Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Shin
Hiromasa Shin 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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Patent number: 11954728Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to calculate a first index based on a plurality of pieces of first prediction data on an amount of electric power generated by a first electric power generation resource and a penalty imposed when an amount of electric power supplied to an electric power system is insufficient or excessive for a first amount of electric power which corresponds to a planned value of electric power generation amount, the first index being an index related to a yield obtained in a case that the first amount of electric power is tentatively bid in a first market; and determine a second amount of electric power to be bid in the first market based on the first index.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Aisu, Takufumi Yoshida, Shigeta Kuninobu, Hiromasa Shin, Yoshiaki Shiga, Kotaro Kimura, Yuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 11868431Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to select a first case based on subject data including at least one feature, and acquire a first prediction value that is a value of an objective variable included in the first case; a first estimator configured to estimate frequency data indicating frequencies of observation values of the objective variable, based on a history of observation values of the objective variable; a second estimator configured to estimate first frequency data indicating frequencies of first prediction values, based on a history of first prediction values acquired before the first prediction value is acquired; and a corrector configured to correct the first prediction value acquired by the processor, based on the frequency data and the first frequency data.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Mitsuru Kakimoto, Hiromasa Shin, Yoshiaki Shiga, Fang Ni
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Publication number: 20230186594Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first estimator configured to estimate height information of a cloud based on data obtained by sensing the cloud, a divider configured to divide the cloud into a plurality of portions based on the height information, and a second estimator configured to estimate states of the cloud at target time for each of the portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Mitsuru KAKIMOTO, Ryoma FUKUHARA, Hiromasa SHIN
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Publication number: 20230081471Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a first processor configured to calculate, based on first information indicating a target time point at which weather prediction data is to be acquired and which is a relative time point with respect to a first time point, second information indicating the target time point being a relative time point with respect to a second time point at which weather prediction is started by a prediction device, the prediction device being configured to generate weather prediction data through weather prediction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Fang NI, Hiromasa SHIN, Yoshiaki SHIGA, Mitsuru KAKIMOTO
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Patent number: 11455544Abstract: A prediction model generation device has a first storage unit that stores a plurality of explanatory variables, a second storage unit that stores a plurality of objective variables, an input unit that inputs instruction information on classification, a class generation unit that generates a plurality of classes based on the instruction information, and a prediction model calculation unit that calculates a plurality of prediction models corresponding to the plurality of classes. The prediction model calculation unit has a learning data set extraction unit that extracts a learning data set corresponding to each of the plurality of classes from among the plurality of explanatory variables and the plurality of objective variables.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Mitsuru Kakimoto, Hiromasa Shin, Yoshiaki Shiga, Masaaki Takada
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Publication number: 20220156828Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to calculate a first index based on a plurality of pieces of first prediction data on an amount of electric power generated by a first electric power generation resource and a penalty imposed when an amount of electric power supplied to an electric power system is insufficient or excessive for a first amount of electric power which corresponds to a planned value of electric power generation amount, the first index being an index related to a yield obtained in a case that the first amount of electric power is tentatively bid in a first market; and determine a second amount of electric power to be bid in the first market based on the first index.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hideyuki AISU, Takufumi YOSHIDA, Shigeta KUNINOBU, Hiromasa SHIN, Yoshiaki SHIGA, Kotaro KIMURA, Yuki HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11294098Abstract: A solar irradiance intensity estimation apparatus has an estimation model generation unit that generates estimation models of solar radiation intensities at a plurality of observation points based on observed cloud state data and solar radiation intensities observed at the plurality of observation points, an estimation model interpolation unit that generates an estimation model of a solar irradiance intensity at a target point based on the estimation models of solar radiation intensities at the plurality of observation points, and a solar irradiance intensity estimation unit that estimates a solar irradiance intensity at the target point based on a reflection intensity at the target point obtained from the cloud state data and the estimation model of a solar irradiance intensity at the target point.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Mitsuru Kakimoto, Hiromasa Shin, Yusuke Endoh, Yoshiaki Shiga
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Publication number: 20220076060Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to select a first case based on subject data including at least one feature, and acquire a first prediction value that is a value of an objective variable included in the first case; a first estimator configured to estimate frequency data indicating frequencies of observation values of the objective variable, based on a history of observation values of the objective variable; a second estimator configured to estimate first frequency data indicating frequencies of first prediction values, based on a history of first prediction values acquired before the first prediction value is acquired; and a corrector configured to correct the first prediction value acquired by the processor, based on the frequency data and the first frequency data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Mitsuru KAKIMOTO, Hiromasa SHIN, Yoshiaki SHIGA, Fang NI
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Patent number: 10866341Abstract: According to one embodiment, a probabilistic weather forecasting device includes processing circuitry configured to generate, based on a plurality of ensembles each including predicted values of the first meteorological variable and a plurality of pieces of observed data each including a observed value of the second meteorological variable, a simultaneous probability density distribution of a predicted value of the first meteorological variable and an observed value of the second meteorological variable; and configured to generate, based on the simultaneous probability density distribution, first probability density distributions each being a probability density distribution of an observed value of the second meteorological variable obtained under a condition that each of a plurality of predicted values of the first meteorological variable are given at a prediction target time, and synthesize the first probability density distributions to generate a second probability density distribution.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Mitsuru Kakimoto, Hiromasa Shin, Yusuke Endoh
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Publication number: 20200293967Abstract: According to one embodiment, a prediction device includes: first processing circuitry and second processing circuitry. The first processing circuitry corrects a demand result value on a particular date on a basis of an adjustment coefficient depending on the particular date; and generates a prediction model of a demand on a basis of the corrected demand result value on the particular date and a demand result value on a non-particular date. The second processing circuitry calculates a demand predicted value on a date of a prediction target on a basis of demand result values on one or more dates, an adjustment coefficient depending on a particular date among the one or more dates, and the prediction model. The second processing circuitry inversely corrects the demand predicted value using an adjustment coefficient depending on the date of the prediction target if the date of the prediction target is a particular date.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa SHIN, Yoshiaki SHIGA, Ryoichi ICHIKAWA, lchiro TOYOSHIMA
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Patent number: 10698396Abstract: An information processing apparatus has an input data acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of input data, a fault tolerance requirement acquisition unit that acquires a fault tolerance requirement for the plurality of input data, a training data definition unit that defines an output which satisfies the fault tolerance requirement, a fault pattern generation unit that generates a plurality of fault patterns which include at least one of the plurality of input data based on the plurality of input data and the fault tolerance requirement, a model update unit that updates the information processing model so as to tolerate a fault of the input data satisfying the fault tolerance requirement, and an execution control unit that applies the plurality of input data to the information processing model updated by the model update unit and executes the information processing model.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa Shin, Mitsuru Kakimoto, Yoshiaki Shiga
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Patent number: 10671880Abstract: An object retrieval apparatus includes a storage and a retrieval. The storage stores first to N-th space index information relating to X1 objects to XN objects which are selected in a descending order of an object size from among a plurality of objects, and in which a value of XT (where T is a value from 1 to N) decreases as a value of T increases. The retrieval processor divides a sight range into a plurality of pieces according to distance from a sight point, assign a different one of the first to N-th space index information to each divided range such that a smaller index number of the space index information is assigned to the divided range closer to the sight point, and specifies an object having a size visible from the sight point among objects existing in each divided range by retrieving the assigned space index information.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yusuke Endoh, Hiromasa Shin
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Patent number: 10673240Abstract: A power control apparatus has a peak cut prediction unit that predicts a period of time to impose a restriction on power supply from a power system to a consumer based on a predetermined condition, a threshold setting unit that sets a predetermined threshold such that a power supply amount from the power system to the consumer does not exceed the threshold in the period of time predicted by the peak cut prediction unit, and a charge/discharge control command unit that stops power supply from the power system to the consumer and causes a power storage device to be discharged by an amount of demand power exceeding the threshold when demand power of the consumer reaches the threshold in the period of time predicted by the peak cut prediction unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshiaki Shiga, Hiromasa Shin, Mitsuru Kakimoto, Kenji Kawamata, Yasuhiro Ogura
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Patent number: 10374547Abstract: According to one embodiment, an aggregation management apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire position information and performance information of each photovoltaic power generation facility in a set of photovoltaic power generation facilities from a storage; and calculate an evaluation value of a predictive error of a total generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, based on the position information, the performance information, and a correlation level of the predictive errors of solar radiation information depending on a distance between two locations.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiromasa Shin, Mitsuru Kakimoto, Yusuke Endoh
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Publication number: 20190155267Abstract: An information processing apparatus has an input data acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of input data, a fault tolerance requirement acquisition unit that acquires a fault tolerance requirement for the plurality of input data, a training data definition unit that defines an output which satisfies the fault tolerance requirement, a fault pattern generation unit that generates a plurality of fault patterns which include at least one of the plurality of input data based on the plurality of input data and the fault tolerance requirement, a model update unit that updates the information processing model so as to tolerate a fault of the input data satisfying the fault tolerance requirement, and an execution control unit that applies the plurality of input data to the information processing model updated by the model update unit and executes the information processing model.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa SHIN, Mitsuru Kakimoto, Yoshiaki Shiga
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Publication number: 20190148944Abstract: A power control apparatus has a peak cut prediction unit that predicts a period of time to impose a restriction on power supply from a power system to a consumer based on a predetermined condition, a threshold setting unit that sets a predetermined threshold such that a power supply amount from the power system to the consumer does not exceed the threshold in the period of time predicted by the peak cut prediction unit, and a charge/discharge control command unit that stops power supply from the power system to the consumer and causes a power storage device to be discharged by an amount of demand power exceeding the threshold when demand power of the consumer reaches the threshold in the period of time predicted by the peak cut prediction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshiaki SHIGA, Hiromasa Shin, Mitsuru Kakimoto, Kenji Kawamata, Yasuhiro Ogura
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Publication number: 20190139059Abstract: According to one embodiment, a demand forecasting device includes a location model generator and an overall model generator. The location models generate each providing a forecasted value of demand for a geographical region including a plurality of locations, based on weather data for either of the plurality of locations and previous value of demand for the geographical region. The overall model generator generates an overall model based on the location models and coefficients that are determined based on size of impact to the forecasted value of demand, by the weather data of the locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshiaki SHIGA, Hiromasa SHIN, Mitsuru KAKIMOTO, Masaaki TAKADA
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Publication number: 20190138913Abstract: A prediction model generation device has a first storage unit that stores a plurality of explanatory variables, a second storage unit that stores a plurality of objective variables, an input unit that inputs instruction information on classification, a class generation unit that generates a plurality of classes based on the instruction information, and a prediction model calculation unit that calculates a plurality of prediction models corresponding to the plurality of classes. The prediction model calculation unit has a learning data set extraction unit that extracts a learning data set corresponding to each of the plurality of classes from among the plurality of explanatory variables and the plurality of objective variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Mitsuru KAKIMOTO, Hiromasa SHIN, Yoshiaki SHIGA, Masaaki TAKADA
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Publication number: 20190012687Abstract: A bid-price determination apparatus includes an acquirer, an extractor, a predictor, a determiner, and an output device. The acquirer acquires a price history of a product before a current time in an electric power continuous session. The extractor extracts, from the acquired price history, a first feature quantity which is a feature quantity of the price history of the product. The predictor predicts, based on the extracted first feature quantity, a second feature quantity which is a feature quantity of price changes of the product after the current time. The determiner determines, based on the predicted second feature quantity, a transaction standard value which is a standard for a transaction of the product after the current time. The output device outputs the determined transaction standard value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yusuke ENDOH, Mitsuru KAKIMOTO, Yoshiaki SHIGA, Hiromasa SHIN, Takahiro YAMADA, lchiro TOYOSHIMA, Yoshio KIYOSHIMA, Tatsuo SATO
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Publication number: 20190005350Abstract: An object retrieval apparatus includes a storage and a retrieval. The storage stores first to N-th space index information relating to X1 objects to XN objects which are selected in a descending order of an object size from among a plurality of objects, and in which a value of XT (where T is a value from 1 to N) decreases as a value of T increases. The retrieval processor divides a sight range into a plurality of pieces according to distance from a sight point, assign a different one of the first to N-th space index information to each divided range such that a smaller index number of the space index information is assigned to the divided range closer to the sight point, and specifies an object having a size visible from the sight point among objects existing in each divided range by retrieving the assigned space index information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yusuke ENDOH, Hiromasa SHIN