Patents by Inventor Taiji Mitsuyama

Taiji Mitsuyama 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: 11163010
    Abstract: A secondary battery deterioration estimation device includes a memory; and a processor which executes the following processes based on executable programs stored in the memory, generating history information showing history of a use state of the secondary battery with reference to a signal output from a current sensor detecting a current flowing through the secondary battery; calculating values of elements forming an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery; calculating a state of health (SOH) of the secondary battery based on the values of the elements forming the equivalent circuit; correcting the values of the elements before the SOH is calculated or the value of the SOH obtained by the calculation based on the history information; and outputting data representing the SOH of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Iwane, Taiji Mitsuyama
  • Patent number: 11143710
    Abstract: A secondary battery deterioration estimation device includes receiving a first signal representing a discharging voltage; receiving a second signal representing a discharging current from a current sensor; calculating values of elements forming an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery based on the first and second signals; calculating a state of health (SOH) of the secondary battery based on the values of the elements forming the equivalent circuit; generating history information showing history of a use state of the secondary battery; calculating the SOH of the secondary battery based on the history information; determining a deterioration state of the secondary battery with reference to at least one of the SOH calculated by the values of the elements or the SOH calculated by the history information by the processor in accordance with a state of the secondary battery; and outputting data representing the deterioration state of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Taiji Mitsuyama, Etsuzo Sato, Noriyasu Iwane, Naotaka Uchino, Hirokazu Narui, Akira Oono, Takayuki Morikawa
  • Patent number: 10466302
    Abstract: [Object] To detect states of a plurality of secondary batteries whose kinds are different with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Iwane, Koichi Yokoyama, Naoya Takashima, Taiji Mitsuyama, Antal Kovats, Tamas Mihalffy, Lorand Romvari
  • Patent number: 10436847
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques to accurately detect that a secondary battery has been replaced. A secondary battery state detecting device detects a state of a secondary battery installed in a vehicle. The device includes a control unit that learns element values of an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery on the basis of a voltage and a current of the secondary battery. The control unit also compares the element values obtained through learning at different timings and, when at least one of the element values has changed more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, determines that the secondary battery has been replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Iwane, Naoya Takashima, Taiji Mitsuyama
  • Patent number: 10393820
    Abstract: To provide a secondary battery state detecting device that decreases the deterioration in capacity of the secondary battery and is low in arithmetic cost. A secondary battery state detecting device that detects a state of a secondary battery includes discharge means (discharge circuit (15)) for subjecting the secondary battery (14) to a pulse discharge, acquiring means (controller (10)) for controlling the discharge means to subject the secondary battery to at least one pulse discharge, and acquiring a time variation of a voltage value at that time, calculating means (controller (10)) for calculating a parameter of a predetermined function having time as a variable by fitting the variation of the voltage value acquired by the acquiring means using the predetermined function, and detecting means (controller (10)) for detecting the state of the secondary battery on the basis of the parameter of the predetermined function calculated by the calculating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Taiji Mitsuyama, Noriyasu Iwane, Koichi Yokoyama, Naoya Takashima, Antal Kovats, Tamas Mihalffy, Lorand Romvari
  • Patent number: 10396407
    Abstract: A secondary battery internal temperature estimation device that estimates a secondary battery's internal temperature regardless of the secondary battery's type or state of degradation, the device including: a control unit that estimates the secondary battery's internal temperature on the basis of a relational equation showing a relationship between an external temperature and the secondary battery's internal temperature. A control unit calculates element values of an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery, determines a coefficient of the relational equation on the basis of the element values of the equivalent circuit calculated by the control unit, and applies the coefficient obtained by the control unit to the relational equation. The control unit estimates the secondary battery's internal temperature on the basis of the relational equation to which the coefficient has been applied by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Taiji Mitsuyama, Noriyasu Iwane, Naoya Takashima
  • Publication number: 20190033392
    Abstract: A secondary battery deterioration estimation device estimating deterioration of the secondary battery, includes a memory; and a processor which executes the following processes based on executable programs stored in the memory, receiving a first signal representing a discharging voltage from a voltage sensor; receiving a second signal representing a discharging current from a current sensor; calculating values of elements forming an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery based on the first and second signals; calculating a state of health (SOH) of the secondary battery based on the values of the elements forming the equivalent circuit; generating history information showing history of a use state of the secondary battery; calculating the SOH of the secondary battery based on the history information; determining a deterioration state of the secondary battery with reference to at least one of the SOH calculated by the values of the elements or the SOH calculated by the history information by the processor
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Taiji MITSUYAMA, Etsuzo SATO, Noriyasu IWANE, Naotaka UCHINO, Hirokazu NARUI, Akira OONO, Takayuki MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190033391
    Abstract: A secondary battery deterioration estimation device includes a memory; and a processor which executes the following processes based on executable programs stored in the memory, generating history information showing history of a use state of the secondary battery with reference to a signal output from a current sensor detecting a current flowing through the secondary battery; calculating values of elements forming an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery; calculating a state of health (SOH) of the secondary battery based on the values of the elements forming the equivalent circuit; correcting the values of the elements before the SOH is calculated or the value of the SOH obtained by the calculation based on the history information; and outputting data representing the SOH of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Noriyasu IWANE, Taiji MITSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9678164
    Abstract: To learn a parameter of a simulation model of a battery efficiently. A battery internal state estimating apparatus, estimating an internal state of a battery based on a simulation model of the battery, includes a storing section (RAM10c) that stores a plurality of parameters of the simulation model, a detecting section (I/F10d) that detects a discharge current flowing from the battery to a load, a selecting section (CPU 10a) that selects a parameter to be subjected to adaptive learning based on a value of the discharge current detected by the detecting section, and an adaptive learning section (CPU 10a) that performs adapting learning on a parameter selected by the selecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Taiji Mitsuyama, Takezo Sugimura, Etsuzo Sato, Antal Kovats
  • Publication number: 20170016962
    Abstract: A secondary battery state detecting device (1) that detects a state of a secondary battery (14) installed in a vehicle, the device including: a learning means (control unit (10)) that learns element values of an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery (14) on the basis of a voltage and a current of the secondary battery (14); and a determination means (control unit (10)) that compares the element values obtained through learning at different timings by the learning means and, when at least one of the element values has changed more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, determines that the secondary battery (14) has been replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Noriyasu IWANE, Naoya TAKASHIMA, Taiji MITSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170012327
    Abstract: Problem To estimate an accurate internal temperature of a secondary battery, regardless of the type and state of degradation of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Taiji MITSUYAMA, Noriyasu IWANE, Naoya TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160003912
    Abstract: [Object] To detect states of a plurality of secondary batteries whose kinds are different with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Noriyasu IWANE, Koichi YOKOYAMA, Naoya TAKASHIMA, Taiji MITSUYAMA, Antal KOVATS, Tamas MIHALFFY, Lorand ROMVARI
  • Publication number: 20150377978
    Abstract: To provide a secondary battery state detecting device that decreases the deterioration in capacity of the secondary battery and is low in arithmetic cost. A secondary battery state detecting device that detects a state of a secondary battery includes discharge means (discharge circuit (15)) for subjecting the secondary battery (14) to a pulse discharge, acquiring means (controller (10)) for controlling the discharge means to subject the secondary battery to at least one pulse discharge, and acquiring a time variation of a voltage value at that time, calculating means (controller (10)) for calculating a parameter of a predetermined function having time as a variable by fitting the variation of the voltage value acquired by the acquiring means using the predetermined function, and detecting means (controller (10)) for detecting the state of the secondary battery on the basis of the parameter of the predetermined function calculated by the calculating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Taiji MITSUYAMA, Noriyasu IWANE, Koichi YOKOYAMA, Naoya TAKASHIMA, Antal KOVATS, Tamas MIHALFFY, Lorand ROMVARI
  • Patent number: 9153988
    Abstract: A full charge sensing apparatus for sensing a fully charged state of a secondary battery based on an equivalent circuit model of the secondary battery includes a measuring unit that measures a voltage and a current during charging of the secondary battery, a learning unit that performs a learning process on a plurality of parameters in the equivalent circuit model using a result of measurement of the measuring unit, and a determining unit that determines that the secondary battery is in a fully charged state in a case where, among the parameters on which the learning process has been performed by the learning unit, a parameter corresponding to a reaction resistance of the secondary battery is greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Iwane, Taiji Mitsuyama, Shinichi Nomoto, Mamichi Tsuyuki, Etsuzo Sato, Tamas Mihalffy, Antal Kovats
  • Patent number: 8949007
    Abstract: A start-up possibility determining apparatus that determines an engine-start-up possibility by driving a starter motor by power accumulated in a secondary battery includes a dynamic internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery while the engine is being started up by the starter motor, a static internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery when the engine is stopped, and a determining unit that determines an engine start-up possibility by the secondary battery, based on a value obtained by a product of a ratio between a first static internal resistance before or after the past engine start-up and a second static internal resistance within a predetermined time since a current time point and the dynamic internal resistance measured by the dynamic internal resistance measuring unit at the time of the engine start-up in the past.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Taiji Mitsuyama, Etsuzo Sato
  • Publication number: 20130317729
    Abstract: A start-up possibility determining apparatus that determines an engine-start-up possibility by driving a starter motor by power accumulated in a secondary battery includes a dynamic internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery while the engine is being started up by the starter motor, a static internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery when the engine is stopped, and a determining unit that determines an engine start-up possibility by the secondary battery, based on a value obtained by a product of a ratio between a first static internal resistance before or after the past engine start-up and a second static internal resistance within a predetermined time since a current time point and the dynamic internal resistance measured by the dynamic internal resistance measuring unit at the time of the engine start-up in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Taiji MITSUYAMA, Etsuzo SATO
  • Publication number: 20130110429
    Abstract: To learn a parameter of a simulation model of a battery efficiently. A battery internal state estimating apparatus, estimating an internal state of a battery based on a simulation model of the battery, includes a storing section (RAM10c) that stores a plurality of parameters of the simulation model, a detecting section (I/F10d) that detects a discharge current flowing from the battery to a load, a selecting section (CPU 10a) that selects a parameter to be subjected to adaptive learning based on a value of the discharge current detected by the detecting section, and an adaptive learning section (CPU 10a) that performs adapting learning on a parameter selected by the selecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Taiji Mitsuyama, Takezo Sugimura, Etsuzo Sato, Antal Kovats