Patents by Inventor Yasuhide Kurimoto
Yasuhide Kurimoto 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).
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Publication number: 20240166084Abstract: A server includes: a communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal (terminal) of a user; and a processor (control unit) that controls the communication unit. When the communication unit has not received deterioration information (battery information) on a battery from the mobile terminal for greater than or equal to a cycle (predetermined period), the processor performs control for obtaining the deterioration information through the mobile terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
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Publication number: 20240169420Abstract: A server includes: a communication unit (acquisition unit) that acquires information of a capacity retention (degree of degradation) of a battery (secondary battery); and a processor (control unit) that calculates a lease fee of the battery using the information of the capacity retention. The processor performs suppression processing for suppressing an increase of the lease fee, the increase of the lease fee being based on deterioration (decrease) of the capacity retention due to an environment in which the electrically powered vehicle is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
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Publication number: 20240166085Abstract: A server includes: a communication unit (acquisition unit) that acquires information about a degree of degradation of a battery (secondary battery); and a processor (control unit) that calculates a lease fee of the battery using the information about the degree of degradation of the battery. The processor performs suppression processing for suppressing an increase of the lease fee, the increase of the lease fee being based on deterioration of a degree of discharging-caused degradation caused by discharging in response to a request for adjusting a power demand/supply state in a power system (PG).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
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Publication number: 20240169419Abstract: A leasing method includes obtaining first data representing a history of a current that flows in a power storage mounted on a vehicle, obtaining second data representing a history of an amount of accelerator operation in the vehicle, obtaining third data representing a travel distance or a time period of travel of the vehicle, obtaining an accident risk of the vehicle based on the first data, the second data, and the third data, and obtaining a degree of exhaustion of a consumable including the power storage based on the first data, the second data, and the third data, the consumable being provided to the vehicle by lease.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
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Publication number: 20240170990Abstract: A management method for a power storage device includes: when energy management by charging or discharging of a power storage device is requested from an aggregator, determining whether or not requested power for charging or discharging exceeds a predetermined value; when the requested power exceeds the predetermined value, if the aggregator having requested is a registered aggregator, performing charging or discharging of the power storage device in accordance with the request; and when the requested power exceeds the predetermined value, if the aggregator having requested is not the registered aggregator, not performing charging or discharging of the power storage device in accordance with the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
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Publication number: 20240161553Abstract: A management method for managing a power storage device includes: when information indicating that an accident has occurred with regard to a target vehicle including a power storage device, obtaining first owner information indicating an owner of the power storage device from a data management device that manages information about a plurality of vehicles including the target vehicle; specifying the owner of the power storage device using the obtained first owner information; and providing, to a terminal of the specified owner of the power storage device, a notification that informs the occurrence of the accident of the target vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
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Publication number: 20240094790Abstract: A server performs a process, including: if there is a code authentication request (YES in S200), a step of performing a code authentication process (S202) and a step of transmitting a result of authentication (S204); and if battery information is received (YES in S206), a step of storing the battery information (S208), a step of calculating a degradation estimate (S210), a step of setting degradation information in accordance with a code (S212), and a step of transmitting the degradation information (S214).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuhide KURIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240025419Abstract: An information collection system corrects vehicle state information of each of a plurality of vehicles. Identification information and the vehicle state information is transmitted by a first transmitter, the identification information being information based on which a target vehicle is specified from among the vehicles. Disclosure position information and the identification information are transmitted by a second transmitter, the disclosure position information being set as position information on the target vehicle based on (i) alternative position information indicating a position of the target vehicle in an alternative manner and (ii) disclosure information indicating a disclosure range to disclose the alternative position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ayano Kobayashi, Yasuhide Kurimoto
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Patent number: 11814028Abstract: An information collection system corrects vehicle state information of each of a plurality of vehicles. Identification information and the vehicle state information is transmitted by a first transmitter, the identification information being information based on which a target vehicle is specified from among the vehicles. Disclosure position information and the identification information are transmitted by a second transmitter, the disclosure position information being set as position information on the target vehicle based on (i) alternative position information indicating a position of the target vehicle in an alternative manner and (ii) disclosure information indicating a disclosure range to disclose the alternative position information.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ayano Kobayashi, Yasuhide Kurimoto
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Publication number: 20230205747Abstract: A data management system includes a data management device and an arithmetic device. The data management device is configured to acquire battery data and store, in a distributed ledger, transaction data including information on the acquired battery data. The arithmetic device is configured to acquire the battery data from the data management device and calculate an index using the battery data and a predetermined arithmetic formula. The arithmetic device is configured to offer the index to a disclosure server.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Masato HOZUMI, Koji HETSUGI
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Patent number: 11574509Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic system diagnoses a vehicle having a battery mounted thereon. The vehicle diagnostic system includes an instrument panel for showing a capacity retention of the battery, and an ECU that calculates the capacity retention to be displayed on the instrument panel. The ECU measures the full charge capacity of the battery each time external charging is completed, and, based on a result of the measurement, updates a capacity deterioration curve indicative of changes in over time of the capacity retention. When a display request for showing the capacity retention on the instrument panel is generated, the ECU calculates the capacity retention when the display request is generated by referring to the updated capacity deterioration curve.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
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Publication number: 20220301362Abstract: A battery diagnostic system includes a diagnostic server that diagnoses a battery mounted on a vehicle using battery information including usage information of the battery while the battery is mounted on the vehicle, and a diagnostic terminal that acquires the battery information from the vehicle, transmits the battery information to the diagnostic server, and receives a diagnoses result of the battery from the diagnostic server. When the diagnostic terminal transmits the battery information to the diagnostic server, the diagnostic terminal transmits information on whether a predetermined condition is satisfied together with the battery information to the diagnostic server. The diagnostic server accumulates the battery information when the predetermined condition is satisfied, and deletes the battery information after diagnosing the battery when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Yasuhide KURIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220297667Abstract: A processing device of a server provides a predetermined price, based on battery information received by a communication device, to a user of a vehicle that transmits the battery information. The processing device provides a user of a vehicle transmitting second information as the battery information with a price higher than that provided to a user of a vehicle transmitting first information as the information, it being determined that there is a larger need for collecting the second information than the first information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
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Publication number: 20220266838Abstract: An information collection system corrects vehicle state information of each of a plurality of vehicles. Identification information and the vehicle state information is transmitted by a first transmitter, the identification information being information based on which a target vehicle is specified from among the vehicles. Disclosure position information and the identification information are transmitted by a second transmitter, the disclosure position information being set as position information on the target vehicle based on (i) alternative position information indicating a position of the target vehicle in an alternative manner and (ii) disclosure information indicating a disclosure range to disclose the alternative position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Ayano Kobayashi, Yasuhide Kurimoto
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Publication number: 20210398365Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic system diagnoses a vehicle having a battery mounted thereon. The vehicle diagnostic system includes an instrument panel for showing a capacity retention of the battery, and an ECU that calculates the capacity retention to be displayed on the instrument panel. The ECU measures the full charge capacity of the battery each time external charging is completed, and, based on a result of the measurement, updates a capacity deterioration curve indicative of changes in over time of the capacity retention. When a display request for showing the capacity retention on the instrument panel is generated, the ECU calculates the capacity retention when the display request is generated by referring to the updated capacity deterioration curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuhide KURIMOTO
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Patent number: 10814738Abstract: An information collection system for an electric storage device includes: a storage device in which registration information is stored, the registration information being information in which estimation information allowing an estimation of a position of an object vehicle and identification information identifying the object vehicle are associated with each other; and a computation device configured to store electric storage device information indicating information about an electric storage device equipped in each of the plurality of vehicle, in the storage device. The computation device is configured to acquire the estimation information associated with the identification information by referring to the registration information and associate at least a part of the estimation information with the electric storage device information, as the position information about the object vehicle, after the computation device receives the identification information from the communicator.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
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Publication number: 20200334722Abstract: A fee charging server manages a lending fee (a lease unit price) paid by a user for lending a battery mounted on a vehicle for traveling. The fee charging server includes a communication module that communicates with the vehicle, and an application server that collects a full charge capacity (a capacity retention ratio) of the battery from the vehicle via the communication module and determines the lending fee according to the collected full charge capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Hideaki MIYAKE, Junta IZUMI
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Publication number: 20200290477Abstract: A battery lease system lends a battery to a user. The battery lease system includes a vehicle configured to be equipped with the battery for traveling, and a server that manages a lease fee to be paid by the user for lease of the battery. The vehicle permits traveling of the vehicle only for a period in which a capacity retention ratio changes by a specified amount, when the user pays the lease fee, the capacity retention ratio indicating a degree of progress of deterioration of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Hideaki MIYAKE, Junta IZUMI
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Patent number: 10580224Abstract: A management system (1) includes: a battery information gathering unit (2) that gathers battery information (31), which is information relating to use histories of individual secondary batteries (10); a battery information database (3) that stores the battery information (31) gathered by the battery information gathering unit (2); and an order reception information gathering unit (4) that gathers order reception information (82), which is information relating to component replacement of a secondary battery. The battery information (31) of the secondary battery (10) specified in the order reception information (82) is extracted from the battery information (31) stored in the battery information database (3).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
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Patent number: 10158150Abstract: An assembled battery reusing system for reusing an assembled battery including a plurality of single cells is provided. The rebuild candidate determining unit (430) determines based on the information about the assembled battery whether a retrieved assembled battery is a rebuild candidate, and the information is acquired by the assembled battery information acquisition unit (i.e. communication unit) (420). The single cell amount determining unit (440) determines an amount of rebuilding-usable single cells included in the rebuild-candidate assembled battery determined by the rebuild candidate determining unit (430). The assembled battery demand information acquisition unit (460) acquires an amount of rebuilding-required single cells required to rebuild a required new assembled battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhide Kurimoto, Kazuo Tojima