Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Tanimoto
Tomohiko Tanimoto 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).
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Patent number: 9824409Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kyosuke Katayama, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kazuto Kubota, Takahisa Wada, Kiyotaka Matsue, Hiroshi Taira
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Patent number: 9727929Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuto Kubota, Kyosuke Katayama, Kiyotaka Matsue, Takahisa Wada, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Hiroshi Taira
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Patent number: 9535474Abstract: According to one embodiment, energy manager includes first estimator, second estimator, creator and controller. First estimator estimates power amount of power generator. Second estimator estimates energy demand. Creator creates schedule of devices based on estimated power amount and energy demand. Controller controls the devices based on the schedule. Second estimator includes storage, extractor and calculator. Storage accumulates load data. Extractor extracts load patterns including different load data. Calculator calculates weight for each of extracted patterns. Creator includes simulator and scheduler. Simulator simulates evaluated value of each schedule based on the pattern and weight. Scheduler creates schedule based on evaluated value.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuto Kubota, Masahiko Murai, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kiyotaka Matsue, Kyosuke Katayama, Masayuki Yamagishi
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Publication number: 20140257585Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuto KUBOTA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Akihiro SUYAMA, Takahisa WADA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
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Publication number: 20140257584Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Takahisa WADA, Akihiro SUYAMA, Hiroshi TAIRA
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Publication number: 20140257583Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takahisa WADA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Akihiro SUYAMA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
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Publication number: 20140214219Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kazuto KUBOTA, Takahisa WADA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Akihiro SUYAMA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
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Publication number: 20140142772Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuto KUBOTA, Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Kiyotaka MATSUE, Takahisa WADA, Tomohiko TANIMOTO, Hiroshi TAIRA
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Publication number: 20140142774Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kazuto Kubota, Takahisa Wada, Kiyotaka Matsue, Hiroshi Taira
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Publication number: 20140012427Abstract: According to one embodiment, energy management system includes client and server. Server includes acquisition unit, estimation unit, calculator and controller. Acquisition unit acquires, from the client, data concerning electrical equipment of a customer to which a power grid supplies power. Estimation unit estimates energy demand of electrical equipment based on acquired data. Calculator calculates operation schedule of electrical equipment, which can optimize energy balance of customer, based on the estimated energy demand. Controller transmits control information to control electrical equipment based on calculated operation schedule to client.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kyosuke KATAYAMA, Masahiko Murai, Kazuto Kubota, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kiyotaka Matsue, Masayuki Yamagishi
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Patent number: 8589118Abstract: According to one embodiment, a conveyor diagnostic device diagnoses an abnormal state of a cyclically moving conveyor. The conveyor diagnostic device includes a first tilt sensor, a second tilt sensor, a table, and a processing unit. The first and second tilt sensors are attached to a predetermined position of the conveyor and detect tilt angles of the conveyor in a vertical direction and horizontal direction, respectively. The table indicates a relationship between a tilt angle which changes in the vertical direction and sections included in one revolution of the conveyor. The processing unit specifies an abnormality occurrence position of the conveyor based on a tilt angle in the vertical direction, the table, and an elapsed time after ingression for a section corresponding to the tilt angle in the vertical direction, when a tilt angle in the horizontal direction exceeds a predetermined management limit value.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kimito Idemori, Takahiro Shirota, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Sumi, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Nobutaka Nishimura
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Publication number: 20130253719Abstract: According to one embodiment, energy manager includes first estimator, second estimator, creator and controller. First estimator estimates power amount of power generator. Second estimator estimates energy demand. Creator creates schedule of devices based on estimated power amount and energy demand. Controller controls the devices based on the schedule. Second estimator includes storage, extractor and calculator. Storage accumulates load data. Extractor extracts load patterns including different load data. Calculator calculates weight for each of extracted patterns. Creator includes simulator and scheduler. Simulator simulates evaluated value of each schedule based on the pattern and weight. Scheduler creates schedule based on evaluated value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuto Kubota, Masahiko Murai, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kiyotaka Matsue, Kyosuke Katayama, Masayuki Yamagishi
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Publication number: 20120109394Abstract: A household energy management system includes: a schedule condition storage unit for storing schedule conditions that include operation-permitting time zones indicating time zones during which household electric appliances are permitted to operate, necessary operation times indicating operation times taken for the household electric appliances to finish operation, and operation time power consumption amounts indicating electric power consumed during the operation of the household electric appliances; a schedule calculation unit for receiving a CO2 emission intensity from a grid energy management system and for preparing operation schedules indicating operation times of the household electric appliances based on the CO2 emission intensity and the schedule conditions; and a control unit for controlling the household electric appliances based on the operation schedules.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Yasuo Takagi, Takahiro Yamada, Masahiko Murai, Tomohiko Tanimoto
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Publication number: 20120083938Abstract: A consumer energy management system includes a home gateway configured to receive at least CO2 emission intensity level information or power generation by renewable resources information associated with an electric power system, and a display unit configured to display the CO2 emission intensity level information or the power generation by renewable resources information received by the home gatewayType: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventors: Yasuo Takagi, Takahiro Yamada, Masahiko Murai, Tomohiko Tanimoto
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Publication number: 20110246799Abstract: Embodiments relate to a data-collection apparatus and a data-collection system using the same. The data-collection apparatus includes a battery, a wireless unit to communicate wirelessly to an external device, a measurement unit to measure a measurement target, a power-supply circuit unit to control power supply to the wireless unit and the measurement unit, and a controller. In response to a data-collection start command from the external device, the controller performs a control such that the power-supply circuit unit supplies power to the measurement unit and wireless unit, and that the data measured by the measurement unit is transmitted via the wireless unit to the external device. In response to a power-saving command from the external device, the controller performs a control such that the power-supply circuit unit stops supplying power to the measurement unit and wireless unit for a predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Tomohiko Tanimoto, Takahiro Shirota, Katsuhiro Sumi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kimito Idemori, Nobutaka Nishimura
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Publication number: 20110202312Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a first operation sound collector, a second operation sound collector, a database, a receiver, and controller. The first operation sound collector is provided in a movable part of equipment, and transmits first data including inclination angle data and first operation sound data. The second operation sound collector is provided in a fixed part of the equipment, and transmits second data including second operation sound data being collected simultaneously with the first operation sound data. The database stores operation sound data in normal operation. The receiver simultaneously receives the first data and the second data. The controller determines whether an operation sound is abnormal based on the first data, the second data, and the operation sound data of the database.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Katsuhiro SUMI, Takahiro Shirota, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Kimito Idemori, Nobutaka Nishimura
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Publication number: 20110106490Abstract: According to one embodiment, a conveyor diagnostic device diagnoses an abnormal state of a cyclically moving conveyor. The conveyor diagnostic device includes a first tilt sensor, a second tilt sensor, a table, and a processing unit. The first and second tilt sensors are attached to a predetermined position of the conveyor and detect tilt angles of the conveyor in a vertical direction and horizontal direction, respectively. The table indicates a relationship between a tilt angle which changes in the vertical direction and sections included in one revolution of the conveyor. The processing unit specifies an abnormality occurrence position of the conveyor based on a tilt angle in the vertical direction, the table, and an elapsed time after ingression for a section corresponding to the tilt angle in the vertical direction, when a tilt angle in the horizontal direction exceeds a predetermined management limit value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Kimito IDEMORI, Takahiro Shirota, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Sumi, Tomohiko Tanimoto, Nobutaka Nishimura
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Patent number: 6141217Abstract: In an enclosed control device including a casing enclosing an electronic circuit in a closed state, a centrifugal fan is also enclosed in the casing for enhancing the cooling of the electronic circuit. With a smoothing capacitor and a semiconductor element heating up, a temperature in the casing increases. Air flows to the side of the centrifugal fan. After passing through the centrifugal fan, the air disperses in the directions along the inner wall of the casing. This flow of air enhances heat transmission from the heated up smoothing capacitor and the semiconductor element to the air, and heat transmission from the air to the casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takafumi Nakahama, Takayuki Ishii, Tomohiko Tanimoto