Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Kosugi

Shinichiro Kosugi 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: 20240128527
    Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring server (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires measurement data regarding a power storage apparatus of a power storage system having the power storage apparatus and an output apparatus, a diagnosis unit (12) that diagnoses a state of health of the power storage apparatus based on the measurement data, an authentication result reception unit (13) that transmits a diagnosis result of the state of health of the power storage apparatus to an authentication server, which authenticates that the power storage apparatus is healthy, and receives an authentication result based on the diagnosis result from the authentication server, and an output content control unit (14) that controls output content of authentication information, which indicates whether or not the authentication server authenticates that the power storage apparatus is healthy and is output from the output apparatus, based on the authentication result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro KOSUGI
  • Patent number: 11961092
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing device (1) including a storage unit (112) that stores device-specific information in association with device identification information for identifying each of a plurality of devices, an authentication key request reception unit (101) that receives an authentication key request including device identification information, an authentication key issuing unit (102) that issues an authentication key, a license key request reception unit (103) that receives a license key request including the device identification information and the authentication key, a license key issuing unit (104) that issues a license key, and a revelation control unit (108) that controls revelation of the device-specific information of each device based on issuance states of the authentication key and the license key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Kosugi
  • Patent number: 11777324
    Abstract: This invention provides a monitoring system (10) including a detection unit (11) that detects that a detection value relating to a power storage system satisfies a condition; an identification unit (12) that identifies a type of fault occurring in the power storage system in accordance with the detection of the detection unit (11); and a decision unit (13) that decides an operation continuable time of the power storage system after the type of fault is identified, on the basis of the type of fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Hideki Tanabe, Yusuke Mori
  • Patent number: 11765141
    Abstract: A processing device includes a storage unit that stores device-specific information in association with device identification information for identifying each of a plurality of devices, an authentication key request reception unit that receives an authentication key request including the device identification information, an authentication key issuing unit that issues the authentication key, a license key request reception unit that receives a license key request including the device identification information and the authentication key, a license key issuing unit that issues a license key, a user identification information registration unit that stores the user identification information of the user who has presented the license key, in association with the device identification information associated with the license key, and a device control unit that integrally controls the plurality of devices identifying a plurality of pieces of device identification information associated with the same user identificat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Kosugi
  • Patent number: 11733304
    Abstract: A determination apparatus (10) includes: a criteria value acquisition unit (11) that acquires a criteria value which is a performance value of a storage battery at a criteria time; a target value acquisition unit (12) that acquires a target value which is the performance value of the storage battery at a determination time; a usage method data acquisition unit (13) that acquires usage method data indicating a usage method of the storage battery from the criteria time to the determination time; a predicted range computing unit (14) that computes a predicted range of the performance value at the determination time on the basis of the criteria value, the usage method data, and a time elapsed from the criteria time to the determination time; and a determination unit (15) that determines that the storage battery is not to be compensated if the target value is within the predicted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Yusuke Mori
  • Patent number: 11682916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery control system (10) including a storage unit (11) that stores a lower limit of an SOH secured on a target date in a plurality of battery systems, a deterioration rate calculation unit (12) that calculates a deterioration rate indicated by a reduced amount of the SOH per unit cumulative charge amount [Wh] or unit cumulative discharge amount [Wh] for each battery system, an SOH specifying unit (13) that specifies the SOH at a reference timing in each of the battery systems, a state calculation unit (14) that calculates a cumulative charge amount or a cumulative discharge amount that is available from the reference timing to the target date under a condition that the SOH on the target date reaches the lower limit of the SOH, based on the target date, the lower limit of the SOH, the deterioration rate, and the SOH at the reference timing, for each battery system, a priority determination unit (15) that determines a priority of charging/discharging for the plurality of batt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Kosugi
  • Publication number: 20230094652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery control system (10) including a storage unit (11) that stores a lower limit of an SOH secured on a target date in a plurality of battery systems, a deterioration rate calculation unit (12) that calculates a deterioration rate indicated by a reduced amount of the SOH per unit cumulative charge amount [Wh] or unit cumulative discharge amount [Wh] for each battery system, an SOH specifying unit (13) that specifies the SOH at a reference timing in each of the battery systems, a state calculation unit (14) that calculates a cumulative charge amount or a cumulative discharge amount that is available from the reference timing to the target date under a condition that the SOH on the target date reaches the lower limit of the SOH, based on the target date, the lower limit of the SOH, the deterioration rate, and the SOH at the reference timing, for each battery system, a priority determination unit (15) that determines a priority of charging/discharging for the plurality of batt
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro KOSUGI
  • Publication number: 20230045397
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing device (1) including a storage unit (112) that stores device-specific information in association with device identification information for identifying each of a plurality of devices, an authentication key request reception unit (101) that receives an authentication key request including device identification information, an authentication key issuing unit (102) that issues an authentication key, a license key request reception unit (103) that receives a license key request including the device identification information and the authentication key, a license key issuing unit (104) that issues a license key, and a revelation control unit (108) that controls revelation of the device-specific information of each device based on issuance states of the authentication key and the license key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro KOSUGI
  • Publication number: 20230022953
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing device (1) including a storage unit (112) that stores device-specific information in association with device identification information for identifying each of a plurality of devices, an authentication key request reception unit (101) that receives an authentication key request including the device identification information, an authentication key issuing unit (102) that issues the authentication key, a license key request reception unit (103) that receives a license key request including the device identification information and the authentication key, a license key issuing unit (104) that issues a license key, a user identification information registration unit (107) that stores the user identification information of the user who has presented the license key, in association with the device identification information associated with the license key, and a device control unit (111) that integrally controls the plurality of devices identifying a plurality of pieces
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro KOSUGI
  • Publication number: 20220349949
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing system (10) including an acquisition unit (11) that acquires measurement data indicating a state of a power storage device, an item value calculation unit (12) that calculates an item value affecting safety of the power storage device based on the measurement data, a safety determination unit (13) that determines the safety of the power storage device based on the calculated item value, and a certification unit (14) that outputs certification information certifying that the power storage device is safe, in a case where the determined safety satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: InsuRTAP Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichiro KOSUGI
  • Patent number: 11397212
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a management device (10) including: a collection unit (11) that collects failure information indicating that a failure has occurred in each of a plurality of power storage systems; a computing unit (12) that computes a failure rate in a group in which the power storage systems each having a predetermined matter in common are collected; and an estimation unit (13) that estimates a characteristic of the failure indicated by the failure information, on the basis of the failure rate and a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Yusuke Mori
  • Patent number: 11289743
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell unit including a plurality of battery cells connected together in series or series-parallel; a cell monitoring unit configured to monitor temperatures and voltages of the battery cells; and a plurality of overtemperature/overvoltage detecting units of n systems (n: an integer greater than or equal to 2). The overtemperature/overvoltage detecting units of the n systems are configured to independently detect an overtemperature or an overvoltage of the battery cells as an abnormal state, and to mutually notify one another of results of the detection. Each of the overtemperature/overvoltage detecting units is configured to, upon being notified that the abnormal state is detected from another overtemperature/overvoltage detecting unit of another system in the battery module, operate on the assumption that the overtemperature/overvoltage detecting unit detects the abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Kuroda, Shinichiro Kosugi, Masahiro Sekino, Norihiro Kaneko, Ryo Okabe, Yusuke Kikuchi, Yosuke Saeki, Makoto Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11186178
    Abstract: This invention provides a technique for suppressing deterioration in the value of a power storage system. This invention provides a monitoring system comprising: a detection unit that detects that a detection value related to a power storage system satisfies a condition; a specifying unit that specifies the type of prohibited action executed in the power storage system that satisfies the condition; and a determination unit that, on the basis of the specified type of prohibited action, calculates the life of the power storage system and/or determines the time over which the power storage system can keep operating after the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Hideki Tanabe, Yusuke Mori
  • Publication number: 20210325465
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination apparatus (10) having: a criteria value acquisition unit (11) that acquires a criteria value which is a first performance value of a storage battery at a criteria time; a target value acquisition unit (12) that acquires a target value which is the first performance value of the storage battery at a determination time; a usage method data acquisition unit (13) that acquires usage method data indicating a usage method of the storage battery from the criteria time to the determination time; a predicted range computing unit (14) that computes a predicted range of the first performance value at the determination time on the basis of the criteria value, the usage method data, and a time elapsed from the criteria time to the determination time; and a determination unit (15) that determines that the storage battery is not to be compensated if the target value is within the predicted range and that the storage battery is to be compensated if the target value is outside th
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro KOSUGI, Hiroshi HANAFUSA, Yusuke MORI
  • Patent number: 11031800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination apparatus (10) including: a target information obtaining unit (12) that obtains current position information of an energy storage system; a regular information obtaining unit (11) (position information obtaining unit) that obtains installation position associated with each energy storage system; and a determination unit (13) that determines whether or not the energy storage system is installed at the installation position on the basis of the current position information of the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Hideki Tanabe, Yusuke Mori
  • Patent number: 10790553
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wiring diagnostic apparatus of embodiments includes a counter, an acquirer, and an abnormality determiner. The counter counts the number of battery modules connected to a plurality of first communication lines to which a plurality of battery modules are connected to form a communication channel for each of the first communication lines. The acquirer acquires identification information for identifying a battery module connected to a corresponding second communication line among battery modules connected to a plurality of second communication lines each forming a communication channel with a first communication line via the second communication line. The abnormality determiner determines an abnormality in a wiring relationship of the first communication line or the second communication line on the basis of the number of battery modules counted by the counter and identification information acquired by the acquirer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Okabe, Shinichiro Kosugi, Masahiro Sekino, Norihiro Kaneko, Yusuke Kikuchi, Kazuto Kuroda, Makoto Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20200233036
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination apparatus (10) having: an acquisition unit (12) that acquires a state value indicating the status of a power storage system; and a determination unit (11) that determines whether or not maintenance has been performed for the power storage system, on the basis of a temporal change of the state value. For example, when the temporal change of the state value is changed from the previous trend, the determination unit (11) determines that maintenance has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro KOSUGI, Hiroshi HANAFUSA, Hideki TANABE, Yusuke MORI
  • Patent number: 10553845
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a battery module includes a plurality of batteries and a module housing. The module housing accommodates the plurality of batteries. The module housing is configured by connecting a plurality of cases in a first direction. At least one of the plurality of cases includes a vacuum pad adsorption region which is on an end surface in a second direction intersecting the first direction and on which a vacuum pad is adsorbable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Makoto Nagasato, Tatsumi Matsuo, Norio Shimizu, Masafumi Ebisawa, Shinichiro Kosugi, Masahiro Sekino
  • Patent number: 10525835
    Abstract: A power control apparatus according to an embodiment includes acquisition circuitry and determination circuitry. The acquisition circuitry is configured to acquire a voltage of a secondary battery during charging. The determination circuitry is configured to determine a maximum current to be used during charging of the secondary battery using a difference between an upper limit voltage and the acquired voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sonoka Ikeda, Shinichiro Kosugi, Masahiro Sekino, Kazuto Kuroda, Osamu Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20190369165
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a management device (10) including: a collection unit (11) that collects failure information indicating that a failure has occurred in each of a plurality of power storage systems; a computing unit (12) that computes a failure rate in a group in which the power storage systems each having a predetermined matter in common are collected; and an estimation unit (13) that estimates a characteristic of the failure indicated by the failure information, on the basis of the failure rate and a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro KOSUGI, Hiroshi HANAFUSA, Yusuke MORI