Patents by Inventor Shin Kato

Shin Kato 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: 11913126
    Abstract: A hydrogen-system control device according to the present embodiment is a control system for a hydrogen system that produces hydrogen: a first setter; a second setter configured to set an actual power consumption amount obtained by reducing a reduced power amount from the first power consumption amount in advance, when the demand response for reducing the first power consumption amount in the request period is requested the device comprising: and a controller configured to control a power amount of the second power in the request period based on the actual power consumption amount. The second setter is configured to set the actual power consumption amount in a range in which the hydrogen system is able to achieve a target amount of hydrogen to be produced in a first period that includes the request period and is longer than the request period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Akiba, Shingo Tamaru, Shin Kato, Fumiyuki Yamane
  • Patent number: 11909212
    Abstract: A hydrogen-system control device according to the present embodiment is a hydrogen-system control device that controls a hydrogen system. The hydrogen-system control device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a predicted value of the first power for a time period for which an amount of the second power to be received has been set, and a controller configured to cause the hydrogen system to additionally produce hydrogen in an amount corresponding to a usage ratio of surplus power by which a supplied value of the first power exceeds the predicted value of the first power, wherein the controller sets the usage ratio for a first time period within a predetermined time period to a value larger than the usage ratio for a second time period that is after the first time period and within the predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tamaru, Takashi Akiba, Fumiyuki Yamane, Shin Kato
  • Patent number: 11784335
    Abstract: A hydrogen-energy control system according to the present embodiment includes a hydrogen energy system, a power grid control system, a hydrogen transport system, and a hydrogen-energy integrated management system configured to control the hydrogen energy system based on information on communication with the power grid control system, wherein the hydrogen-energy integrated management system includes a first communication portion configured to perform communication of at least data of a charge request in charge and discharge requests with the power grid control system, a second communication portion configured to perform communication of hydrogen demand data with the hydrogen transport system, a target hydrogen-amount acquisition portion configured to acquire a target hydrogen-production amount based on the hydrogen demand data, and an operation planning portion configured to create an operation plan in the hydrogen energy system based on the target hydrogen-production amount and the data of the charge request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Akiba, Fumiyuki Yamane, Shin Kato, Hirofumi Morita, Tetsuharu Tanoue
  • Patent number: 11733464
    Abstract: A fiber structure includes first and second optical fibers disposed such that end portions thereof butt, a sheet-shaped saturable absorber including a carbon nanotube and disposed between the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber, and a housing internally accommodating the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber. A space in the housing including the saturable absorber is airtight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Ryota Kakei, Shin Kato, Fumitsugu Fukuyo, Tomoya Nakazawa, Masaru Shimomaki, Shinichi Ohba, Yu Matsushiro
  • Patent number: 11710839
    Abstract: A controller according to an embodiment controls a hydrogen system including at least a hydrogen production system in which received power is planned in advance and a hydrogen production amount changes in accordance with the received power. The controller includes: a processor that calculates, in a preparation time period before a demand adjustment time period in which a target value of the received power is set in advance, a control command value such that input power to be inputted as the received power to the hydrogen production system matches the target value at a start of the demand adjustment time period; and a command controller that outputs the control command value calculated by the processor to the hydrogen production system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Murai, Shingo Tamaru, Takashi Akiba, Fumiyuki Yamane, Shin Kato, Hirofumi Morita, Tetsuharu Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20210381120
    Abstract: A hydrogen-system control device according to the present embodiment is a control system for a hydrogen system that produces hydrogen: a first setter; a second setter configured to set an actual power consumption amount obtained by reducing a reduced power amount from the first power consumption amount in advance, when the demand response for reducing the first power consumption amount in the request period is requested the device comprising: and a controller configured to control a power amount of the second power in the request period based on the actual power consumption amount. The second setter is configured to set the actual power consumption amount in a range in which the hydrogen system is able to achieve a target amount of hydrogen to be produced in a first period that includes the request period and is longer than the request period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi AKIBA, Shingo TAMARU, Shin KATO, Fumiyuki YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20210373246
    Abstract: A fiber structure includes first and second optical fibers disposed such that end portions thereof butt, a sheet-shaped saturable absorber including a carbon nanotube and disposed between the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber, and a housing internally accommodating the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber. A space in the housing including the saturable absorber is airtight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Ryota KAKEI, Shin KATO, Fumitsugu FUKUYO, Tomoya NAKAZAWA, Masaru SHIMOMAKI, Shinichi OHBA, Yu MATSUSHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210376554
    Abstract: A fiber structure includes first and second optical fibers disposed such that tip portions thereof butt and a sheet-shaped saturable absorber sandwiched between the tip portion of the first optical fiber and the tip portion of the second optical fiber. Each of the tip portions of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber has a core, a cladding provided around the core, and a ferrule provided around the cladding. The tip portion of the first optical fiber has a protruding shape protruding to a tip side. The saturable absorber has an adhering part at least adhering to the core of the first optical fiber and a non-adhering part present around the adhering part and not adhering to the tip portion of the first optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Ryota KAKEI, Shin KATO, Masaru SHIMOMAKI, Fumitsugu FUKUYO, Tomoya NAKAZAWA, Yu MATSUSHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210359519
    Abstract: A hydrogen-system control device according to the present embodiment is a hydrogen-system control device that controls a hydrogen system. The hydrogen-system control device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a predicted value of the first power for a time period for which an amount of the second power to be received has been set, and a controller configured to cause the hydrogen system to additionally produce hydrogen in an amount corresponding to a usage ratio of surplus power by which a supplied value of the first power exceeds the predicted value of the first power, wherein the controller sets the usage ratio for a first time period within a predetermined time period to a value larger than the usage ratio for a second time period that is after the first time period and within the predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo TAMARU, Takashi AKIBA, Fumiyuki YAMANE, Shin KATO
  • Patent number: 11143118
    Abstract: To provide a control device for a vehicle capable of controlling the torque of a drive source so as to appropriately balance the suppression of body vibrations and the securing of a transient response during acceleration or deceleration. This control device for a vehicle includes an accelerator position sensor that detects the accelerator opening, a torque adjustment mechanism such as a throttle valve that adjusts the torque of an engine as the drive source of the vehicle, and a powertrain control module (PCM) that controls the torque adjustment mechanism based on the accelerator opening. The PCM sets the target acceleration of the vehicle based on the accelerator opening, sets the target torsion angle of the drive shaft based on the target acceleration, sets the target torque of the engine based on the target torsion, and controls the torque adjustment mechanism based on the target torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamane, Akira Tsuda, Yuki Ishiyama, Takefumi Takada, Yuto Sakasegawa, Kazuki Kawamoto, Jumpei Takeda, Hiroyuki Morioka, Shin Kato, Masahiro Nagoshi, Atsushi Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20210305605
    Abstract: A hydrogen-energy control system according to the present embodiment includes a hydrogen energy system, a power grid control system, a hydrogen transport system, and a hydrogen-energy integrated management system configured to control the hydrogen energy system based on information on communication with the power grid control system, wherein the hydrogen-energy integrated management system includes a first communication portion configured to perform communication of at least data of a charge request in charge and discharge requests with the power grid control system, a second communication portion configured to perform communication of hydrogen demand data with the hydrogen transport system, a target hydrogen-amount acquisition portion configured to acquire a target hydrogen-production amount based on the hydrogen demand data, and an operation planning portion configured to create an operation plan in the hydrogen energy system based on the target hydrogen-production amount and the data of the charge request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi AKIBA, Fumiyuki YAMANE, Shin KATO, Hirofumi MORITA, Tetsuharu TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20210305606
    Abstract: A controller according to an embodiment controls a hydrogen system including at least a hydrogen production system in which received power is planned in advance and a hydrogen production amount changes in accordance with the received power. The controller includes: a processor that calculates, in a preparation time period before a demand adjustment time period in which a target value of the received power is set in advance, a control command value such that input power to be inputted as the received power to the hydrogen production system matches the target value at a start of the demand adjustment time period; and a command controller that outputs the control command value calculated by the processor to the hydrogen production system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko MURAI, Shingo TAMARU, Takashi AKIBA, Fumiyuki YAMANE, Shin KATO, Hirofumi MORITA, Tetsuharu TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20210199059
    Abstract: To provide a control device for a vehicle capable of controlling the torque of a drive source so as to appropriately balance the suppression of body vibrations and the securing of a transient response during acceleration or deceleration. This control device for a vehicle includes an accelerator position sensor that detects the accelerator opening, a torque adjustment mechanism such as a throttle valve that adjusts the torque of an engine as the drive source of the vehicle, and a powertrain control module (PCM) that controls the torque adjustment mechanism based on the accelerator opening. The PCM sets the target acceleration of the vehicle based on the accelerator opening, sets the target torsion angle of the drive shaft based on the target acceleration, sets the target torque of the engine based on the target torsion, and controls the torque adjustment mechanism based on the target torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yuichiro YAMANE, Akira TSUDA, Yuki ISHIYAMA, Takefumi TAKADA, Yuto SAKASEGAWA, Kazuki KAWAMOTO, Jumpei TAKEDA, Hiroyuki MORIOKA, Shin KATO, Masahiro NAGOSHI, Atsushi YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 11022304
    Abstract: A combustor is provided with a combustion liner (12) in which a combustion gas flows through the inner peripheral side and a plurality of through-holes (14) are formed, and a sound attenuator (20) having a space-forming member (21) configured to form a space (S) connected to the plurality of through-holes (14) at the outer peripheral side of the combustion liner (12). The space-forming member has a main body having an opening configured to bring an outside and the space in communication with each other, and a lid joined to an outer surface of the main body via a welded portion and configured to protrude outward and close the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Taniguchi, Kuniomi Hirano, Shin Kato, Yoshikazu Matsumura, Shingo Sato
  • Publication number: 20210061102
    Abstract: An operation restriction control device includes processing circuitry configured to set restriction on the manual operation input to a valid state in a case where a vehicle is traveling, set the restriction on the manual operation input to an invalid state when a voice command corresponding to release of the restriction on the manual operation input is input to the first operation input device by a passenger in the vehicle in a state where the restriction on the manual operation input is set to a valid state, and set the restriction on the manual operation input to a valid state when a duration during which a line of sight of a driver of the vehicle is directed to the in-vehicle information device has exceeded a first reference time in a state where the restriction on the manual operation input is set to an invalid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MAEDA, Shin KATO, Takumi TAKEI, Naoya BABA, Shiori ITO, Takayoshi CHIKURI
  • Patent number: 10782025
    Abstract: A combustor pipe is linked to a vane shroud in which a vane is provided, and includes an inlet, an outlet, an inner pipe of which an inner space is a flow path for passing a combustion gas, a first cooling flow path through which a cooling medium passes being formed inside a wall that forms the flow path; and an outer pipe on an outer circumference of the inner pipe and secured to the inner pipe. A second cooling flow path through which a cooling medium passes and which is connected to the first cooling flow path near the outlet of the combustor pipe is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe and an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe, and a cooling promoting structure is formed on the outer pipe, inside the second cooling flow path near the first cooling flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Kato, Taiki Kinoshita, Shingo Sato
  • Publication number: 20200211562
    Abstract: A client-side voice recognition device, in a server-client type voice recognition system for performing voice recognition on a user's utterance by using the client-side voice recognition device and a server-side voice recognition device, the client-side voice recognition device including: a voice recognition unit for recognizing the user's utterance; a communication state acquiring unit for acquiring a state of communication with a server device including the server-side voice recognition device; and a vocabulary changing unit for changing a recognition target vocabulary of the voice recognition unit, on the basis of the acquired state of communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru YAMAZAKI, Shin KATO, Masanobu OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200158338
    Abstract: A combustor is provided with a combustion liner (12) in which a combustion gas flows through the inner peripheral side and a plurality of through-holes (14) are formed, and a sound attenuator (20) having a space-forming member (21) configured to form a space (S) connected to the plurality of through-holes (14) at the outer peripheral side of the combustion liner (12). The space-forming member has a main body having an opening configured to bring an outside and the space in communication with each other, and a lid joined to an outer surface of the main body via a welded portion and configured to protrude outward and close the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Kenta TANIGUCHI, Kuniomi HIRANO, Shin KATO, Yoshikazu MATSUMURA, Shingo SATO
  • Patent number: 10634345
    Abstract: A combustor is provided with a combustion liner (12) in which a combustion gas flows through the inner peripheral side and a plurality of through-holes (14) are formed, and a sound attenuator (20) having a space-forming member (21) configured to form a space (S) connected to the plurality of through-holes (14) at the outer peripheral side of the combustion liner (12). A method of repairing a combustor involves executing: an opening step of opening a portion of the space-forming member (21) in contact with the outside and bringing the outside and the space (S) in communication with each other; a cylinder repair step of repairing the combustion liner (12); a foreign substance removal step of removing foreign substances in the space (S) from the opening (23) opened in the opening step to the outside, after the cylinder repair step; and a closing step of closing the opening (23) using a lid (24), after the foreign substance removal step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Taniguchi, Kuniomi Hirano, Shin Kato, Yoshikazu Matsumura, Shingo Sato
  • Patent number: 10495481
    Abstract: An evaluation information collecting system includes a storing device storing evaluation information evaluating a certain point, a presentation device for presenting the evaluation information, and an evaluation information collector for acquiring evaluation information associated with a point through which a moving body passes and causing the presentation device to present the evaluation information, and the evaluation information collector includes an evaluation information acquirer for acquiring the evaluation information associated with the point through which the moving body passes from the storing device, a validity determiner for determining validity of the evaluation information based on status information representing a status of the moving body or a user passing through the point associated with the evaluation information, and a change content generator for changing content of the evaluation information in the storing device such that the evaluation information determined to be invalid is not easily
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shin Kato