Patents by Inventor Ryota Tajima

Ryota Tajima 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: 20240151774
    Abstract: A power storage device management system, a management method, and a computer program that use AI are provided. The power storage device management system includes an electronic device including a power storage device and a server device. The power storage device includes a control portion and a storage battery; the control portion has a first function of creating second data utilizing first data at a first point in time and a second function of transmitting the second data to the server device; the server device has a third function of creating first data at a second point in time utilizing the second data and a fourth function of transmitting the first data at the second point in time to the control portion; and the first function, the second function, the third function, and the fourth function are repeatedly performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi OSADA, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Ryota TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11973180
    Abstract: A battery capable of changing its form safely is provided. A bendable battery having a larger thickness is provided. A battery with increased capacity is provided. For an exterior body of the battery, a film in the shape of a periodic wave in one direction is used. A space is provided in an area surrounded by the exterior body and between an end portion of the electrode stack that is not fixed and an interior wall of the exterior body. Furthermore, the phases of waves of a pair of portions of the exterior body between which the electrode stack is located are different from each other. In particular, the phases are different from each other by 180 degrees so that wave crest lines overlap with each other and wave trough lines overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11961979
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of charging that is less likely to cause deterioration of a power storage device is provided. The amount of a charging current is adjusted in accordance with the ambient temperature. Charging under low-temperature environments is performed with a reduced charging current. When the ambient temperature is too low or too high, the charging is stopped. Measurement of the ambient temperature is performed with a memory element using an oxide semiconductor. The use of a memory element using an oxide semiconductor enables measurement of the ambient temperature and retention of the temperature information to be performed at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Munehiro Kozuma, Takanori Matsuzaki, Ryota Tajima, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11951769
    Abstract: Space-saving in an automobile or the like provided with a battery is achieved. Design flexibility of an automobile or the like can be improved. An electric power control method or an electric power control system capable of utilizing electric power efficiently is provided. It is an electric power control system of an automobile including a car body, a first battery, a second battery, and a control unit. The control unit obtains states of charge of the first battery and the second battery, determines whether or not a difference between remaining capacities of the first battery and the second battery exceeds a predetermined value, and controls transmission of electric power between the first battery and the second battery, in the case where the difference in the remaining capacities exceeds the predetermined value, to be made such that the remaining capacities are close to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshizumi, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11955612
    Abstract: A power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A power storage system with a high degree of safety is provided. A power storage system with less deterioration is provided. A storage battery with excellent characteristics is provided. The power storage system includes a neural network and a storage battery. The neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and one or more hidden layers between the input layer and the output layer. The predetermined hidden layer is connected to the previous hidden layer or the previous input layer by a predetermined weight coefficient, and connected to the next hidden layer or the next output layer by a predetermined weight coefficient. In the storage battery, voltage and time at which the voltage is obtained are measured as one of sets of data. The sets of data measured at different times are input to the input layer and the operational condition of the storage battery is changed in accordance with a signal output from the output layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kuriki, Ryota Tajima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Hideaki Shishido, Toshiyuki Isa
  • Patent number: 11949061
    Abstract: A secondary battery, suitable for a portable information terminal or a wearable device is provided. An electronic device having a novel structure which can have various forms and a secondary battery that fits the forms of the electronic device are provided. In the secondary battery, sealing is performed using a film provided with depressions or projections that ease stress on the film due to application of external force. A pattern of depressions or projections is formed on the film by pressing, e.g., embossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11942602
    Abstract: To provide a power storage device whose charge and discharge characteristics are unlikely to be degraded by heat treatment. To provide a power storage device that is highly safe against heat treatment. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, an electrolytic solution, and an exterior body. The separator is located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator contains polyphenylene sulfide or solvent-spun regenerated cellulosic fiber. The electrolytic solution contains a solute and two or more kinds of solvents. The solute contains LiBETA. One of the solvents is propylene carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhei Narita, Ryota Tajima, Teppei Oguni
  • Patent number: 11916184
    Abstract: A secondary battery with high capacity per unit volume can be provided. A flexible secondary battery with a novel structure can be provided. A secondary battery that can be bent repeatedly can be provided. A highly reliable secondary battery can be provided. A long-life secondary battery can be provided. A secondary battery comprises an inner structure and an exterior body that surrounds the inner structure. The inner structure comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The exterior body comprises a first exterior film and a second exterior film. A region comprising reduced graphene oxide lies between the first exterior film and the second exterior film. The graphene oxide preferably comprises a region where the concentration of oxygen is higher than or equal to 2 atomic percent and lower than or equal to 20 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11894523
    Abstract: A wearable device needs to have a design corresponding to complicated surfaces of human bodies. Thus, an electronic device that can fit the characteristics of each individual human body after being purchased and can be worn naturally and comfortably is provided. The electronic device includes a secondary battery which can be transformed. By using a secondary battery which can be transformed, for example, a secondary battery can be efficiently placed in a narrow and elongated space in the electronic device, and the elongated secondary battery can be bent together with the electronic device. Furthermore, the weight balance of the electronic device can be easily adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Masaaki Hiroki, Daisuke Furumatsu
  • Patent number: 11888113
    Abstract: A gel electrolyte and a separator are provided between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector. The plurality of positive electrode current collectors and the plurality of negative electrode current collectors are stacked such that surfaces of negative electrodes with which active material layers are not coated or surfaces of positive electrodes with which active material layers are not coated are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumiko Yoneda, Masaki Yamakaji, Ryota Tajima, Masaaki Hiroki
  • Patent number: 11870042
    Abstract: A sensor element with excellent characteristics is provided. An electronic device including a power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A vehicle including a power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A novel semiconductor device is provided. The power storage system includes a storage battery, a neural network, and a sensor element; the neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and one or a plurality of middle layers provided between the input layer and the output layer; a value corresponding to a first signal output from the sensor element is supplied to the input layer; the first signal is an analog signal; the sensor element includes a region in contact with a surface of the storage battery; and the sensor element has a function of measuring one or both of strain and temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mayumi Mikami, Ryota Tajima, Hideaki Shishido, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11867503
    Abstract: An anomaly detection system that outputs an anomaly detection signal before a safety valve of a secondary battery is opened is provided. The anomaly detection system includes a strain sensor, a memory, and a comparator. The memory has a function of retaining an analog potential, and the comparator has a function of comparing a potential output by the strain sensor and the analog potential retained by the memory. The strain sensor is attached to the secondary battery before use, and a predetermined potential is retained in the memory. When a housing of the secondary battery expands while the secondary battery is used, and the potential output by the strain sensor becomes higher (or lower) than the predetermined potential, an anomaly detection signal is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Ryota Tajima, Yuki Okamoto, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230402692
    Abstract: A secondary battery with an exterior body having a novel scaling structure, and a structure of a sealing portion that relaxes a stress of deformation are provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body enclosing at least part of the positive electrode, at least part of the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a first region having a shape with a curve, a shape with a wavy line, a shape with an arc, or a shape with a plurality of inflection points, and a second region having the same shape as the first region. The first region is in contact with the second region. Alternatively, the first region has a shape without a straight line. The secondary battery may be flexible, and the exterior body in a region having flexibility may include the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Minoru TAKAHASHI, Ryota TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11837112
    Abstract: A display device or a driving support system which enables a driver to obtain information easily is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is unlikely to impose a burden on a driver is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is suitable for space saving is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is capable of large-area display is provided. A display device or a driving support system which does not impair the aesthetic appearance of the car interior is provided. The display device includes a display panel which has flexibility and can be transformed between a first form and a second form, and a driving means having a function of reversibly changing the display panel between the first form and the second form. The first form is a form in which a display surface of the display panel is suspended, and the second form is a form in which the display panel is stored upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshizumi, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11817726
    Abstract: Deterioration of a storage battery included in an electronic device is reduced. Power consumption of an electronic device is reduced. A power feeding device having excellent performance is provided. The power feeding device includes a power feeding coil, a control circuit, and a neural network and has a function of charging a storage battery with a wireless signal supplied by the power feeding coil. The control circuit has a function of estimating a remaining capacity value of the storage battery, the control circuit has a function of supplying the estimated remaining capacity value to the neural network, the neural network outputs a value corresponding to the supplied remaining capacity value to the control circuit, the control circuit determines a charge condition for the storage battery on the basis of the value output by the neural network, and the power feeding device has a function of charging the storage battery under the determined charge condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Toshiyuki Isa, Akihiro Chida, Kouhei Toyotaka, Ryota Tajima
  • Publication number: 20230361271
    Abstract: A secondary battery in which graphite that is an active material can occlude and release lithium efficiently is provided. Further, a highly reliable secondary battery in which the amount of lithium inserted and extracted into/from graphite that is an active material is prevented from varying is provided. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode including a current collector and graphite provided over the current collector, and a positive electrode. The graphite includes a plurality of graphene layers. Surfaces of the plurality of graphene layers are provided substantially along the direction of an electric field generated between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Teppei OGUNI, Tamae MORIWAKA, Junpei MOMO, Ryota TAJIMA, Nobuhiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230324852
    Abstract: A device capable of being used for a long time is achieved. A power supply, a connection method of a power supply, or a connecting member, for easy attachment and detachment and non-detachment when in use, is provided. A power supply, a connection method of a power supply, or a connecting member for easy replacement is provided. A highly designed power supply is provided. Power from a battery is supplied to an electronic device through a connecting member including a pipe, a spring, and a pair of pivots. The pair of pivots are electrically insulated from each other, and electrically connected to any one of a pair of electrodes of the battery. The electronic device into which the pair of pivots are inserted includes a pair of bearings capable of receiving power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Ryota TAJIMA, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
  • Patent number: 11742543
    Abstract: A secondary battery with an exterior body having a novel scaling structure, and a structure of a sealing portion that relaxes a stress of deformation are provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body enclosing at least part of the positive electrode, at least part of the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a first region having a shape with a curve, a shape with a wavy line, a shape with an arc, or a shape with a plurality of inflection points, and a second region having the same shape as the first region. The first region is in contact with the second region. Alternatively, the first region has a shape without a straight line. The secondary battery may be flexible, and the exterior body in a region having flexibility may include the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Ryota Tajima
  • Publication number: 20230246224
    Abstract: In the case where a film, which has lower strength than a metal can, is used as an exterior body of a secondary battery, a current collector provided in a region surrounded by the exterior body, an active material layer provided on a surface of the current collector, or the like might be damaged when force is externally applied to the secondary battery. A secondary battery which is resistant to external force in obtained. An opening is provided in a central portion of the secondary battery, and a terminal is formed in the opening. An outer edge of the secondary battery is fixed by thermocompression bonding. In addition, the central portion of the secondary battery is fixed by thermocompression bonding, so that the amount of bending is limited even when the outer edge portion of the secondary battery is bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Minoru TAKAHASHI, Yuugo GOTO, Yumiko YONEDA, Takuya MIWA, Ryota TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230246154
    Abstract: Part of an electrode, specifically a current collector and an active material layer, for a secondary battery is subjected to cutting processing to have a complex shape. For example, a stack of the first current collector and the first active material layer has a first slit and a second slit. Each of the first slit and the second slit passing across the first current collector and the first active material layer and extending from an edge of the first current collector. Another stack of the second current collector and the second active material layer has a third slit and a fourth slit. Each of the third slit and the fourth slit passing across the second current collector and the second active material layer and extending from an edge of the second current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Masaaki HIROKI, Ryota TAJIMA