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).

  • Publication number: 20240166084
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240169420
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240166085
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240169419
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240170990
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240161553
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yuko TERASAWA, Masahiro KAGAMI, Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Kenji ZAITSU, Yoshihiko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240094790
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhide KURIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240025419
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano Kobayashi, Yasuhide Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 11814028
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano Kobayashi, Yasuhide Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20230205747
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi UEKI, Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Masato HOZUMI, Koji HETSUGI
  • Patent number: 11574509
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20220301362
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASAKI, Yasuhide KURIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220297667
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20220266838
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Ayano Kobayashi, Yasuhide Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20210398365
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhide KURIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10814738
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20200334722
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Hideaki MIYAKE, Junta IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200290477
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhide KURIMOTO, Hideaki MIYAKE, Junta IZUMI
  • Patent number: 10580224
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhide Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 10158150
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhide Kurimoto, Kazuo Tojima