Patents by Inventor Yusaku Amari

Yusaku Amari 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: 11571971
    Abstract: A control device that controls charging/discharging of a secondary battery mounted on a vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect start of deriving of a deterioration state of the secondary battery; and a control unit configured to control charging/discharging of the secondary battery such that a charging rate of the secondary battery is equal to or higher than a first predetermined value and equal to or lower than a second predetermined value in a state in which the vehicle is parked and is connected to an external power supply in a case in which start of deriving of the deterioration state has been detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Homma, Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 11453304
    Abstract: A management apparatus manages electric power transfer between a power system and a secondary battery mounted in a vehicle and storing electric power for traveling. The management apparatus includes a storage configured to store an upper limit number of rotations of a rotating machine included in the vehicle, and a controller configured to acquire an integrated number of rotations of the rotating machine that is measured from a start time of a warranty period of the vehicle and to limit electric power transfer between the power system and the secondary battery when the integrated number of rotations is equal to or greater than the upper limit number of rotations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yokoyama, Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 11376989
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquirer that is configured to acquire information regarding charging and discharging of a traveling battery provided in a vehicle with respect to an electric power system, and a communication controller that is configured to cause a communicator mounted on the vehicle to transmit the information acquired by the acquirer to a server apparatus in a case where a predefined condition associated with the type of the information is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari
  • Publication number: 20210300184
    Abstract: A control device that controls charging/discharging of a secondary battery mounted on a vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect start of deriving of a deterioration state of the secondary battery; and a control unit configured to control charging/discharging of the secondary battery such that a charging rate of the secondary battery is equal to or higher than a first predetermined value and equal to or lower than a second predetermined value in a state in which the vehicle is parked and is connected to an external power supply in a case in which start of deriving of the deterioration state has been detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Keiichiro Homma, Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 10913367
    Abstract: Provided is a charge and discharge management device for managing charging and discharging of an energy storage device in a vehicle, the vehicle including: the energy storage device configured to perform electric power transfer with an external power grid; and an electric device configured to adjust an electric power to be charged and discharged by the energy storage device, and configured to travel by power supply from the energy storage device, wherein the charge and discharge management device is configured to charge the energy storage device, by the electric power transfer with the external power grid, for increasing a remaining capacity of the energy storage device to a predetermined level when a conduction integration time of the electric device measured from a start point of a warranty period of the vehicle is equal to or longer than a first predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Amari, Shinichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200384881
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes: an acquisition part that acquires cost data derived based on vehicle position data indicating a position of a vehicle and electric power purchase facility position data indicating a position of an electric power purchase facility, the cost data indicating a cost required for the vehicle to move to the electric power purchase facility, and electric power purchase price data indicating an electric power purchase price at the electric power purchase facility; and a providing part that provides information in which the cost indicated by the cost data and the electric power purchase price indicated by the electric power purchase price data are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuteru Yano, Shinichi Yokoyama, Thomas Stephen Pontefract, Yusaku Amari
  • Publication number: 20200384878
    Abstract: A management apparatus that controls transmission and reception of electric power between a secondary battery mounted on a vehicle and accumulating the electric power used for traveling of the vehicle, and an electric power system, and includes an acquirer acquiring a position of the vehicle, a first specific location related to a user of the vehicle, and power storage information regarding the secondary battery, and a manager determining an amount of electric power supplied to the electric power system from the secondary battery only to the extent of a power storage amount obtained by subtracting a power storage amount with which the vehicle can travel from the position of the vehicle acquired by the acquirer to the first specific location from a power storage amount of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Stephen Pontefract, Shinichi Yokoyama, Mitsuteru Yano, Yusaku Amari, Keiichiro Homma
  • Publication number: 20200384883
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquirer that is configured to acquire information regarding charging and discharging of a traveling battery provided in a vehicle with respect to an electric power system, and a communication controller that is configured to cause a communicator mounted on the vehicle to transmit the information acquired by the acquirer to a server apparatus in a case where a predefined condition associated with the type of the information is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari
  • Publication number: 20200384876
    Abstract: A management apparatus manages electric power transfer between a power system and a secondary battery mounted in a vehicle and storing electric power for traveling. The management apparatus includes a storage configured to store an upper limit number of rotations of a rotating machine included in the vehicle, and a controller configured to acquire an integrated number of rotations of the rotating machine that is measured from a start time of a warranty period of the vehicle and to limit electric power transfer between the power system and the secondary battery when the integrated number of rotations is equal to or greater than the upper limit number of rotations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Shinichi Yokoyama, Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 10596918
    Abstract: A power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives electric power in a non-contact manner from a primary coil which is provided on a plane defined by a front-rear direction and a left-right direction which are at right angles to each other, a drive part which can change a relative position on the plane of the secondary coil relative to the primary coil, a display unit, and a processing unit for processing an image to be displayed on the display unit. The processing unit calculates a relative position and a gradient of the secondary coil relative to the primary coil based on a coupling coefficient between the primary coil and the secondary coil, and a change with time in the coupling coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 10562397
    Abstract: A power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives electric power in a non-contact manner from a primary coil which is disposed on a plane defined by a front-rear direction and a left-right direction which are at right angles to each other, a drive part which can change a relative position on the plane of the secondary coil relative to the primary coil, a display unit, and a processing unit for processing an image to be displayed on the display unit. The processing unit displays the relative position and the gradient of the secondary coil on the display unit. A display mode which is used when the secondary coil is not included in the target zone in relation to the left-right direction is different from a display mode which is used when the secondary coil is included in the target zone in relation to the left-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 10439451
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a charging circuit and a control device. The control device is configured to set a charging current value by increasing the charging current value over time while a voltage of a battery of the charging circuit increases so that a load resistance value of the charging circuit is constant in a constant-resistance charging mode, at the time of continuing charging of the battery. The control device is configured to initiate the constant-resistance charging mode based on a determination by the control device that an SOC of the battery or the voltage of the battery is at or above a predetermined threshold value, or based on an input from a user. The control device is configured to initiate a constant-power control charging mode in which charging power of the charging circuit is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Amari, Tomoaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10384552
    Abstract: A power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives electric power in a non-contact manner from a primary coil which is disposed on a plane defined by a front-rear direction and a left-right direction which are at right angles to each other, a drive part which can change a relative position on the plane of the secondary coil relative to the primary coil, a display unit, and a processing unit for processing an image to be displayed on the display unit. In an event that the secondary coil is included in the target zone in relation to the left-right direction, the processing unit displays the relative position and the gradient of the secondary coil on the display unit, and changes display modes of displaying the relative position on the display unit according to a change in the relative position in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari
  • Publication number: 20190165620
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a charging circuit and a control device. The control device is configured to set a charging current value by increasing the charging current value over time while a voltage of a battery of the charging circuit increases so that a load resistance value of the charging circuit is constant in a constant-resistance charging mode, at the time of continuing charging of the battery. The control device is configured to initiate the constant-resistance charging mode based on a determination by the control device that an SOC of the battery or the voltage of the battery is at or above a predetermined threshold value, or based on an input from a user. The control device is configured to initiate a constant-power control charging mode in which charging power of the charging circuit is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku AMARI, Tomoaki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10236728
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a charging circuit and a control apparatus. The charging circuit includes a reception coil and a battery. The reception coil is configured to receive wirelessly AC power transmitted from an electrical transmission circuit outside of the electric vehicle. The battery is configured to be charged with power obtained by rectifying the AC power received by the reception coil. The control apparatus includes a battery voltage detector and a charging current value setting device. The charging current value setting device is configured to set a charging current value at which the battery is charged in accordance with voltage of the battery detected by the battery voltage detector. The charging current value is set so that a load resistance value of the charging circuit is constant in a period during which the battery is being charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Amari, Tomoaki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20190061552
    Abstract: Provided is a charge and discharge management device for managing charging and discharging of an energy storage device in a vehicle, the vehicle including: the energy storage device configured to perform electric power transfer with an external power grid; and an electric device configured to adjust an electric power to be charged and discharged by the energy storage device, and configured to travel by power supply from the energy storage device, wherein the charge and discharge management device is configured to charge the energy storage device, by the electric power transfer with the external power grid, for increasing a remaining capacity of the energy storage device to a predetermined level when a conduction integration time of the electric device measured from a start point of a warranty period of the vehicle is equal to or longer than a first predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku AMARI, Shinichi YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10038343
    Abstract: A power reception apparatus includes a power reception coil, a relative distance detection section, a power transmission efficiency detection section, a database, a power transmission frequency setting section, and a power transmission request section. The power transmission frequency setting section is configured to read from the database a resonance frequency corresponding to a combination of a relative distance and an initial transmission efficiency and to set the read resonance frequency as a power transmitting frequency. The power transmission request section is configured to notify the power transmission apparatus of the power transmission frequency set by the power transmission frequency setting section to request wireless power transmission with the power transmission frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Amari, Tomoaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9889756
    Abstract: A drive over estimating unit of an electric vehicle estimates whether or not wheels of the vehicle will drive over a power supplying coil, e.g., power supplying pad, from a stopped position estimation value, e.g., a deviation amount in a direction of positional shifting of the electric vehicle with respect to the power supplying pad, and a steering angle (?? (left) or +? (right)) when the vehicle starts to move after non-contact charging thereof is completed. A notification unit issues a notification when it is estimated that the wheels of the electric vehicle will drive over the power supplying coil, e.g., power supplying pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari
  • Patent number: 9882416
    Abstract: A power receiving body and a vehicle including the power receiving body are provided, in which an object detection range, which corresponds to a non-contact charging condition between a power supplying coil and a power receiving coil, is set, together with variably setting the object detection range corresponding to a leakage magnetic field area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari
  • Publication number: 20170313201
    Abstract: A power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives electric power in a non-contact manner from a primary coil which is provided on a plane defined by a front-rear direction and a left-right direction which are at right angles to each other, a drive part which can change a relative position on the plane of the secondary coil relative to the primary coil, a display unit, and a processing unit for processing an image to be displayed on the display unit. The processing unit calculates a relative position and a gradient of the secondary coil relative to the primary coil based on a coupling coefficient between the primary coil and the secondary coil, and a change with time in the coupling coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Amari