Patents by Inventor Koichi Ichikawa
Koichi Ichikawa 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: 20240112450Abstract: An information processing device of the present invention is capable of collaboration with a learning device to determine whether an image group that has been obtained in time series by the first endoscope is an image group obtained at a first time or at a second time, and to create a first inference model for image feature determination of images for the first endoscope by performing learning with results of having performed annotation on the image group that was obtained at the second time as training data, the information processing device comprising at least one or a plurality of classifying processors that classify image groups constituting training data candidates, within an image group from the first endoscope that has been newly acquired, or an image group from a second endoscope, using the image group that has been obtained at the first time, when the first inference model was created.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Akira TANI, Osamu NONAKA, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Tomoko GOCHO
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Publication number: 20230033847Abstract: A battery pack according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery blocks, the battery blocks being arrayed adjacent to each other in a stacking direction that is set in advance. After two or more of the battery blocks are replaced with multiple replacement battery blocks that have been refreshed in advance, multiple non-replacement battery blocks, among the battery blocks, that have not been replaced with the replacement battery blocks, are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction, and the replacement battery blocks are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masakazu HABU, Koichi ICHIKAWA, Juni YASOSHIMA
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Patent number: 10834334Abstract: To provide a user with an effect switcher having improved usability. The effect switcher includes an output terminal that outputs a plurality of first video signals to be transmitted to a multi-view processor, as an optical multiplex signal. For example, the effect switcher further includes: an output terminal that outputs a single second video signal to be transmitted to the multi-view processor; and an information insertion unit that inserts, into the optical multiplex signal, information for designating a display region of an image based on the single second video signal on a screen on which an image based on each of the first video signals is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Sensaburo Nakamura, Norimasa Ozaki, Takahiro Hirabayashi, Tetsuya Kikukawa, Mitsuru Murakami, Koichi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 10821996Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle includes a power storage device and a control device configured to perform a restraint process for restraining progress of deterioration of the power storage device when a parameter falls outside a predetermined range. The control device sets the predetermined range to be narrower when a second mode in which a person other than an owner of the vehicle serves as a user is set as an operation mode than when a first mode in which the owner serves as the user is set as the operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 10328928Abstract: There is provided a hybrid vehicle comprising a mode selection device configured to select one drive mode among a plurality of drive modes according to a user's operation. The plurality of drive modes include a first drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with power from a motor with stopping rotation of an engine and a second drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with rotation of the engine. On satisfaction of filter regeneration conditions that an accumulated amount of particulate matter accumulated on a filter is equal to or greater than a predetermined accumulated amount and that a temperature of the filter is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, the hybrid vehicle is driven in the second drive mode even when the first drive mode is selected by the mode selection device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Kanayama, Eiji Yanagida, Koichi Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20190023261Abstract: There is provided a hybrid vehicle comprising a mode selection device configured to select one drive mode among a plurality of drive modes according to a user's operation. The plurality of drive modes include a first drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with power from a motor with stopping rotation of an engine and a second drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with rotation of the engine. On satisfaction of filter regeneration conditions that an accumulated amount of particulate matter accumulated on a filter is equal to or greater than a predetermined accumulated amount and that a temperature of the filter is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, the hybrid vehicle is driven in the second drive mode even when the first drive mode is selected by the mode selection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi KANAYAMA, Eiji YANAGIDA, Koichi ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180316874Abstract: To provide a user with an effect switcher having improved usability. The effect switcher includes an output terminal that outputs a plurality of first video signals to be transmitted to a multi-view processor, as an optical multiplex signal. For example, the effect switcher further includes: an output terminal that outputs a single second video signal to be transmitted to the multi-view processor; and an information insertion unit that inserts, into the optical multiplex signal, information for designating a display region of an image based on the single second video signal on a screen on which an image based on each of the first video signals is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Sensaburo NAKAMURA, Norimasa OZAKI, Takahiro HIRABAYASHI, Tetsuya KIKUKAWA, Mitsuru MURAKAMI, Koichi ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180208213Abstract: A motor-driven vehicle includes a power storage device and a control device configured to perform a restraint process for restraining progress of deterioration of the power storage device when a parameter falls outside a predetermined range. The control device sets the predetermined range to be narrower when a second mode in which a person other than an owner of the vehicle serves as a user is set as an operation mode than when a first mode in which the owner serves as the user is set as the operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi ICHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9995792Abstract: A battery state determination device, which determines a micro-short-circuiting tendency state, includes an impedance meter that applies an AC voltage or an AC current of a measurement frequency to a rechargeable battery, which is subject to determination, and measures complex impedance. The device further includes a detector that detects an absolute value of an imaginary axis component of the complex impedance. The device further includes a determiner that compares the absolute value of the imaginary axis component detected by the detector with a lower limit threshold value. The lower limit threshold value is set based on a measurement result of the absolute value of the imaginary axis component of the rechargeable battery in the micro-short-circuiting tendency state. When the absolute value of the imaginary axis component is smaller than the lower limit threshold value, the determiner determines that the rechargeable battery is in the micro-short-circuiting tendency state.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Koba, Sachio Takeda, Koichi Ichikawa, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Masahiko Mitsui
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Patent number: 9880225Abstract: This battery state determination device (10) is provided with: a voltage detection unit (13) that detects the voltage (V) of a rechargeable battery (M) to be evaluated; a current detection unit (12) that detects the current of the rechargeable battery (M); a charge state detection unit (11) that detects the state of charge (SOC) of the rechargeable battery (M); and a determination unit (11) configured so as to calculate the absolute value of the voltage gradient (G), which indicates the change in voltage with respect to the discharge amount (Ah), when the state of charge (SOC) of the rechargeable battery (M) is less than 40%, compare the absolute value of the voltage gradient (G) to a pre-set upper limit value (Gmax), and, when the absolute value of the voltage gradient (G) is greater than the upper limit value (Gmax), determine that a small short circuit has occurred in the rechargeable battery (M).Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Koba, Sachio Takeda, Koichi Ichikawa, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Masahiko Mitsui
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Patent number: 9692088Abstract: This method for restoring battery capacity is provided with an oxygen-generating/exhausting step for charging a nickel-metal-hydride storage battery, causing the generation of oxygen gas in a positive electrode, opening a safety valve device, and discharging at least a portion of the oxygen gas through the safety valve device to the outside of the battery. The battery temperature when starting the step is in the range of ?30 to 10° C. and the SOC is in the range of (30-Ta) to 100%, or the battery temperature (Ta) is in the range of 10 to 50° C. and the SOC is in the range of 20-100%.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Koba, Sachio Takeda, Koichi Ichikawa, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Masahiko Mitsui
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Patent number: 9523740Abstract: A method includes discharging an assembled battery (10) formed of a plurality of batteries until a state of charge (SOC) of the assembled battery becomes smaller or equal to a lower limit of a predetermined normal use range used in charge and discharge control of the assembled battery, measuring the discharge capacity of each of a plurality of battery blocks in the discharge of the assembled battery, the plurality of batteries being divided into the plurality of battery blocks, calculating the capacity difference in the discharge capacity among the plurality of battery blocks, and determining the remaining life of the battery block or the assembled battery based on the calculated capacity difference.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Primearth EV Energy Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoyoshi Okumura, Koichi Ichikawa, Yasushi Matsukawa, Katsunori Maegawa, Toshihiro Yamada
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Patent number: 9453887Abstract: A method of selecting a used secondary battery includes an internal resistance measurement step of measuring a specific internal resistance (second internal resistance) at a specific battery temperature (second battery temperature) of each of used secondary batteries, and a selection step of selecting a used secondary battery or batteries having the specific internal resistance (second internal resistance) smaller than a preset threshold from the plurality of used secondary batteries whose specific internal resistances (second internal resistance) have been measured in order to exclude an electrode-deteriorated battery from the used secondary batteries.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignees: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Koba, Sachio Takeda, Koichi Ichikawa, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Hirochika Habu
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Patent number: 9431832Abstract: A stationary electrical storage system includes: a stationary storage battery including nickel metal hydride secondary batteries; and a controller repeatedly carrying out charging with an external power supply and discharging to supply electric power to a load, stopping discharging to the load when an SOC of any secondary battery has become a first threshold, and stopping charging from the external power supply when an SOC of any secondary battery has become a second threshold. The controller additionally charges the whole stationary storage battery such that the secondary battery other than the secondary battery having the lowest SOC is allowed to be charged to a fully charged level beyond the second threshold by not stopping charging when the SOC of the any secondary battery has become the second threshold and the SOC of the secondary battery having the lowest SOC becomes higher than or equal to the second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi Ichikawa, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 9413041Abstract: In a method for adjusting a nickel-metal hydride storage battery, based on a correlation between a charge amount after valve opening and an increased amount of a discharge reserve capacity which are previously ascertained, the charge amount after valve opening corresponding to a target value of the set increased amount of the discharge reserve capacity is calculated and this calculated value is set as a target charge amount after valve opening. In a discharge reserve adjusting step, when a charge amount of the battery from the time when a safety valve device is opened after start of overcharge of the battery reaches the set target charge amount after valve opening, overcharge of the battery is terminated.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignees: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Koba, Sachio Takeda, Koichi Ichikawa, Masahiko Mitsui, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 9347996Abstract: A remaining life determining system for a stationary storage battery has a detecting unit configured to detect an evaluation value indicative of a deterioration level of the stationary storage battery, a first storage unit configured to store a usage history of the stationary storage battery, a second storage unit configured to store remaining life information associated with usage information of the stationary storage battery, a third storage unit configured to store remaining life basic information of the stationary storage battery, and a controller configured to estimate the remaining life of the stationary storage battery, from the usage history, the evaluation value, and the remaining life information.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masatoshi Uchida, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Koichi Ichikawa, Masahiko Mitsui
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Publication number: 20160061907Abstract: A battery state determination device, which determines a micro-short-circuiting tendency state, includes an impedance meter that applies an AC voltage or an AC current of a measurement frequency to a rechargeable battery, which is subject to determination, and measures complex impedance. The device further includes a detector that detects an absolute value of an imaginary axis component of the complex impedance. The device further includes a determiner that compares the absolute value of the imaginary axis component detected by the detector with a lower limit threshold value. The lower limit threshold value is set based on a measurement result of the absolute value of the imaginary axis component of the rechargeable battery in the micro-short-circuiting tendency state. When the absolute value of the imaginary axis component is smaller than the lower limit threshold value, the determiner determines that the rechargeable battery is in the micro-short-circuiting tendency state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Daisuke KOBA, Sachio TAKEDA, Koichi ICHIKAWA, Yasuhiro TAKAHASHI, Masahiko MITSUI
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Publication number: 20160054389Abstract: This battery state determination device (10) is provided with: a voltage detection unit (13) that detects the voltage (V) of a rechargeable battery (M) to be evaluated; a current detection unit (12) that detects the current of the rechargeable battery (M); a charge state detection unit (11) that detects the state of charge (SOC) of the rechargeable battery (M); and a determination unit (11) configured so as to calculate the absolute value of the voltage gradient (G), which indicates the change in voltage with respect to the discharge amount (Ah), when the state of charge (SOC) of the rechargeable battery (M) is less than 40%, compare the absolute value of the voltage gradient (G) to a pre-set upper limit value (Gmax), and, when the absolute value of the voltage gradient (G) is greater than the upper limit value (Gmax), determine that a small short circuit has occurred in the rechargeable battery (M).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Daisuke KOBA, Sachio TAKEDA, Koichi ICHIKAWA, Yasuhiro TAKAHASHI, Masahiko MITSUI
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Publication number: 20160020495Abstract: This method for restoring battery capacity is provided with an oxygen-generating/exhausting step for charging a nickel-metal-hydride storage battery, causing the generation of oxygen gas in a positive electrode, opening a safety valve device, and discharging at least a portion of the oxygen gas through the safety valve device to the outside of the battery. The battery temperature when starting the step is in the range of ?30 to 10° C. and the SOC is in the range of (30-Ta) to 100%, or the battery temperature (Ta) is in the range of 10 to 50° C. and the SOC is in the range of 20-100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Daisuke KOBA, Sachio TAKEDA, Koichi ICHIKAWA, Yasuhiro TAKAHASHI, Masahiko MITSUI
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Patent number: 9201118Abstract: A control system for a battery assembly that consists of a plurality of batteries determines whether the battery assembly can be reused, by using detected values of the open voltage, internal resistance and full charge capacity of each of the batteries, as evaluation parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masatoshi Uchida, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Koichi Ichikawa, Masahiko Mitsui