Patents Assigned to Nara Institute of Science and Technology
  • Patent number: 10475934
    Abstract: A thin film transistor having a high operation speed with a field effect mobility greater than 20 cm2/Vs and a method for manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor device having the same are provided. A thin film transistor in which a gate electrode, a gate insulating film and an oxide semiconductor film are laminated on a substrate, a source region and a drain region are respectively formed in outer portions of the oxide semiconductor film in the width direction, and a channel region is formed in a region between the source region and the drain region; and a source electrode is connected to the source region, while a drain electrode is connected to the drain region. The gate insulating film contains fluorine; and the ratio of the width W of the channel region to the length L thereof, namely W/L is less than 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NISSIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiharu Uraoka, Haruka Yamazaki, Mami Fujii, Eiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10367130
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a dopant composition-nanomaterial composite, which method makes it possible to simply and efficiently change a Seebeck coefficient value of a nanomaterial. This manufacture method of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) putting a dopant composition in contact with a nanomaterial in a solvent; (b) drying a mixture obtained in the step (a) so as to remove the solvent, the dopant composition containing a given anion and an onium ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Fumihiko Kamikonya, Kenji Ohashi, Kazuhiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 10355190
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a dopant composition-nanomaterial composite, which method makes it possible to simply and efficiently change a Seebeck coefficient value of a nanomaterial. This manufacture method of the present invention includes the step of putting a dopant composition in contact with a nanomaterial in a solvent, the dopant composition containing an anion, a cation, and a scavenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Motohiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 10275392
    Abstract: A data processing device includes a two-dimensional structure including a plurality of stages in a vertical direction, the stages each including basic units in a horizontal direction such that the number of the basic units is equal to the number of ways. The basic units each includes a memory block having a plurality of ports, an address generator for the ports of the memory block, and a calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Nakashima, Shinya Takamaeda
  • Publication number: 20190073743
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd., National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAGAWA, Norihiko Kawai, Tomokazu Sato, Naokazu Yokoya
  • Patent number: 10186013
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakagawa, Norihiko Kawai, Tomokazu Sato, Naokazu Yokoya
  • Publication number: 20190006525
    Abstract: A thin film transistor having a high operation speed with a field effect mobility greater than 20 cm2/Vs and a method for manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor device having the same are provided. A thin film transistor in which a gate electrode, a gate insulating film and an oxide semiconductor film are laminated on a substrate, a source region and a drain region are respectively formed in outer portions of the oxide semiconductor film in the width direction, and a channel region is formed in a region between the source region and the drain region; and a source electrode is connected to the source region, while a drain electrode is connected to the drain region. The gate insulating film contains fluorine; and the ratio of the width W of the channel region to the length L thereof, namely W/L is less than 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NISSIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiharu URAOKA, Haruka YAMAZAKI, Mami FUJII, Eiji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10157445
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakagawa, Norihiko Kawai, Tomokazu Sato, Naokazu Yokoya
  • Publication number: 20180215867
    Abstract: A polylactide derivative according to the present invention is expressed by the following general formula (1) or general formula (2): In general formula (1), one of X1-X5 is an aldehyde group, one of the other four is an alkoxy group, and the other three are hydrogen atoms. In general formula (2), one of R1-R3 is selected from a chlorine atom, fluorine atom, aldehyde group, alkoxy group, alkyl group and ester, while the other two are selected from the chlorine atom, fluorine atom, aldehyde group, alkoxy group, alkyl group, ester, and hydrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroharu AJIRO, Kai KAN, Mitsuru AKASHI
  • Patent number: 9988639
    Abstract: The problem of providing a technology that converts a Brassica rapa plant having self-incompatibility to having self-compatibility is addressed. The problem is solved by causing a pollen factor (SP11) to be inactive at a self-incompatibility gene locus for a Brassica rapa plant, while maintaining the inverted repeat sequence (SMI) on a class I dominant S haplotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seiji Takayama, Eiko Uno
  • Patent number: 9991006
    Abstract: A scan asynchronous memory element includes: an asynchronous memory element configured to receive an n-input; and a scan control logic circuit configured to generate an n-bit signal input and the n-input to the asynchronous memory element from a scan input. The scan control logic circuit outputs the signal input when a control signal supplied to the scan control logic circuit has a first bit pattern, the scan control logic circuit outputs the scan input when the control signal has a second bit pattern, and the scan control logic circuit outputs a bit pattern allowing the asynchronous memory element to hold a previous value when the control signal has a bit pattern other than the first and second bit patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: National University Corporation Nara Institute Of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohtake, Hiroshi Iwata, Michiko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180140925
    Abstract: A movement analysis device includes a sensor information acquisition unit and a swing identification processing unit. The sensor information acquisition unit acquires sensor information that is movement information from a sensor unit which is attached to a target person and which senses the movement of the target person. The swing identification processing unit individually identifies the time of the start of the movement and the time of the completion thereof with reference to a predetermined threshold value in a predetermined timing of the sensor information that is the movement information acquired from the sensor information acquisition unit. The swing identification processing unit identifies a movement within the range of the operation based on the time of the start of the movement and the time of the completion that are identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicants: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shogo HASHIMOTO, Ryo OKUMURA, Yutaka ARAKAWA, Hirohiko SUWA, Yuta TAKAHASHI, Chishu AMENOMORI
  • Publication number: 20180107656
    Abstract: A translation apparatus that can perform translation based on a correct syntax, a syntax evaluation apparatus employed in the translation apparatus, a syntax evaluation method, and a syntax evaluation program are provided. A syntax evaluation unit 13 includes a grammatical element guessing part 131 that guesses a grammatical element that should be connected before and after or after a word string indicated by first fragment data, and a grammatical element complementing part 132 that complements, based on the guessing result of the grammatical element guessing part 131, the first fragment data as necessary to generate second fragment data. When the grammatical element guessing part 131 guesses a grammatical element, the grammatical element complementing part 132 complements, at a location to which the grammatical element of the word string indicated by the first fragment data should be connected, a tag indicating the grammatical element in order to generate the second fragment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: YUSUKE ODA, GRAHAM NEUBIG, SAKRIANI SAKTI, TOMOKI TODA, SATOSHI NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180089141
    Abstract: A data processing device includes a two-dimensional structure including a plurality of stages in a vertical direction, the stages each including basic units in a horizontal direction such that the number of the basic units is equal to the number of ways. The basic units each includes a memory block having a plurality of ports, an address generator for the ports of the memory block, and a calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yasuhiko NAKASHIMA, Shinya TAKAMAEDA
  • Publication number: 20170197836
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a dopant composition-nanomaterial composite, which method makes it possible to simply and efficiently change a Seebeck coefficient value of a nanomaterial. This manufacture method of the present invention includes the step of putting a dopant composition in contact with a nanomaterial in a solvent, the dopant composition containing an anion, a cation, and a scavenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Motohiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20170110646
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a dopant composition-nanomaterial composite, which method makes it possible to simply and efficiently change a Seebeck coefficient value of a nanomaterial. This manufacture method of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) putting a dopant composition in contact with a nanomaterial in a solvent; (b) drying a mixture obtained in the step (a) so as to remove the solvent, the dopant composition containing a given anion and an onium ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Fumihiko Kamikonya, Kenji Ohashi, Kazuhiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 9611461
    Abstract: L-cysteine can be produced inexpensively and efficiently by using a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae modified to reduce activity of O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase B thereof, the bacterium being modified so that the C terminal region of its thiosulfate-binding protein is deleted, and the bacterium having an increased ability to produce L-cysteine in the presence of a sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Iwao Ohtsu, Takeshi Nakatani, Ai Tamakoshi, Sayo Takahashi, Hiroshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9510601
    Abstract: The present invention provides yeast having increased resistance to freezing stress in which POG1 gene is inactivated, a method for producing such yeast, and a method for using such yeast in food production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Yu Sasano, Jun Shima, Yutaka Haitani
  • Patent number: 9499830
    Abstract: By increasing, in a plant, expression of a gene or the like encoding a novel CONSTANS-LIKE protein, it is possible to promote root elongation of the plant and/or increase biomass of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
    Inventors: Masataka Kajikawa, Akiho Yokota, Kinya Akashi, Seja Gasenone Maphanyane, Pharoah Mosupi, Stephen Majara Chite, Norio Kato
  • Patent number: 9480837
    Abstract: Providing an electrode structure capable of realizing an electrode array which allows each of the electrodes to be individually controlled while allowing them to be densely arranged and placed in a living body. According to the present invention, an electrode control circuit electrically connected to an electrode body is fixed to a rear portion of the electrode body within a front-viewed contour of the electrode body. This electrode control circuit may be contained in a recess formed in the rear portion of the electrode body, or it may be fixed to the back face of the electrode body. Conversely, an electrically conductive material layer covering the electrode control circuit may be used as the electrode body. A plurality of such bioelectrodes may be arranged in a two-dimensional form on a substrate or connected by a connection line including an electrical wire. Such configurations allow the bioelectrodes to be densely arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshihiko Noda, Takashi Tokuda, Kiyotaka Sasagawa, Jun Ohta