Patents by Inventor Kenji Takahashi

Kenji Takahashi 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: 10859632
    Abstract: A secondary battery system includes: a secondary battery having an electrode containing an active material; and an electronic control unit configured to execute an SOC estimation process of estimating an SOC of the secondary battery. The electronic control unit is configured to: i) calculate the surface stress from a use history of the secondary battery; ii) calculate the amount of change in OCV from the calculated surface stress iii) correct an estimated OCV with the use of the amount of change in OCV; the estimated OCV being estimated from a voltage value and current value of the secondary battery; and iv) estimate an SOC corresponding to the corrected estimated OCV as the SOC of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10862404
    Abstract: Harmonics are generated when pulse width modulation is carried out with an asymmetrical triangular wave as a carrier signal in a power conversion device. In order to restrict these harmonics, a command value is corrected in advance so as to be distorted, a gate signal of a switching operation is determined lasing a post-correction command value and an asymmetrical carrier signal, and pulse width modulation is carried out, whereby an output voltage or output current with no distortion is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Satoshi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20200366111
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery pack including a plurality of cells, and an ECU. The ECU calculates a current distribution in each cell using a ladder circuit network model, the ladder circuit network model being obtained by geometrically modeling an interior of the cell using a plurality of resistance elements and a plurality of power storage elements. The ECU calculates the current distribution in the cell by applying, to the ladder circuit network model, a resistance distribution in the cell calculated based on a salt concentration distribution in the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mai FUJIWARA, Ryo KANADA, Kenji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10838011
    Abstract: A method for estimating a state of charge of a battery includes: estimating, by an electronic control unit, a third state of charge used for control of the battery based on a first state of charge and a second state of charge, the first state of charge being a state of charge estimated with reference to an electric current integrated value obtained by integrating detected electric current values of the battery, the second state of charge being a state of charge estimated with reference to a detected voltage value of the battery; and correcting, by the electronic control unit, the first state of charge based on the second state of charge estimated when the state of charge of the battery is in the non-hysteresis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTDA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200358815
    Abstract: A graph stream mining processing system and method may be used to analyze the data from a plurality of data streams. In one embodiment, the graph stream mining processing system and method may be used to detect one or more candidate botnet malicious nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Dalek, Mattias Harrysson, Himanshu Sinha, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10802080
    Abstract: A battery system includes: a battery; a voltage detector that detects a voltage of the battery as a detected voltage value; a current detector that detects a current flowing through the battery as a detected current value; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to estimate an aging deterioration of the battery based on an open circuit voltage value that is calculated from the detected voltage value and an integrated current value that is calculated from the detected current value, and estimate the aging deterioration of the battery based on the open circuit voltage value and the integrated current value that are calculated when a charge level of the battery is in the non-hysteresis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Kazushi Akamatsu, Kiyohito Machida
  • Publication number: 20200318508
    Abstract: An oil separator is provided, which can accurately control an interval between an introduction hole of a gaseous body and a separation member, and can ensure a stable and high separation performance. An oil separator 30 includes a wall portion 31 having a plurality of orifices 32, and a holding portion 34 holding a separation member 33. A facing surface 33A of the separation member 33 is disposed along a front face portion 42A of a positioning portion 42 having a plurality of opening portions 42D, so that an interval L between the orifices 32 and the facing surface 33A of the separation member 33 accurately has a desired distance. A gas separated from an oil smoothly flows downward along a flow path formed by the opening portions 42D so as to reduce a pressure loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYA, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Keisuke UTSU
  • Publication number: 20200306882
    Abstract: A welding structure includes: a first metal member and a second metal member that are superimposed and welded together. The first metal member has a hole. The second metal member includes a nugget portion where a part of the second metal member has been melted by heat of laser light and has re-solidified. A peripheral portion of the hole in the first metal member covers the nugget portion. A part of the nugget portion is exposed through the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Doi, Toshitaka Namba, Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200286510
    Abstract: A hard disk comb includes: a main body including a groove; and an arm joined to the main body. A part of the arm is disposed inside the groove, and an opening edge of the groove is joined to an upper surface of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Yamaguchi, Toshitaka Namba, Daisuke Oku, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10744770
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is equipped with a substrate having therethrough a supply path to be supplied with a liquid, a top plate placed opposite to the substrate, having an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid and constituting, between the top plate and the substrate, a flow path communicated with the supply path and the ejection orifice and a columnar member extending from the top plate to the inside of the supply path through the flow path. An end surface of the columnar member positioned in the supply path is tilted relative to the top plate in a direction away from the ejection orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsunori Toshishige, Kenji Takahashi, Shiro Sujaku, Daisuke Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20200254468
    Abstract: Ultrafine bubbles with a diameter of less than 1.0 ?m are generated in liquid by causing film boiling in liquid by means of a heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiko Kubota, Kenji Takahashi, Ikuo Nakazawa, Akitoshi Yamada, Nobuhisa Tanahashi, Yoshio Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10742669
    Abstract: A system and method for determining malware threats based on behavior of a host/IP address uses netflow data, white lists, black lists and machine learning classification with a model. A white list generation method may be used and a machine learning model validation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NTT Security Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Marek Niedzwiedz, Michal Tadeusiak, Jan Milczek, Szymon Nakonieczny, Jakub Czakon
  • Publication number: 20200244194
    Abstract: A synchronous motor drive device drives a plurality of synchronous motors, and includes a power converter that converts power to supply power to the plurality of synchronous motors, a first switch device that electrically connects or disconnects between the power converter and each of the plurality of synchronous motors, and a controller that, based on a higher order command, performs stability judgment processing of the plurality of synchronous motors, determines the number of synchronous motors to be driven and a drive speed from among the plurality of synchronous motors, selects a synchronous motor corresponding to the number of the synchronous motors from among the plurality of synchronous motors, controls the first switch device corresponding to the selected synchronous motor to electrically connect the power converter to the synchronous motor and to supply the power, and instructs, to the power converter, the drive speed of the synchronous motor to be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tsukasa MASUMURA, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiko WADA
  • Patent number: 10725108
    Abstract: [Summary] [Objective] Estimation accuracy in a battery status estimating device which estimates a charge status of a secondary battery should be improved further more. [Means for Solution] In an SOC estimation by integration of a charge-and-discharge current, influence of a sensor error cannot be disregarded, and the influence of such an error is accumulated as time passes. On the other hand, in an SOC estimation based on measured values of a battery voltage and a battery temperature, estimation accuracy largely depends on a load-generation pattern. Then, in accordance with the present invention, by mixing both, while one of them is reset based on a reliability in accordance with an operation situation and/or an input current value which will be the premise for an SOC estimate calculation in a battery model is set up based on the reliability, it becomes possible to compute an SOC estimate in high accuracy as much as possible in accordance with the operation situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Yuji Nishi, Nobuyasu Haga
  • Publication number: 20200235560
    Abstract: A cable drum, around which a cable is coiled, includes: a body; a flange; a cable coiled around the body; and a plurality of heat pipes arranged across the body and the flange. Evaporating portions of the plurality of heat pipes are disposed in the body. Condensing portions of the plurality of heat pipes are disposed in the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200236791
    Abstract: A printed wiring board production method that forms a base film and a conductive pattern on the base film by an additive method or a subtractive method, includes a plating process that electroplates the conductive pattern on a surface of the base film, wherein the plating process includes a shield plate arranging process that arranges a shield plate between an anode and a printed wiring board substrate that forms a cathode, and a substrate arranging process that arranges the printed wiring board substrate in a plating tank, and wherein a distance between the shield plate and the printed wiring board substrate is 50 mm or greater and 150 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Junichi MOTOMURA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Maki IKEBE, Kousuke MIURA, Masahiro ITOH
  • Publication number: 20200214539
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an endoscope that makes it possible to acquire a high-resolution medical image with low power consumption. The endoscope includes a camera head including: a first sensor having pixels of a first number of pixels, the first sensor being configured to receive green (G) light that is light with a G wavelength band; and a second sensor having pixels of a second number of pixels smaller than the first number of pixels, the second sensor being configured to receive light different from the G light. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an endoscopic surgery system with which surgery is performed while a medical image captured by the endoscope is viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki TAKAHASHI, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Takeshi MIYAI
  • Publication number: 20200197963
    Abstract: A UFB-containing liquid manufacturing apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit having a thermal energy generating element, a flow path for leading liquid to the thermal energy generating element, a driving unit configured to drive the thermal energy generating element, and an ejection opening. The UFB-containing liquid manufacturing apparatus also includes a collecting unit configured to collect liquid ejected from the ejection opening. At this time, the driving unit drives the thermal energy generating element to cause film boiling in liquid led to the flow path and causes liquid containing ultrafine bubbles generated by the film boiling to be ejected from the ejection opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Masahiko Kubota, Ikuo Nakazawa, Akitoshi Yamada, Nobuhisa Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20200196445
    Abstract: A printed circuit board according to one embodiment of the present invention is a printed circuit board including a plate-shaped or a sheet-shaped insulating material having a penetrating hole, and a metal plating layer layered on both surfaces of the insulating material and an inner peripheral surface of the insulating material, wherein an inner diameter of the penetrating hole monotonically decreases from a top surface of the insulating material toward a back surface, and wherein the inner diameter of the penetrating hole at a center in a thickness direction of the insulating material is smaller than an average of an opening diameter on the top side and an opening diameter on the back side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Eiko IMAZAKI, Koji NITTA, Kousuke MIURA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Kenji TAKAHASHI, Masahiro MATSUMOTO, Hirohisa SAITO
  • Patent number: 10675560
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separator with enhanced performance and easy operation, capable of performing gas-liquid separation, such as advanced defoaming or degassing, and with a structural arrangement that facilitates easy CIP cleaning and disassembly cleaning, allowing to meet sanitary specifications. The gas-liquid separator for gas-liquid separation performed by centrifugal force includes an impeller, a suction inlet, a discharge outlet, an exhaust outlet, a separation impeller part, a discharge impeller part, and a vacuum device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YOKOTA SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Isao Kawamoto, Shinji Kumanaka, Kenji Takahashi