Patents by Inventor Takahisa Wada

Takahisa Wada 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: 10845421
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage battery evaluation device includes a charging/discharging controller and a deterioration evaluator. The charging/discharging controller acquires a charging/discharging power command value, performs control to charge and discharge an energy storage device according to the charging/discharging power command value, sets a dead zone in which the charging and discharging is not performed when an absolute value of the charging/discharging power command value is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and performs control to stop the charging and discharging when the charging/discharging command value enters the dead zone. The deterioration evaluator measures a response characteristic of a voltage of the energy storage device at a time when the charging and discharging is stopped from a state in which the energy storage device is charged and discharged and evaluates a deterioration state of the energy storage device on a basis of the response characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamamoto, Takenori Kobayashi, Masatake Sakuma, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Takahisa Wada
  • Patent number: 10758816
    Abstract: A device that displays, on a touch panel display configured to receive a touch input, an interface for an electronic game, the interface including a plurality of characters each corresponding to one of a plurality of attributes; continuously modifies a display position of each of the plurality of characters on the interface; determines whether positions of a path of a touch input continuously received at the touch panel display are within a predetermined range of positions of each of a first plurality of characters displayed on the interface; associates the first plurality of characters in response to detecting that the positions of the continuously received touch input are within the predetermined ranges; and generates a predetermined effect within the electronic game based on the associated first plurality of characters upon determining that the touch input is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Suguru Suematsu
  • Patent number: 10372183
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage-battery evaluation device includes: a data generator and a deterioration evaluator. The data generator generates a plurality of data items including charge amounts and voltage values of an energy storage device based on current values and the voltage values measured from the energy storage device, the energy storage device being subjected to charge/discharge control in accordance with charge/discharge command values. The deterioration evaluator evaluates a deterioration state of the energy storage device based on a distribution of the voltage values included in the data items the charge amounts of which belong to a first charge-amount range when it is detected that a distribution of first charge/discharge command values satisfies a predetermined condition, the first charge/discharge command values being the charge/discharge command values at which the data items the charge amounts of which belong to the first charge-amount range is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamamoto, Shinichiro Kosugi, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Masatake Sakuma, Takahisa Wada, Toru Ezawa, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180264354
    Abstract: A device that displays, on a touch panel display configured to receive a touch input, an interface for an electronic game, the interface including a plurality of characters each corresponding to one of a plurality of attributes; continuously modifies a display position of each of the plurality of characters on the interface; determines whether positions of a path of a touch input continuously received at the touch panel display are within a predetermined range of positions of each of a first plurality of characters displayed on the interface; associates the first plurality of characters in response to detecting that the positions of the continuously received touch input are within the predetermined ranges; and generates a predetermined effect within the electronic game based on the associated first plurality of characters upon determining that the touch input is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Suguru Suematsu
  • Publication number: 20180233910
    Abstract: An energy management device in embodiments includes a selection unit and an output unit. The selection unit selects a power supply or load to be controlled in accordance with responsibility, among a plurality of power supplies or loads having different responsibilities, in accordance with a command used to change an amount of consumption of a power supplied from a commercial power supply. The output unit outputs a control signal used to change the amount of consumption of power supplied from the commercial power supply to a control circuit configured to control the power supply or load selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuto KUBOTA, Akihiro SUYAMA, Toshiaki EDAHIRO, Takahisa WADA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Yosuke TONAMI
  • Publication number: 20180188330
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage battery evaluation device includes a charging/discharging controller and a deterioration evaluator. The charging/discharging controller acquires a charging/discharging power command value, performs control to charge and discharge an energy storage device according to the charging/discharging power command value, sets a dead zone in which the charging and discharging is not performed when an absolute value of the charging/discharging power command value is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and performs control to stop the charging and discharging when the charging/discharging command value enters the dead zone. The deterioration evaluator measures a response characteristic of a voltage of the energy storage device at a time when the charging and discharging is stopped from a state in which the energy storage device is charged and discharged and evaluates a deterioration state of the energy storage device on a basis of the response characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Takenori Kobayashi, Masatake Sakuma, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Takahisa Wada
  • Publication number: 20180069398
    Abstract: A storage battery operation plan creation device of an embodiment includes a planner. The planner creates an operation plan of a storage battery on the basis of a graph created on the basis of both a prediction result of each of a power demand and an amount of power generated by a system which uses renewable energy and electricity rate information representing information of an electric power unit price of each time, the graph including a link representing a change of the remaining amount of the storage battery due to charging/discharging of the storage battery at each time and information of a power cost of a destination node of the link caused by the change of the remaining amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto KUBOTA, Akihiro SUYAMA, Toshiaki EDAHIRO, Takahisa WADA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Yosuke TONAMI, Riho ARAI
  • Patent number: 9824409
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, energy management system includes client and server. Server includes acquisition unit, estimation unit, calculator and controller. Acquisition unit acquires data concerning electrical equipment in a building including a storage battery from client. Estimation unit estimates energy demand and energy generation amount in building based on the data. Calculator calculates, based on the energy demand and the energy generation amount, operation schedule of the electrical equipment to optimize energy balance in building under a constraint that minimizes dump power to be discarded after storage battery is fully charged. Controller creates control information to control electrical equipment based on operation schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kyosuke Katayama, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kazuto Kubota, Takahisa Wada, Kiyotaka Matsue, Hiroshi Taira
  • Publication number: 20170294689
    Abstract: A battery-system deterioration control device compatible to diversification of applications by appropriately learning a necessary deterioration model for a deterioration control. The battery-system deterioration control device includes a utilization-record-data obtaining block, a learning instruction block, and a learning block. The utilization-record-data obtaining block obtains utilization record data of a battery cell. The learning block updates a data amount of a deterioration model parameter indicating the deterioration state of the battery cell based on the utilization record data, learns the deterioration model parameter, and outputs the learnt result that is a deterioration rate table. The learning instruction block compares the utilization record data and the data amount that is the estimation value, determines the necessity of learning of the deterioration model parameter, and outputs a learning instruction signal to the learning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahisa WADA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Mami MIZUTANI, Masayuki KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9727929
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, energy management system includes estimating module, preparing module and controller. Estimating module estimates energy demand of a home, and obtains estimated value of energy demand of home. Estimating module estimates energy generation amount and obtains estimated value of the generation amount. Preparing module prepares discharge strategy, based on the estimated energy demand and generation amount. Discharge strategy maximizes balance obtained by subtracting power purchase loss from power selling profit, by using a push-up effect. The controller controls discharge of the energy storage, based on actual values of the energy demand and the generation amount, and the discharge strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuto Kubota, Kyosuke Katayama, Kiyotaka Matsue, Takahisa Wada, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Hiroshi Taira
  • Patent number: 9563530
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device state estimation apparatus includes a detector and an operating state estimator. The detector detects devices in the ON operating state, based on a comparison between a calculated one of a first characteristic of a current or power harmonic in a power feed line and a reference one of the first characteristic which has been predetermined for at least one device. The operating state estimator extracts at least one set of the second characteristics from plural sets of second characteristics associated with harmonic, which have been predetermined. Each set of the second characteristics is for operating states of each of the devices. The one set of the second characteristics is for operating states of the device in the ON operating state which is detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Kazuto Kubota, Kyosuke Katayama, Toshiaki Edahiro
  • Publication number: 20170031404
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage-battery evaluation device includes: a data generator and a deterioration evaluator. The data generator generates a plurality of data items including charge amounts and voltage values of an energy storage device based on current values and the voltage values measured from the energy storage device, the energy storage device being subjected to charge/discharge control in accordance with charge/discharge command values. The deterioration evaluator evaluates a deterioration state of the energy storage device based on a distribution of the voltage values included in the data items the charge amounts of which belong to a first charge-amount range when it is detected that a distribution of first charge/discharge command values satisfies a predetermined condition, the first charge/discharge command values being the charge/discharge command values at which the data items the charge amounts of which belong to the first charge-amount range is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Shinichiro Kosugi, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Masatake Sakuma, Takahisa Wada, Toru Ezawa, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160359342
    Abstract: An energy management system (EMS) according to an embodiment has an EMS functional system which estimates at least one parameter value indicating a property of a power conditioner device. The functional system estimates at least one parameter value indicating a property of the power conditioner device on the basis of measured values of the power conditioner device for converting a DC power to an AC power to output the AC power to a power distribution system, the DC power having been inputted from a power generator or the power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Takahisa WADA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Akihiro SUYAMA, Akihiro NAGAIWA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Hiroshi TAIRA, Masayuki YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20160352116
    Abstract: An energy management system includes an overcharging-overdischarging risk storage and a generation storage optimization planner. The overcharging-overdischarging risk storage stores an overcharging-overdischarging risk indicating a risk for overcharging-overdischarging to a power storage device of a hybrid power conditioner for converting a DC power to an AC power to output the AC power to a power distribution system, the DC power inputted from a power generator or the power storage device, the hybrid power conditioner converting an AC power into a DC power to output the DC power to the power storage device, the AC power inputted from the power distribution system. The generation storage optimization planner calculates a control plan value for charging-discharging to the power storage device of the hybrid power conditioner on the basis of at least the overcharging-overdischarging risk, a power demand estimation, and a generated-power estimation for the power generator of the hybrid power conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Akihiro SUYAMA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Takahisa WADA, Akihiro NAGAIWA, Hiroshi TAIRA, Masayuki YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20160307280
    Abstract: A price information determination device of an embodiment includes a determiner. The determiner determines electric-price-related information to be output for a consumer from a harmonic intensity of electric current or electric power in an electric power system and from an electric power consumption reduction target; wherein the determination is made based on a correlation among the electric-price-related information, the harmonic intensity of electric current or electric power in the electric power system, and electric power consumption in the electric power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuto KUBOTA, Takahisa WADA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Akihiro NAGAIWA, Akihiro SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160266182
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an operation apparatus includes an operation unit which performs an operation for decomposing feature waveforms before and after a change time point at which the operating state of an instrument changes into one or more frequency components, a database unit which stores frequency features representing operating states of a predetermined instrument, a calculator which calculates a weighted distance, on polar coordinates, between an operation result and a feature stored in the database unit, the weighted distance being calculated for each operating state, and an estimation unit which estimates operating states of an instrument, based on the weighted distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Kazuto Kubota, Kyosuke Katayama
  • Publication number: 20160003918
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a monitoring apparatus comprises a use history accumulating section, a demand prediction generating section, a power generation predicting section, a deterioration table determining section, a charge and discharge schedule creating section, and a transmission section. A use history accumulating section stores a use history of the battery. A deterioration table determining section configured to determine a deterioration table. A charge and discharge schedule creating section configured to create a charge and discharge schedule. A transmission section configured to transmit the demand prediction, the power generation prediction, the charge and discharge schedule, and the deterioration table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Masayuki Kubota, Mami Mizutani, Kazuto Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150317229
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a device state estimation apparatus includes a detector and an operating state estimator. The detector detects devices in the ON operating state, based on a comparison between a calculated one of a first characteristic of a current or power harmonic in a power feed line and a reference one of the first characteristic which has been predetermined for at least one device. The operating state estimator extracts at least one set of the second characteristics from plural sets of second characteristics associated with harmonic, which have been predetermined. Each set of the second characteristics is for operating states of each of the devices. The one set of the second characteristics is for operating states of the device in the ON operating state which is detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahisa WADA, Kazuto Kubota, Kyosuke Katayama, Toshiaki Edahiro
  • Publication number: 20140379311
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an estimation system estimates the power generation amount of a photovoltaic power generation unit. The estimation system includes a calculation unit and a coefficient optimization unit. The calculation unit calculates the estimated value of the power generation amount from the estimated value of a solar irradiance based on a power generation coefficient that converts the solar irradiance into the power generation amount. The coefficient optimization unit adaptively changes the power generation coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kiyotaka MATSUE, Kazuto KUBOTA, Akihiro SUYAMA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Takahisa WADA, Masayuki YAMAGISHI, Toshiaki EDAHIRO
  • Patent number: 8901876
    Abstract: There is provided a charge/discharge determining apparatus for managing a natural energy power generation facility, a power plant and a plurality of batteries in an electrical power system. The apparatus includes: a system information acquiring section configured to acquire an actual value of natural energy power that is supplied from the natural energy power generation facility to the electrical power system; a battery information acquiring section configured to acquire battery electric energy information from the respective batteries, wherein the battery electric energy information indicates charge/discharge electric energies of the respective batteries which can be discharged from or charged in the respective batteries; and a determining section configured to determine at least one battery to be charged/discharged from among the plurality of batteries, wherein when an absolute value of a difference between the actual value and a predicted value of the natural energy power is larger than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Nishibayashi, Kotaro Ise, Keiichi Teramoto, Takahisa Wada