Patents Assigned to National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology
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Patent number: 8536930Abstract: A switching circuit according to one embodiment includes: a switching element that has a first terminal and a second terminal, and is driven by a pulse signal to switch a conduction state between the first and second terminals; a power source section that supplies a voltage to the first terminal; a load circuit that is connected in parallel with the power source section; a passive circuit section that is connected between a connection point between the power source section and the load circuit, and the first terminal, and suppresses a current flowing from the connection point to the switching element at a frequency N times (N is an integer of 1 or more) as high as a clock frequency of the pulse signal; and a resonant circuit section that is connected between the passive circuit section and the connection point, and resonates at the frequency of N times.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., National University Corporation Toyohashi University of TechnologyInventors: Satoshi Hatsukawa, Nobuo Shiga, Kazuhiro Fujikawa, Takashi Ohira, Kazuyuki Wada, Tuya Wuren, Kazushi Sawada, Hiroshi Ishioka
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Patent number: 8494310Abstract: A novel search method having an advantage over the DSR 472 method the search accuracy of which is currently said to be the highest level is proposed. At the feature value computation stage, the two-dimensional image used in computation of the three-dimensional model feature value (excluding a contour feature value) is corrected so that the gray scales of the pixels are emphasized more as the distance from the center of the two-dimensional image increases.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: National University Corporation Toyohashi University of TechnologyInventors: Masaki Aono, Yohei Seki, Atsushi Tatsuma
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Patent number: 8486722Abstract: A sensing method for biopolymers by detecting the magnetic signal generated from a labeled biopolymer under AC magnetic field with thermo-responsive magnetic nano particles as label having a critical solution temperature across which the particles have the ability to aggregate or disperse with cooling or heating.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignees: National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology, JNC CorporationInventors: Saburo Tanaka, Shinji Katsura, Noriyuki Ohnishi, Kageaki Matsui
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Publication number: 20130177835Abstract: By using a composite material that is produced from an acid salt of an oxo acid compound and an azole compound, a proton conductor with good proton conductivity properties under medium temperature, non-humidified conditions may be achieved. The composite material may be produced by mechanical milling of the acid salt of the oxo acid compound and the azole compound using a planetary ball mill The structure of the composite material obtained by the mixing processing may be different from that of a mixture of the acid salt of the oxo acid compound and the azole compound. Therefore, it may be possible to produce the proton conductor that has good proton conductivity properties under medium temperature, non-humidified conditions with a simple method of mechanical mixing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2011Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Song-Yul Oh, Toshihiro Yoshida, Go Kawamura, Atsunori Matsuda, Hiroyuki Muto, Daisuke Uchihori
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Publication number: 20130134994Abstract: Contacting a pair of electrodes with soil, applying an alternate current input electric signal to one of the pair of electrodes, comparing a phase of an output electric signal from the other of the pair electrodes with a phase of the input electric signal; and determining the concentration of the ionic solute included in the solvent according to a difference of the phases. The difference of the phases is not dependent on the water content. An electrical conductivity is proportional to a water content and ion concentration, thereby, the water content of soil is available according to the measured electrical conductivity, while determining the ion concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Masato Futagawa, Kazuaki Sawada
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Publication number: 20130135046Abstract: A switching circuit 33 comprises a connection circuit cascade-connecting control terminals for controlling switching of n number of transistors M1-Mn via n?1 number of coils L1 respectively (n is an integer equal to or more than 2; and coils L3 respectively connected between one end of each of the transistors M1-Mn and other end of a coil L2, one end of the coil L2 being electrically connected to a DC power source. The transistors M1-Mn is sequentially switched with PWM signals inputted to an input terminal of the connection circuit. The switching circuit 33 further comprises a transistor M0 inserted at the one end or the other end of the coil L2 in cascade-connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicants: National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., National University Corporation Toyohashi Univers
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Publication number: 20130120890Abstract: Provided is a transistor protection circuit capable of appropriately protecting a transistor even when a switching frequency is high. A transistor protection circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention is a transistor protection circuit for protecting a voltage-driven transistor that is switch-controlled by the application of a high-potential-side voltage or low-potential-side voltage of a power supply to a gate terminal of the transistor by a drive circuit. The transistor protection circuit has a power supply controller that gradually lowers the high-potential-side voltage of the power supply upon receiving a protection command for executing protection of the transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicants: National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIV
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Patent number: 8388893Abstract: A combined detector capable of simultaneously detecting both a value indicating a physical/chemical phenomenon such as a pH value and the intensity of an energy beam such as light. The combined detector comprises a physical/chemical phenomenon detecting system (10) and an energy beam detecting system. The physical/chemical phenomenon detecting system (10) has a sensing section (21) whose potential varies with a physical/chemical phenomenon, a charge supply section (22) for supplying first charge to the sensing section, a charge supply control section (23) provided between the sensing section (21) and the charge supply section (22), a first charge storage section (26) for storing the first charge transferred from the sensing section (21), and a charge transfer control section (27) provided between the sensing section (21) and the first charge storage section (26).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: National University Corporation Toyohashi University of TechnologyInventors: Kazuaki Sawada, Junichi Matsuo, Hirokazu Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20130049862Abstract: A switching circuit according to one embodiment has: N switching elements; a connection circuit including N?1 first inductance elements that are connected in series; a second inductance element; and N third inductance elements. Control terminals of the N switching elements are connected to ends of the connection circuit and connection contacts, respectively. One end of the second inductance element is connected to a power supply. The N third inductance elements electrically connects one ends of the N switching elements and the other end of the second inductance element with each other, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicants: National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Ohira, Kazuyuki Wada, Mitsutoshi Nakata, Kazushi Sawada, Satoshi Hatsukawa, Nobuo Shiga, Kazuhiro Fujikawa
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Patent number: 8383295Abstract: A composition for holographic recording medium, which can be coated in a uniform thickness and enables to simply produce a high definition holographic recording medium is provided. And a holographic medium having a low error rate, high storage capacity, high-performance, high-density, which is produced using the composition for the holographic recording medium, is also provided. The composition comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester group-containing polymerizable substance, an alicyclic epoxy group-containing cationical polymerizable substance of which is ring-opening polymerized by heat, and a hydroxyl group-containing substance which is reactive with the alicyclic epoxy group-containing cationical polymerizable substance. The holographic recording medium is produced by forming a holographic recording layer on a substrate by applying the composition on the base material and polymerizing the alicyclic epoxy group-containing cationical polymerizable substance and the hydroxyl group-containing substance.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignees: Kyoeisha Chemical Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Toyohashi University of TechnologyInventors: Junichi Ikeda, Nobuya Morishita, Ryo Arai, Chisato Katahira, Yoshihiro Takatani, Kouzaburo Yokouchi, Mitsuteru Inoue, Pang Boey Lim
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Patent number: 8372659Abstract: The present invention provides a highly sensitive sensing device for biopolymers which detects the magnetic signal generated from a labeled biopolymer under AC magnetic field using thermo-responsive magnetic nano particles as a probe.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignees: National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology, JNC CorporationInventors: Saburo Tanaka, Shinji Katsura, Noriyuki Ohnishi, Kageaki Matsui
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Publication number: 20120326774Abstract: A switching circuit according to one embodiment includes: a switching element that has a first terminal and a second terminal, and is driven by a pulse signal to switch a conduction state between the first and second terminals; a power source section that supplies a voltage to the first terminal; a load circuit that is connected in parallel with the power source section; a passive circuit section that is connected between a connection point between the power source section and the load circuit, and the first terminal, and suppresses a current flowing from the connection point to the switching element at a frequency N times (N is an integer of 1 or more) as high as a clock frequency of the pulse signal; and a resonant circuit section that is connected between the passive circuit section and the connection point, and resonates at the frequency of N times.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicants: National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi HATSUKAWA, Nobuo SHIGA, Kazuhiro FUJIKAWA, Takashi OHIRA, Kazuyuki WADA, Tuya WUREN, Kazuya ISHIOKA, Kazushi SAWADA, Hiroshi Ishioka
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Patent number: 8330458Abstract: There is provided a nondestructive inspection apparatus using a SQUID magnetic sensor which allows nondestructive and accurate detection of magnetic particles in an insulator such as an electronic device or in a magnetizable member. The nondestructive inspection apparatus using the SQUID magnetic sensor comprises: a magnet for horizontal magnetization 4, the magnet applying a magnetic field to a specimen in the longitudinal direction of the specimen 3?; an inspection unit on which a specimen 3 is set, the specimen 3 being horizontally magnetized in the longitudinal direction by the magnet for horizontal magnetization 4; and belt conveyers 2, 5 for conveying the horizontally magnetized specimen 3; and a gradiometer 8 for detecting a particle horizontally magnetized along with a magnetizable member as the horizontally magnetized specimen 3.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Saburo Tanaka, Yoshimi Hatsukade
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Publication number: 20120306288Abstract: A switching circuit according to one embodiment includes first to fourth semiconductor switch elements. A pulse-like signal is applied to each input terminal of the switch elements such that when the first and fourth switch elements are in an ON (OFF) state, the remaining switch elements are in an OFF (ON) state. The switching circuit includes first and second capacitance elements. The first capacitance elements connected between an output terminal of the second semiconductor switch element and the second capacitance elements connected between an input terminal of the second semiconductor switch element and an output terminal of the fourth semiconductor switch element has a capacitance to reduce a parasitic capacitance between the input and output terminals of each of the fourth and second switch elements at a frequency N times (N is an integer of 1 or more) as high as a clock frequency of the pulse-like signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: National University Corporation Toyohashi University Of Technology, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Fujikawa, Nobuo Shiga, Takashi Ohira, Kazuyuki Wada, Kazuya Ishioka, Hiroshi Ishioka
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Publication number: 20120306563Abstract: A switching circuit according to one embodiment is a switching circuit including at least one semiconductor switch element having an input, output, and a common terminals, a pulse-like signal being applied between the input and common terminals to switch a current between the output and common terminals. The switching circuit further includes a capacitance suppression element section connected at least one of between the input and output terminals, between the input terminal common terminals, and between the output and common terminals. The capacitance suppression element section reduces a parasitic capacitance between the terminals of the semiconductor switch element where the capacitance suppression element section is connected to less than that obtained when the capacitance suppression element section is not connected at a frequency N times (N is an integer of 1 or more) as high as a clock frequency of the pulse-like signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro FUJIKAWA, Nobuo Shiga, Takashi Ohira, Kazuyuki Wada, Kazuya Ishioka, Hiroshi Ishioka
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Publication number: 20120231354Abstract: A composite membrane that can be used as an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell is produced from a resin material that contains at least polybenzimidazole and from a composite material that is produced from of hydrogen sulfate and heteropoly acid. The composite membrane has a basic structure of an aromatic hydrocarbon that does not contain fluorine and has good efficiency, even at a low doping level, so it can be used for the electrolyte membrane of a medium temperature dry fuel cell. Phosphoric acid is doped into the composite membrane. Characteristics of the relationship between output current density and output voltage for an electrolyte membrane that is made from the created composite membrane (a specimen 4) are better than for a specimen 8, in which the amount of phosphoric acid doping is equivalent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Atsunori MATSUDA, Song-Yul OH, Toshihiro Yoshida, Go Kawamura, Junichi Hamagami, Mototsugu Sakai
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Patent number: 8202472Abstract: A method for controlling a ladle to pour molten metal into a mold. The method comprises producing a mathematical model describing a relationship between a measured electrical voltage supplied to a servomotor for tilting the ladle and a flow rate of the molten metal flowing out of the ladle when the ladle is tilted; solving an inverse problem of the mathematical model; estimating the flow rate of the molten metal using a state observer having an exponential damping that uses an extended Kalman filter, based on the measured electrical voltage and a weight of the molten metal poured into the mold; processing the flow rate of the molten metal and a target flow rate of the molten metal with a gain-scheduled PI controller; obtaining a target electrical voltage to be supplied to the servomotor; and controlling the servomotor based on the target electrical voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignees: Sintokogio, Ltd., National University Corporation Toyohashi University of TechnologyInventors: Yoshiyuki Noda, Kazuhiko Terashima, Takanori Miyoshi, Kazuhiro Ota, Makio Suzuki
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Patent number: 8193500Abstract: A discrimination filtering device includes a filter and a filter having different pass bands, a detection unit, a processing unit, and a result output unit. The detection unit detects an electromagnetic wave from an object that is the target of identification through the filters. The pass band of the filters is designed to be suitable for object discrimination. The processing unit substitutes the output from the detection unit into a discrimination function determined based on the pass band of the filters and the teaching spectrum obtained in advance to infer the group which the object belongs to based on the substituted result.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignees: National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Iwasaki, Masaharu Mogi, Shigeki Nakauchi
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Patent number: 8183594Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferroelectric element having excellent properties, which includes a monocrystalline film of ?-Al2O3 formed as a buffer layer on a silicon substrate. The monocrystalline ?-Al2O film is formed on the silicon substrate which is the lowermost layer of an MFMIS structure. On the monocrystalline ?-Al2O3 film, there is formed an electrically conductive oxide in the form of a LaNiO3 film as a lower electrode. On the LaNiO3 film, there is formed a PZT thin film which is a ferroelectric material. On the PZT thin film, there is formed a Pt film as an upper electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: National University Corporation Toyohashi University of TechnologyInventors: Makoto Ishida, Kazuaki Sawada, Daisuke Akai, Yiping Guo
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Publication number: 20120062968Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional image projector capable of displaying a highly reproducible three-dimensional image in response to changes in a viewer's position and easily accomplishing system downsizing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: HolyMine Corporation, National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Mitsuteru Inoue, Pang Boey Lim, Hideyoshi Horimai