Patents by Inventor Miyako SAKAI

Miyako SAKAI 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: 20240070792
    Abstract: A VGI system is a system in which electric power is exchanged between a power grid of an electric power utility company and a BEV, and includes a plurality of BEVs, EVSE, and a management server that manages exchange of electric power. The EVSE includes specific EVSE available to a specific vehicle among BEVs, the specific vehicle being permanently permitted to use the EVSE. The management server performs processing for temporarily permitting use of the specific EVSE by a non-specific vehicle different from the specific vehicle on condition that the non-specific vehicle uses the specific EVSE to exchange electric power with the electric power utility company and performs processing for granting an incentive to a user of the non-specific vehicle or a manager of the specific EVSE on condition that the non-specific vehicle has exchanged electric power with the electric power utility company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Maiko HAYASHI, Miyako SAKAI, Makito MURAMATSU, Hirohiko TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240021851
    Abstract: A hydrogen utilization system includes: a hydrogen cartridge containing a hydrogen storage alloy; a first device configured in such a manner that the hydrogen cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the first device, the first device being operable using the hydrogen cartridge as an energy source; and a second device configured in such a manner that the hydrogen cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the second device, the second device being operable using the hydrogen cartridge as an energy source and being operable using another energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohei KATSUMATA, Miyako SAKAI, Tomio YAMANAKA, Mariko YAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230350367
    Abstract: The server (power management device) is a power management device that acquires information on a power state of an accommodation facility. The server includes a communication unit (acquiring unit) for acquiring the information, and a processor (control unit) for requesting a user of the electrified vehicle to perform power control on EVSE using the electrified vehicle based on the information acquired by the communication unit. Then, when a predetermined condition related to power control is satisfied by the user, the processor gives a privilege related to the accommodation facility to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Makito MURAMATSU, Miyako SAKAI, Maiko HAYASHI, Hirohiko TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210323384
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of persons shares a vehicle having a fragrance generator configured to generate a fragrance in a vehicle cabin, the device including an acquiring unit configured to acquire user preference information as information relating to a fragrance preferred by a user who starts using the vehicle, and a usage start date and time when the user starts using the vehicle, and a controller configured to cause the fragrance generator to generate the fragrance preferred by the user in the vehicle cabin based on the user preference information before the usage start date and time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Miyako SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210316681
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a scent discharge device configured to discharge a scent into a vehicle cabin. When a shift position is a travel position, the scent discharge device is controlled such that a first scent is discharged into the vehicle cabin, and when the shift position is a non-travel position, the control on the scent discharge device is changed from the control performed when the shift position is the travel position to a different control. Hereby, when the shift position is the travel position, the first scent is discharged. This makes is possible to restrain drowsiness of a driver while the driver is driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Miyako SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210309079
    Abstract: A mobile body including: a smell releasing device that releases to the outside, a smell substance that generates smell; and a control device that controls the smell releasing device, in which when there is no release target that is predetermined as a target to which the smell substance is to be released within a predetermined range from the mobile body, the control device controls the smell releasing device to stop the smell substance from being released to the outside. This makes it possible to increase the time during which the smell substance can be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Miyako SAKAI