Patents Assigned to Toshiba IT-Solutions Corporation
  • Patent number: 12003006
    Abstract: A fuel cell system according to the present embodiment includes a fuel cell stack, a cooling-water tank having a cooling-water supply port to which a cooling-water supply pipe coupled to a cooling-water inlet manifold is coupled at the other end, a first oxygen-containing-gas discharge pipe coupled at one end to an air outlet manifold being coupled to the cooling-water tank at the other end, the cooling-water tank being configured to supply cooling water from the cooling-water inlet manifold, and a pressure-loss part to which a second oxygen-containing-gas discharge pipe coupled at one end to an air discharge port of the cooling-water tank is coupled at the other end, and to which a fuel-gas discharge pipe coupled at one end to a fuel-outlet manifold provided in a downstream outlet of the fuel-electrode passage is coupled at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soichiro Shimotori
  • Patent number: 12002646
    Abstract: A technique for outputting heterologous ions having the same per-nucleon energy at different timings by using one ion source is provided. An ion generation device includes: an ion generation energy setter that causes first ions and second ions generated by ionization in a vacuum chamber to be emitted in a mixed state from an opening; an electric-field voltage adjuster that imparts a same predetermined per-nucleon energy to each of the first and second ions by applying electric potential formed between the opening and extraction electrodes while switching the electric potential between first and second electric-field voltages; and an excitation current adjuster that causes the first and second ions to be outputted at different timings by supplying a coil of a separation electromagnet with an excitation current while switching the excitation current between first and second excitation currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Takeuchi, Akiko Kakutani
  • Publication number: 20240174443
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transport device includes a main part, a wheel, and a reader. The main part supports or pulls an object. The wheel is mounted to the main part, and rolls over a traveling surface. The reader is fixed with respect to the main part, and reads an identifier in a direction tilted with respect to a first direction and a second direction. The first direction is along the traveling surface, and the second direction is perpendicular to the traveling surface. The identifier is mounted to a surface, which crosses the first direction, of the object. A position of an area of the surface read by the reader changes along the second direction as the transport device moves in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Akihiro MORI, Akihito TERADA, Daisuke KOBAYASHI, Yusuke ITO, Takuya MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240175366
    Abstract: A fixing structure for a rotor blade of an embodiment includes: a fixing groove penetrating blade implantation portions and a rotor wheel in a circumferential direction; a locking blade lastly fitted into a blade groove; and a latch member inserted from an axial direction into the fixing groove formed in the blade implantation portion of the locking blade and the rotor wheel forming the blade groove into which the blade implantation portion of the locking blade is fitted. The latch member includes: an inner peripheral latch disposed on a radially inner side; an outer peripheral latch disposed on a radially outer side; a center latch fitted between the inner peripheral latch and the outer peripheral latch, and a bent portion provided at an end portion on a downstream side in the axial direction of the inner peripheral latch, the bent portion being bent to fix the locking blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsutomu YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240165426
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coolant supply apparatus for a rotating gantry comprising: a rotating gantry that supports both an irradiation nozzle configured to radiate a particle beam and a transport unit configured to transport the particle beam to the irradiation nozzle and rotates around a horizontal axis directed in a horizontal direction; and at least one cable group that is configured by integrating a plurality of cables arranged in line along a band-shaped reinforcement member, is connected at one end to the rotating gantry, and is connected at another end to a stationary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito TOMITA, Yasuhiro YUGUCHI, Shinichi TAKAMA, Kiyohiko KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11989014
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus for precisely estimating a state of equipment. An information processing apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention includes: an acquirer; a calculator; and a determiner. The acquirer is configured to acquire first data about a predetermined target. The calculator is configured to calculate distribution of magnitude of a value included in the first data. The determiner is configured to determine a portion of a width of the distribution as a specific range used for estimating a state of the target based on the distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Maya, Ken Ueno
  • Patent number: 11990662
    Abstract: A high-frequency terminator includes a dielectric substrate, a metal layer provided on a back surface of the dielectric substrate, a transmission line provided on a front surface of the dielectric substrate, a resistor provided on the front surface of the dielectric substrate and connected to the transmission line, and a conductor electrically connecting the resistor and the metal layer. The dielectric substrate includes a first substrate part having a first thickness in a direction from the back surface toward the front surface, and a second substrate part having a second thickness in the direction that is less than the first thickness. The transmission line extends from the first substrate part to the second substrate part and is connected to the resistor on the second substrate part. The conductor electrically connects the metal layer and the resistor at the second substrate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuaki Asahi
  • Publication number: 20240162339
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor includes a nitride member. The nitride member includes a first nitride region, and a second nitride region. The first nitride region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N (0?x1<1). The Alx1Ga1-x1N includes a first element. The first element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe and Mn. The second nitride region includes Alx1Ga1-x1N (0?x1<1). A direction from the first nitride region to the second nitride region is along a first direction. A second lattice length of the second nitride region in a first axis crossing the first direction is different from a first lattice length of the first nitride region in the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki HIKOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20240156424
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imaging control system comprising: an X-ray imaging device; a respiratory monitor; and a control calculating device; the control calculating device comprising: a respiratory waveform divider to slice at least one of cycle and amplitude in a respiratory waveform of the respiratory motion included in the respiratory data into multiple specific fragments, an image data sorter to acquire a rotational angle indicating a rotational position of the rotating gantry from a gantry controller for controlling a rotation of the rotating gantry, and to sort the X-ray images contained in the image data every specific fragment into multiple X-ray images, and a three-dimensional reconstructor to reconstruct the multiple X-ray images categorized every specific fragment based on the rotational angle of the rotating gantry at shooting to generate multiple three-dimensional reconstructed images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke NAKANISHI, Yasushi ISEKI
  • Patent number: 11981516
    Abstract: To solve the above problem, a control apparatus, a program, and a system that are capable of effectively providing picking information are provided. According to an embodiment, a control apparatus includes an image interface, a communication unit, and a processor. The image interface obtains an instruction image indicating information of articles to be picked. The communication unit transmits and receives data to and from a robot system that picks the articles. The processor generates picking information of the articles to be picked from the instruction image, and transmits the picking information to the robot system via the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Yaegashi
  • Publication number: 20240154004
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor includes a nitride member. The nitride member include a first nitride region, a second nitride region, and intermediate region. The first nitride region includes Alx1Ga1?x1N (0?x1<1). The Alx1Ga1?x1N includes a first element including at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe and Mn. The second nitride region includes Alx2Ga1?x2N (0?x2?1). A direction from the first nitride region to the second nitride region is along a first direction. The intermediate region is provided between the first nitride region and the second nitride region. The intermediate region includes Alz1Ga1?z1N (0?z1?1, x1<z1, x2<z1). The Alz1Ga1?z1N includes oxygen. A concentration of oxygen in the nitride member becomes maximum in the intermediate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki HIKOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20240149380
    Abstract: Provided are a processing device, a detecting system, a processing method, a program, and a storage medium that obtain a position of a weld portion of a joined body with higher accuracy. A processing device according to an embodiment receives intensity data of a reflected wave obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic wave along a first direction toward a joined body. The device designates a weld portion of the joined body by using the intensity data. The device calculates a first center position of the weld portion in a first plane crossing the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Yasunori CHIBA, Masahiro SAITO, Takuya ATSUMI, Shin MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11977192
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a charged-particle trajectory measurement apparatus for measuring a trajectory of a cosmic ray muon as a charged particle includes: a plurality of detectors, each of which generates a detection signal at the time of detecting a cosmic ray muon; a signal processing circuit that processes the detection signal from the detector; a time calculator that calculates the generation time point of the detection signal from the detector on the basis of the signal outputted from the signal processing circuit; a trajectory calculator that calculates the trajectory of the cosmic ray muon on the basis of the generation time point of the detection signal and the positional information of the detector having detected the cosmic ray muon, wherein the signal processing circuit and each of the detectors are integrally configured by being coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Kume, Haruo Miyadera, Takuro Fujimaki, Tsukasa Sugita, Yuki Nakai, Masataka Suga, Kohei Nobe
  • Patent number: 11979042
    Abstract: A charging and discharging control device includes one or more processors configured to determine, in response to a stop of alternate-current power supply, whether a voltage value of a storage battery, being capable of supplying power to a direct-current load, is a first threshold or less; determine, in response to a restart of the alternate-current power supply, whether a difference in voltage value between the storage battery and direct-current power output from a rectifier is a second threshold or less; disconnect between the storage battery, and the rectifier and the direct-current load when determining the voltage value of the storage battery as being the first threshold or less, and reconnect from the rectifier to the storage battery when determining the difference in voltage value between the storage battery and the direct-current power is the second threshold or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Kawamoto, Kenji Mitsumoto
  • Publication number: 20240140713
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes one or more hardware processors configured to, based on a plurality of pieces of rack data including first identification information of one or more kinds of products housed in each of a plurality of racks, determine: a processing sequence of a plurality of pieces of order data including second identification information of one or more kinds of products to be picked from at least part of the plurality of racks; and one or more of the plurality of racks for picking a product identified by the second identification information for each of the plurality of pieces of order data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki AISU, Shizu SAKAKIBARA, Takufumi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240133060
    Abstract: An electrode of an embodiment includes: a power feeder layer including an electric conductive material, the power feeder layer including a porous structure including porosity of 40% or more and 60% or less; and a catalyst layer provided on the power feeder layer, the catalyst layer including a porous catalyst layer including a porous precious metal or sheet-like precious metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONS
    Inventors: Taishi FUKAZAWA, Norihiro YOSHINAGA, Yoshitsune SUGANO
  • Publication number: 20240133414
    Abstract: A fastening member in an embodiment consists of a bolt and a nut. A hard layer made of a metal nitride is formed on a surface of a threaded portion of the bolt or a surface of a threaded portion of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun OINUMA, Yasutaka KAWADA, Takashi MIURA, Hidekazu MIYAJIMA, Toru ABE, Kazuki KURODA
  • Publication number: 20240134369
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an anomaly sign detection system comprising one or more computers configured to: calculate a correction value for correcting at least one actual process value from the at least one actual process value and at least one reference process value; determine whether each of plurality of actual process values is correlated with the at least one reference process value or not, based on correction-necessity coefficient of determination; use the correction value for correcting at least one actual process value determined to be correlated with the at least one reference process value among the plurality of actual process values; generate learning input data including at least one corrected process value as the at least one actual process value corrected by the correction value; and perform machine learning by inputting the learning input data to anomaly sign detection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki TAKADO, Chikashi MIYAMOTO, Toshio AOKI, Shinya TOMINAGA, Ryota MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11967458
    Abstract: A superconducting coil includes: a winding member 12 that has a side surface 18 along a coil radial direction and is formed by laminating a superconducting tape wire 20 in the coil radial direction by winding; and a bypass 19 that is provided on the side surface 18 of the winding member 12 and electrically connects the superconducting tape wire 20 in the coil radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Sadanori Iwai, Taizo Tosaka, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Kenji Tasaki
  • Publication number: 20240128755
    Abstract: An energy storage system according to an embodiment includes first and second power storage devices and performs charge/discharge control for the power storage devices based on a charge/discharge command value. The first power storage device performs discharging for one or more devices as destination via a power line or performs charging of power supplied from one or more devices as source via the power line, and the second power storage device performs charging and discharging for the first power storage device. The energy storage system also includes a control system that controls charge/discharge power of the second power storage device so that a power storage rate of the first power storage device falls within a predetermined power storage rate range and controls charge/discharge power of the first power storage device based on charge/discharge power corresponding to the charge/discharge command value and the charge/discharge power of the second power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitaka MONDEN, Shuji YAMAZAKI, Takenori KOBAYASHI