Patents by Inventor Tsubasa Uchida

Tsubasa Uchida 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: 11803822
    Abstract: An information management apparatus, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring an information on a component to be dismantled within a predetermined period, setting a demand value representing a degree of a demand for a predetermined material, determining whether the demand value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and whether the predetermined material is included in the component based on the information, if it is determined that the demand value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and registering the component as an object of a recycle or a reuse, if it is determined that the predetermined material is included in the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 11798322
    Abstract: Provided is a management system that can effectively manage a power supply device when the power supply device of an electric moving body is used for secondary use. A power supply device management system 1 includes: an electric moving body 100 including power supply devices 110 and 111, a communication unit 120, and a control unit 130; and a server device 300, in which a first identification number is assigned to each module unit in the power supply devices 110 and 111, and the server device 300 includes a communication section 310 that can communicate with the communication unit 120, and a storage unit 320 that stores characteristic information and failure history of the power supply devices 110 and 111, together with the first identification number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Yukiko Onoue, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Publication number: 20230305068
    Abstract: Provided is a battery information management including: acquiring battery information including: measurement data including a measurement result relating to electrical characteristics of a battery; an algorithm for evaluating the state of the battery from the measurement data; and evaluation data including the result of evaluating the state of the battery by the algorithm; executing first processing of calculating a first hash value that is a hash value of at least one of the measurement data and the algorithm included in the battery information; executing second processing of calculating a second hash value that is a hash value of package data associating the first hash value with the evaluation data; and executing third processing of storing at least one of the measurement data and the algorithm into a database in a searchable manner with the second hash value serving as a key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yukiko Onoue, Tsubasa Uchida, Keita Sera
  • Publication number: 20230120475
    Abstract: Provided is a battery type determining device including: an output controller configured to instruct a current application circuit to apply a specific current to a battery having a current collector and a wound body or laminate; a magnetic field characteristic measurer configured to measure a magnetic field characteristic generated in the battery when the current is applied from the output controller; a storage unit configured to store a specified value of the magnetic field characteristic in accordance with a type of the battery; and a determiner configured to compare the specified value with a measured value of the magnetic field characteristic measurer to determine the type of the battery, wherein the magnetic field characteristic measurer measures a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing through the current collector of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Okano, Tsubasa Uchida, Yuki Tominaga, Yukiko Onoue
  • Patent number: 11500023
    Abstract: A battery state determination system is a battery state determination system including an in-vehicle device and a server device, the in-vehicle device includes an acquisition part acquires physical quantity data showing a physical quantity related to a state of a battery mounted in a vehicle, an observation part that observes a feature related to a state change of the battery on the basis of the physical quantity data at a plurality of different observation times, and a transmission part that transmits a plurality of pieces of feature data which expresses the feature observed each observation time to the server device, and the server device includes a reception part that receives the plurality of pieces of feature data transmitted from the in-vehicle device, and a diagnosis part that diagnoses a deterioration state of the battery on the basis of the plurality of pieces of feature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Takuma Kawahara, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 11413986
    Abstract: Provided is an information providing system capable of promoting reuse of secondary batteries. An information providing system includes a supplementing target device and a server. The supplementing target device includes: a power calculating unit configured to calculate maximum required power; an air temperature acquiring unit configured to acquire past air temperature data; and a supplementing target information requesting unit configured to transmit, to the server, supplementing target information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Yukiko Onoue, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 11364813
    Abstract: A battery state determination system includes a first in-vehicle device and a server device, the first in-vehicle device includes a first acquisition part that acquires physical quantity data related to a state of a battery, a first diagnostic part that performs deterioration diagnosis on the battery at a first operation cycle on the basis of the physical quantity data, and a first transmission part that transmits the physical quantity data and the diagnostic results of deterioration diagnosis to the server device, and the server device includes a reception part that receives the physical quantity data or the diagnostic result of the deterioration diagnosis from the first in-vehicle device, and a server-side processing part that performs a processing other than the deterioration diagnosis at an operation cycle which is longer than the first operation cycle on the basis of the diagnostic result of the deterioration diagnosis and/or the physical quantity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Tsubasa Uchida, Takuma Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20220128629
    Abstract: A battery type determination device according to an embodiment includes: an output controller configured to instruct a current application circuit to apply a specific current to a target battery; a voltage response measurer configured to measure a voltage response of the target battery with respect to the current applied using the output controller; a calculator configured to obtain an inductance value of the target battery on the basis of a current value applied using the output controller and a voltage value measured by the voltage response measurer; and a determiner configured to determine a type of the target battery on the basis of a specified value of an inductance according to the type of the target battery and an inductance value of the target battery obtained using the calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Tominaga, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 11300622
    Abstract: A battery value setting apparatus including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform, acquiring a battery information including an information on a usage record of a battery mounted on a predetermined object, determining whether there is an abnormal usage record of the battery based on the battery information, and setting a trade-in value of the battery when it is determined that there is the abnormal usage record lower than the trade-in value when it is determined that there is not the abnormal usage record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yu Murai
  • Patent number: 11249675
    Abstract: An information management system, in which each of a plurality of vehicles is configured to record information using a block chain. Each of the plurality of vehicles includes: a communication unit including an antenna and configured to be connectable to an internet through the antenna; a storage unit configured to store the information in a form of the block chain; and a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to perform: recording the information in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yuki Morita, Satoshi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20210268934
    Abstract: Provided is an information providing system capable of promoting reuse of secondary batteries. An information providing system includes a supplementing target device and a server. The supplementing target device includes: a power calculating unit configured to calculate maximum required power; an air temperature acquiring unit configured to acquire past air temperature data; and a supplementing target information requesting unit configured to transmit, to the server, supplementing target information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Yukiko ONOUE, Tsubasa UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210264692
    Abstract: Provided is a management system that can effectively manage a power supply device when the power supply device of an electric moving body is used for secondary use. A power supply device management system 1 includes: an electric moving body 100 including power supply devices 110 and 111, a communication unit 120, and a control unit 130; and a server device 300, in which a first identification number is assigned to each module unit in the power supply devices 110 and 111, and the server device 300 includes a communication section 310 that can communicate with the communication unit 120, and a storage unit 320 that stores characteristic information and failure history of the power supply devices 110 and 111, together with the first identification number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Yukiko ONOUE, Tsubasa UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210156921
    Abstract: A battery state determination system is a battery state determination system including an in-vehicle device and a server device, the in-vehicle device includes an acquisition part acquires physical quantity data showing a physical quantity related to a state of a battery mounted in a vehicle, an observation part that observes a feature related to a state change of the battery on the basis of the physical quantity data at a plurality of different observation times, and a transmission part that transmits a plurality of pieces of feature data which expresses the feature observed each observation time to the server device, and the server device includes a reception part that receives the plurality of pieces of feature data transmitted from the in-vehicle device, and a diagnosis part that diagnoses a deterioration state of the battery on the basis of the plurality of pieces of feature data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Takuma Kawahara, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Publication number: 20210138929
    Abstract: A battery state determination system includes a first in-vehicle device and a server device, the first in-vehicle device includes a first acquisition part that acquires physical quantity data related to a state of a battery, a first diagnostic part that performs deterioration diagnosis on the battery at a first operation cycle on the basis of the physical quantity data, and a first transmission part that transmits the physical quantity data and the diagnostic results of deterioration diagnosis to the server device, and the server device includes a reception part that receives the physical quantity data or the diagnostic result of the deterioration diagnosis from the first in-vehicle device, and a server-side processing part that performs a processing other than the deterioration diagnosis at an operation cycle which is longer than the first operation cycle on the basis of the diagnostic result of the deterioration diagnosis and/or the physical quantity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Tsubasa Uchida, Takuma Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20210124523
    Abstract: An information management system, in which each of a plurality of vehicles is configured to record information using a block chain. Each of the plurality of vehicles includes: a communication unit including an antenna and configured to be connectable to an internet through the antenna; a storage unit configured to store the information in a form of the block chain; and a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to perform: recording the information in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yuki Morita, Satoshi Onodera
  • Publication number: 20210088592
    Abstract: A battery value setting apparatus including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform, acquiring a battery information including an information on a usage record of a battery mounted on a predetermined object, determining whether there is an abnormal usage record of the battery based on the battery information, and setting a trade-in value of the battery when it is determined that there is the abnormal usage record lower than the trade-in value when it is determined that there is not the abnormal usage record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yu Murai
  • Publication number: 20210086654
    Abstract: A discarded vehicle management apparatus including a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle on which a battery is mounted, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a vehicle information including a battery removal information indicating a removal of the battery from the vehicle; and determining whether the vehicle has been discarded based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Tsubasa Uchida, Yuki Morita
  • Publication number: 20210090034
    Abstract: An information management apparatus, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring an information on a component to be dismantled within a predetermined period, setting a demand value representing a degree of a demand for a predetermined material, determining whether the demand value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and whether the predetermined material is included in the component based on the information, if it is determined that the demand value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and registering the component as an object of a recycle or a reuse, if it is determined that the predetermined material is included in the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Publication number: 20210090153
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus including a microprocessor configured to perform acquiring a battery information on batteries, acquiring a battery requirement information required by a user, and extracting a candidate battery satisfying the battery requirement as a candidate for a presentation battery from among the batteries based on the battery information and the battery requirement information. The battery information includes a battery element information on each of battery elements included in a first battery and a second battery, and the microprocessor is configured to perform the extracting including determining whether it is possible to constitute the candidate battery by a combination battery including the battery elements included in the first battery and the second battery, and when it is determined that it is possible to constitute the candidate battery by the combination battery, extracting the combination battery as the candidate battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Hiroya Okuda, Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yuki Morita, Masako Komaki, Masato Naito
  • Publication number: 20210027632
    Abstract: A vehicle dispatch apparatus configured to execute vehicle dispatch for a user in response to a travel instruction from a first point to a second point instructed by the user, includes: an electronic control unit having a CPU and a memory. The CPU is configured to perform: acquiring a destination information about a destination corresponding to the second point; acquiring a driver information about a driver owning a vehicle associated with an area including the destination based on the destination information acquired; and instructing dispatch of the vehicle associated with the area to the first point based on the driver information acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida, Masako Komaki, Masato Naito