Patents by Inventor Kosuke Higashitani
Kosuke Higashitani 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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Patent number: 11656086Abstract: Vehicle speed data of a plurality of vehicles registered for each link of map information and respective average vehicle speeds calculated from the vehicle speed data are acquired, and the links are divided into vehicle speed groups according to the magnitude of the average vehicle speed. For each of the vehicle speed groups, the vehicle speed data of the plurality of vehicles is collectively subjected to frequency distribution analysis, and a predicted vehicle speed transition simulating a change in vehicle speed is calculated for each of the vehicle speed groups. An electricity consumption rate model of the vehicle is applied to the calculated predicted vehicle speed transition to predict an electricity consumption rate corresponding to the average vehicle speed for each of the vehicle speed groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Yokota, Kosuke Higashitani
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Publication number: 20220291004Abstract: Vehicle speed data of a plurality of vehicles registered for each link of map information and respective average vehicle speeds calculated from the vehicle speed data are acquired, and the links are divided into vehicle speed groups according to the magnitude of the average vehicle speed. For each of the vehicle speed groups, the vehicle speed data of the plurality of vehicles is collectively subjected to frequency distribution analysis, and a predicted vehicle speed transition simulating a change in vehicle speed is calculated for each of the vehicle speed groups. An electricity consumption rate model of the vehicle is applied to the calculated predicted vehicle speed transition to predict an electricity consumption rate corresponding to the average vehicle speed for each of the vehicle speed groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Kazuya YOKOTA, Kosuke HIGASHITANI
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Patent number: 11091058Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a FC, a TRC, an oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus, a battery, and an ECU. The ECU is capable of performing power consumption control which allows the oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus to consume electrical energy during regeneration of the TRC. The ECU is configured to determine a charge margin with respect to a charge limitation value of the battery, in a manner that the charge margin set after the power consumption control starts becomes smaller than the charge margin set before the power consumption control is performed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Takamoto, Akio Futatsudera, Akihiro Matsui, Kuniaki Ojima, Takuto Nakagawa, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani
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Publication number: 20190255969Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a FC, a TRC, an oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus, a battery, and an ECU. The ECU is capable of performing power consumption control which allows the oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus to consume electrical energy during regeneration of the TRC. The ECU is configured to determine a charge margin with respect to a charge limitation value of the battery, in a manner that the charge margin set after the power consumption control starts becomes smaller than the charge margin set before the power consumption control is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Shingo Takamoto, Akio Futatsudera, Akihiro Matsui, Kuniaki Ojima, Takuto Nakagawa, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani
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Patent number: 10305410Abstract: In a control method for a fuel cell system, a fuel cell side converter that is provided between a fuel cell and an inverter is controlled to step up a fuel cell voltage to an inverter terminal voltage supplied to the inverter. A margin voltage is set to guarantee step-up operation or interruption of operation of the fuel cell side converter. A directly connected state or a voltage transforming state regarding an operation state of an energy storage device side converter is selected such that the inverter terminal voltage is higher than a sum of the margin voltage and the fuel cell voltage. The energy storage device side converter does not transform the energy storage device voltage in the directly connected state. The energy storage device side converter transforms the energy storage device voltage to the inverter terminal voltage in the voltage transforming state.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Yasushi Kojima, Jiro Fujimoto, Kosuke Higashitani
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Patent number: 9796270Abstract: A power supply system includes a fuel cell, a power storage device, a first voltage adjusting device, a second voltage adjusting device, and a controller. The controller is to control the first voltage adjusting device and the second voltage adjusting device. The controller is to switch the second voltage adjusting device from a direct coupling state to a voltage adjusting state in a case where a first absolute value of a first difference between a secondary voltage of the second voltage adjusting device applied across a load and a fuel cell voltage is less than a predetermined allowable voltage value or in a case where a second absolute value of a second difference between a fuel cell current being to flow from the fuel cell into the first voltage adjusting device and a target current value of the fuel cell current exceeds a predetermined allowable current value.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Kenichi Shimizu, Yasutaka Sakai, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani
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Patent number: 9620799Abstract: There are provided: a power supply provided with a fuel cell; a fuel cell vehicle; an inverter device capable of supplying electric power that is supplied from the fuel cell to an external load; a radiator; a radiator fan; a dryness detection device that detects a dry condition of the fuel cell; and an ECU that control supply of electric power to the external load. The ECU drives the radiator fan when the dryness detection device detects dryness of the fuel cell while electric power is being supplied from the fuel cell to the external load.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daishi Igarashi, Morio Kayano, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani, Kenichi Shimizu, Shuichi Kazuno, Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20170066337Abstract: In a control method for a fuel cell system, a fuel cell side converter that is provided between a fuel cell and an inverter is controlled to step up a fuel cell voltage to an inverter terminal voltage supplied to the inverter. A margin voltage is set to guarantee step-up operation or interruption of operation of the fuel cell side converter. A directly connected state or a voltage transforming state regarding an operation state of an energy storage device side converter is selected such that the inverter terminal voltage is higher than a sum of the margin voltage and the fuel cell voltage. The energy storage device side converter does not transform the energy storage device voltage in the directly connected state. The energy storage device side converter transforms the energy storage device voltage to the inverter terminal voltage in the voltage transforming state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Yasushi KOJIMA, Jiro FUJIMOTO, Kosuke HIGASHITANI
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Patent number: 9321370Abstract: This electric vehicle is provided with at least a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode for which the maximum velocity (Vmax) is set lower than for the first traveling mode. The second traveling mode is a traveling mode that prioritizes travel distance per one electric power consumption unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Higashitani, Masanobu Asakawa, Takeshi Taguchi
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Publication number: 20160001675Abstract: A power supply system includes a fuel cell, a power storage device, a first voltage adjusting device, a second voltage adjusting device, and a controller. The controller is to control the first voltage adjusting device and the second voltage adjusting device. The controller is to switch the second voltage adjusting device from a direct coupling state to a voltage adjusting state in a case where a first absolute value of a first difference between a secondary voltage of the second voltage adjusting device applied across a load and a fuel cell voltage is less than a predetermined allowable voltage value or in a case where a second absolute value of a second difference between a fuel cell current being to flow from the fuel cell into the first voltage adjusting device and a target current value of the fuel cell current exceeds a predetermined allowable current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Kenichi SHIMIZU, Yasutaka SAKAI, Takuya SHIRASAKA, Kosuke HIGASHITANI
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Patent number: 9180789Abstract: An electric vehicle is provided with a first operating mode having no limitation relating to power performance, or including a predetermined limitation on power performance, and a second operating mode in which power performance is more limited than in the first operating mode, and in which power consumption is reduced relative to the first operating mode. In the second operating mode, output limiting control is performed for limiting the output of an electric drive motor, a determination is made as to whether a limit discontinuation request has been inputted by the driver to an input device, and when a limit discontinuation request has been inputted from the driver to the input device during travel in the second operating mode, output limiting control is discontinued while the second operating mode is continued.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Higashitani, Masanobu Asakawa
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Publication number: 20140309829Abstract: An electric vehicle is provided with a first operating mode having no limitation relating to power performance, or including a predetermined limitation on power performance, and a second operating mode in which power performance is more limited than in the first operating mode, and in which power consumption is reduced relative to the first operating mode. In the second operating mode, output limiting control is performed for limiting the output of an electric drive motor, a determination is made as to whether a limit discontinuation request has been inputted by the driver to an input device, and when a limit discontinuation request has been inputted from the driver to the input device during travel in the second operating mode, output limiting control is discontinued while the second operating mode is continued.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Kosuke Higashitani, Masanobu Asakawa
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Patent number: 8849491Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a drive motor, an air conditioning system, an electric storage device, and a power consumption controller. The drive motor is to generate drive force for the electric vehicle. The electric storage device is to supply power to the drive motor and the air conditioning system. The power consumption controller is configured to control power consumption of the drive motor and the air conditioning system to limit the power consumption of the drive motor while securing preset power consumption of the air conditioning system and to keep securing power for the air conditioning system through limitation of the power consumption of the drive motor until driving of the drive motor is stopped if a remaining charge of the electric storage device approaches zero with consumption of power by the drive motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kosuke Higashitani, Masanobu Asakawa
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Publication number: 20140288746Abstract: This electric vehicle is provided with at least a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode for which the maximum velocity (Vmax) is set lower than for the first traveling mode. The second traveling mode is a traveling mode that prioritizes travel distance per one electric power consumption unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke HIGASHITANI, Masanobu Asakawa, Takeshi Taguchi
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Patent number: 8783817Abstract: A recording device which carries out the recording process with respect to a recording medium using a recording unit mounted on a moving member that reciprocates along a scan direction intersecting a feeding direction of the recording medium, including a reception unit that receives a recording instruction; an end portion detection unit that detects a position of an end portion in the width direction of the recording medium, based on a detection signal that is output from a signal output portion provided in the moving member; a memory unit that stores end portion positional information; and a control unit that controls the movement of the moving member so that, when the end portion positional information is stored in the memory unit and an edge recording is instructed by the recording instruction, the position of the end portion in the width direction of the recording medium is not detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kosuke Higashitani
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Publication number: 20140080024Abstract: There are provided: a power supply provided with a fuel cell; a fuel cell vehicle; an inverter device capable of supplying electric power that is supplied from the fuel cell to an external load; a radiator; a radiator fan; a dryness detection device that detects a dry condition of the fuel cell; and an ECU that control supply of electric power to the external load. The ECU drives the radiator fan when the dryness detection device detects dryness of the fuel cell while electric power is being supplied from the fuel cell to the external load.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daishi Igarashi, Morio Kayano, Takuya Shirasaka, Kosuke Higashitani, Kenichi Shimizu, Shuichi Kazuno, Yasutaka Sakai
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Publication number: 20130261858Abstract: This electric vehicle is provided with at least a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode for which the maximum velocity (Vmax) is set lower than for the first traveling mode. The second traveling mode is a traveling mode that prioritizes travel distance per one electric power consumption unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: Honda Motor Co., LTDInventors: Kosuke Higashitani, Masanobu Asakawa, Takeshi Taguchi
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Publication number: 20110210498Abstract: A recording device which carries out the recording process with respect to a recording medium using a recording unit mounted on a moving member that reciprocates along a scan direction intersecting a feeding direction of the recording medium, including a reception unit that receives a recording instruction; an end portion detection unit that detects a position of an end portion in the width direction of the recording medium, based on a detection signal that is output from a signal output portion provided in the moving member; a memory unit that stores end portion positional information; and a control unit that controls the movement of the moving member so that, when the end portion positional information is stored in the memory unit and an edge recording is instructed by the recording instruction, the position of the end portion in the width direction of the recording medium is not detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kosuke Higashitani
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Patent number: 7661407Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt?Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2?Gin_vt.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Mitsunobu Saito, Hiroshi Tagami, Kosuke Higashitani, Masahiro Sato
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Publication number: 20090055081Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system calculates a first estimated intake air amount according to a valve lift, a cam phase, and a compression ratio, calculates a second estimated intake air amount according to the flow rate of air detected by an air flow sensor. The ECU determines a fuel injection amount according to the first estimated intake air amount when an estimated flow rate Gin_vt calculated based on an engine speed, the valve lift, the cam phase, and the compression ratio is within the range of Gin_vt?Gin1, and according to the second estimated intake air amount when Gin2?Gin_vt.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji YASUI, Mitsunobu SAITO, Hiroshi TAGAMI, Kosuke HIGASHITANI, Massahiro SATO