selling approval and power demand information from the power transmission/distribution system; calculating a power selling amount to be transmitted from the storage battery to the power transmission/distribution system, based on the acquired battery information of the storage battery and the acquired power demand information; supplying electric vehicle based on the power selling amount from the storage battery to the power transmission/distribution system; and calculating an incentive to be provided to a user of the electric vehicle based on the power selling amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yutaka YAMAUCHI, Jun ASAKURA, Hideki SAKATA, Hideyuki NAGAI, Masanori IECHIKA, Yasuhiko IKEDA