Patents by Inventor Juni YASOSHIMA

Juni YASOSHIMA 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: 10944262
    Abstract: A control device of a power supply system includes a stopping process unit. The stopping process unit is configured to operate a switching element when connection between a power system and a main line is cut off by a system breaker and to perform a stopping process of sequentially switching battery modules which are connected to the main line such that the number of battery modules which are connected to the main line decreases gradually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni Yasoshima, Junta Izumi, Kenji Kimura, Toshihiro Katsuda, Kohei Matsuura, Junichi Matsumoto, Shuji Tomura, Shigeaki Goto, Naoki Yanagizawa, Kyosuke Tanemura, Kazuo Ootsuka, Takayuki Ban, Hironobu Nishi
  • Publication number: 20200209320
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation system executes a charging and discharging process (S1), an alternating current impedance acquiring process (S2 and S3), and a battery capacity estimating process (S4 to S6). The charging and discharging process involves charging and discharging a target secondary battery. The alternating current impedance acquiring process involves acquiring a measurement result of an alternating current impedance of a target secondary battery, by applying an alternating current signal within a specific frequency range to the target secondary battery after completion of the charging and discharging in the charging and discharging process and before a predetermined maximum waiting time elapses. The battery capacity estimating step involves estimating a battery capacity of the target secondary battery based on the measurement result of the alternating current impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko MITSUI, Junta IZUMI, Juni YASOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200209319
    Abstract: A battery performance evaluation device executes an alternating current impedance acquiring process (S1), an OCV acquiring process (S2), and an SOC estimating process (S3). The alternating current impedance acquiring process involves acquiring a measurement result of an alternating current impedance of a target secondary battery, the alternating current impedance measured by applying an application signal to the target secondary battery within a specific frequency range. The OCV acquiring process involves acquiring an OCV of the target secondary battery. The SOC estimating process involves estimating an SOC of the target secondary battery to be 0%, if an imaginary component of the measurement result of the acquired alternating current impedance at a predetermined frequency within the specific frequency range is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and the acquired OCV value is less than or equal to a second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko MITSUI, Junta Izumi, Juni Yasoshima
  • Publication number: 20200200825
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation method includes first to third steps. The first step involves obtaining information about a Nyquist plot by a predetermined AC-IR measurement. The second step involves obtaining image data of a Nyquist diagram that is obtained when the AC-IR measurement is performed at a predetermined first temperature, based on the information about the Nyquist plot obtained in the first step and on an ambient temperature at which the AC-IR measurement is performed in the first step. The third step involves inputting the image data of the Nyquist diagram obtained in the second step to an input layer of a pre-trained neural network model, to obtain a battery capacity estimate value of a battery to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Masahiko MITSUI, Juni YASOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200200826
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation method includes a first step and a second step. The first step is a step of obtaining image data of a Nyquist diagram drawn by a predetermined method, based on a Nyquist plot obtained by a predetermined AC-IR measurement. The second step is a step of obtaining a battery capacity estimate value of a battery to be measured by inputting the image data of the Nyquist diagram obtained in the first step into an input layer of a pre-trained neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Masahiko MITSUI, Juni YASOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200177018
    Abstract: A control device of a power supply system is configured to control inputting of electric power from a power system connected to a power distribution device to a plurality of strings connected to the power distribution device and outputting of electric power from the plurality of strings to the power system and to execute a process of stopping control for switching the at least one switching element between connection and disconnection on a string in which inputting of electric power and outputting of electric power are stopped out of the plurality of strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200177178
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of sweep modules that is connected to a main line. Each sweep module includes a switching element that switches between connection and disconnection between a battery module and the main line and is formed of a MOSFET. A failure detecting device of the power supply system includes a temperature detecting unit configured to detect temperatures of the plurality of sweep modules and a failure determining unit configured to determine whether a difference between a temperature of one sweep module selected from the plurality of sweep modules and a reference temperature which is determined based on the temperatures of other sweep modules is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200176983
    Abstract: A control device of a power supply system includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit is a processing unit configured to perform a first process of determining certain strings out of a plurality of strings connected in parallel to a power distribution device. The second processing unit is a processing unit configured to perform a second process of performing inputting of electric power to the plurality of strings connected in parallel to the power distribution device or outputting of electric power from the plurality of strings to the power distribution device using at least the certain strings determined by the first processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200176982
    Abstract: A control device of a power supply system includes a stopping process unit. The stopping process unit is configured to operate a switching element when connection between a power system and a main line is cut off by a system breaker and to perform a stopping process of sequentially switching battery modules which are connected to the main line such that the number of battery modules which are connected to the main line decreases gradually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta Izumi, Kenji Kimura, Toshihiro Katsuda, Kohei Matsuura, Junichi Matsumoto, Shuji Tomura, Shigeaki Goto, Naoki Yanagizawa, Kyosuke Tanemura, Kazuo Ootsuka, Takayuki Ban, Hironobu Nishi
  • Publication number: 20200177019
    Abstract: A power supply system disclosed here is connected to an electric power system through a distribution device. The power supply system includes a plurality of strings connected to the distribution device and a failure detector. The failure detector of the power supply system is configured to perform a first process of connecting at least one battery module to a main line to set a voltage detected by a string voltage detector at a voltage higher than a predetermined voltage in a state where a switch disconnects the distribution device and the main line, a second process of sending a disconnecting signal for disconnecting all the sweep modules from the main line, and a third process of determining whether the voltage detected by the string voltage detector is lower than the predetermined determination voltage or not after the second process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200169115
    Abstract: The present teaching provides a power supply system capable of appropriately performing replacement or repairing of a component of a module where a problem occurs without stopping the entire operation, in a case where the problem occurs in of the module in a plurality of modules. The power supply system includes a plurality of sweep modules, a problem detector, an indicator, and a controller. Each sweep module includes a battery module and an electric power circuit module. The problem detector detects a problem for each sweep module. The indicator indicates a sweep module in which a problem is detected. In a case where a problem is detected in the sweep module (S4: YES), the controller causes the indicator to indicate a failure sweep module in which the problem is detected (S5). The controller disconnects the failure sweep module from a main line, and continues sweep control (SG through S8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200169081
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of sweep modules. Each sweep module includes a battery module, an input and output circuit, a switching element, a capacitor, and a line. The input and output circuit connects the battery module to a main line. The switching element switches between connection and disconnection between the battery module and the main line. The capacitor is attached in parallel to the battery module. The line connects the input and output circuit to the battery module. The line is maintained in a state in which a loop portion is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200166576
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of sweep modules, a defect detecting unit, and a control unit. Each sweep module includes a battery module and a power circuit module. The defect detecting unit detects a defect for each sweep module. The number of sweep modules is greater S (S?2) than a minimum number of sweep modules required for operation. When the number of defective sweep modules in which a defect has been detected is equal to or less than F (2?F?S), the control unit is configured to disconnect the defective sweep modules from a main line and to continuously execute sweep control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200169080
    Abstract: The present teaching provides a power supply system capable of fully utilizing a plurality of batteries having different performances. A power supply system disclosed here includes a main line, a plurality of sweep modules, and a controller. Each of the sweep modules includes a battery module and an electric power circuit module. The electric power circuit module includes a switching device for connecting a connection state between the battery modules and the main line between connection and disconnection. The controller performs sweep control of sequentially switching the battery module connected to the main line among the plurality of battery modules. During an input of electric power from outside, the controller disconnects the battery module whose SOC level satisfies a high SOC condition from the main line (S7), and continues sweep control (S8, S9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200169082
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a main line, a plurality of sweep modules, and a control unit. Each sweep module includes a battery module and a power circuit module. The power circuit module switches between connection and disconnection between the battery module and the main line. The control unit executes sweep control for sequentially switching the battery modules which are to be connected to the main line. The control unit maintains connection of a refreshing module which is to be subjected to refreshing charging/discharging to the main line while sweep control is being executed in a state in which the refreshing module is excluded in at least one of outputting of electric power to the outside and inputting of electric power from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Juni YASOSHIMA, Junta IZUMI, Kenji KIMURA, Toshihiro KATSUDA, Kohei MATSUURA, Junichi MATSUMOTO, Shuji TOMURA, Shigeaki GOTO, Naoki YANAGIZAWA, Kyosuke TANEMURA, Kazuo OOTSUKA, Takayuki BAN, Hironobu NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200041570
    Abstract: A trained neural network model is a neural network model which has been trained based on Nyquist plots of a plurality of modules of which full charge capacity is within a reference range. A processing system determines to which of a first group of modules of which full charge capacity is within the reference range and a second group of modules of which full charge capacity is out of the reference range a module belongs, based on discriminant analysis in which at least one feature value extracted from the Nyquist plot of the module is adopted as an explanatory variable. When the processing system determines that the module M belongs to the first group, the processing system estimates a full charge capacity of the module by using the trained neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Masahiko MITSUI, Juni YASOSHIMA, Kotaro SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20200033414
    Abstract: A battery information processing system processes information for estimating a full charge capacity of a module. The battery information processing system includes a storage device configured to store a trained neural network model and an analysis device configured to estimate a full charge capacity of a secondary battery from a result of measurement of an AC impedance of the module by using the trained neural network model. The trained neural network model includes an input layer given a numeric value for each pixel of an estimation image in which a Nyquist plot representing the result of measurement of the AC impedance of the module is drawn in a region consisting of a predetermined number of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta IZUMI, Masahiko MITSUI, Juni YASOSHIMA, Kotaro SHIBUYA