Patents by Inventor Mami Mizutani

Mami Mizutani 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: 20240088688
    Abstract: A storage battery management device according to one embodiment includes a hardware processor that causes a display device to display first remaining life information and second remaining life information. The first remaining life information indicates current remaining life of a storage battery system. The first remaining life information is calculated on the basis of a state of health (SOH) of each of multiple storage battery modules constituting the storage battery system. The second remaining life information indicates remaining life of the storage battery system and corresponds to a case where one or more of the multiple storage battery modules are replaced with one or more other storage battery modules. The second remaining life information is calculated on the basis of an SOH of each storage battery module not being replaced and an SOH of each of the one or more other storage battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto IDE, Mami MIZUTANI, Yukitaka MONDEN, Masako KIUCHI, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KASE, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Yoshihisa SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20240069106
    Abstract: A storage battery management device includes an acquisition unit, a selection unit, an estimation unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a battery characteristic and an operation condition of a storage battery device. The selection unit selects data values from a data value group of a data item in which variation in data value is caused out of data items included in the battery characteristic and the acquired operation condition. The estimation unit estimates, for each of the selected data values, a battery characteristic after operation corresponding to a case where the storage battery device is operated under the operation condition. The battery characteristic is estimated on the basis of the battery characteristic and the operation condition acquired by the acquisition unit. The display control unit displays the battery characteristic estimated by the estimation unit in a comparable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitaka MONDEN, Makoto IDE, Masako KIUCHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Takahiro KASE, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Yoshihisa SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20240055882
    Abstract: A storage battery control device includes a hardware processor functioning as an acquisition unit, a first calculation unit, and a control part. The acquisition unit acquires operation conditions of a storage battery system including a storage battery being chargeable and dischargeable. The first calculation unit calculates, as a first predicted value, a battery capacity of the storage battery in a predetermined period on the basis of the operation conditions acquired by the acquisition unit. The battery capacity corresponds to a case where the storage battery is operated under the operation conditions. The control part controls a charging voltage when the storage battery system charges the storage battery. The charging voltage is controlled on the basis of the first predicted value calculated by the first calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masako KIUCHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Takahiro KASE, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Makoto IDE, Yukitaka MONDEN, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Yoshihisa SUMIDA
  • Patent number: 11549987
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a storage battery management device includes: a memory configured to store therein storage battery characteristics of a storage battery unit as a storage battery characteristics table; and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: acquire the storage battery characteristics based on storage battery information output from the storage battery unit; update the storage battery characteristics table based on the acquired storage battery characteristics; and estimate SOC of the storage battery unit by referring to the updated storage battery characteristics table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ide, Masahiro Tohara, Mami Mizutani, Tomohiro Toyosaki, Tsutomu Tanno
  • Patent number: 11486931
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation device in an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors configured to: acquire an alternating current power or an alternating current energy that is input to and output from a storage battery system via a direct current-alternating current converter, the storage battery system being capable of controlling charge and discharge; acquire a state of charge (SoC) of the storage battery system; and estimate a battery capacity of the storage battery system based on the acquired alternating current power or the acquired alternating current energy and the acquired SoC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masako Kiuchi, Mami Mizutani, Kenji Mitsumoto, Noriyuki Yamagishi, Toshiyuki Seto, Kenichi Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 11221370
    Abstract: A remaining battery energy estimation device according to an embodiment includes a current corrector, an SOC calculator, a voltage estimator, an SOC correction amount determiner, and a current error estimator. The current corrector determines a corrected current value on the basis of a current value and a current correction amount of a storage battery. The SOC calculator calculates an estimated SOC value of the storage battery on the basis of the corrected current value and an SOC correction amount. The voltage estimator determines an estimated voltage value of the storage battery on the basis of a temperature value of the storage battery, the corrected current value, and the estimated SOC value. The SOC correction amount determiner determines the SOC correction amount on the basis of a comparison between a voltage value of the storage battery and the estimated voltage value. The current error estimator determines the current correction amount on the basis of the SOC correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Tohara, Masako Kiuchi, Shunsuke Kawachi, Mami Mizutani, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210349149
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a storage battery management device includes: a memory configured to store therein storage battery characteristics of a storage battery unit as a storage battery characteristics table; and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: acquire the storage battery characteristics based on storage battery information output from the storage battery unit; update the storage battery characteristics table based on the acquired storage battery characteristics; and estimate SOC of the storage battery unit by referring to the updated storage battery characteristics table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto IDE, Masahiro TOHARA, Mami MIZUTANI, Tomohiro TOYOSAKI, Tsutomu TANNO
  • Patent number: 11146064
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power conversion devices, a plurality of breakers, and a controller. The plurality of breakers are respectively connected to the plurality of power conversion devices and configured to perform switching of an electrical connection between the power conversion device and a power system, wherein the breaker switches an ON state and an OFF state. The controller is configured to control the breakers and switch connection states of the plurality of power conversion devices are switched, and the controller being configured to determine whether or not the connected breaker is in an ON state and electrically conducted to the power system and the number of the power conversion devices in a standby state reaches a predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kawachi, Mami Mizutani, Tsutomu Tanno, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Ogura, Ken Yabui
  • Patent number: 11054475
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation apparatus includes one or more hardware processors that: calculate a current integrated value by integrating electric currents of a secondary battery system whose capacity is to be estimated; calculate an SOC estimate value in a stabilization state where a change in SOC of a secondary battery per unit time is comparatively small; perform a regression analysis in which the current integrated value is defined as a dependent variable and the SOC estimate value is defined as an independent variable, the regression analysis being performed while correcting the current integrated value based on a value of a coefficient of determination so that a result of the regression analysis has predetermined accuracy; and estimate a capacity of the secondary battery system based on the result of the regression analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Tohara, Masako Kiuchi, Shunsuke Kawachi, Mami Mizutani, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10938319
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an apparatus which can hold down an energy loss and can avoid an increase in size. The apparatus includes a cell including a floating capacitor connected in parallel to an upper-side switching element and a lower-side switching element; an upper arm include including first switch circuits, each including a first switching element, a first diode and a first capacitor, are connected in series; a lower arm including second switch circuits, each including a second switching element, a second diode and a second capacitor, are connected in series; and a circuit which connects a low-side terminal of the cell and a low-side terminal of the first capacitor and connects a high-side terminal of the cell and a high-side terminal of the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Maki, Hiroshi Mochikawa, Yushi Koyama, Shunsuke Tamada, Takuro Arai, Ryuichi Morikawa, Mami Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20210055351
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation device in an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors configured to: acquire an alternating current power or an alternating current energy that is input to and output from a storage battery system via a direct current-alternating current converter, the storage battery system being capable of controlling charge and discharge; acquire a state of charge (SoC) of the storage battery system; and estimate a battery capacity of the storage battery system based on the acquired alternating current power or the acquired alternating current energy and the acquired SoC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masako KIUCHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Noriyuki YAMAGISHI, Toshiyuki SETO, Kenichi WAKASUGI
  • Patent number: 10862304
    Abstract: A reactive power control device includes a limit value deriver configured to derive a limit value of reactive power, which is output by one or a plurality of power conversion devices determined for system stabilization and control of a system voltage, on the basis of a voltage of a point other than a voltage control target, and a command value adjuster configured to adjust a reactive power command value for the one or plurality of power conversion devices on the basis of the limit value derived by the limit value deriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kawachi, Mami Mizutani, Tsutomu Tanno, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200350832
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an apparatus which can hold down an energy loss and can avoid an increase in size. The apparatus includes a cell including a floating capacitor connected in parallel to an upper-side switching element and a lower-side switching element; an upper arm include including first switch circuits, each including a first switching element, a first diode and a first capacitor, are connected in series; a lower arm including second switch circuits, each including a second switching element, a second diode and a second capacitor, are connected in series; and a circuit which connects a low-side terminal of the cell and a low-side terminal of the first capacitor and connects a high-side terminal of the cell and a high-side terminal of the second capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Koji MAKI, Hiroshi Mochikawa, Yushi Koyama, Shunsuke Tamada, Takuro Arai, Ryuichi Morikawa, Mami Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20200292619
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation apparatus includes one or more hardware processors that: calculate a current integrated value by integrating electric currents of a secondary battery system whose capacity is to be estimated; calculate an SOC estimate value in a stabilization state where a change in SOC of a secondary battery per unit time is comparatively small; perform a regression analysis in which the current integrated value is defined as a dependent variable and the SOC estimate value is defined as an independent variable, the regression analysis being performed while correcting the current integrated value based on a value of a coefficient of determination so that a result of the regression analysis has predetermined accuracy; and estimate a capacity of the secondary battery system based on the result of the regression analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro TOHARA, Masalp KIUCHI, Shunsuke KAWACHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Takenori KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10714937
    Abstract: A voltage reactive power control device includes a bus voltage fluctuation extracting unit that extracts a bus voltage fluctuation from a voltage of a secondary-side bus, an RE component extracting unit that extracts a fluctuation component due to renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation, a creating unit that creates a reactive power command value for suppressing the fluctuation component based on the bus voltage fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation extracted by the RE component extracting unit, and a control unit that executes the reactive power control on a battery system based on the reactive power command value. The RE component extracting unit extracts the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation by eliminating the fluctuation components other than the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Ebata, Takenori Kobayashi, Yoko Kosaka, Tsutomu Tanno, Mami Mizutani, Masako Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10714936
    Abstract: A system interconnecting facility is connected to a power system, and includes a plurality of power converters connected to the power system, a plurality of transformers provided between the power system and the power converters, a plurality of switches provided between the transformers and the power converters, and a controller that controls the opening and closing of the switch. The controller outputs, to the switches, open and close commands in so that the number of closed switches is out of a closed switch number range where a harmonic voltage of the system interconnecting facility increases, based on a harmonic voltage containing rate characteristic that is a relation between the number of closed switches and a harmonic voltage containing rate of the system interconnecting facility. The system interconnecting facility is capable of suppressing a harmonic voltage even if a circuit structure differs depending on a situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kubota, Tsutomu Tanno, Mami Mizutani, Shinya Naoi, Masako Kiuchi, Midori Otsuki, Kazuyoshi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20200124676
    Abstract: A remaining battery energy estimation device according to an embodiment includes a current corrector, an SOC calculator, a voltage estimator, an SOC correction amount determiner, and a current error estimator. The current corrector determines a corrected current value on the basis of a current value and a current correction amount of a storage battery. The SOC calculator calculates an estimated SOC value of the storage battery on the basis of the corrected current value and an SOC correction amount. The voltage estimator determines an estimated voltage value of the storage battery on the basis of a temperature value of the storage battery, the corrected current value, and the estimated SOC value. The SOC correction amount determiner determines the SOC correction amount on the basis of a comparison between a voltage value of the storage battery and the estimated voltage value. The current error estimator determines the current correction amount on the basis of the SOC correction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro TOHARA, Masako Kiuchi, Shunsuke Kawachi, Mami Mizutani, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200106268
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power conversion devices, a plurality of breakers, and a controller. The plurality of breakers are respectively connected to the plurality of power conversion devices and configured to perform switching of an electrical connection between the power conversion device and a power system, wherein the breaker switches an ON state and an OFF state. The controller is configured to control the breakers and switch connection states of the plurality of power conversion devices are switched, and the controller being configured to determine whether or not the connected breaker is in an ON state and electrically conducted to the power system and the number of the power conversion devices in a standby state reaches a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke KAWACHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Tsutomu TANNO, Tatsuya HASHIMOTO, Yasuhiro OGURA, Ken YASUI
  • Publication number: 20200044451
    Abstract: A voltage reactive power control device includes a bus voltage fluctuation extracting unit that extracts a bus voltage fluctuation from a voltage of a secondary-side bus, an RE component extracting unit that extracts a fluctuation component due to renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation, a creating unit that creates a reactive power command value for suppressing the fluctuation component based on the bus voltage fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation extracted by the RE component extracting unit, and a control unit that executes the reactive power control on a battery system based on the reactive power command value. The RE component extracting unit extracts the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation by eliminating the fluctuation components other than the fluctuation component due to the renewable energy power generation from the bus voltage fluctuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio EBATA, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Yoko KOSAKA, Tsutomu TANNO, Mami MIZUTANI, Masako KIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190296551
    Abstract: A reactive power control device includes a limit value deriver configured to derive a limit value of reactive power, which is output by one or a plurality of power conversion devices determined for system stabilization and control of a system voltage, on the basis of a voltage of a point other than a voltage control target, and a command value adjuster configured to adjust a reactive power command value for the one or plurality of power conversion devices on the basis of the limit value derived by the limit value deriver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke KAWACHI, Mami Mizutani, Tsutomu Tanno, Tatsuya Hashimoto