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).

  • Publication number: 20140257585
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, energy management system manages energy of customer, including a power generation device configured to generate power derived from renewable energy and a battery capable of being charged and discharged. System includes estimator, creator and controller. Estimator estimates energy demand of customer to obtain an estimated demand, and estimates the power generation amount of the power generation device to obtain an estimated power generation amount. Creator creates operation schedule of the battery, which can minimize electricity purchase cost using push up effect of electricity selling profit by discharging the battery, based on estimated demand and power generation amount. Controller controls battery based on operation schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuto KUBOTA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Akihiro SUYAMA, Takahisa WADA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20140257583
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, energy management system manages energy of customer, having vehicle with battery, and a power generator. Energy management system includes estimator, creator, and controller. Estimator estimates demand of customer to obtain demand estimated value, and estimates power production amount of power generator to obtain production amount estimated value. Creator creates discharge strategy capable of maximizing differential between electricity purchase loss and electricity selling profit using push up effect of sold electricity amount by discharging battery under constraint for use of battery. Controller controls discharge of the battery based on actual values of demand, production amount, and discharge strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahisa WADA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Akihiro SUYAMA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20140257584
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, energy management system manages energy of customer, including water heater uses renewable energy as heat source. Energy management system includes acquisition unit, estimator, creator and controller. Acquisition unit acquires data concerning energy associated apparatuses including water heater, power generator, battery and energy consuming device from customer. Estimator estimates energy demand and supply of customer based on the data. Creator creates operation schedules based on the estimated demand and supply so as to minimize energy cost of customer under a condition that surplus power to be discarded when the battery is fully charged is minimized. Controller controls energy associated apparatuses based on the operation schedules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Takahisa WADA, Akihiro SUYAMA, Hiroshi TAIRA
  • Patent number: 8821037
    Abstract: A pluggable optical transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver comprises a plurality of OSAs, an optical member and a plurality of inner fibers to couple the optical member with OSAs. The inner fibers each provides an inner connector to couple with one of OSAs. The housing, which installs the OSAs, the optical member and the inner fiber, is made of metal and has a grooves into which the inner fibers is set so as to arrange them orderly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Oki, Hirokazu Komachi, Takahisa Wada
  • Publication number: 20140214219
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an energy management system includes estimator, calculator, creator and controller. Estimator estimates energy demand of customer to obtain estimated demand, and estimates power generation amount of renewable power generator to obtain estimated power generation amount. Calculator calculates operation schedule of nonrenewable power generator based on estimated demand and estimated power generation amount. Creator creates strategy maximizes difference between electricity cost loss and profit using push up effect by discharge of battery based on estimated demand and power generation amount, and schedule. Controller controls discharge of battery based on actual value of demand and power generation amount, schedule and strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Takahisa WADA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Akihiro SUYAMA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20140142772
    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 profit and 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuto KUBOTA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Takahisa WADA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20140142774
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kazuto Kubota, Takahisa Wada, Kiyotaka Matsue, Hiroshi Taira
  • Patent number: 8730250
    Abstract: An image processor includes a video input unit that counts the number of input pixel data and a command fetch/issue unit calculates, when a command including information concerning a relative position register in which a delay amount from input of pixel data until execution of a command is stored is fetched, a pixel position of processing target pixel data based on the delay amount and a count result and determines, based on the calculated pixel position, whether signal processing should be performed or specifies an operand used in arithmetic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasuki Tanabe, Takashi Miyamori, Shunichi Ishiwata, Katsuyuki Kimura, Takahisa Wada, Keiri Nakanishi, Masato Sumiyoshi, Ryuji Hada
  • Patent number: 8628256
    Abstract: An optical transceiver with an enhanced productivity is disclosed. The optical transceiver of the invention includes a plurality of OSAs, an optical component of an optical multiplexer or an optical de-multiplexer, and inner fibers connecting the OSAs with the optical component. The optical transceiver further includes a gasket to shield the inside of the housing and put the inner fibers therein to guide them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Oki, Takahisa Wada, Hirokazu Komachi
  • Patent number: 8376634
    Abstract: A pluggable optical transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver comprises a plurality of OSAs, an optical member and a plurality of inner fibers to couple the optical member with OSAs. The inner fibers each provides an inner connector to couple with one of OSAs. The housing, which installs the OSAs, the optical member and the inner fiber, is made of metal and has a grooves into which the inner fibers is set so as to arrange them orderly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Oki, Hirokazu Komachi, Takahisa Wada
  • Publication number: 20130009607
    Abstract: A determination determines permission/forbiddance to charge an accumulator that obtains electrical power from a power grid network. The determination device comprises a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information about a requested power amount requested to charge the accumulator, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information about an available power amount that can be provided from the power grid network, and a determination unit configured to determine permission or forbiddance with respect to the accumulator based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki NISHIBAYASHI, Takahisa WADA, Kotaro ISE, Keiichi TERAMOTO, Yusuke DOI, Yoshiki TERASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8345113
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has: a data memory configured to store image data; an RP register configured to hold a two-dimensional address indicating a position of an RP in a frame of image data; and an RP control section configured to control the two-dimensional address held by the RP register on the basis of the width and height of the frame. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus has an address calculation unit configured to, when reading target pixel data is read from the data memory on the basis of an instruction code provided with a field for specifying a two-dimensional relative position from the RP by a combination of two immediate values, calculate an address at which the reading target pixel data is stored, on the basis of the two-dimensional address, the combination of immediate values and the width of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiri Nakanishi, Takashi Miyamori, Shunichi Ishiwata, Katsuyuki Kimura, Takahisa Wada, Masato Sumiyoshi, Yasuki Tanabe, Ryuji Hada
  • Publication number: 20120249048
    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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuyuki NISHIBAYASHI, Kotaro Ise, Keiichi Teramoto, Takahisa Wada
  • Publication number: 20120249152
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a charging/discharging determination apparatus includes: a receiving module which receives information of a rated capacity of a battery; and a determination module which determines that charging or a discharge of the battery is permitted if an absolute value of a difference between the rated capacity and a measured capacity which is an actual capacity of the battery is within a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuyuki NISHIBAYASHI, Yoshihiro Oba, Kotaro Ise, Keiichi Teramoto, Takahisa Wada
  • Patent number: 8176290
    Abstract: A memory controller, on receiving a write request to write write-data into an address of a second memory region issued by a processor, determines whether read-data requested to be read from an address of a first memory region by the processor is matched with the write-data requested to be written into the address of the second memory region, and if the read-data is matched with the write-data, prevents the write-data from being written into the address of the second memory region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Katsuyuki Kimura, Shunichi Ishiwata, Takashi Miyamori, Ryuji Hada, Keiri Nakanishi, Yasuki Tanabe, Masato Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: 8144772
    Abstract: A moving picture processor including an evaluator configured to evaluate whether terminal points of motion vectors consecutively detected in a current picture and a reference picture different from the current picture in terms of time are in a determination area having a center at a terminal point of a reference vector. A unifier is configured to unify a group of motion vectors consecutively evaluated to be in the determination area, and to reset the motion vector evaluated to be outside the determination area as the reference vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takahisa Wada
  • Publication number: 20110280524
    Abstract: An optical transceiver with an enhanced productivity is disclosed. The optical transceiver of the invention includes a plurality of OSAs, an optical component of an optical multiplexer or an optical de-multiplexer, and inner fibers connecting the OSAs with the optical component. The optical transceiver further includes a gasket to shield the inside of the housing and put the inner fibers therein to guide them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige OKI, Takahisa WADA, Hirokazu KOMACHI
  • Publication number: 20110225792
    Abstract: A pluggable optical transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver comprises a plurality of OSAs, an optical member and a plurality of inner fibers to couple the optical member with OSAs. The inner fibers each provides an inner connector to couple with one of OSAs. The housing, which installs the OSAs, the optical member and the inner fiber, is made of metal and has a grooves into which the inner fibers is set so as to arrange them orderly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige OKI, Hirokazu KOMACHI, Takahisa WADA
  • Publication number: 20110103797
    Abstract: A pluggable optical transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver comprises a plurality of OSAs, an optical member and a plurality of inner fibers to couple the optical member with OSAs. The inner fibers each provides an inner connector to couple with one of OSAs. The housing, which installs the OSAs, the optical member and the inner fiber, is made of metal and has a grooves into which the inner fibers is set so as to arrange them orderly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige OKI, Hirokazu KOMACHI, Takahisa WADA, Kuniyuki ISHII, Hiromi KURASHIMA
  • Patent number: 7885331
    Abstract: A moving picture processor includes a first detector configured to detect a reference block most similar to a target block for which motion is to be detected and which is set in a current picture, and to generate a first motion vector candidate indicating a relative position between the target block and the reference block. A second detector is configured to detect a first reference area most similar to a first target area obtained by combining the target block and a first adjacent block adjacent to the target block, and to generate a second motion vector candidate indicating a relative position between the first target area and the first reference area. A determination circuit is configured to determine a motion vector for the target block, based on the first and second motion vector candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takahisa Wada