Patents by Inventor Koji Kudo
Koji Kudo 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: 20240131851Abstract: A print material storage container has: a substrate on which an electric circuit having terminals is provided; a fixing portion on which the substrate can be mounted by re-fixing; and a fixing member that fixes the fixing portion and a non-terminal portion, which is formed by excluding the terminals from the substrate, to each other. The non-terminal portion includes a re-fixed portion, which can be re-fixed to the fixing portion by the fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Kudo, Noriyuki Fukasawa, Hiroyuki Kawate
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Publication number: 20240128754Abstract: A startup method and startup program for microgrid that enable to stably start up the microgrid without producing frequency fluctuation is provided. An embodiment of the present disclosure is a startup method for microgrid configured by a plurality of inverter power supplies independently sharing a load and divided into a master that starts up first and a slave that starts up secondly and later, the startup method comprising: a master initial startup step of initially starting up the master in a CVCF mode; a slave initial startup step of initially starting up the slave in a grid interconnection mode; and a control mode changing step of the master and the slave changing control modes thereof when output fluctuation of the master and the slave becomes a predetermined threshold or less or when the master and the slave or other inverter power supplies become a predetermined operation state while output voltage of said master and said slave becomes a predetermined threshold or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoko SAKAUCHI, Yukina AKIYAMA, Yuki KUDO, Shunsuke KAWACHI, Koji TOBA
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Patent number: 11957143Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a crystal of rebaudioside D that exhibits high solubility in water. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a rebaudioside D crystal having a crystalline form ? that shows peaks in X-ray diffraction (CuK?: ?=1.5405 ?) at two or more positions selected from the group consisting of 2?=6.7±0.2 deg, 10.8±0.2 deg, 12.9±0.15 deg, and 22.2±0.2 deg.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Soichiro Urai, Yoshiaki Yokoo, Koji Nagao, Hiroshi Takiyama, Shoji Kudo
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Patent number: 11897269Abstract: A print material storage container has: a substrate on which an electric circuit having terminals is provided; a fixing portion on which the substrate can be mounted by re-fixing; and a fixing member that fixes the fixing portion and a non-terminal portion, which is formed by excluding the terminals from the substrate, to each other. The non-terminal portion includes a re-fixed portion, which can be re-fixed to the fixing portion by the fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Kudo, Noriyuki Fukasawa, Hiroyuki Kawate
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Publication number: 20230319175Abstract: An in-vehicle hands-free device includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: connect to a mobile phone; acquire incoming call history data of the mobile phone connected by the hardware processor; detect a traveling state of a vehicle on which the in-vehicle hands-free device is mounted; and when accepting a request to output the incoming call history data, output the incoming call history data by voice when detecting that the vehicle is traveling, and output the incoming call history data by display when detecting that the vehicle is not traveling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuto KODANI, Koji KUDO, Keiji MIURA, Takanori MATSUMOTO, Mikako YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11607888Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an attachment section to which a liquid storage container having a storage chamber storing a liquid and a communication path communicating with the storage chamber is attached, and a liquid ejecting head configured to eject the liquid from nozzles. The attachment section includes an inlet through which the liquid from the attached liquid storage container flows, a protrusion having a connection port, a seal provided around the protrusion, and an air communication path communicating with the connection port and an air communication port that communicates with the air. The connection port enters the communication path of the attached liquid storage container, and the seal comes into contact with the liquid storage container attached to the attachment section.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Kudo
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Publication number: 20230028547Abstract: A liquid container refillable with liquid to be supplied to a printer includes a bag; a liquid supplying port member having a liquid supplying port; a liquid supply flow passage provided inside the liquid supplying port member; a liquid filling flow passage branching off from the liquid supply flow passage; and a communication port provided inside the liquid supplying port member and being in communication with the liquid filling flow passage and facing an internal surface of the bag. The bag is fixed to the liquid supplying port member such that a gap is formed between the bag and the peripheral portion of the communication port due to a flow of the liquid from the liquid supply flow passage to the liquid filling flow passage, the gap being in communication with the liquid containing portion through the communication port.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji KUDO, Noriyuki FUKASAWA, Hiroyuki KAWATE
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Publication number: 20230006442Abstract: A control device is provided with: a power transfer control means that controls power transfer to and from a DC distribution network; and an exchange means that exchanges, with respect to transfer power to and from the DC distribution network, information indicating an attribute based on a power generation scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Koji Kudo
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Publication number: 20220416547Abstract: A service management device is provided with a classification processing means that classifies and calculates, for each of a plurality of power supply apparatuses, details of input/output power in a service carried out using at least one of the power supply apparatuses; and a service recording means that records, for each classification performed by the classification processing means, details of an amount of power input/output as a result of execution of the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Koji KUDO
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Publication number: 20220281226Abstract: A print material storage container has: a substrate on which an electric circuit having terminals is provided; a fixing portion on which the substrate can be mounted by re-fixing; and a fixing member that fixes the fixing portion and a non-terminal portion, which is formed by excluding the terminals from the substrate, to each other. The non-terminal portion includes a re-fixed portion, which can be re-fixed to the fixing portion by the fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji KUDO, Noriyuki FUKASAWA, Hiroyuki KAWATE
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Publication number: 20220097396Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an attachment section to which a liquid storage container having a storage chamber storing a liquid and a communication path communicating with the storage chamber is attached, and a liquid ejecting head configured to eject the liquid from nozzles. The attachment section includes an inlet through which the liquid from the attached liquid storage container flows, a protrusion having a connection port, a seal provided around the protrusion, and an air communication path communicating with the connection port and an air communication port that communicates with the air. The connection port enters the communication path of the attached liquid storage container, and the seal comes into contact with the liquid storage container attached to the attachment section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Koji KUDO
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Publication number: 20220025530Abstract: A laminate containing: an electrode for electrolysis; and a membrane, wherein the electrode for electrolysis has one or a plurality of protrusions on a surface opposed to the membrane, and the protrusion(s) satisfies/satisfy the following conditions (i) to (iii): 0.04?Sa/Sall?0.55??(i) 0.010 mm2?Save?10.0 mm2??(ii) 1<(h+t)/t?10??(iii) wherein, in the (i), Sa represents the total area of the protrusion(s) in an observed image obtained by observing the opposed surface under an optical microscope, Sall represents the area of the opposed surface in the observed image, in the (ii), Save represents the average area of the protrusion(s) in the observed image, and in the (iii), h represents the height of the protrusion(s), and t represents the thickness of the electrode for electrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akiyasu FUNAKAWA, Koji KUDO, Yoshifumi KADO
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Patent number: 11002773Abstract: Provided is a monitoring apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires first time-series data which is time-series data of a measured value and/or a feature amount regarding an electrical device group, and a registration and updating unit that, when a difference in values between a pre-state-change data value which is any one of a data value at a first point in time in the first time-series data and a statistic of a plurality of data values from a point in time earlier than the first point in time by a predetermined period of time to the first point in time and a post-state-change data value which is any one of a data value at a second point in time later than the first point in time and a statistic of a plurality of data values from the second point in time to a point in time later than the second point in time by a predetermined period of time satisfies a predetermined condition, stores a feature amount extracted from any waveform data of a total current consumption, a total power consumption, and aType: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Toizumi, Eisuke Saneyoshi, Koji Kudo, Hitoshi Yano, Ryo Hashimoto, Yuma Iwasaki, Hisato Sakuma
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Patent number: 10916945Abstract: A control apparatus includes an optimization processing unit which individually calculates a sharing ratio of each of a plurality of energy storage apparatuses to adjusted total power of which demand and supply is adjusted by the energy storage apparatuses on the basis of state information of the corresponding energy storage apparatus, a calculation unit which calculates shared power in at least one energy storage apparatus using demand and supply adjustment information relating to the adjusted total power in the plurality of energy storage apparatuses and the sharing ratio of the at least one energy storage apparatus, and a communication unit which transmits the shared power to the corresponding energy storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Koji Kudo
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Patent number: 10855080Abstract: To efficiently utilize power generated by a renewable energy power source performing output suppression, Provided is a control device (10) including: a first calculation unit (181) that calculates a total excess output in a plurality of power generation devices based on power generation relevant information and an upper limit power generation output in each of the plurality of power generation devices; a second calculation unit (182) that calculates residual excess power information based on the total excess output and storage relevant information in a plurality of energy storage devices absorbing the total excess output; and a transmission unit (191) that transmits power generation suppression control information to each of the plurality of power generation devices based on the residual excess power information.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Koji Kudo
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Patent number: 10784702Abstract: A battery control device controlling an operation of a battery connected to a power system includes detection means that detects battery-related information showing a state of the battery, or a state of an interconnection point of the power system and the battery, first communication means that transmits a detection result of the detection means to an external device, and executes reception processing to receive operation control information to control the operation of the battery from the external device at a predetermined time interval, and control means that executes battery operation control processing to control the operation of the battery based on a state of the power system and based on the operation control information received by the first communication means, at a time interval shorter than the predetermined time interval.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Koji Kudo, Hisato Sakuma
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Publication number: 20200274363Abstract: A power storage system is configured to carry out a plurality of services having different responses in a concurrent-multiuse manner with a storage battery under control of a control device. The control device is configured to calculate a value of charge/discharge power for each service and to thereby produce a summation of charge/discharge power for the plurality of services according to an upper-limit value of charge/discharge power for each service which is set by a host device. The control device is further configured to control the storage battery to charge or discharge power according to the summation of charge/discharge power.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Koji KUDO
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Patent number: 10734812Abstract: A renewable power system according to the exemplary embodiment includes a renewable power plant (121), a controllable plant (123) and an energy management system (128) which keeps an energy schedule within a certain tolerance in the next k (an integer greater than or equal to 1) steps by using a method that includes an optimization algorithm for a total power output shape within a step, and schedule changing algorithm for changing the energy schedule after the next k steps to keep a needed capacity of the plant regarding power and energy small. By keeping the energy schedule within a certain range for a renewable power plant combined with controllable plant, it is possible to keep the needed power and energy capacity of controllable plant small and to guarantee favorable total power output shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Viehweider, Koji Kudo
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Patent number: 10714968Abstract: A problem to be solved is to optimize a storage schedule in which changes in power (W) stored in an energy storage apparatus with time are determined, and an output upper limit (W) of a renewable energy power supply.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kosuke Homma, Koji Kudo, Ryo Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10680445Abstract: A power generation control device is provided with: a communication unit that receives output control information determined on the basis of a first index that relates to the output state at a power generation device group and a second index that relates to the output state at a predetermined power generation device; and a control unit that controls the output of the predetermined power generation device on the basis of the output control information.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Koji Kudo, Noriaki Kobayashi, Kosuke Homma, Katsuya Suzuki