Patents by Inventor Kenji Matsune

Kenji Matsune 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: 7062450
    Abstract: An afforestation and/or reforestation business system, which is capable of devising and evaluating an afforestation and/or reforestation business is provided. The system includes a communication system capable of communicating between a terminal at the business center and a terminal at respective local sites, a first database for storing records related to the afforestation and/or reforestation business, a second database for storing records related to tree species and the site information, a site determining portion for evaluating the proposed afforestation and/or reforestation sites using estimated carbon dioxide absorption amounts to be obtained by executing an afforestation and/or reforestation business, and a business plan determining portion for determining an afforestation and/or reforestation business by selecting an appropriate tree species and an appropriate area that can obtain the greatest profit and the greatest carbon absorption amount from the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Ryo Soda, Kenji Matsune
  • Publication number: 20050087110
    Abstract: A reforestation project system is provided which is capable of devising and evaluating a reforestation project, the reforestation project comprises a project database for storing reforestation projects; a tree-type database, a condition information-collecting means for collecting the tree diameters and tree heights within local areas in a plurality of proposed reforestation sites input from the terminals; a reforestation site determining means for determining a reforestation site by calculating carbon dioxide absorption amounts at the present point in proposed reforestation sites from the tree diameters and tree heights in the local areas, and selecting a reforestation site having a determined carbon dioxide absorption amount that is smaller than a first threshold; a project devising means for calculating an maximum economic profit and maximum absorption of carbon dioxide when planting area in the reforestation site and the tree-types stored in the tree-type database are respectively changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Ryo Soda, Kenji Matsune