Patents by Inventor Naohiko Ohkubo

Naohiko Ohkubo 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).

  • Patent number: 6621250
    Abstract: A battery capacity measuring device in accordance with the present invention has a fully-charged state detector (80e), a detected current integrator (80a), a divider (80b), and a corrector (80c) incorporated in a microcomputer (80). The fully-charged state detector detects that a battery is fully charged. The detected current integrator integrates current values that are detected by a current sensor during a period from the instant the battery is fully charged to the instant it is fully charged next. The divider divides the integrated value of detected current values by the length of the period. The corrector corrects a detected current using the quotient provided by the divider as an offset. Furthermore, a remaining battery capacity calculating system comprises a voltage detecting unit (50), a current detecting unit (40), an index calculating unit, a control unit, and a calculating unit. The voltage detecting unit detects the voltage at the terminals of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naohiko Ohkubo, Shinji Kishida, Shinichi Ito, Toshiyuki Kawai, Katsuhide Kikuchi, Tetsuro Kikuchi