Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Itabashi

Noriyuki Itabashi 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: 9735596
    Abstract: A battery control device includes: a measurement unit that individually measures an amount of discharging current of each discharging secondary battery of discharging secondary batteries among a plurality of secondary batteries which are independently charged and discharged; a time calculating unit that calculates time required for discharging said each discharging secondary battery until said each discharging secondary battery reaches a constant battery capacity based on a discharging current rate for said each discharging secondary battery which is calculated based on the amount of discharging current, and a state of charge (SOC) of said each discharging secondary battery; a number calculating unit that calculates an expected number of charging secondary batteries among said plurality of secondary batteries, which become fully charged in a required time, based on a charging current rate for each charging secondary battery of charging secondary batteries among said plurality of secondary batteries which is c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Luo, Shinya Ohhata, Junji Kogure, Nobuhide Yoshida, Shingo Takahashi, Noriyuki Itabashi
  • Patent number: 9693244
    Abstract: A sensor system in which it is possible to identify a sufficient number of sensors even in a situation where the data length of a packet is limited, as well as a sensor and a receiving device in the same, are provided. A sensor repeating a measurement period for performing measurement and a transmission period for performing transmission at predetermined cycles, includes: a measurement section (11) that outputs during the measurement period measurement information based on predetermined measurement; and a transmission section (12) that transmits during the transmission period, by using a single packet or a plurality of packets, source identification information for identifying a source of a packet, the measurement information, and sensor-related information for identifying the sensor and/or a measurement target equipment of this sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Maruhashi, Shingo Takahashi, Noriyuki Itabashi, Nobuhide Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9669726
    Abstract: A battery control device (100) includes: a measurement unit (110) that measures a voltage of a secondary battery; a control unit (120) that initiates a charging process of performing charging until the voltage of the secondary battery reaches a second reference value greater than a first reference value in a case where a voltage measured by the measurement unit (110) is less than the first reference value; and an adjustment unit (130) that receives a degree of deterioration of the secondary battery as first adjustment information that becomes a reference for adjustment of a hysteresis width that is determined on the basis of the first reference value and the second reference value, and adjusts the hysteresis width on the basis of the first adjustment information that is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Luo, Nobuhide Yoshida, Junji Kogure, Shinya Ohhata, Shingo Takahashi, Noriyuki Itabashi
  • Patent number: 9619000
    Abstract: Disclosed is a board including a semiconductor device including a first terminal to receive a signal that sets a functionality of the device, a second terminal to supply a first value and a third terminal to supply a second value, a first connection member connected to the first to third terminals of the semiconductor device, and a second connection member adapted to be connected to the first connection member provided on a counterpart board, with at least two terminals of the second connection member connected together via a first connection circuit, wherein the first connection member of the board is connected to the second connection member of another counterpart board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Itabashi, Shingo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9472976
    Abstract: Provided is a storage battery device whose battery life can be prolonged further. Storage battery device having a plurality of storage battery cells connected in series includes monitoring unit that measures voltages via the terminals of the respective storage battery cells, and obtains degradation information indicating the degraded states of the plurality of storage battery cells based on the voltages, selection unit that selects at least one of the plurality of storage battery cells, power supply unit that supplies power to the storage battery cell selected by selection unit to charge the storage battery cell, and control unit that switches, based on the degradation information obtained by monitoring unit, a storage battery cell to be selected by selection unit, and adjusts the power supplied from power supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuan Luo, Kenichi Maruhashi, Nobuhide Yoshida, Shingo Takahashi, Noriyuki Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20160282923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a board including a semiconductor device including a first terminal to receive a signal that sets a functionality of the device, a second terminal to supply a first value and a third terminal to supply a second value, a first connection member connected to the first to third terminals of the semiconductor device, and a second connection member adapted to be connected to the first connection member provided on a counterpart board, with at least two terminals of the second connection member connected together via a first connection circuit, wherein the first connection member of the board is connected to the second connection member of another counterpart board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: NORIYUKI ITABASHI, SHINGO TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150318726
    Abstract: A battery control device (100) includes: a measurement unit (110) that individually measures an amount of discharging current of a discharging secondary battery among a plurality of secondary batteries which are independently charged and discharged; a time calculating unit (120) that calculates time required until the secondary battery has a constant battery capacity for each of the discharging secondary batteries on the basis of a discharging current rate for each of the secondary batteries which is calculated on the basis of the amount of discharging current, and an SOC of the secondary battery; a number calculating unit (130) that calculates an expected number of the secondary batteries, which become fully charged in the required time, on the basis of a charging current rate for each of the secondary batteries which is calculated on the basis of an amount of charging current of the charging secondary battery, an SOC of the secondary battery, and the required time, and calculates a total value of the expect
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan LUO, Shinya OHHATA, Junji KOGURE, Nobuhide YOSHIDA, Shingo TAKAHASHI, Noriyuki ITABASHI
  • Publication number: 20150291050
    Abstract: A battery control device (100) includes: a measurement unit (110) that measures a voltage of a secondary battery; a control unit (120) that initiates a charging process of performing charging until the voltage of the secondary battery reaches a second reference value greater than a first reference value in a case where a voltage measured by the measurement unit (110) is less than the first reference value; and an adjustment unit (130) that receives a degree of deterioration of the secondary battery as first adjustment information that becomes a reference for adjustment of a hysteresis width that is determined on the basis of the first reference value and the second reference value, and adjusts the hysteresis width on the basis of the first adjustment information that is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Luo, Nobuhide Yoshida, Junji Kogure, Shinya Ohhata, Shingo Takahashi, Noriyuki Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20150229142
    Abstract: Secondary battery cells (100) are connected in series. A measurement unit (120) measures the sum of the voltages of the plurality of secondary battery cells (100). A balance circuit (140) equalizes the voltages of the plurality of secondary battery cells (100). A control unit (160) controls the balance circuit (140). Specifically, the control unit (160) operates the balance circuit (140) when the charging rate of the plurality of secondary battery cells (100) is equal to or less than 50% or the sum of the voltages of the plurality of secondary battery cells (100) is equal to or less than a first reference value and an absolute value of a differential value of a graph indicating the sum of the voltages when the charging rate is a variable is equal to or less than a second reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Shingo Takahashi, Koji Matsunaga, Nobuhide Yoshida, Noriyuki Itabashi, Yuan Luo
  • Publication number: 20150130404
    Abstract: Provided is a storage battery device whose battery life can be prolonged further. Storage battery device 30 having a plurality of storage battery cells 31-1 to 31-n connected in series includes monitoring unit 33 that measures voltages via the terminals of the respective storage battery cells, and obtains degradation information indicating the degraded states of the plurality of storage battery cells based on the voltages, selection unit 34 that selects at least one of the plurality of storage battery cells, power supply unit 32 that supplies power to the storage battery cell selected by selection unit 34 to charge the storage battery cell, and control unit 35 that switches, based on the degradation information obtained by monitoring unit 33, a storage battery cell to be selected by selection unit 34, and adjusts the power supplied from power supply unit 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuan Luo, Kenichi Maruhashi, Nobuhide Yoshida, Shingo Takahashi, Noriyuki Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20140098700
    Abstract: A sensor system in which it is possible to identify a sufficient number of sensors even in a situation where the data length of a packet is limited, as well as a sensor and a receiving device in the same, are provided. A sensor repeating a measurement period for performing measurement and a transmission period for performing transmission at predetermined cycles, includes: a measurement section (11) that outputs during the measurement period measurement information based on predetermined measurement; and a transmission section (12) that transmits during the transmission period, by using a single packet or a plurality of packets, source identification information for identifying a source of a packet, the measurement information, and sensor-related information for identifying the sensor and/or a measurement target equipment of this sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Maruhashi, Shingo Takahashi, Noriyuki Itabashi, Nobuhide Yoshida