Patents by Inventor Tomoya Ogawa
Tomoya Ogawa 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: 11973603Abstract: Provided is a base station that performs feedback with regard to data transmission. The base station includes a downlink feedback information (DFI) generation unit and a transmitter. On the basis of a resource allocation configuration that was configured by a terminal, the DFI generation unit determines a transmission method for feedback information that includes a response signal regarding uplink data. The transmitter transmits the feedback information on the basis of the transmission method.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Tomoya Nunome, Takashi Iwai, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Ayako Horiuchi, Yoshihiko Ogawa
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Publication number: 20240086174Abstract: A vehicular electronic control device installed in a vehicle capable of switching between a chargeable state and an unchargeable state performs activation acceptance for inquiring of a user whether to accept activation processing of activating updated software after completion of installation processing of writing update data in an update target node to generate the updated software, transmits during the chargeable state a switching instruction that executes the activation processing during the chargeable state to the update target node, and transmits during the chargeable state a switching setting instruction that executes the activation processing during the unchargeable state to the update target node.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Sho NAKAMURA, Kazuhiro Uehara, Hideo Yoshimi, Tomoya Ogawa
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Patent number: 11909080Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a gas supply unit, an electric power storage device, a remaining capacity monitor, and a control unit. The control unit determines whether the temperature conditions are met, wherein the low temperature conditions include temperature related to a state of the fuel cell being equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value set, when the control unit determines that the low temperature conditions are met, the control unit executes the purging process so as to discharge more of moisture stored in the fuel cell to an outside of the fuel cell, as compared with when the control unit determines that the low temperature conditions are not met, and the control unit executes the charging process with target remaining capacity of the electric power storage device set to a smaller value, as compared with when the control unit determines that the low temperature conditions are not met.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Ogawa, Junichi Matsuo, Tatsuya Fukami
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Patent number: 11836482Abstract: A center device is configured to: acquire behavior data indicating a behavior of a user; store the behavior data; acquire vehicle state data indicating a vehicle state; store the vehicle state data; create a distribution plan of reprogramming data to be distributed to vehicle devices of the vehicle by using the behavior data and the vehicle state data; and distribute the reprogramming data to the vehicle devices according to the created distribution plan.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Ogawa, Yoshitaka Ozaki, Yasufumi Iino, Haruhiko Kakitsu
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Patent number: 11770690Abstract: The center device includes: a first wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a vehicle using a first communication method within a first communication range; a second wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle using a second communication method having a higher communication speed than that of the first communication method within a second communication range which is smaller than the first communication range; a reception control unit configured to control a reception of vehicle information from the vehicle to the first wireless communication unit; and a distribution control unit configured to control distribution of content data from the second wireless communication unit to the vehicle according to the vehicle information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Ogawa, Yoshitaka Ozaki, Yasufumi Iino, Haruhiko Kakitsu
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Patent number: 11733992Abstract: A center device is provided that manages data to be written to electronic control units mounted on a vehicle. The center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for a data update target device among the electronic control units. The center device distributes the update data to the vehicle. The center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit that stores identification information of target vehicles targeted for update using the update data, and update status information regarding update completion status and update-in-progress status acquired as update status from target vehicles. The center device manages the update status information of the target vehicles in a statistically tabulatable manner on basis of the update status information.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Ogawa, Taiji Abe, Yuzo Harata, Kazuhiro Uehara, Takuya Hasegawa, Takuya Kawasaki, Kazuaki Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11611095Abstract: A battery and a load device are connected to a fuel cell stack. Electric power is supplied from the battery to fuel cell auxiliary equipment. A controller of a fuel cell system has stored therein a desired output of the fuel cell stack. The controller predicts auxiliary equipment power consumption, which is the amount of electric power that is consumed by the fuel cell auxiliary equipment for operation of the fuel cell stack, and determines estimated input and output power of the battery. The controller determines a requested output, which is an output requested for the fuel cell stack, based on the predicted auxiliary equipment power consumption and the estimated input and output power. The controller determines an operating point of the fuel cell stack based on the desired output. The load device controls its operation so that the difference between the requested output and the desired output becomes zero.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoya Ogawa
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Patent number: 11484280Abstract: A radiographic image capturing system is described. If a hardware processor determines that an image processor and an image analyzing unit are capable of sharing image data via an identical memory, the image processor stores image data in the memory and the image analyzing unit analyzes the image data with reference to the memory. If the hardware processor determines that the image processor and the image analyzing unit can send and receive the data via a wired network, the image processor transfers the data to the image analyzing unit, and the image analyzing unit analyzes the data. If the hardware processor determines that the image processor and the image analyzing unit can send and receive the data via a wireless network, the image processor compresses the data or decimates partial data and transfers the data to the image analyzing unit, and the image analyzing unit decompresses and analyzes the data.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masahiro Kuwata, Hidetake Tezuka, Satoshi Komiya, Nobuyuki Miyake, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Ichirou Hamamoto, Shintaro Muraoka, Kazuhiko Katsushima, Tomoyasu Yokoyama, Akira Hiroshige, Takanori Kakigi, Tomoya Ogawa, Tetsu Hosoki, Tomonori Gido, Makoto Sumi
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Publication number: 20220318938Abstract: To realize efficient and safe distribution promotion of design contents. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing digital contents, wherein a control unit of a server terminal includes: receiving transaction information of digital contents from a user terminal, and recording the transaction information in a blockchain as transaction information associated with a non-fungible token associated with the digital contents, wherein the transaction information includes at least right holder information of the digital contents, and wherein the right holder information includes copyright holder information and/or ownership holder information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventor: Tomoya OGAWA
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Patent number: 11450867Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell including a fuel electrode being supplied with fuel gas and an oxidant electrode being supplied with oxidant gas and generating electric power by causing the fuel gas and the oxidant gas to react with each other, a voltmeter measuring an output voltage of the fuel cell, an ammeter measuring an output current of the fuel cell, a restricting valve provided upstream and downstream of an oxidant electrode side of the fuel cell and being opened in a power generation state and being closed in a stopped state or under the oxygen consuming control, and a load control unit controlling a current value of an output current to be output by the fuel cell and, under the oxygen consuming control, controlling the output voltage of the fuel cell such that the output current reduces as the output voltage of the fuel cell increases.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keitaro Yamamori, Tomoya Ogawa, Hiroaki Mori
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Publication number: 20220062825Abstract: A separation membrane module 100 of the present invention includes: a container 10; a degassing membrane element 20 that is disposed inside the container 10; and a separation membrane element 60 that is disposed inside the container 10, is located upstream or downstream of the degassing membrane element 20 in a flow direction of a liquid to be treated, and filters the liquid. The separation membrane element 60 is for example, an NF membrane element or an RO membrane element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Toshiyuki KAWASHIMA, Tomoya OGAWA
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Patent number: 11233259Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a plurality of power consuming devices, a secondary battery, a charge-discharge amount sensor, and a controller configured to control operations of the plurality of power consuming devices. An identification section of the controller is configured to execute a variation process of varying the operation command value of one of the plurality of power consuming devices and, in a second case where an absolute value of a difference between an amount of change in the actual amount of charge and discharge and an amount of change in the estimated amount of charge and discharge before and after execution of the variation process is greater than a second threshold, identify the power consuming device, for which the operation command value is varied, as the device to be identified.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Fukami, Junichi Matsuo, Tomoya Ogawa
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Publication number: 20210367246Abstract: A battery and a load device are connected to a fuel cell stack. Electric power is supplied from the battery to fuel cell auxiliary equipment. A controller of a fuel cell system has stored therein a desired output of the fuel cell stack. The controller predicts auxiliary equipment power consumption, which is the amount of electric power that is consumed by the fuel cell auxiliary equipment for operation of the fuel cell stack, and determines estimated input and output power of the battery. The controller determines a requested output, which is an output requested for the fuel cell stack, based on the predicted auxiliary equipment power consumption and the estimated input and output power. The controller determines an operating point of the fuel cell stack based on the desired output. The load device controls its operation so that the difference between the requested output and the desired output becomes zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventor: Tomoya OGAWA
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Patent number: 11069909Abstract: In a fuel cell vehicle, when temperature of a power storage device detected by a temperature sensor is a second temperature, which is lower than a predetermined first temperature, at least in a period when the power storage device is allowed to be charged with regenerative electric power, remaining charge is controlled by setting a lower limit to a value higher than a lower limit set at the first temperature. When a stop instruction for a fuel cell system is input, remaining charge raising processing for raising the remaining charge of the power storage device is performed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takao Watanabe, Tomoya Ogawa, Tatsuya Fukami, Junichi Matsuo
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Publication number: 20210219115Abstract: The center device includes: a first wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a vehicle using a first communication method within a first communication range; a second wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle using a second communication method having a higher communication speed than that of the first communication method within a second communication range which is smaller than the first communication range; a reception control unit configured to control a reception of vehicle information from the vehicle to the first wireless communication unit; and a distribution control unit configured to control distribution of content data from the second wireless communication unit to the vehicle according to the vehicle information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Tomoya OGAWA, Yoshitaka OZAKI, Yasufumi IINO, Haruhiko KAKITSU
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Publication number: 20210202967Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a gas supply unit, an electric power storage device, a remaining capacity monitor, and a control unit. The control unit determines whether the temperature conditions are met, wherein the low temperature conditions include temperature related to a state of the fuel cell being equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value set, when the control unit determines that the low temperature conditions are met, the control unit executes the purging process so as to discharge more of moisture stored in the fuel cell to an outside of the fuel cell, as compared with when the control unit determines that the low temperature conditions are not met, and the control unit executes the charging process with target remaining capacity of the electric power storage device set to a smaller value, as compared with when the control unit determines that the low temperature conditions are not met.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya OGAWA, Junichi MATSUO, Tatsuya FUKAMI
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Publication number: 20210191713Abstract: A center device is configured to: acquire behavior data indicating a behavior of a user; store the behavior data; acquire vehicle state data indicating a vehicle state; store the vehicle state data; create a distribution plan of reprogramming data to be distributed to vehicle devices of the vehicle by using the behavior data and the vehicle state data; and distribute the reprogramming data to the vehicle devices according to the created distribution plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Tomoya OGAWA, Yoshitaka OZAKI, Yasufumi IINO, Haruhiko KAKITSU
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Publication number: 20210157575Abstract: A center device includes an update data storage unit in which new data and new difference data for updating to the new data from old data are stored for, among electronic control units mounted on a vehicle, a target device targeted for data update. The center device generates, using the new data, a first verification value for verifying integrity in the vehicle, and generates, using the new difference data, a second verification value for verifying integrity of the new difference data in the vehicle. The center device generates a package including the new difference data, the first verification values and the second verification values for a plurality of the target devices. The center device generates, using the distribution package, a third verification value for verifying integrity of the distribution package in the vehicle, and transmits the distribution package along with the third verification value to the in-vehicle device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Tomoya OGAWA, Nao SAKURAI, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20210157571Abstract: A center device is provided that manages data to be written to electronic control units mounted on a vehicle. The center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for a data update target device among the electronic control units. The center device distributes the update data to the vehicle. The center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit that stores identification information of target vehicles targeted for update using the update data, and update status information regarding update completion status and update-in-progress status acquired as update status from target vehicles. The center device manages the update status information of the target vehicles in a statistically tabulatable manner on basis of the update status information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Tomoya OGAWA, Taiji ABE, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20210150830Abstract: A center device includes a database storing a plurality of information items regarding a vehicle. The center device identifies a vehicle state by integrating the plurality of information items stored in the database. The center device generates visualization information to be displayed by a display device from an identification result of the vehicle state. The center device transmits the visualization information to the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Tomoya OGAWA, Yoshitaka OZAKI, Yasufumi IINO