Patents by Inventor Taisuke TSURUTANI

Taisuke TSURUTANI 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: 11511644
    Abstract: A learning apparatus includes: a learning part that performs, based on charging/discharging data indicating at least one of charging and discharging of a secondary battery that supplies electric power for traveling of a vehicle, a capacity learning of the secondary battery and that performs the capacity learning in response to a change amount of a charging rate that is indicated by the charging/discharging data exceeding a threshold value; and a threshold determination part that determines the threshold value based on history information of the learning part performing the capacity learning in a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi
  • Patent number: 11491891
    Abstract: A presentation device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a usage status of a secondary battery which is the usage status of a secondary battery with which a plurality of vehicles including a target vehicle are equipped and includes one or more items, a deriver configured to derive representative values of items of the secondary battery in a vehicle in a predetermined area, and a presenter configured to present a relationship of items of the usage status of a secondary battery with which the target vehicle is equipped with respect to the representative values derived by the deriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi
  • Patent number: 11413985
    Abstract: A diagnosis system includes: a charging control part that controls, upon connection between a vehicle and a charger provided at an outside of the vehicle, charging from the charger to a secondary battery provided on the vehicle; and a derivation part that derives a degradation degree of the secondary battery based on a change amount of a charging rate of the secondary battery and an integration value of a charging current of the secondary battery, wherein the charging control part determines, based on a remaining time until a next departure time of the vehicle, whether specific charging in which a charging pause period is provided in a middle of a charging time of the secondary battery is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi, Yuuki Ohno
  • Patent number: 11338679
    Abstract: A method of displaying a residual capacity of a secondary battery causes a computer of a display device to calculate a residual capacity of a secondary battery that stores electric power for driving a motor-driven vehicle based on an estimated value of an open-circuit voltage of the secondary battery storing the residual capacity calculated at the time of stopping of supply of electric power of the secondary battery and displaying the residual capacity at the time of stopping of supply of electric power on a display at the time of starting of supply of electric power of the secondary battery and subsequently displaying the residual capacity of the secondary battery on the display within a range with an upper limit value and a lower limit value with respect to the residual capacity at the time of stopping of supply of electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Patent number: 11085966
    Abstract: A battery temperature display device of a vehicle is provided. The battery temperature display device includes: a plurality of display elements sequentially arranged according to values of a display temperature so as to respectively display each of a plurality of temperature ranges into which a predetermined total temperature display range of the secondary battery is divided, wherein the display elements include a highest temperature display element and a lowest temperature display element respectively display temperature ranges of a highest temperature and a lowest temperature in which discharge and charge of the secondary battery are restricted in the total temperature display range; and a display control part for changing boundaries between the highest temperature display element, the lowest temperature display element and other display elements or thresholds related to divisions of the display temperature in accordance with an operation state of the vehicle or a use state of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tsutsumi, Motoi Shioaku, Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Publication number: 20200384860
    Abstract: A method of displaying a residual capacity of a secondary battery causes a computer of a display device to perform calculating a residual capacity of a secondary battery that is configured to store electric power for driving a motor-driven vehicle on the basis of at least an estimated value of an open-circuit voltage of the secondary battery storing the residual capacity of the secondary battery which is calculated at the time of stopping of supply of electric power of the secondary battery in a storage and displaying the residual capacity at the time of stopping of supply of electric power of the secondary battery, which is stored in the storage, on a display at the time of starting of supply of electric power of the secondary battery and subsequently displaying the residual capacity of the secondary battery on the display within a range with a predetermined upper limit value and a predetermined lower limit value with respect to the residual capacity at the time of stopping of supply of electric power of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Publication number: 20200130530
    Abstract: A learning apparatus includes: a learning part that performs, based on charging/discharging data indicating at least one of charging and discharging of a secondary battery that supplies electric power for traveling of a vehicle, a capacity learning of the secondary battery and that performs the capacity learning in response to a change amount of a charging rate that is indicated by the charging/discharging data exceeding a threshold value; and a threshold determination part that determines the threshold value based on history information of the learning part performing the capacity learning in a predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20200114775
    Abstract: A diagnosis system includes: a charging control part that controls, upon connection between a vehicle and a charger provided at an outside of the vehicle, charging from the charger to a secondary battery provided on the vehicle; and a derivation part that derives a degradation degree of the secondary battery based on a change amount of a charging rate of the secondary battery and an integration value of a charging current of the secondary battery, wherein the charging control part determines, based on a remaining time until a next departure time of the vehicle, whether specific charging in which a charging pause period is provided in a middle of a charging time of the secondary battery is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi, Yuuki Ohno
  • Publication number: 20200116797
    Abstract: A derivation device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a capacity retention rate and an output retention rate of a secondary battery that is configured to supply power for traveling of a vehicle, and a deriver configured to derive information on a capacity of the secondary battery using the capacity retention rate and the output retention rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20200108730
    Abstract: A diagnosis apparatus includes: an estimation part that estimates a deterioration state of a secondary battery based on an output of a sensor which is attached to the secondary battery that supplies electric power for driving a vehicle to travel; a derivation part that derives an index value indicating validness of data used for estimation of the deterioration state; an output part that outputs information; and an approval part that allows the output part to output information requesting an approval for performing a specific charging/discharging operation using an external charger which supplies electric power to the secondary battery in a case where the index value that is derived by the derivation part is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20200101864
    Abstract: A presentation device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a usage status of a secondary battery which is the usage status of a secondary battery with which a plurality of vehicles including a target vehicle are equipped and includes one or more items, a deriver configured to derive representative values of items of the secondary battery in a vehicle in a predetermined area, and a presenter configured to present a relationship of items of the usage status of a secondary battery with which the target vehicle is equipped with respect to the representative values derived by the deriver
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Taisuke Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20200101865
    Abstract: A diagnosis device includes: an estimation unit that is configured to estimate a deterioration state of a secondary battery on the basis of an output of a sensor mounted in the secondary battery supplying power for running driving of a vehicle; a deriving unit that is configured to derive an index value representing validness of data used for estimating the deterioration state; and a request unit that is configured to request an external charger for supplying power to the secondary battery to perform a specific charging/discharging operation in a case in which the index value derived by the deriving unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Publication number: 20190293721
    Abstract: A battery temperature display device of a vehicle is provided. The battery temperature display device includes: a plurality of display elements sequentially arranged according to values of a display temperature so as to respectively display each of a plurality of temperature ranges into which a predetermined total temperature display range of the secondary battery is divided, wherein the display elements include a highest temperature display element and a lowest temperature display element respectively display temperature ranges of a highest temperature and a lowest temperature in which discharge and charge of the secondary battery are restricted in the total temperature display range; and a display control part for changing boundaries between the highest temperature display element, the lowest temperature display element and other display elements or thresholds related to divisions of the display temperature in accordance with an operation state of the vehicle or a use state of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki TSUTSUMI, Motoi SHIOAKU, Taisuke TSURUTANI
  • Patent number: 8981717
    Abstract: The usage pattern of an electric vehicle including the amount of power consumption of a battery on each day of the week is extracted from usage histories of the vehicle in a predetermined period. When the vehicle goes home after one day's operation and is connected to a charging apparatus, a charge determination unit predicts a usage pattern of the vehicle on the next day and determines whether the vehicle can operate on the next day with the remaining amount of power of a battery in the vehicle. When it is determined that the charging of the battery is necessary, the battery is charged until it reaches the target remaining amount of power. The target remaining amount of power is determined on the basis of the amount of power consumption in the predicted usage pattern so that the full charge is prevented and the number of charges is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Koichiro Takemasa, Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Patent number: 8838318
    Abstract: A route planning device plans plural routes from a current location to a destination, calculates an amount of electricity consumed by a motor during driving to the destination along each planned route in each of plural drive modes, calculates an amount of electricity consumed by electric equipment during driving to the destination along each planned route for each of plural operational settings of the electric equipment, calculates an estimated amount of charge remaining in a battery on arrival at the destination, calculates, for each of the planned routes, a total comfort level score for each of the drive modes and/or each of the operational settings of the electrical equipment, selects plural operation plans each formed from a combination of the route, drive mode, and operational setting on the basis of the calculated total comfort level score, and displays the selected operation plans on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Daisei Segawa, Taisuke Tsurutani, Masanori Hayashi, Koichiro Takemasa
  • Patent number: 8793067
    Abstract: A route searching device according to an embodiment of the invention includes an estimated fuel consumption amount computing unit that computes an estimated fuel consumption amount of each interval constituting plural routes from a departure point to a destination and an optimum route selecting unit that selects a route in which a total of the estimated fuel consumption amount from the departure point to the destination is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Tsurutani, Koichiro Takemasa, Yoshinori Aoki, Kenichi Mineta
  • Patent number: 8706374
    Abstract: An accelerator pedal device provided with a driving control device. The driving control device generates a braking force for braking a vehicle when the operation quantity of an acceleration pedal is below a first threshold value, and generates a driving force for driving the vehicle when the operation quantity exceeds a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value. The driving control device does not generate either the driving force or the braking force, and allows the vehicle to drive inertially, when the operation quantity ranges from the first threshold value to the second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takiguchi, Yoichi Sugimoto, Koichiro Takemasa, Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Publication number: 20140046595
    Abstract: A route planning device plans plural routes from a current location to a destination, calculates an amount of electricity consumed by a motor during driving to the destination along each planned route in each of plural drive modes, calculates an amount of electricity consumed by electric equipment during driving to the destination along each planned route for each of plural operational settings of the electric equipment, calculates an estimated amount of charge remaining in a battery on arrival at the destination, calculates, for each of the planned routes, a total comfort level score for each of the drive modes and/or each of the operational settings of the electrical equipment, selects plural operation plans each formed from a combination of the route, drive mode, and operational setting on the basis of the calculated total comfort level score, and displays the selected operation plans on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisei Segawa, Taisuke Tsurutani, Masanori Hayashi, Koichiro Takemasa
  • Publication number: 20120325042
    Abstract: An accelerator pedal device provided with a driving control device. The driving control device generates a braking force for braking a vehicle when the operation quantity of an acceleration pedal is below a first threshold value, and generates a driving force for driving the vehicle when the operation quantity exceeds a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value. The driving control device does not generate either the driving force or the braking force, and allows the vehicle to drive inertially, when the operation quantity ranges from the first threshold value to the second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takiguchi, Yoichi Sugimoto, Koichiro Takemasa, Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Publication number: 20120256588
    Abstract: The usage pattern of an electric vehicle including the amount of power consumption of a battery on each day of the week is extracted from usage histories of the vehicle in a predetermined period. When the vehicle goes home after one day's operation and is connected to a charging apparatus, a charge determination unit predicts a usage pattern of the vehicle on the next day and determines whether the vehicle can operate on the next day with the remaining amount of power of a battery in the vehicle. When it is determined that the charging of the battery is necessary, the battery is charged until it reaches the target remaining amount of power. The target remaining amount of power is determined on the basis of the amount of power consumption in the predicted usage pattern so that the full charge is prevented and the number of charges is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Koichiro Takemasa, Taisuke Tsurutani