Patents by Inventor Hideshi MIZUTANI

Hideshi MIZUTANI 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: 11387472
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy management system capable of improving energy efficiency. The energy management system includes: a fuel cell configured to supply energy used in a facility; a first hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by causing a power generation apparatus that uses renewable energy to perform water electrolysis; a second hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by reforming natural gas supplied via a pipeline; and a control unit configured to determine a ratio between hydrogen supplied from the first hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell and hydrogen supplied from the second hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell. The control unit determines the ratio in accordance with a percentage of heat energy and energy other than the heat energy with respect to the energy used in the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Nakamuta, Hideshi Mizutani, Keisuke Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Orihashi, Tomio Yamanaka, Atsushi Nakajima, Shinichi Yatsuzuka, Masayuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Toge
  • Patent number: 11367884
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply system comprises a hydrogen station placed near a railroad track and configured to supply hydrogen to a moving body that is driven with a fuel cell used as an electric power source; and a train provided with a hydrogen tank and configured to run along the railroad track and transport hydrogen to the hydrogen station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Takaiwa, Masahiro Yamakawa, Hideshi Mizutani, Kenji Umayahara, Takao Ozawa, Shigeyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11342568
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, a driving motor, a power feeder and a controller. The controller is configured to: obtain current location information of the fuel cell vehicle, hydrogen supply position information, a fuel consumption of the fuel cell vehicle in a drive mode, a remaining amount of hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank, and a consumed amount of hydrogen per unit time in a power feed mode; calculate an amount of hydrogen that is required for the fuel cell vehicle to drive from the current location to the supply position; calculate a power feedable time period when the fuel cell vehicle is operable in the power feed mode without causing the remaining amount of hydrogen to become less than the required amount of hydrogen, and display information with regard to the power feedable period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Umayahara, Shigeki Takaiwa, Masahiro Yamakawa, Hideshi Mizutani, Takao Ozawa, Shigeyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11299061
    Abstract: A charging and discharging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for, in regard to a vehicle on which a battery capable of being charged and discharged is mounted, charging and discharging the battery, the charging and discharging management system including: an information collection unit configured to collect boarding information indicating an aircraft which a driver of the vehicle plans to board, the vehicle being parked in a parking lot in an airport; a parking period acquisition unit configured to acquire a parking period of the vehicle based on the boarding information pieces collected by the information collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a timing at which the battery mounted on the vehicle is charged and discharged based on the parking period acquired by the parking period acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ikuo Ohta, Hideshi Mizutani, Atsushi Sajiki, Takao Inata, Yohei Tanigawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Atsuo Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 11069204
    Abstract: An energy generation system using biomass includes a first information generation unit that generates the first information indicating that a distributor handling food has disposed of food waste biomass, an energy generation device that generates energy and the like using biomass collected from the distributor, a second information generation unit that generates the second information indicating that energy and the like have been generated using biomass collected from the distributor, a third information generation unit that obtains the first information and the second information and generates the third information indicating generation of at least one of energy and energy sources by collecting biomass disposed by the distributor, and a display unit that displays the third information generated by the third information generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Umayahara, Shigeki Takaiwa, Masahiro Yamakawa, Hideshi Mizutani, Takao Ozawa, Shigeyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210119231
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy management system capable of improving energy efficiency. The energy management system includes: a fuel cell configured to supply energy used in a facility; a first hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by causing a power generation apparatus that uses renewable energy to perform water electrolysis; a second hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by reforming natural gas supplied via a pipeline; and a control unit configured to determine a ratio between hydrogen supplied from the first hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell and hydrogen supplied from the second hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell. The control unit determines the ratio in accordance with a percentage of heat energy and energy other than the heat energy with respect to the energy used in the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei NAKAMUTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Keisuke KIKUCHI, Nobuyuki ORIHASHI, Tomio YAMANAKA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Shinichi YATSUZUKA, Masayuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi TOGE
  • Publication number: 20210023963
    Abstract: A charging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for charging a plurality of batteries that are respectively mounted on a plurality of electric automobiles connected to a charging facility, the charging management system including: a collection unit configured to collect charging characteristics of the plurality of batteries; and a determination unit configured to determine a distribution of an amount of charging power to be supplied to the plurality of batteries from the charging facility based on the charging characteristics collected by the collection unit. The determination unit determines to supply the batteries having the same charging characteristics as each other with the same amount of charging power as each other, and determines to supply the batteries having charging characteristics different from each other with amounts of charging power different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210027227
    Abstract: An energy management system for enabling an airport including a power storage facility to prepare an electric power purchase plan in order to purchase a predetermined amount of electric power from an electric power company for a predetermined period and to cover electric power to be used at the airport. The energy management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire arrival and departure information and information about climate change, a prediction unit configured to predict a fluctuation in the demand for the electric power at the airport based on the arrival and departure information and the information about climate change, and a determination unit configured to determine the predetermined amount of electric power and the predetermined period based on the fluctuation in demand for electric power and a power storage capacity of the power storage facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Takao INATA, Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210027342
    Abstract: An advertisement display management system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a terminal device at a client company, an amount of electricity to be purchased for a prescribed period from the electricity generating facility where a renewable energy source is used and which is installed at an airport and data of an advertisement to be displayed at the airport during the prescribed period; a calculation unit configured to calculate an emission reduction amount of CO2 equivalent to the amount of electricity to be purchased; and a display unit installed at the airport and configured to display the data of the advertisement, the amount of electricity to be purchased, and the emission reduction amount of CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideshi MIZUTANI, Ikuo OHTA, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210024227
    Abstract: To provide a workload calculation system capable of suppressing the possibility of the cargo handling work not being performed as planned in the work schedule at the arrival airport. A workload calculation system according to the present disclosure includes: an image pick-up unit configured to acquire an image of a cargo loaded aboard an airplane prior to the arrival of the airplane at an arrival airport; a characteristics detection unit configured to detect characteristics of the cargo by recognizing the image of the cargo acquired by the image pick-up unit; and a workload calculation unit configured to calculate a workload required to convey the cargo at the arrival airport by checking the characteristics of the cargo detected by the characteristics detection unit against pre-recorded workload information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210023959
    Abstract: A charging and discharging management system according to the present disclosure is a system for, in regard to a vehicle on which a battery capable of being charged and discharged is mounted, charging and discharging the battery, the charging and discharging management system including: an information collection unit configured to collect boarding information indicating an aircraft which a driver of the vehicle plans to board, the vehicle being parked in a parking lot in an airport; a parking period acquisition unit configured to acquire a parking period of the vehicle based on the boarding information pieces collected by the information collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a timing at which the battery mounted on the vehicle is charged and discharged based on the parking period acquired by the parking period acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210023953
    Abstract: A charging system according to the present disclosure is a charging system for charging a battery of a vehicle including a power reception unit configured to be able to receive power in a non-contact manner and a battery charged by the power received by the power reception unit. The charging system according to the present disclosure includes: a charging apparatus including a plurality of power feed units that are arranged along a predetermined route, each of the power feed unit being configured to be able to feed electric power to the power reception unit in a non-contact manner; a detection unit configured to detect a current position of the vehicle; and a charging control unit configured to feed electric power from the power feed unit to the power reception unit in a non-contact manner based on the current position of the vehicle detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210024146
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle according to the present disclosure is an automotive vehicle deployed at an airport, the automotive vehicle including: an information collection unit configured to collect arrival and departure information of an aircraft which a user boards; a derivation unit configured to derive a boarding place and a boarding time for the user to board the aircraft based on the arrival and departure information pieces; a user recognition unit configured to recognize the user; a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the automotive vehicle and the user; and a traveling control unit configured to control traveling of the automotive vehicle. The traveling control unit controls the automotive vehicle to travel to the boarding place by the boarding time while guiding the user and preventing the automotive vehicle and the user from being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210027399
    Abstract: An energy management system capable of optimizing a distribution of energy storage between a battery and a hydrogen energy storage system is provided. An energy management system includes a collection unit configured to collect arrival and departure information and information about weather, a prediction unit configured to predict a demand fluctuation in an amount of electric power used in an airport based on the information collected by the collection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a distribution of energy storage between a battery and a hydrogen energy storage system based on the demand fluctuation predicted by the prediction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hideshi MIZUTANI, Ikuo OHTA, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210012258
    Abstract: An airport logistics management system capable of reducing working resources in logistics in an airport is provided. The airport logistics management system includes: a collection unit configured to collect departure and arrival information, information regarding accommodation capacities of departing and arriving flights, and information regarding a record of past amounts of loads; a prediction unit configured to predict a workload in logistics at the airport based on the information collected by the collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine an amount of working resources that are necessary based on the workload predicted by the prediction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo Ohta, Hideshi Mizutani, Atsushi Sajiki, Takao Inata, Yohei Tanigawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Atsuo Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20210011486
    Abstract: A charging management system capable of reducing congestion of charging electric vehicles in an airport and improving the working efficiency in the airport is provided. A charging management system includes: a collection unit configured to collect departure and arrival information and information regarding amounts of loads of departing and arriving flights; a planning unit configured to create a working plan of electric vehicles working in the airport based on the information collected by the collection unit; and a determination unit configured to determine charging timings of the respective electric vehicles based on the working plan created by the planning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Atsushi SAJIKI, Takao INATA, Yohei TANIGAWA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Atsuo KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20200091524
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, a driving motor, a power feeder and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji UMAYAHARA, Shigeki TAKAIWA, Masahiro YAMAKAWA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Takao OZAWA, Shigeyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200082681
    Abstract: An energy generation system using biomass includes a first information generation unit that generates the first information indicating that a distributor handling food has disposed of food waste biomass, an energy generation device that generates energy and the like using biomass collected from the distributor, a second information generation unit that generates the second information indicating that energy and the like have been generated using biomass collected from the distributor, a third information generation unit that obtains the first information and the second information and generates the third information indicating generation of at least one of energy and energy sources by collecting biomass disposed by the distributor, and a display unit that displays the third information generated by the third information generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji UMAYAHARA, Shigeki TAKAIWA, Masahiro YAMAKAWA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Takao OZAWA, Shigeyuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200067114
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply system comprises a hydrogen station placed near a railroad track and configured to supply hydrogen to a moving body that is driven with a fuel cell used as an electric power source; and a train provided with a hydrogen tank and configured to run along the railroad track and transport hydrogen to the hydrogen station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shigeki TAKAIWA, Masahiro YAMAKAWA, Hideshi MIZUTANI, Kenji UMAYAHARA, Takao OZAWA, Shigeyuki SUZUKI