Patents by Inventor Matsuo Bando

Matsuo Bando 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: 9627910
    Abstract: A peak-cut control device is provided with a storage battery having a power generation device and a storage battery for charging/discharging a part of power generated by the power generation device. The peak-cut control device includes a difference power calculating section that calculates differential power between a planned power generation amount in the power generation device determined based on a temporary peak cut amount and a demand prediction power amount that predicts a power demand for each predetermined time, and also includes a peak-cut amount calculating section that compares the calculated differential power with chargeable power or dischargeable power per unit time of the storage battery every predetermined time and simulating charge/discharge of the difference power to/from the storage battery and an increase/decrease in the temporary peak-cut amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN WIND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Matsuo Bando
  • Patent number: 9214814
    Abstract: There is provided a secondary battery system which converts direct current power supplied from secondary batteries into alternating current power by power converters, and supplies the converted power to an electric power system on a load side, the secondary battery system including a control apparatus that stops operating the operating the power converter and starts operating the stopped the power converter when a residual stored power level of the secondary battery corresponding to operating the power converter becomes to be not greater than a predetermined rate of a residual stored power level of the secondary battery corresponding to stopped the power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: JAPAN WIND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Sei Yasutomi, Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20140191577
    Abstract: A peak-cut control device is provided with a storage battery having a power generation device and a storage battery for charging/discharging a part of power generated by the power generation device. The peak-cut control device includes a difference power calculating section that calculates differential power between a planned power generation amount in the power generation device determined based on a temporary peak cut amount and a demand prediction power amount that predicts a power demand for each predetermined time, and also includes a peak-cut amount calculating section that compares the calculated differential power with chargeable power or dischargeable power per unit time of the storage battery every predetermined time and simulating charge/discharge of the difference power to/from the storage battery and an increase/decrease in the temporary peak-cut amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN WIND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Matsuo Bando
  • Patent number: 8575888
    Abstract: An instantaneous response component representing the actual amount of power generation by a wind-driven electricity generator (1) is detected, and a charge/discharge control section (14) controls charge and discharge of a storage battery (4) according to variation in the instantaneous response component. Further, based on the amount of variation in the instantaneous response component, a pattern information selection section (16) selects, out of patterns, a control region to be allocated for charge/discharge control performed according to variation in the instantaneous response component and applies the selected pattern to charge/discharge control performed by the charge/discharge control section (14). By this, an appropriate control region having less excess or deficiency can be dynamically allocated to the storage battery (4) according to the actual amount, which varies depending on wind conditions, of electric power generation by the wind-driven electricity generator (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi, Yoshinori Sakanaka
  • Patent number: 8401707
    Abstract: An output-power control apparatus is provided in an electric power system connecting a secondary battery system and a power generator in parallel, and controls output power of the electric power system. The output-power control apparatus detects output power of the power generator, and controls output voltage of the secondary battery system, based on a value obtained by subtracting the detected output power of the power generator from an output power instruction for controlling the output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Wind Development Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sakanaka, Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20110282503
    Abstract: An output-power control apparatus is provided in an electric power system connecting a secondary battery system and a power generator in parallel, and controls output power of the electric power system. The output-power control apparatus detects output power of the power generator, and controls output voltage of the secondary battery system, based on a value obtained by subtracting the detected output power of the power generator from an output power instruction for controlling the output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sakanaka, Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi
  • Publication number: 20110278930
    Abstract: There is provided a secondary battery system which converts direct current power supplied from secondary batteries into alternating current power by power converters, and supplies the converted power to an electric power system on a load side, the secondary battery system including a control apparatus that stops operating the operating the power converter and starts operating the stopped the power converter when a residual stored power level of the secondary battery corresponding to operating the power converter becomes to be not greater than a predetermined rate of a residual stored power level of the secondary battery corresponding to stopped the power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Sei YASUTOMI, Matsuo BANDO, Tomio TAMAKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20110260677
    Abstract: An instantaneous response component representing the actual amount of power generation by a wind-driven electricity generator (1) is detected, and a charge/discharge control section (14) controls charge and discharge of a storage battery (4) according to variation in the instantaneous response component. Further, based on the amount of variation in the instantaneous response component, a pattern information selection section (16) selects, out of patterns, a control region to be allocated for charge/discharge control performed according to variation in the instantaneous response component and applies the selected pattern to charge/discharge control performed by the charge/discharge control section (14). By this, an appropriate control region having less excess or deficiency can be dynamically allocated to the storage battery (4) according to the actual amount, which varies depending on wind conditions, of electric power generation by the wind-driven electricity generator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matsuo Bando, Tomio Tamakoshi, Yoshinori Sakanaka