Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu EBISU
Hiromitsu EBISU 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: 11648845Abstract: The user can readily determine a battery station where a battery exchange can be performed without fail. A management server searches a battery station that suits a battery configuration of an electric vehicle operated by each user according to management information on the battery configuration thereof, and to transmit a guidance screen for guiding the user to the searched battery station to the terminal device carried by the user. In particular, the user is guided to a station where the number of fully charged battery devices in a battery exchanger is equal to or greater than the number of battery devices used by the electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu Ebisu, Toshiya Zaitsu, Hiroki Shinohara, Masashi Takemura, Kenichiro Shibasaki, Koji Aoto
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Publication number: 20220219564Abstract: To identify a battery device that may have an abnormality in the future and promptly recall such a battery device, a battery management system includes a management server connected to a plurality of battery exchangers via a network and configured to manage exchanging states of battery packs at the battery exchangers, and a user terminal carried by each user and connected to the management server via the network, wherein the management server is configured to identify a user using a battery pack to be recalled, and to transmit an exchange reminder to the user terminal of the identified user, and the user terminal is configured to perform a notification operation that prompts the identified user to exchange the battery pack upon receiving the exchange reminder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji AOTO, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiromitsu EBISU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI
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Patent number: 11203266Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniaki Ikui, Toshiya Zaitsu, Hiromitsu Ebisu, Hiroki Shinohara, Masashi Takemura, Kenichiro Shibasaki, Koji Aoto, Yoshihiko Ishida
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Publication number: 20210382971Abstract: The time and effort of the user when exchanging batteries can be minimized, and security can be sufficiently ensured in user authentication. A battery exchanger (3) is provided with a camera (11) for capturing an image of a visitor, and a management server (4) performs face verification to determine if the visitor is an authentic user according to face image information of the visitor acquired from the image captured by the camera. Based on the face verification result, the management server determines if battery exchange is permitted, and notifies the determination result to the battery exchanger. Further, based on identification information of the battery pack brought in by the visitor, the management server performs battery verification to determine if the battery pack brought in by the visitor is permitted to be exchanged, and based on the result of the battery verification, determines if the battery exchange should be permitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromitsu EBISU, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO
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Publication number: 20200402075Abstract: The administrator is enabled to grasp the abundance or shortage of battery stations, and assisted in the construction of an optimized battery station network. Exchange information on an exchange state of battery devices at each battery station is accumulated, and statistical information on a utilization state of each battery station is generated by compiling the exchange information over a prescribed time period. Exchange information on a state of battery pack exchange at each battery station is accumulated, and recommendation information on the utilization of each battery station is generated by compiling the exchange information to be displayed. Recommendation information on creation of a battery station and an addition of a battery exchanger in a battery station is generated, and displayed. Recommendation information on closure of a battery station and an elimination of a battery exchanger in a battery station is generated, and displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu EBISU, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO
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Publication number: 20200391602Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniaki IKUI, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiromitsu EBISU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO, Yoshihiko ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20200384879Abstract: The user can readily determine a battery station where a battery exchange can be performed without fail. A management server searches a battery station that suits a battery configuration of an electric vehicle operated by each user according to management information on the battery configuration thereof, and to transmit a guidance screen for guiding the user to the searched battery station to the terminal device carried by the user. In particular, the user is guided to a station where the number of fully charged battery devices in a battery exchanger is equal to or greater than the number of battery devices used by the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromitsu EBISU, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO
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Publication number: 20150215522Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure has an autofocus controlling unit configured to perform an autofocus controlling process for adjusting a focus to a subject; a speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving speed of the imaging apparatus; and a controller configured to determine whether or not to enable the autofocus controlling process performed by the autofocus controlling unit. The controller disables the autofocus controlling process performed by the autofocus controlling unit in the case where the moving speed acquired by the speed acquisition unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventor: Hiromitsu EBISU
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Patent number: 8953666Abstract: A control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure controls communications between a plurality of information terminals at a first site and an information device at a second site. The control device includes: an interface that obtains class information indicating what class is allocated to each of those information terminals and also obtains rate information indicating a rate of communication with the information device over a network; and a control section that puts an upper limit on the communication rate of each of the information terminals by reference to the class information and the rate information and notifies the information terminal of the upper limit.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiromitsu Ebisu
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Publication number: 20130335516Abstract: A control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure controls communications between a plurality of information terminals at a first site and an information device at a second site. The control device includes: an interface that obtains class information indicating what class is allocated to each of those information terminals and also obtains rate information indicating a rate of communication with the information device over a network; and a control section that puts an upper limit on the communication rate of each of the information terminals by reference to the class information and the rate information and notifies the information terminal of the upper limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Hiromitsu EBISU