Patents by Inventor Kentaro BAN

Kentaro BAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230222606
    Abstract: A method performed by a reservation apparatus for a charging facility installed in a control target area of electrical energy, the method includes: upon starting a trading period of a spot market for a target date of electrical energy trading, starting accepting a new usage reservation or a changed reservation for each time slot on the target date in a reservation table for the charging facility; upon starting a trading period of an hour-ahead market for the target date, performing first processing in which a usage fee for an available time slot in the reservation table is changed; and upon ending the trading period of the hour-ahead market for each frame on the target date, performing second processing in which a usage fee for an available time slot in the reservation table is changed or an acceptance of a reservation is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kentaro BAN
  • Publication number: 20230055841
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that calculates a total charge demand based on SOC information and a charge request signal of each of a plurality of electrified vehicles and performs an operation for creating, based on the calculated total charge demand, an electric power supply and demand operation plan that manages electric power for charging the electrified vehicles by a charging facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Junichi MORI, Kentaro BAN, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Yuta MANIWA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230037010
    Abstract: A control device according to the present disclosure includes a processor configured to output, when disaster prediction information predicting a disaster is acquired, a control signal for raising at least one of a lower limit value and an upper limit value of stored energy in a supply and demand operation plan of energy before the disaster prediction information is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Junichi MORI, Kentaro BAN, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Yuta MANIWA, Yuki NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11529557
    Abstract: A method executed by an information processing device includes setting a virtual space of which positional information is linked with that of a real space, setting a game event in the virtual space in association with a location in the virtual space corresponding to positional information of a predetermined facility in the real space, acquiring a prediction value of an electric power demand in a target area in the real space, and starting the game event based on the prediction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ikuo Ohta, Kentaro Ban
  • Publication number: 20220396173
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to output, in a case where communication between a server instructing a power feeding vehicle to proceed for power feeding to a feeding target facility and the power feeding vehicle is interrupted, a control signal for causing the power feeding vehicle to move to an installation site of the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Mori, Kentaro Ban, Tatsuro Kiyohara, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220152477
    Abstract: A method executed by an information processing device includes setting a virtual space of which positional information is linked with that of a real space, setting a game event in the virtual space in association with a location in the virtual space corresponding to positional information of a predetermined facility in the real space, acquiring a prediction value of an electric power demand in a target area in the real space, and starting the game event based on the prediction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ikuo OHTA, Kentaro BAN