Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Ishii

Yoshikazu Ishii 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: 20250011206
    Abstract: A gas supply body for use in a wastewater treatment apparatus for purifying wastewater using action of microorganisms in the wastewater, the gas supply body comprising: a gas delivery layer and a sheet laminate, wherein the sheet laminate comprises a base material that is a microporous membrane comprising a plurality of fine through holes penetrating therethrough in a thickness direction, and a gas-permeable non-porous layer, wherein the gas delivery layer, the base material, and the gas-permeable non-porous layer are arranged in this order, and wherein the base material has a pore size of 0.01 ?m to 50 ?m. A method for producing a bag for a gas supply body disposed in a wastewater treatment apparatus comprising a sheet laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu ISHII, Aoi SATOU, Katsuo MATSUZAKA
  • Publication number: 20240221066
    Abstract: A power trading system includes: a matching-related data acquiring unit that acquires demand bid information and supply bid information, the demand bid information and the supply bid information each being given a priority level; an appearance rate prediction unit that obtains a predicted appearance rate of the demand bid information and that of the supply bid information; an agreement rate prediction unit that obtains a predicted agreement rate of the demand bid information and that of the supply bid information; and a matching unit that matches the demand bid information to the supply bid information while switching a priority level, based on the predicted appearance rate and the predicted agreement rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyu Jo, Yoshikazu Ishii, Nao Saito
  • Publication number: 20240161210
    Abstract: A power transaction system includes: a token generation unit that issues a power reservation token that is a right to use specific power that is power obtained by generating power using a specific type of energy; a power supply control unit that supplies power in exchange for the power reservation token; and a result token issuing unit that issues a result token indicating that the specific power supplied in exchange for the power reservation token is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke SHOMURA, Toshiaki SUZUKI, Nao SAITO, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Patent number: 11915188
    Abstract: A delivery server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: transmit arrival information of a product to a user terminal carried by a user who has ordered the product; transmit, in a case where unattended delivery is instructed by the user terminal, unattended delivery information to a home delivery terminal of a delivery person who delivers the product, and request a signature of the user; transmit the signature information to the home delivery terminal in response to receiving signature information regarding the signature of the user from the user terminal; and transmit delivery completion information of the product to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii
  • Patent number: 11907951
    Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire store position information of a store where a user has entered; acquire store information in which position information of each of a plurality of stores and one or more settlement methods available in each of the plurality of stores are associated; and notify a terminal owned by the user of the settlement method available in the store where the user has entered based on the store position information and the store information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20240051429
    Abstract: Provided is a state prediction system or the like that appropriately predicts a state of a device to be charged and discharged. A state prediction system includes a behavior feature extraction unit that, based on behavior historical data and charging rate historical data of a device, extracts a feature of behavior of the device; a behavior rule extraction unit that extracts, based on a predetermined feature, a behavior rule of the device; a behavior rule correction unit that corrects the behavior rule based on a predetermined input operation by referring to a display unit displaying the behavior rule; and a prediction unit that, in a case where the behavior rule is corrected by the behavior rule correction unit, predicts a future state of the device based on the corrected behavior rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyu Jo, Yoshikazu Ishii, Nao Saito
  • Publication number: 20230387685
    Abstract: An energy management controller (1) includes a virtual grid generating unit (110) that for each of grids, generates a virtual grid that collectively manages information including information on an energy resource and a wire, in order to carry out efficient power management, and a deal management unit (150) that based on the generated virtual grid, manages a power deal with a consumer-side supplied with power from the energy resource. The energy management controller (1) further includes an RE coloring unit (132) that classifies power by coloring to allow power deals based on RE coloring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nao SAITO, Norihiko MORIWAKI, Hideki HAYASHI, Masato UTSUMI, Kazuya MONDEN, Yusuke SHOMURA, Toshiaki SUZUKI, Yoshikazu ISHII, Mingyu JO
  • Patent number: 11651385
    Abstract: A wallet server includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to acquire, from a plurality of terminals that are preset, evaluation information indicating an evaluation for a terminal other than an own terminal among the plurality of terminals, the evaluation information being generated by the own terminal, calculate reward amounts for the respective terminals based on the evaluation information, and deposit electronic money corresponding to the reward amounts to electronic wallets associated with the respective terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20210334810
    Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire store position information of a store where a user has entered; acquire store information in which position information of each of a plurality of stores and one or more settlement methods available in each of the plurality of stores are associated; and notify a terminal owned by the user of the settlement method available in the store where the user has entered based on the store position information and the store information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210334746
    Abstract: A delivery server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: transmit arrival information of a product to a user terminal carried by a user who has ordered the product; transmit, in a case where unattended delivery is instructed by the user terminal, unattended delivery information to a home delivery terminal of a delivery person who delivers the product, and request a signature of the user; transmit the signature information to the home delivery terminal in response to receiving signature information regarding the signature of the user from the user terminal; and transmit delivery completion information of the product to the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210334788
    Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire position information of a store where a user enters; acquire store information in which store position information of each of a plurality of stores, one or more settlement methods available in each of the plurality of stores, and one or more point methods available in each of the plurality of stores are associated; generate a settlement image including the settlement method and the point method available in the store where the user enters based on the position information and the store information; and output the settlement image to a terminal owned by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210334790
    Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire position information of a terminal; acquire shop information in which shop position information of each of a plurality of shops and one or more settlement methods usable in each of the plurality of shops are associated with each other, and acquires user information in which the plurality of settlement methods registered on the terminal and user's balance linked with the terminal for each of the plurality of settlement methods are associated with each other; and output balance information in which the shop position information regarding a shop and the balance regarding the settlement method usable on the terminal are associated with each other to the terminal based on the position information, the shop information, and the user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210334838
    Abstract: A wallet server includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to acquire, from a plurality of terminals that are preset, evaluation information indicating an evaluation for a terminal other than an own terminal among the plurality of terminals, the evaluation information being generated by the own terminal, calculate reward amounts for the respective terminals based on the evaluation information, and deposit electronic money corresponding to the reward amounts to electronic wallets associated with the respective terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210334771
    Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire pieces of information output from a first terminal possessed by a recipient who receives tip to a second terminal located within a range of a predetermined distance from the first terminal, the second terminal being possessed by a payer of the tip, and the pieces of information acquired by the processor including recipient identification information regarding the recipient, payer identification information regarding the payer, and tip amount information indicating a tip amount; perform a billing process of billing an account corresponding to a first settlement method designated by the payer identification information for electronic money equivalent to the tip amount information; and perform a transfer process of transferring the electronic money equivalent to the tip amount information to an account corresponding to a second settlement method designated by the recipient identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210334839
    Abstract: A server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: output, to a terminal, action schedule information in which a plurality of services provided by each of a plurality of service providers and date and time on which each of the plurality of services is available for experience are associated with each other; acquire user information in which an action history of a user who possesses the terminal and a settlement history regarding a settlement method of the user using electronic money are associated with each other; determine whether the user has experienced the plurality of services following the action schedule information, based on the user information; and perform a transfer process of transferring a predetermined rebate to an electronic money account associated with the terminal in a case where the user has experienced any one or more of the plurality of services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji OKAZAKI, Masato ENDO, Mayumi KURITA, Masashi TORITANI, Kumiko MATSUURA, Takayuki SHIKODA, Masaaki OTSUKA, Yoshikazu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20210114903
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet laminate that enables the purification performance of a wastewater treatment apparatus to be maintained. A sheet laminate 21 is used in a wastewater treatment apparatus for purifying wastewater using action of microorganisms in the wastewater. The sheet laminate 21 comprises a base material 211 and a gas-permeable non-porous layer 212, the base material 211 being a microporous membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu ISHII, Aoi SATOU, Katsuo MATSUZAKA
  • Patent number: 10721738
    Abstract: A system is provided which is capable of connecting a call without degrading the security level in a mobile terminal network, even when a call addressed to a user equipment (UE) arrives via the Internet or a home network. A femto base station receives a packet addressed to a UE via the Internet or a home network, and starts a paging procedure. The UE establishes an RRC connection to the femto base station. The UE transmits, to the femto base station, a paging response addressed to the SGSN. The femto base station performs NAS verification. If the femto base station detects the paging response to a paging request that the femto base station itself has issued, the femto base station changes the service type of the service request received from the UE from the paging response to signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Takeshi Kanazawa, Yoshikazu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190394778
    Abstract: A system is provided which is capable of connecting a call without degrading the security level in a mobile terminal network, even when a call addressed to a user equipment (UE) arrives via the Internet or a home network. A femto base station receives a packet addressed to a UE via the Internet or a home network, and starts a paging procedure. The UE establishes an RRC connection to the femto base station. The UE transmits, to the femto base station, a paging response addressed to the SGSN. The femto base station performs NAS verification. If the femto base station detects the paging response to a paging request that the femto base station itself has issued, the femto base station changes the service type of the service request received from the UE from the paging response to signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi Kanazawa, Yoshikazu Ishii
  • Patent number: 10455577
    Abstract: A system is provided which is capable of connecting a call without degrading the security level in a mobile terminal network, even when a call addressed to a user equipment (UE) arrives via the Internet or a home network. A femto base station receives a packet addressed to a UE via the Internet or a home network, and starts a paging procedure. The UE establishes an RRC connection to the femto base station. The UE transmits, to the femto base station, a paging response addressed to the SGSN. The femto base station performs NAS verification. If the femto base station detects the paging response to a paging request that the femto base station itself has issued, the femto base station changes the service type of the service request received from the UE from the paging response to signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Takeshi Kanazawa, Yoshikazu Ishii
  • Patent number: 10409308
    Abstract: An electric power transmission facility planning support system for materializing facility planning including the facility expansion of an electric power transmission network is provided based on the system information of a power system. This support system includes an output control quantity calculation device for deriving the output control quantities of natural variation power supplies in consideration of the operation limit value of the network; and a facility expansion planning device for making the facility planning based on one of the type, location, and capacity of an electric power transmission facility considering the output control quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimakura, Yoshikazu Ishii, Masataka Imabayashi