Patents by Inventor Shinya Masaoka

Shinya Masaoka 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: 9755699
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device and a plurality of power transmission devices that perform power transfer to the power receiving device. The power receiving device transmits request-power to the power transmission device, the request-power being power the power receiving device requests to be supplied with. The power transmission device, when receiving the request-power from the power receiving device, generates determination reference information based on the received request-power, the determination reference information being information to be used as a determination reference when the power receiving device selects the power transmission device, and transmits the generated determination reference information to the power receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Masaoka
  • Patent number: 9711970
    Abstract: A non-contact power supply system, in which a first transmission efficiency of supply power in the case of supplying power in a first power supply mode of directly supplying power from a power supply apparatus to a power receiving apparatus and also supplying power to the power receiving apparatus through a relay apparatus, and a second transmission efficiency in the case of supplying the power in a second power supply mode of directly supplying the power from the power supply apparatus to the power receiving apparatus and not supplying the power from the power supply apparatus to the power receiving apparatus through the relay apparatus are compared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Masaoka
  • Patent number: 9577476
    Abstract: Performing power transfer to a plurality of power receiving devices, a power transmission device allocates one of a plurality of channels to perform wireless power transfer to a power receiving device in response to a power transmission request transmitted from the power receiving device designating one or more of the plurality of the channels having different frequencies. In a case where a power transmission request using the first channel is received from a second power receiving device, the device stops power transfer to the first power receiving device using the first channel, starts power transfer to the first power receiving device using a channel other than the first channel and starts power transfer to the second power receiving device using the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito
  • Patent number: 9571162
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a transmission device that performs power supply by wireless power transfer to a power receiving device, a position acquiring section that acquires a current position of the power receiving device, and a control section that performs control to authorize the power supply in a case where the power receiving device is in a preset area and to not authorize the power supply in a case where the power receiving device is outside the preset area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Masaoka
  • Patent number: 9520725
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device that receives transmission by wireless power transfer, a transmission device that has a transmission element that transmits transmission power to the power receiving device, the transmission device having a control mechanism that controls an oriented direction of the transmission element, and a positioning device that is connected communicably with the transmission device, the positioning device receiving with a plurality of antennas arranged adjacent to each other a positioning signal that is a wireless signal transmitted from the power receiving device, the positioning device having a positioning function that calculates a direction ? in which the power receiving device exists when seen from the positioning device itself and a position of the power receiving device, based on a phase difference between the received positioning signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito, Yasunori Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20150255990
    Abstract: A non-contact power supply system, in which a first transmission efficiency of supply power in the case of supplying power in a first power supply mode of directly supplying power from a power supply apparatus to a power receiving apparatus and also supplying power to the power receiving apparatus through a relay apparatus, and a second transmission efficiency in the case of supplying the power in a second power supply mode of directly supplying the power from the power supply apparatus to the power receiving apparatus and not supplying the power from the power supply apparatus to the power receiving apparatus through the relay apparatus are compared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Masaoka
  • Publication number: 20150229134
    Abstract: A non-contact power supply system compares transmission efficiency between a case of a first route mode of indirectly supplying power from a power supply apparatus to a power receiving apparatus through a relay apparatus and a case of a second route mode of directly supplying power without interposing the relay apparatus, and selects a route of higher transmission efficiency to supply the power. In one potential route mode, a power supply circuit of the power supply apparatus and a power receiving circuit of the relay apparatus are made to resonate, and a power transmission circuit of the relay apparatus and a power receiving circuit of the power receiving apparatus are made to resonate, but the power supply circuit of the power supply apparatus and the power receiving circuit of the power receiving apparatus are not allowed to resonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Nobuyuki Kouno, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito
  • Publication number: 20150028688
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device and a plurality of power transmission devices that perform power transfer to the power receiving device. The power receiving device transmits request-power to the power transmission device, the request-power being power the power receiving device requests to be supplied with. The power transmission device, when receiving the request-power from the power receiving device, generates determination reference information based on the received request-power, the determination reference information being information to be used as a determination reference when the power receiving device selects the power transmission device, and transmits the generated determination reference information to the power receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Masaoka
  • Publication number: 20140354052
    Abstract: Performing power transfer to a plurality of power receiving devices, a power transmission device allocates one of a plurality of channels to perform wireless power transfer to a power receiving device in response to a power transmission request transmitted from the power receiving device designating one or more of the plurality of the channels having different frequencies. In a case where a power transmission request using the first channel is received from a second power receiving device, the device stops power transfer to the first power receiving device using the first channel, starts power transfer to the first power receiving device using a channel other than the first channel and starts power transfer to the second power receiving device using the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito
  • Publication number: 20140327323
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device that receives transmission by wireless power transfer, a transmission device that has a transmission element that transmits transmission power to the power receiving device, the transmission device having a control mechanism that controls an oriented direction of the transmission element, and a positioning device that is connected communicably with the transmission device, the positioning device receiving with a plurality of antennas arranged adjacent to each other a positioning signal that is a wireless signal transmitted from the power receiving device, the positioning device having a positioning function that calculates a direction ? in which the power receiving device exists when seen from the positioning device itself and a position of the power receiving device, based on a phase difference between the received positioning signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Masaoka, Katsuhiko Mito, Akira Hirano, Norihiro Okubo, Masaki Naito, Yasunori Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20140239734
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a transmission device that performs power supply by wireless power transfer to a power receiving device, a position acquiring section that acquires a current position of the power receiving device, and a control section that performs control to authorize the power supply in a case where the power receiving device is in a preset area and to not authorize the power supply in a case where the power receiving device is outside the preset area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Masaoka