Patents by Inventor JUNICHI KANOU

JUNICHI KANOU 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: 11356035
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus includes: a converter which converts an input power into an AC power with a predetermined frequency; and a first code modulator which code-modulates at least part of the AC power with a first modulation code to generate a first code-modulated power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Kanou, Masahiro Yamaoka, Akira Minegishi, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kohei Masuda
  • Patent number: 11342751
    Abstract: A long-term predictor predicts long-term predicted power indicating temporal changes in consumed power of a customer using a long-term prediction model. A short-term predictor predicts short-term predicted power indicating temporal changes in the consumed power of the customer immediately after a current time, using a short-term prediction model, based on temporal changes in the consumed power of the customer immediately before the current time. A controller controls charging and discharging of a power storage apparatus at intervals based on the long-term predicted power and the short-term predicted power. The controller predicts temporal changes in charging power, discharging power, and charged electric energy of the power storage apparatus, and when the charged electric energy is predicted to reaches a lower limit due to discharging of the power storage apparatus, the controller charges power from the power network to the power storage apparatus in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Minegishi, Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Noriaki Takeda, Junichi Kanou
  • Patent number: 11296512
    Abstract: A reference capacity determiner determines a reference capacity of each power storage apparatus, under an assumption that power is not transmitted/received among the customer facilities. An actual capacity determiner determines an actual capacity of each power storage apparatus, under an assumption that power is transmitted/received among the customer facilities. A characteristic value determiner determines a first number of charging/discharging cycles, under an assumption that power is not transmitted/received among the customer facilities and each power storage apparatus has the reference capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Kanou, Akira Minegishi, Tetsuyoshi Ogura
  • Patent number: 11164111
    Abstract: A long-term predictor circuit predicts a long-term predicted power indicating temporal variations in consumed power of a customer, using a long-term prediction model indicating the variations for each moment of clock times. A short-term predictor circuit predicts a short-term predicted power using a short-term prediction model indicating the variations over a time interval before and after a change in a consumed power of each load apparatus, based on the variations over a time interval immediately before a current time, the short-term predicted power indicating the variations over a time interval immediately after the current time. A controller circuit controls charging and discharging of a battery apparatus by setting a charging power or a discharging power based on the long-term predicted power, and controls discharging of the battery apparatus by setting a discharging power based on the short-term predicted power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Minegishi, Junichi Kanou, Noriaki Takeda
  • Publication number: 20210328433
    Abstract: A reference capacity determiner determines a reference capacity of each power storage apparatus, under an assumption that power is not transmitted/received among the customer facilities. An actual capacity determiner determines an actual capacity of each power storage apparatus, under an assumption that power is transmitted/received among the customer facilities. A characteristic value determiner determines a first number of charging/discharging cycles, under an assumption that power is not transmitted/received among the customer facilities and each power storage apparatus has the reference capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Junichi KANOU, Akira MINEGISHI, Tetsuyoshi OGURA
  • Publication number: 20200389029
    Abstract: A long-term predictor predicts long-term predicted power indicating temporal changes in consumed power of a customer using a long-term prediction model. A short-term predictor predicts short-term predicted power indicating temporal changes in the consumed power of the customer immediately after a current time, using a short-term prediction model, based on temporal changes in the consumed power of the customer immediately before the current time. A controller controls charging and discharging of a power storage apparatus at intervals based on the long-term predicted power and the short-term predicted power. The controller predicts temporal changes in charging power, discharging power, and charged electric energy of the power storage apparatus, and when the charged electric energy is predicted to reaches a lower limit due to discharging of the power storage apparatus, the controller charges power from the power network to the power storage apparatus in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira MINEGISHI, Tetsuyoshi OGURA, Noriaki TAKEDA, Junichi KANOU
  • Patent number: 10833505
    Abstract: A power controller apparatus predicts demand power of a load apparatus, generated power of a power generator apparatus, and inherent stored energy of a battery apparatus. The power controller apparatus calculates excess electric energy and deficient electric energy achieved when the inherent stored energy reaches higher- and lower-limit stored energies, respectively. The power controller apparatus combines at least one first customer facility and at least one second customer facility having the excess electric energy and the deficient electric energy, respectively, and thus, forms at least one group including the first and second customer facilities. For each group, the power controller apparatus determines transmitting power from the first customer facility to the second customer facility, so that stored energy of each of the battery apparatuses of the first and second customer facilities is equal to or less than a first threshold, and equal to or more than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Kanou, Akira Minegishi, Noriaki Takeda
  • Patent number: 10770917
    Abstract: Each one of code modulators modulates first power to generate a code-modulated wave using a modulation code based on a code sequence, and transmits the code-modulated wave to one of code demodulators. Each one of code demodulator receives the code-modulated wave from one of the code modulators, and demodulates the received code-modulated wave to generate second power using a demodulation code based on a code sequence identical to the code sequence of the modulation code used. When power is transmitted between each one of transmitter and receiver pairs, a controller selects and assigns code sequences to the transmitter and receiver pairs, so as to reduce an average of an absolute value of a total current of the code-modulated waves of the transmitter and receiver pairs in a transmission path, as compared to a reference value, the average being averaged over a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamaoka, Akira Minegishi, Junichi Kanou
  • Publication number: 20200083711
    Abstract: A power controller apparatus predicts demand power of a load apparatus, generated power of a power generator apparatus, and inherent stored energy of a battery apparatus. The power controller apparatus calculates excess electric energy and deficient electric energy achieved when the inherent stored energy reaches higher- and lower-limit stored energies, respectively. The power controller apparatus combines at least one first customer facility and at least one second customer facility having the excess electric energy and the deficient electric energy, respectively, and thus, forms at least one group including the first and second customer facilities. For each group, the power controller apparatus determines transmitting power from the first customer facility to the second customer facility, so that stored energy of each of the battery apparatuses of the first and second customer facilities is equal to or less than a first threshold, and equal to or more than a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Junichi KANOU, Akira MINEGISHI, Noriaki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20190340545
    Abstract: A long-term predictor circuit predicts a long-term predicted power indicating temporal variations in consumed power of a customer, using a long-term prediction model indicating the variations for each moment of clock times. A short-term predictor circuit predicts a short-term predicted power using a short-term prediction model indicating the variations over a time interval before and after a change in a consumed power of each load apparatus, based on the variations over a time interval immediately before a current time, the short-term predicted power indicating the variations over a time interval immediately after the current time. A controller circuit controls charging and discharging of a battery apparatus by setting a charging power or a discharging power based on the long-term predicted power, and controls discharging of the battery apparatus by setting a discharging power based on the short-term predicted power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Akira MINEGISHI, Junichi KANOU, Noriaki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20190319484
    Abstract: Each one of code modulators modulates first power to generate a code-modulated wave using a modulation code based on a code sequence, and transmits the code-modulated wave to one of code demodulators. Each one of code demodulator receives the code-modulated wave from one of the code modulators, and demodulates the received code-modulated wave to generate second power using a demodulation code based on a code sequence identical to the code sequence of the modulation code used. When power is transmitted between each one of transmitter and receiver pairs, a controller selects and assigns code sequences to the transmitter and receiver pairs, so as to reduce an average of an absolute value of a total current of the code-modulated waves of the transmitter and receiver pairs in a transmission path, as compared to a reference value, the average being averaged over a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro YAMAOKA, Akira MINEGISHI, Junichi KANOU
  • Patent number: 10418823
    Abstract: A power transmission system includes: a power transmitter connected to a power supply; a plurality of power receivers respectively connected to a plurality of loads; a power transmission line connecting the power transmitter and the plurality of power receivers; and a controller. The controller acquires information on optimum power for maximizing transmission efficiency in the power transmission line and information on power demands requested by the loads, and routes transmission power from the power transmitter selectively to the plurality of power receivers. The transmission power is equal to or smaller than the optimum power. When a total power demand is larger than the optimum power, the controller requests another controller to supply supplementary power. When the total power demand is smaller than the optimum power, the controller notifies the other controller that surplus power is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kanou, Masahiro Yamaoka, Akira Minegishi
  • Patent number: 10396564
    Abstract: A system includes: a first modulator that modulates a first electric power at a first modulation frequency; a second modulator that modulates a second electric power at a second modulation frequency; a transmission line through which a transmission power obtained by combining a plurality of modulated electric powers is transmitted; a first demodulator that demodulates the transmission power at a first demodulation frequency to generate a third electric power; and a second demodulator that demodulates the transmission power at a second demodulation frequency to generate a fourth electric power. The first modulation frequency and the second modulation frequency are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Minegishi, Junichi Kanou, Atsushi Yamamoto, Masahiro Yamaoka, Kohei Masuda
  • Patent number: 10122289
    Abstract: A converter includes: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current power has been code-modulated with a modulation code; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power. The conversion code is based on the modulation code. A frequency of the second alternating-current power is higher than a frequency of the first alternating-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamaoka, Junichi Kanou, Akira Minegishi, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kohei Masuda
  • Patent number: 9966939
    Abstract: A converter includes: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current power has been code-modulated with a modulation code; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power. The conversion code is based on the modulation code. A frequency of the second alternating-current power is lower than a frequency of the first alternating-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamaoka, Junichi Kanou, Akira Minegishi, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kohei Masuda
  • Publication number: 20170346300
    Abstract: A power transmission system includes: a power transmitter connected to a power supply; a plurality of power receivers respectively connected to a plurality of loads; a power transmission line connecting the power transmitter and the plurality of power receivers; and a controller. The controller acquires information on optimum power for maximizing transmission efficiency in the power transmission line and information on power demands requested by the loads, and routes transmission power from the power transmitter selectively to the plurality of power receivers. The transmission power is equal to or smaller than the optimum power. When a total power demand is larger than the optimum power, the controller requests another controller to supply supplementary power. When the total power demand is smaller than the optimum power, the controller notifies the other controller that surplus power is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: JUNICHI KANOU, MASAHIRO YAMAOKA, AKIRA MINEGISHI
  • Publication number: 20170229975
    Abstract: A converter includes: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current power has been code-modulated with a modulation code; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power. The conversion code is based on the modulation code. A frequency of the second alternating-current power is higher than a frequency of the first alternating-current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: MASAHIRO YAMAOKA, JUNICHI KANOU, AKIRA MINEGISHI, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, KOHEI MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20170229974
    Abstract: A converter includes: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current power has been code-modulated with a modulation code; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power. The conversion code is based on the modulation code. A frequency of the second alternating-current power is lower than a frequency of the first alternating-current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: MASAHIRO YAMAOKA, JUNICHI KANOU, AKIRA MINEGISHI, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, KOHEI MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20170170664
    Abstract: A system includes: a first modulator that modulates a first electric power at a first modulation frequency; a second modulator that modulates a second electric power at a second modulation frequency; a transmission line through which a transmission power obtained by combining a plurality of modulated electric powers is transmitted; a first demodulator that demodulates the transmission power at a first demodulation frequency to generate a third electric power; and a second demodulator that demodulates the transmission power at a second demodulation frequency to generate a fourth electric power. The first modulation frequency and the second modulation frequency are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: AKIRA MINEGISHI, JUNICHI KANOU, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, MASAHIRO YAMAOKA, KOHEI MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20170133948
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus includes: a converter which converts an input power into an AC power with a predetermined frequency; and a first code modulator which code-modulates at least part of the AC power with a first modulation code to generate a first code-modulated power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: JUNICHI KANOU, MASAHIRO YAMAOKA, AKIRA MINEGISHI, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, KOHEI MASUDA