Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Kimura
Kazutaka Kimura 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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Publication number: 20230215254Abstract: The present disclosure provides a monitoring system including an edge processing apparatus including a space distinct ID management database, a space distinct ID control unit, a storage unit, an analysis unit, and an abnormality determination unit, and a controller, a transmitter, and a camera with sensor that are installed in a location to be monitored, in which the space distinct ID management database stores a space distinct ID and a transmission time of the space distinct ID in association with the location to be monitored, the space distinct ID control unit acquires the space distinct ID associated with the location to be monitored from the space distinct ID management database and transmits the space distinct ID that is acquired to the controller in the associated location to be monitored, the controller transmits the space distinct ID acquired from the space distinct ID control unit to the transmitter, the transmitter generates a signal based on the space distinct ID acquired from the controller and diType: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota SHIINA, Tomohiro TANIGUCHI, Shinya TAMAKI, Kazutaka HARA, Koji TSUJI, Tetsuya SUZUKI, Yasutaka KIMURA
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Patent number: 11689311Abstract: An object is to provide an optical communication system capable of controlling the output ratio by port and by wavelength for incident light of different wavelengths, a method of determining the split ratio of an uneven-split optical splitter for controlling the output ratio by port and by wavelength, and a transmission range determination method for the optical communication system. The split ratio determination method for an uneven-split optical splitter according to the present invention uses the melt-draw distance to adjust the split ratio of each fiber-optic splitter included in the uneven-split optical splitter such that the light output from the farthest ONUs among each of the ports connected under the ports B to M of the uneven-split optical splitter arrives with the minimum reception sensitivity at OLT receivers in a PON system.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuko Kawakita, Kazutaka Hara, Yasutaka Kimura, Kenji Horikawa, Hiroyuki Furukawa
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Publication number: 20230169582Abstract: A power trading system includes an alternative power storage device (power storage device and battery pallet) managed by an operator of a P2P power trading market. In a case where nonfulfillment trading occurs in which fulfillment of power trading is difficult, a trading alternative unit of a trading market server performs power trading (alternative trading) related to the nonfulfillment trading by using the alternative power storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Hiromitsu KIGURE, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Yuki KUDO, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230133117Abstract: Upon receipt of a reported value (an amount of power generation by a renewable energy facility) in a time slot from an agent of a prosumer (facility), a processor of a transaction market server calculates a predicted amount of power generation of the renewable energy facility in the time slot (S1 to S13). The processor sets a first threshold for the predicted amount of power generation and determines a normal range of the reported value (S15). The processor compares the reported value with the predicted amount of power generation, and when the reported value is outside the normal range, prohibits the facility with the renewable energy facility from using a renewable energy tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230128848Abstract: A market electricity price prediction unit is configured to predict a transaction price of electricity traded in an electricity transaction market. A user use prediction unit is configured to predict a use plan of a vehicle by a user of the vehicle. An electricity transaction plan preparation unit is configured to prepare an electricity transaction plan based on a prediction result of the market electricity price prediction unit and a prediction result of the user use prediction unit. The user inquiry performing unit is configured to make an inquiry to the user about the electricity transaction plan before an electricity transaction according to the electricity transaction plan is contracted in the electricity transaction market.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230117558Abstract: An agent is an information processing apparatus that puts in a bid to allow a vehicle to conduct transaction of power reception/provision through a transaction market server. In the event of nonfulfillment of transaction which means that the vehicle does not conduct transaction of power reception/provision, the transaction market server performs penalty processing for imposing a penalty on a user of the vehicle. The agent includes a bid processing unit and an indicator value calculator. The bid processing unit is configured to put in a bid to the transaction market server. The indicator value calculator calculates an indicator value that represents an extent of the penalty imposed on the user in the penalty processing. When the indicator value reaches a threshold value, the bid processing unit suspends a bid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230120979Abstract: A power trading system includes a power trading platform (a power trading computer) and a vehicle agent (a bidding computer) that places a bid on the power trading platform. The vehicle agent includes a bidding unit and a generation unit. The bidding unit places a bid for power trading by transmitting bid data in a predetermined format to the power trading computer. The generation unit transcribes transcribed information included in the bid data for a contracted bid and generates the bid data for a cancellation bid so as to cancel the contracted bid. The transcribed information includes attribute information indicating an attribute of electric power related to power trading.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230124457Abstract: An automatic bidding system includes a vehicle agent (a computer). A vehicle agent includes a bidding agent (a bidding unit) that places an automatic bid for power trading related to electric power of a user in accordance with an automatic bidding algorithm, and an information collection agent (an information collection unit) that acquires user information indicating a preference of the user. The bidding agent is configured to set a parameter of the automatic bidding algorithm using the user information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230107441Abstract: A power transaction market includes a first individual market and a second individual market. The first individual market is configured to implement transactions of electric power between power resources in a normal state of the power system. The second individual market is configured to implement transactions of electric power between the power resources in an emergency state in which supply of electric power from the power system is stopped. A management device that manages transactions of electric power between the power resources is configured to impose a penalty on a participant who does not implement a contract for a transaction of electric power in each of the first and second individual markets. The management device is configured to set the penalty in the second individual market to a higher value than the penalty in the first individual market.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuki KUDO, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230109041Abstract: A server device includes a processor and a memory storing a program executed by the processor. The processor is configured to accept a tender for a transaction of electricity transfer in a parking lot, contract the transaction of electricity transfer corresponding to the tender, and perform charge control for charging at least one vehicle out of a plurality of vehicles located in the parking lot, the at least one vehicle having placed the tender.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230102260Abstract: A market electric power price predicting unit predicts a trading price of electric power traded in a P2P electric power trading market. The trading price includes a price of renewable energy electric power and a price of non-renewable energy electric power. A renewable energy index setting unit sets a renewable energy index indicating a degree of the renewable energy electric power in electric power purchased in the P2P electric power trading market. A trading price setting unit sets a desired trading price in an electric power trading plan from a prediction result of the trading price of the electric power and the renewable energy index. A trading plan creating unit creates the electric power trading plan based on the desired trading price.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230097499Abstract: In a power transaction management server, a registration unit receives power transaction information including positional information of a corresponding charging/discharging facility and tender conditions for a transaction of electric power and registers the received power transaction information in a storage device for each individual transaction market. An input unit receives information of a mobile object participating in a power transaction market. The information of the mobile object includes information indicating a geographical range in which the mobile object is able to supply or receive electric power. A setting unit sets retrieval conditions based on the information of the mobile object. A retrieval unit retrieves an individual transaction market matching the retrieval conditions out of a plurality of individual transaction markets. A provision unit provides the power transaction information in the individual transaction market matching the retrieval conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuki KUDO, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Yuta MANIWA
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Patent number: 11611234Abstract: A control device is connected to power loads installed in a consumer facility so as to be able to communicate with the power loads. The control device includes: a control unit; and a display unit. The control unit determines the power loads and predicted power consumption when the power loads are used, determines at least one usable power load out of the power loads based on a remaining amount of available electric power in the consumer facility and the predicted power consumption, displays the usable power load on the display unit such that the usable power load is selectable, and controls use of the selected power load.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takumi Shibano, Kazutaka Kimura
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Patent number: 11605102Abstract: An information processing method to be carried out by a terminal that is configured to communicate with an electronic device, is provided. The electronic device may be configured to manage information related to a vehicle. The information processing method may include: receiving vehicle usage fee information related to a vehicle usage fee for the vehicle from the electronic device, through a communication interface of the terminal, the vehicle usage fee being based on an advertisement that is displayed on a display device of the vehicle; and displaying a first display that is based on the vehicle usage fee information, in a display area of the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: LINE CORPORATIONInventor: Kazutaka Kimura
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Publication number: 20230071134Abstract: A server device includes a processor and a memory for storing a program executed by the processor. A plurality of units includes a first unit, a second unit, and a third unit. The processor accepts a bid of the second unit regarding a transaction for electric power transfer with the first unit, and executes a contract process for causing the third unit to perform the electric power transfer with the first unit, when the second unit does not perform the electric power transfer with the first unit at a scheduled time of the electric power transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu KIGURE, Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20230069713Abstract: A market server stores participant information of each of participants in a power trading market, the participant information includes a participant ID that specifies the participant and participant evaluation information associated with the participant ID and set based on a trading history of the participant, and when the participant evaluation information satisfies a predetermined condition, the market server permits the participant specified by the participant ID associated with the participant evaluation information to participate in the power trading market.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazutaka KIMURA, Yuki KUDO, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Yuta MANIWA, Satoshi KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20230068632Abstract: A market server receives a second request signal for requesting reception-supply adjustment of a first amount of power from a CEMS server and sends an invitation signal to a plurality of agent devices. The market server receives a bid signal showing bid conditions for a power buying or selling transaction of a second amount of power, smaller than the first amount of power, from at least one or more agent devices that have determined the bid conditions among the plurality of agent devices, and accepts bids by the at least one or more agent devices when acceptance conditions are met.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Kazutaka KIMURA, Kazuki OBATA, Hiromitsu KIGURE, Satoshi KIKUCHI, Yuta MANIWA
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Publication number: 20220414752Abstract: A control apparatus includes a control section that acquires itinerary information indicating a route on which a vehicle travels, the route including a departure point, a destination, and a waypoint that enables charging of the vehicle, and a first departure time for the vehicle to depart from the departure point, and that based on the itinerary information, sets a second departure time resulting from the first departure time being modified such that a time of arrival of the vehicle at the waypoint becomes a predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Kazutaka KIMURA, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi NISHIOKA, Takaharu TATEISHI, Yuki YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20220412760Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that send and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit receives, from a plurality of terminal devices, information indicating a boarding point at which a user of each of the terminal devices desires to board a vehicle, sends, to the vehicle, information for causing the vehicle to travel along a route via a nearby region of each of a plurality of the boarding points while satisfying a predetermined condition, and notifies the terminal devices of the route.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Kazutaka KIMURA, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi NISHIOKA, Takaharu TATEISHI, Yuki YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20220410748Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control section. The control section predicts an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively, and determines a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value, and when the control section determines that one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, makes charging of the one user's vehicle wait in the time slot and provides an incentive to the one user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Kazutaka KIMURA, Tomokazu MAYA, Tsuyoshi NISHIOKA, Takaharu TATEISHI, Yuki YAMASHITA