Patents by Inventor Itsuya NISHIKAWA

Itsuya NISHIKAWA 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).

  • Electric power demand adjustment program management apparatus and electric power demand adjustment program management method
    Patent number: 10642236
    Abstract: An electric power demand adjustment program management apparatus, comprises a server which includes: a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of customer terminals that manage customer devices through a communication network; a program unit that creates an electric power demand adjustment program showing a demand adjustment amount allocated to at least one first customer terminal selected from the plurality of customer terminals in each predetermined time segment, based on predetermined constraint conditions and predetermined information received from the plurality of customer terminals; a program executing unit that transmits the electric power demand adjustment program, and instructs the first customer terminal to execute the electric power demand adjustment program; and a providing unit that provides, when the program unit fails to create the electric power demand adjustment program, investigation result information including an investigation result for a cause of the failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ohama, Masao Tsuyuzaki, Itsuya Nishikawa, Masato Utsumi, Syuuichi Yoshida, Yasuhiro Kawai, Jyunpei Ogawa, Shingo Izumi
  • ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20170097622
    Abstract: An electric power demand adjustment program management apparatus, comprises a server which includes: a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of customer terminals that manage customer devices through a communication network; a program unit that creates an electric power demand adjustment program showing a demand adjustment amount allocated to at least one first customer terminal selected from the plurality of customer terminals in each predetermined time segment, based on predetermined constraint conditions and predetermined information received from the plurality of customer terminals; a program executing unit that transmits the electric power demand adjustment program, and instructs the first customer terminal to execute the electric power demand adjustment program; and a providing unit that provides, when the program unit fails to create the electric power demand adjustment program, investigation result information including an investigation result for a cause of the failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki OHAMA, Masao TSUYUZAKI, Itsuya NISHIKAWA, Masato UTSUMI, Syuuichi YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro KAWAI, Jyunpei OGAWA, Shingo IZUMI