Patents by Inventor Sa KANO
Sa KANO 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).
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Patent number: 12494644Abstract: The power supply controller controls the supply of electric power from a first power supply source to a predetermined facility having a first power supply destination and a second power supply destination, and also controls the supply of electric power to the predetermined facility from the second power supply source that is powered by a battery installed in a plurality of electric vehicles parked in a parking lot attached to the predetermined facility. The power supply controller prioritizes the first power supply source over the second power supply source when there is an abnormality in the first power supply source.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2024Date of Patent: December 9, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuji Matsubara, Osamu Yumita, Naoki Hasegawa, Sa Kano
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Publication number: 20240326630Abstract: A power management system manages an exchange of electric power between power storage devices of a plurality of electric vehicles which respectively transport a cargo at least in a facility, and a charging and discharging device connected to an electric power system of the facility. The power management system includes a vehicle management device. The vehicle management device is configured to select the electric vehicle with surplus capacity for a discharge from the power storage device based on SOC of the power storage device of each of the electric vehicles and the weight of the cargo of each of the electric vehicles when an electric power supply from at least one of the electric vehicles to the electric power system is requested. Further, the vehicle management device is configured to instruct the selected electric vehicle to discharge from the power storage device to the electric power system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Mitsuaki TOMITA, Osamu YUMITA, Sa KANO, Naoki HASEGAWA, Takuji MATSUBARA
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Publication number: 20240300353Abstract: The charging and discharging facility has a first level section where the first charging and discharging parking space is located, a second level section where the second charging and discharging parking space is located on the floor directly above the first level section, and a power converter device connected between the first level section and the second level section by an external power cable. In the first charging and discharging parking space, the first charging and discharging connection member is attached to the end of the first charging and discharging cable extending from the ceiling of the first level section, and in the second charging and discharging parking space, the second charging and discharging connection member is attached to the end of the second charging and discharging cable extending from the floor of the second level section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Takuji MATSUBARA, Osamu YUMITA, Naoki HASEGAWA, Sa KANO
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Publication number: 20240296741Abstract: A parking management system comprises a first information management section that manages first parking information related to parking in the first parking space and first vehicle information related to vehicles parked in the first parking space; a second information management section that manages second parking information related to parking in the second parking space and second vehicle information related to vehicles parked in the second parking space; a condition determination section that determines the existence of a space condition in which a parkable space exists in the second parking space based on the second parking information of the second information management section, and determines the existence of a movable condition where a movable vehicle exists in the second parking space based on the first vehicle information of the first parking management section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Naoki HASEGAWA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Osamu YUMITA, Sa KANO
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Publication number: 20240287826Abstract: A parking management system equipped with a plurality of pallets that can be moved in a parking space with a vehicle mounted on them, a plurality of charging and discharging devices that are installed in chargeable and dischargeable parking spaces and capable of supplying power to a predetermined facility, a controller that is programmed to control the movement of the pallets and control the charging and discharging devices. The controller is programmed to move a pallet (a feedable pallet) carrying the electric vehicle capable of supplying power to the predetermined facility to the chargeable and dischargeable parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Takuji MATSUBARA, Osamu YUMITA, Naoki HASEGAWA, Sa KANO
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Publication number: 20240250531Abstract: The power supply controller controls the supply of electric power from a first power supply source to a predetermined facility having a first power supply destination and a second power supply destination, and also controls the supply of electric power to the predetermined facility from the second power supply source that is powered by a battery installed in a plurality of electric vehicles parked in a parking lot attached to the predetermined facility. The power supply controller prioritizes the first power supply source over the second power supply source when there is an abnormality in the first power supply source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Takuji MATSUBARA, Osamu YUMITA, Naoki HASEGAWA, Sa KANO
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Publication number: 20240249207Abstract: The parking reservation management device manages a parking lot having a chargeable parking space to which a charging device for charging a battery installed in a vehicle is attached and a chargeable and dischargeable parking space to which a charging and discharging device for charging and discharging the battery is attached. The parking reservation management device performs, when making a parking reservation, a confirmation process to confirm that the vehicle to be parked is chargeable and dischargeable of the battery by the charging and discharging device, and to confirm that the charging and discharging device may charge and discharge the battery while the vehicle is parked, and the parking reservation management device assigns a chargeable and dischargeable parking space preferentially to the vehicle that has been confirmed by the aforementioned confirmation process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Takuji MATSUBARA, Osamu YUMITA, Naoki HASEGAWA, Sa KANO
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Publication number: 20240246453Abstract: The vehicle includes a power storage device, a temperature control device configured to be capable of regulating the temperature of the power storage device, and a processing device. When the vehicle is capable of supplying power to a predetermined facility and cooling or heating of the power storage device is required, the processing device is programmed to determine whether the power storage device is to be cooled or heated by supplying power from the power storage device to the temperature control device or by using energy from the predetermined facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Sa KANO, Takuji MATSUBARA, Osamu YUMITA, Naoki HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20240242132Abstract: The parking reservation management device manages parking reservation for the parking lot with chargeable and dischargeable parking space where the charging and discharging device that charges and discharges the battery installed in the vehicle is installed. The parking reservation management device sends a changing availability guide to the user to inform whether a user side information can be changed or not, when the deviation between a desired facility-side power adjustment period based on the power demand at predetermined facility and a vehicle-side power adjustment availability period obtained based on the user side information on the use of the parking lot input by the user is outside a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Takuji MATSUBARA, Osamu YUMITA, Naoki HASEGAWA, Sa KANO
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Patent number: 10218203Abstract: There is provided a motor vehicle including a lithium ion capacitor; an electrical load configured to transmit electric power to and from at least the lithium ion capacitor; and a control device. The control device is programmed to control the lithium ion capacitor such as to be charged and discharged according to a discharging excess pattern that provides a higher discharge current value than a charging current value, when a degree of degradation of the lithium ion capacitor reaches or exceeds a predetermined level by charging and discharging the lithium ion capacitor according to a charging excess pattern that provides a higher charging current value than a discharge current value.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sa Kano, Ryuta Ishida, Yukinori Murakami
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Publication number: 20170310123Abstract: There is provided a motor vehicle including a lithium ion capacitor; an electrical load configured to transmit electric power to and from at least the lithium ion capacitor; and a control device. The control device is programmed to control the lithium ion capacitor such as to be charged and discharged according to a discharging excess pattern that provides a higher discharge current value than a charging current value, when a degree of degradation of the lithium ion capacitor reaches or exceeds a predetermined level by charging and discharging the lithium ion capacitor according to a charging excess pattern that provides a higher charging current value than a discharge current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sa KANO, Ryuta ISHIDA, Yukinori MURAKAMI