Sony Corporation

Shigeru Tajima

Yoshihito Ishibashi

Junichi Rekimoto

Daisuke Yamazaki

Yuji Ayatsuka

Kayoko Tanaka

Hiroshi Kawashima

Kazumi Sato

Koichi Yoshikawa

Hideki Noma

Ryoki Honjo

Tomoyuki Ono

Nobuyuki Matsushita

Kenji Nakano

Eduardo Sciammarella

Masahiro Suzuki

Hiroshi Okada

Hidenori Karasawa

Mario Tokoro

Tota Hasegawa

Haruo Oba

Hiroaki Kitano

Yoshiaki Kumagai

Chisato Numaoka

Kenji Fujita

Tadahiko Nakamura

Ivan Poupyrev

Hiroaki Tobita

Yoshifumi Nishida

Keiichi Totsuka

Junichi Sawada

Toshiya Nakabayashi

Tetsu Natsume

Michimune Kohno

Rui Kamada

Mamiko Inamori

Henry Owen Newton-Dunn

Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella

In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.

Power storage management system, information processing apparatus, power storage apparatus, method of operating power storage management system, and method of operating information processing apparatus

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and power storage apparatus management system

A charge calculation apparatus, system and method allow for a controller to administer an electric power charging operation to one or more client devices, such as an electric vehicle. The vehicle provides its ID to the controller, which in turn calculates a tax according to the vehicle making the request, and other factors such as taxing jurisdiction, amount of electricity used, timing, etc. By controlling the charging operation in this way, the taxing authorities are able to collect tax revenue for use in maintaining roads from the users of those roads by monitoring which vehicles are using electricity to operate the vehicles on the roads. By keeping track of the vehicle's movement within different tax jurisdictions, the tax may be apportioned amongst the different taxing authorities.

Charge calculation apparatus, charge calculation system, and charge calculation method

Disclosed herein is a power supply device including: a position detection signal output section configured to output a position detection signal to a line allowing a current flow in only one direction in response to an order to output the position detection signal from a power supply managing device connected to a bus line including the line; a position detection signal detector configured to detect the position detection signal that is output from another device and flows through the line; and a position detection signal responder configured to respond that the position detection signal is detected to the power supply managing device when the position detection signal is detected by the position detection signal detector.

Power supply device, power supply managing device, method for detecting connection position of power supply device, and power supply system

A converter which converts first AC power input from an external power system to DC power, a storage device charged with the DC power from the converter, an inverter which converts DC power from the storage device to second AC power, an output AC power generating unit to which the first AC power and the second AC power are input, the unit which generates output AC power, and a controller which obtains external power information indicating a relationship between a power supply and a power demand in the external power system through a network and outputs a control signal to control the output AC power generating unit according to the external power information are provided. The controller controls the output AC power generating unit according to a state of a margin of the power supply.

Power supply device and method of controlling power supply

A battery device includes a plurality of power converters, and a power storage unit connected between the power converters. The power converters and the power storage unit are configured to convert power from a first power standard to a second power standard by transferring the power through the power storage unit.

Battery device for a scalable power system

A control system includes a first device configured to receive a first voltage, and convert the first voltage to a second voltage that varies according to a variation of the received first voltage. The control system also includes a second device configured to receive the second voltage and to change a charging rate of an energy storage device according to a variation of the received second voltage.

Control system including a device configured to change a charging rate of a battery, control device, and control method of the same

There is provided a power control apparatus including a power supply control unit that executes power supply control with respect to a device connected to a power supply line, a connector that is connected to a cable to perform versatile communication between the power supply control unit and an external device, and a switch that is provided at a predetermined position of a circumferential portion of the connector and physically intercepts the versatile communication between the power supply control unit and the external device.

Power control apparatus

In general, those who are right in front of each other can share actual world events that are generated in the same working space. For example, when an audio or a light of a wave form pattern is generated, by recognizing such an actual world event, both communication apparatuses share the actual world event. Also, a shock wave generated when one communication apparatus is hit with the other is shared by both. One of the communication partners searches a network for a communication partner who is right in front with the actual world event as a clue. Thus, it is possible to perform data communications with a communication partner whose location in the actual world is clear, such as being right in front, but whose identification information in the communication medium is unknown.

Data communication system, data communication apparatus, and data communication method for generating or detecting an event

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and power storage apparatus management system

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shigeru Tajima