Patents by Inventor Masato Ehara

Masato Ehara 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: 20240092215
    Abstract: A server comprising a processor. Further, the processor acquires credit card information and a one-time password from a vehicle connected to a charging device through a secure first communication path; acquires the one-time password from the vehicle through the charging device and a non-secure second communication path which is different from the first communication path; and charges an amount of money corresponding to an amount of power supplied by the charging device to the vehicle based on the credit card information when the one-time password acquired through the first communication path matches the one-time password acquired through the second communication path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiko NAKAMURA, Yoshihiro SAKAYANAGI, Masato EHARA, Koichi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240097441
    Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER MIRAIZ CO., INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke HORII, Eiko Megan UCHIDA, Masashi TANAKA, Masato EHARA, Sachio TOYORA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Akinori MORISHIMA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ryou TAKAHASHI, Kenta ITO, Toshiki SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYASHITA, Takashi OCHIAI
  • Patent number: 11922523
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire renewable power generation information from a renewable energy power generation server; acquire at least one of hydrogen power generation information from a hydrogen power generation server and fuel cell information; acquire grid power generation information from a grid power generation server; acquire electric power information from each of a plurality of consumer facilities in a predetermined area, the electric power information being regarding an amount of electric power consumed by the consumer facility; and generate proposal information including information on a type of electric power supplied to a predetermined consumer facility based on at least one of the renewable power generation information, the hydrogen power generation information, and the fuel cell information, the grid power generation information, and a plurality of pieces of the electric power information, and output the proposal information to the predetermined con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Ehara, Kazuhiro Shimizu, Satoshi Tanabe, Nanae Takada, Naohiro Seo
  • Publication number: 20240051426
    Abstract: A server configured to manage power control including at least one of power supply from an electrified vehicle to an electric power system or charge from the electric power system to the electrified vehicle includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a first time period in which the power control is performed by the electrified vehicle that has acceded to a request to perform the power control, and a processor configured to determine, in a second time period before the first time period, whether there is an abnormality on at least one of a communication status of the electrified vehicle or whether the power control is allowed to be performed by the electrified vehicle. The processor is configured to, when the processor determines that there is no abnormality, execute command control such that the power control is performed by the electrified vehicle in the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Masato EHARA
  • Patent number: 11901736
    Abstract: A server manages plural vehicles each configured to be able to participate in a DR. A first vehicle is able to transmit power through a power cable. A second vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while being stationary. A third vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while traveling. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is able to transmit a DR signal to each of the vehicles. The processing device selects a target vehicle, to which the DR signal is to be transmitted, from the vehicles in accordance with the priority degree for participation in the DR. The processing device sets the priority degree of the first vehicle to be higher than that of the second vehicle, and sets the priority degree of the second vehicle to be higher than that of the third vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Ehara, Daiki Yokoyama, Yuki Takahashi, Tomoya Takahashi, Tomoyuki Kubota, Sachio Toyora, Keisuke Fukuoka, Zidan Xu, Wenfeng Liang, Hiroki Murata
  • Publication number: 20240034182
    Abstract: A computing device for a battery mounted on a vehicle is provided. The battery stores electric power including first power obtained from renewable energy and second power different from the first power. The computing device includes a memory and a controller that controls the memory. The memory stores accumulated information including an index value of electric energy of the first power stored in the battery. When the battery is charged by a power device provided outside the vehicle, the computing device updates the accumulated information based on first information related to the first power used for charging. When the electric power in the battery is discharged to the power device, the computing device updates the accumulated information based on second information related to the first power used for discharging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Masato EHARA
  • Publication number: 20230304814
    Abstract: A power transfer method between vehicles that are traveling and power transfer devices in a non-contact manner includes acquiring, for each of the vehicles, a traveling plan for a specific vehicle among the vehicles, estimating a power change amount according to power consumption or power regeneration of the specific vehicle that is traveling based on the traveling plan, and setting a power transfer amount between the specific vehicle and a corresponding power transfer device such that the power transfer amount corresponds to the power change amount. The corresponding power transfer device is a device corresponding to the specific vehicle among the power transfer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230278451
    Abstract: A power supply system includes power supply equipment and a vehicle management device. The power supply equipment is configured to be supplied with electric power from an external power supply and supply the electric power to a vehicle traveling in a power supply lane. The vehicle management device is configured to manage a plurality of vehicles configured to transfer electric power to and from the power supply equipment. The vehicle management device is configured to select balancing vehicles to be controlled for power balancing of the external power supply. The vehicle management device is configured to, when the vehicle management device determines that the control of any of the balancing vehicles for power balancing of the external power supply has been stopped halfway through, select a substitute vehicle to be controlled for power balancing of the external power supply from the vehicles traveling in the power supply lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230246448
    Abstract: A vehicle is configured to participate in demand response used for adjusting a power supply and demand balance in a power system. The vehicle includes a power accumulation device, a power transfer device that enables power transfer in one of a first, a second, and a third method, and a control device that controls the power transfer device. The first method enables power to be transferred through a power cable between the power accumulation device and an outside of the vehicle. The second method enables power to be transferred in a non-contact manner while the vehicle is stopped. The third method enables power to be transferred in the non-contact manner while the vehicle is traveling. When the vehicle participates in the demand response, the control device selects a method in a preferential order of the first, the second, and the third method and execute the power transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230246447
    Abstract: A server manages plural vehicles each configured to be able to participate in a DR. A first vehicle is able to transmit power through a power cable. A second vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while being stationary. A third vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while traveling. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is able to transmit a DR signal to each of the vehicles. The processing device selects a target vehicle, to which the DR signal is to be transmitted, from the vehicles in accordance with the priority degree for participation in the DR. The processing device sets the priority degree of the first vehicle to be higher than that of the second vehicle, and sets the priority degree of the second vehicle to be higher than that of the third vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230226923
    Abstract: A server configured to communicate with a first vehicle and a second vehicle, each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle including a power storage device configured to be charged by wirelessly receiving electric power from a power transmission device arranged on a road during traveling, the server includes: a storage device that stores information on a power shortage area; and a processor configured to: acquire a destination of the first vehicle and a destination of the second vehicle; and limit a charging operation for the second vehicle when the destination of the first vehicle is included in the power shortage area stored in the storage device, the destination of the second vehicle is not included in the power shortage area, and the first vehicle is charged on the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230226939
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a power supply facility configured to receive power supply from an external power source and execute power supply to a vehicle traveling in a traveling lane; and a vehicle management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of vehicles configured to use the power supply facility, select adjustment vehicles used for power adjustment of the external power source from among the plurality of vehicles, and when any one of the selected adjustment vehicles has reached a predetermined position in the traveling lane, release the one of the adjustment vehicles that has reached the predetermined position from the power adjustment of the external power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230219447
    Abstract: A power supply system includes power supply equipment and a vehicle management device. The power supply equipment is configured to be supplied with electric power from an external power supply and supply the electric power to a vehicle traveling in a travel lane. The vehicle management device is configured to manage vehicles configured to use the power supply equipment, and perform vehicle selection in which the vehicle management device selects a balancing vehicle from the vehicles. The vehicle management device is configured to (i) select vehicles remaining after excluding first x vehicles and last y vehicles from a vehicle group traveling in the travel lane as selection candidates and (ii) select at least one of the selection candidates as the balancing vehicle in the vehicle selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230219448
    Abstract: A power management system includes a vehicle and a charging or discharging lane. The charging or discharging lane configured to execute at least one of charging or discharging of the vehicle in a non-contact manner. The vehicle is configured to acquire contract contents including a charging or discharging amount and a charging or discharging period. The vehicle is configured to execute the contract contents in a charging or discharging lane that is different from electric vehicle supply equipment set in the contract contents and is reachable before the charging or discharging period when the vehicle is predicted to, before a start of the charging or discharging period, be unable to execute the contract contents in the set electric vehicle supply equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230219443
    Abstract: A server includes a processor and a communication device configured to acquire a transmitted power amount transmitted from a power facility during external charging of a vehicle participating in a DR. The processor is configured to calculate, when a plurality of vehicles participates in the DR, a standard reward that is a standard of a reward given from an aggregator to each of the vehicles, according to the transmitted power amount, decide, when a first vehicle participates in the DR, a first reward that is a reward given from the aggregator to the first vehicle, such that the first reward becomes the standard reward for the first vehicle, and decide, when a second vehicle participates in the DR, a second reward that is a reward given from the aggregator to the second vehicle, such that the second reward becomes higher than the standard reward for the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230108119
    Abstract: A device for creating a target model adapted for a target environment and outputting a target output when a target input is input includes: a unit for determining candidate models adapted respectively for candidate environments different from the target environment and outputting a reference output respectively when a reference input is input; a unit for determining a basic environment from among the candidate environments based on the data of the reference output obtained by respectively inputting teacher data of the reference input related to the target environment into the candidate models, and teacher data of the reference output corresponding to the teacher data of the reference input; a unit for determining, as a basic model, a model adapted for the basic environment and outputting the target output when the target input is input; and a unit for creating the target model based on the basic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki KISHIKAWA, Kazuki FUJII, Yusuke TAKASU, Masato EHARA, Naoya OKA, Shuji MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230014362
    Abstract: An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server limits the exchange of the electric power between the electric power system and the battery by an upper limit value or a lower limit value of a state of charge of the battery, and changes the upper limit value or the lower limit value in accordance with a degree of charge-discharge of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20230019914
    Abstract: A control system includes a computer that controls each of multiple power balancing resources. The computer selects one or more control targets to be used for power balancing of an external electric power source from the power balancing resources, and controls each of the one or more control targets so as to cause the power storage device to charge or discharge for the power balancing. The computer preferentially selects the power balancing resource provided with a small-capacity power storage device as the control target for the power balancing of which duration is shorter than a predetermined time, and preferentially selects the power balancing resource provided with a large-capacity power storage device as the control target for the power balancing of which the duration is longer than the predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20230019846
    Abstract: An electric power management system includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of electric power between the battery and an electric power system of an electric power company. The server detects a predetermined operation of a user that correlates with termination of the exchange of the electric power between the battery and the electric power system. When the predetermined operation is detected, the server calculates an estimated time when the exchange of the electric power between the battery and the electric power system is terminated, and executes a process of distributing the electric power to be exchanged by the vehicle in which the exchange of the electric power with the electric power system is estimated to be terminated at the calculated estimated time to another vehicle that performs the exchange of the electric power with the electric power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI
  • Publication number: 20230013438
    Abstract: An electric power management system is a system that performs an exchange of electric power with an electric power system of an electric power company that is a counterparty of the exchange of the electric power, and includes a plurality of the vehicles, each including a battery, and a server that manages an exchange of the electric power between the battery of each of the vehicles and the electric power system. The server limits the exchange of the electric power between the electric power system and the battery by an upper limit value or a lower limit value of a state of charge of the battery, and decreases the upper limit value or increases the lower limit value when a period during which the vehicle is continuously parked in a place where the vehicle can exchange the electric power is equal to or longer than a predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato EHARA, Rentaro KUROKI, Shunsuke KOBUNA, Tatsuro KIYOHARA, Naohiro SEO, Takaharu TATEISHI