Patents by Inventor Takafumi Ebara

Takafumi Ebara 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: 9787094
    Abstract: A power demand regulation system has a power demand regulation device that regulates the load applied to equipment of an electrical power system by a load apparatus operating by means of power from the electrical power system, which supplies power to consumers. When regulating the load to the equipment, the power demand regulation device selects a load apparatus as the subject of a request for an alteration of operating state on the basis of by-apparatus load information, which is information of each load apparatus, and a regulation target value, which is the amount of load that is to be regulated, and, in the period from the start to the end of regulation, executes a plurality of times the outputting of an alteration request that requests the alteration of the operating state of the selected load apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yasushi Tomita, Ikuma Sugamata, Akira Kobayashi, Tsukasa Onishi, Takafumi Ebara
  • Patent number: 9444288
    Abstract: If a failure has occurred on the backbone-power-transmission-network side, i.e., the electric-power system, and if the power supply to a power-distributing/transforming substation is stopped, a power-distributing feeder is cut off from the electric-power system. Moreover, a monitor/control apparatus transmits a single-operation-permitting permission signal to a distributed power-source system which is connected to the cut-off power-distributing feeder. Here, the distributed power-source system supplies its power to the power-distributing feeder only during a time-interval in which the system is receiving the permission signal. A general load and an important load, which are connected to the power-distributing feeder, find it possible to continue their activities by taking advantage of this power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Sato, Takafumi Ebara, Masahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150326040
    Abstract: Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Tomoyuki Marui, Masami Takahashi, Kazumi Rissen, Takafumi Ebara, Kei Yonezawa, Yoshihito Nasu
  • Patent number: 9168841
    Abstract: Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Tomoyuki Marui, Masami Takahashi, Kazumi Rissen, Takafumi Ebara, Kei Yonezawa, Yoshihito Nasu
  • Patent number: 9001480
    Abstract: A distributed energy resources control apparatus for controlling power from a distributed energy resource in a system section separable from a power system includes a detecting unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The detecting unit detects a fault of the power system. The receiving unit receives a signal indicating authorization for the distributed energy resource to perform independent operation as linking with the system section, when the system section is separated from the power system. The control unit controls a power converter converting power from the distributed energy resource and outputting to the system section, based on measurement results of a voltage and a frequency of the system section, when the fault is detected and the signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Sato, Takafumi Ebara, Masahiro Watanabe, Tsukasa Onishi
  • Publication number: 20140327309
    Abstract: A power demand regulation system has a power demand regulation device that regulates the load applied to equipment of an electrical power system by a load apparatus operating by means of power from the electrical power system, which supplies power to consumers. When regulating the load to the equipment, the power demand regulation device selects a load apparatus as the subject of a request for an alteration of operating state on the basis of by-apparatus load information, which is information of each load apparatus, and a regulation target value, which is the amount of load that is to be regulated, and, in the period from the start to the end of regulation, executes a plurality of times the outputting of an alteration request that requests the alteration of the operating state of the selected load apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yasushi Tomita, Ikuma Sugamata, Akira Kobayashi, Tsukasa Onishi, Takafumi Ebara
  • Patent number: 8560135
    Abstract: An energy management system includes an equipment data management unit which manages charging/discharging loss of a battery and heat radiation loss of an electric water heater, and causes a control unit to perform control to give priority based on the comparison to the energy storage facility more reducing loss and store energy. The energy management system includes a system operation calculation unit which predicts voltage distribution of the next day of a distribution system or demand-and-supply balance amount of the entire system by state monitoring data of a power system, calculates a demand amount increasing target value necessary for avoiding a photovoltaic power generation amount suppression on a consumer end by the voltage distribution of the next day of the distribution system or the demand-and-supply balance amount, and controls the energy storage facilities so as to satisfy the demand amount increasing target value on the consumer end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomita, Masahiro Watanabe, Takafumi Ebara, Yuichi Otake, Akira Kobayashi, Hideyuki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20130258730
    Abstract: A distributed energy resources control apparatus for controlling power from a distributed energy resource in a system section separable from a power system includes a detecting unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The detecting unit detects a fault of the power system. The receiving unit receives a signal indicating authorization for the distributed energy resource to perform independent operation as linking with the system section, when the system section is separated from the power system. The control unit controls a power converter converting power from the distributed energy resource and outputting to the system section, based on measurement results of a voltage and a frequency of the system section, when the fault is detected and the signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo SATO, Takafumi EBARA, Masahiro WATANABE, Tsukasa ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20130069447
    Abstract: If a failure has occurred on the backbone-power-transmission-network side, i.e., the electric-power system, and if the power supply to a power-distributing/transforming substation is stopped, a power-distributing feeder is cut off from the electric-power system. Moreover, a monitor/control apparatus transmits a single-operation-permitting permission signal to a distributed power-source system which is connected to the cut-off power-distributing feeder. Here, the distributed power-source system supplies its power to the power-distributing feeder only during a time-interval in which the system is receiving the permission signal. A general load and an important load, which are connected to the power-distributing feeder, find it possible to continue their activities by taking advantage of this power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo SATO, Takafumi EBARA, Masahiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20110285345
    Abstract: Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Tomoyuki Marui, Masami Takahashi, Kazumi Rissen, Takafumi Ebara, Kei Yonezawa, Yoshihito Nasu
  • Publication number: 20110238232
    Abstract: An energy management system includes an equipment data management unit which manages charging/discharging loss of a battery and heat radiation loss of an electric water heater, and causes a control unit to perform control to give priority based on the comparison to the energy storage facility more reducing loss and store energy. The energy management system includes a system operation calculation unit which predicts voltage distribution of the next day of a distribution system or demand-and-supply balance amount of the entire system by state monitoring data of a power system, calculates a demand amount increasing target value necessary for avoiding a photovoltaic power generation amount suppression on a consumer end by the voltage distribution of the next day of the distribution system or the demand-and-supply balance amount, and controls the energy storage facilities so as to satisfy the demand amount increasing target value on the consumer end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Yasushi TOMITA, Masahiro Watanabe, Takafumi Ebara, Yuichi Otake, Akira Kobayashi, Hideyuki Kawamura