Patents Assigned to Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Publication number: 20200128160
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a photographing apparatus that reduces motion blur caused by camera rotation, provides high quality binocular parallax video, and suppresses visually induced motion sickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasushi Ikei, Kento Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20200123553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for introducing a substance into a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: JAPAN TOBACCO INC., TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, RIKEN
    Inventors: Norio KATO, Takashi OKAMOTO, Takatoshi KIBA, Erika TODA
  • Publication number: 20200119354
    Abstract: To provide an electrode which can sufficiently exhibit the battery characteristics necessary for a solid-state battery, a production method therefor, an electrode composition for producing said electrode, and a battery using the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, 3DOM INC.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kanamura, Hirokazu Munakata, Mao Shoji
  • Publication number: 20200070429
    Abstract: Provided are: a bond construction of an FRP material to a structure characterized in that a bonding layer formed from a fibrous substrate and a resin is interposed between the structure and the FRP material, and the bonding layer is protruded from an edge of the FRP material; and a bonding method. Repair or reinforcement of an existing structure can be made easily and reliably at a construction site with a required FRP material, and in particular, a sufficiently strong bonding force can be exerted between the structure and the FRP material for repair or reinforcement and a targeted repair or reinforcement performance due to the FRP material can be exhibited for the structure more reliably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicants: Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan University, National University Corporation Toyohashi University of Technology
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsui, Yutaka Ochi, Hitoshi Nakamura, Yukihiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10550747
    Abstract: A combustion system for ships operated at low cost is provided. A combustion system 1 for ships includes an internal combustion engine 20 that burns fuel, an exhaust line L2 through which exhaust gas flows, the exhaust gas being generated through combustion of the fuel in the internal combustion engine 20, an exhaust heat recovery device 40 that is disposed in the exhaust line L2 and that recovers exhaust heat from the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine 20, and a denitration device 50 that is disposed in the exhaust line L2 and that removes nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas using a denitration catalyst. The denitration device 50 is disposed downstream from the exhaust heat recovery device 40 in the exhaust line L2. The denitration catalyst contains 43 wt % or more of vanadium pentoxide and has a BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Eiji Kiyonaga, Kenji Hikino, Keiichiro Morita, Akihiro Nakamura, Masatake Haruta, Toru Murayama, Makoto Mino
  • Patent number: 10519837
    Abstract: A combustion system operated at low cost is provided. A combustion system 1 includes a combustion device 10 that burns fuel, an exhaust line L1 through which exhaust gas flows, the exhaust gas being generated through combustion of the fuel in the combustion device 10, a dust collector 50 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that collects dust in the exhaust gas, and a denitration device 90 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that removes nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas using a denitration catalyst. The denitration device 90 is disposed downstream from the dust collector 50 in the exhaust line L1. The denitration catalyst contains 43 wt % or more of vanadium pentoxide and has a BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eiji Kiyonaga, Kenji Hikino, Keiichiro Morita, Masatake Haruta, Toru Murayama, Makoto Mino
  • Publication number: 20190390207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for introducing a substance into a plant. The method of the present invention comprises introducing a substance into a plant germ cell with incomplete cell wall formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: JAPAN TOBACCO INC., RIKEN, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Norio KATO, Masako ICHIKAWA, Takashi OKAMOTO, Narumi KOISO, Takatoshi KIBA, Erika TODA
  • Patent number: 10510347
    Abstract: A language storage method according to one aspect of the present invention includes vectorization steps for vectorizing language accumulated in a dialog log database using a word vector created in advance for each word; determination step for determining whether to employ the language that has been vectorized as response data; and a storage step for accumulating the language that has been determined to be employed as the response data in a response database, in which a dimension reduction step for reducing the number of dimensions of the vector of the language vectorized in the vectorization step is included between the vectorization step and the determination step, and in the determination step, it is determined which one of an employed group and an unemployed group the vector of the language whose number of dimensions has been reduced in the dimension reduction step belongs to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Toru Yamaguchi, Eri Shimokawara, Kazuki Hirata, Tomoya Takatani
  • Patent number: 10483763
    Abstract: In a photovoltaic device or an operating point control circuit in which a current is output from a corresponding power supply cell or capacitor to between output terminals by periodically cutting off switching elements which are connected in series to a plurality of power supply cells and/or capacitors connected in series between the output terminals via inductors, cutoff duty ratios of all the switching elements are uniformly fixed to the same value in one cycle in which all the switching elements are cut off once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Shinichi Urabe, Toshihisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10472818
    Abstract: A first constituent member configured such that a plurality of panels overlaps and a second constituent member configured such that a plurality of panels overlaps are included, in which a first link member that can be expanded and contracted is connected to the first constituent member, a second link member that can be expanded and contracted is connected to the second constituent member, each of the constituent members can be expanded and contracted by expansion and contraction of each of the link members, the first constituent member and the second constituent member can relatively be rotated around rotation axes and also can removably be connected, the first link member and the second link member are connected to both ends of connecting link arm members via a free joint respectively, and the first link member and the second link member can be separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: NARITA MFG., LTD., TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, GrandTech Fujimoto Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jozo Ishida, Iri Takeshita, Naoyuki Takesue, Hideo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20190288277
    Abstract: (Problem to be Solved) The present application is to provide: a positive electrode material for producing a lithium-sulfur solid-state battery that does not experience degradation of battery performance from charging/discharging cycling, does not present the fire risk of liquid electrolytes, and thereby makes battery performance compatible with safety; an all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery that uses the positive electrode material; and a production method. (Means for Solution) The present application relate to a lithium-sulfur solid-state battery positive electrode material that contains: sulfur; a conductive material; a binder; and an ionic liquid or a solvate ionic liquid, and an all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery that includes: a positive electrode that comprises the positive electrode material; a negative electrode; and an oxide solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideo Michibata, Kiyoshi Kanamura, Mao Shoji
  • Patent number: 10414415
    Abstract: A first constituent member constructed such that at least portions of a plurality of panels overlap and a second constituent member constructed such that at least portions of a plurality of panels overlap are included, in which the first constituent member and the second constituent member are connected to a link member that can be expanded and contracted, the first constituent member and the second constituent member are expanded and contracted by expansion and contraction of the link member, and the first constituent member and the second constituent member can relatively be rotated around rotation axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: NARITA MFG., LTD., TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, GrandTech Fujimoto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jozo Ishida, Iri Takeshita, Naoyuki Takesue, Hideo Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20190273282
    Abstract: (Problem to be Solved) The present application is to provide an all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery that experiences little reduction in battery performance even after repeated charging/discharging cycling, does not generate toxic gas when damaged, and does not require addition of equipment or the like for management of moisture or oxygen concentration; and a production method for the all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery. (Means for Solution) The present invention uses a positive electrode that contains sulfur and a conductive material, a negative electrode that contains lithium metal, and, as an electrolyte layer that is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an oxide solid electrolyte to achieve a high-performance all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideo Michibata, Kiyoshi Kanamura, Mao Shoji
  • Patent number: 10385750
    Abstract: There is provided a catalyst that exhibits a high denitration efficiency at a relatively low temperature and does not cause oxidation of SO2 in a selective catalytic reduction reaction that uses ammonia as a reducing agent. A denitration catalyst molded in a block shape contains 43 wt % or more of vanadium pentoxide. The denitration catalyst has a BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more and is used for denitration at 200° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Eiji Kiyonaga, Kenji Hikino, Keiichiro Morita, Masatake Haruta, Toru Murayama, Makoto Mino
  • Publication number: 20190184345
    Abstract: A gas separation membrane containing a matrix resin and hyperbranched polymer- or dendrimer-bound, heteromorphous shaped silica nanoparticles, which are formed of heteromorphous shaped silica nanoparticles having surfaces onto which a hyperbranched polymer or a dendrimer is chemically added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi KAWAKAMI, Manabu TANAKA, Yuri KAMEYAMA, Yuuki KUDO, Hiroto MIKAMI, Tadayuki ISAJI, Kazutoshi ODAKA, Takamasa KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10326271
    Abstract: A solar power generation system includes: solar cells, or solar cells and at least one capacitor, connected in series between output terminals; an accompanying circuit provided for each of the solar cells, or each of the solar cells and each of the at least one capacitor, the accompanying circuit including an inductor and a switching device arranged in series; and a power generation operating point control device. The solar cells, or the solar cells and the at least one capacitor, are divided into units, of which adjacent units share one of the solar cells or one of the at least one capacitor. The power generation operating point control device is provided for each of the units, and is configured to control connection and disconnection of the switching device so as to optimize power generating capacity of the unit for which the power generation operating point control device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shinichi Urabe, Toshihisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190083942
    Abstract: A method for producing a gas separation membrane, including the following steps: step(a): treating the surfaces of silica nanoparticles dispersed in a first solvent with a reactive functional group-containing compound, while nanoparticles are being dispersed in the solvent, to thereby prepare a first solvent dispersion of reactive functional group-modified silica nanoparticles; step(b): replacing the first solvent dispersion's dispersion medium of reactive functional group-modified silica nanoparticles prepared in step(a) with a second solvent without drying of dispersion medium, and then reacting functional group-modified silica nanoparticles with dendrimer-forming monomer or hyperbranched polymer-forming monomer in the second solvent's presence so that dendrimer or hyperbranched polymer is added to reactive functional group, to thereby prepare dendrimer- or hyperbranched polymer-bound silica nanoparticles; step(c): mixing dendrimer- or hyperbranched polymer-bound silica nanoparticles prepared in step(b) wit
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi KAWAKAMI, Manabu TANAKA, Yuri KAMEYAMA, Azusa OSAWA, Tadayuki ISAJI, Takamasa KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10096809
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing, a secondary battery separator including a porous resin film in which pores have three-dimensionally ordered structure and are in mutual communication via through-holes. The method includes: uniformly dispersing spherical microparticles having narrow particle size distribution in a dispersion medium to prepare a microparticles-dispersed slurry; drying slurry to obtain a spherical microparticles-dispersed film; heat-treating the film to form a microparticles-resin film in which the microparticles are regularly arrayed in three-dimensions in a resin matrix; and contacting the microparticles-resin film with an organic acid, water, an alkaline solution or an inorganic acid other than hydrofluoric acid to dissolve and remove the microparticles, or heating the microparticles-resin film to remove the microparticles, to form pores which are in mutual communication and regularly arrayed in the resin matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, 3DOM INC., TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kanamura, Hirokazu Munakata, Kazuhiro Imazawa, Hiroyoshi Sago
  • Publication number: 20180253420
    Abstract: An output sentence generation apparatus for automatically generating one output sentence from a plurality of input keywords includes a candidate sentence generator incorporating a learned neural network configured to take in the plurality of keywords and generate a plurality of candidate sentences each including at least some of the plurality of keywords, and an evaluation outputter configured to calculate an overlap ratio for each of the plurality of candidate sentences generated by the candidate sentence generator and increase an evaluation of the candidate sentence with a small overlap ratio to thereby determine an output sentence from the plurality of candidate sentences. The overlap ratio is the number of occurrences of an overlapping word with respect to the number of occurrences of all words included in the corresponding candidate sentence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Mamoru KOMACHI, Shin KANOUCHI, Tomoya OGATA, Tomoya TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20180198120
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and an electrolyte solution, in which the positive electrode contains a first active material and a second active material each capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium. The first active material is in the state under which only deintercalation of lithium can be carried out in a battery reaction with the negative electrode immediately after assembly of the lithium secondary battery, and the second active material is in the state under which lithium can be intercalated in the battery reaction with the negative electrode immediately after assembly of the lithium secondary battery. The negative electrode contains metal lithium as an active material. The separator has a structure in which pores are three-dimensionally regularly arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: Tokyo Metropolitan University, 3DOM Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki KUBOTA, Hidetoshi ABE, Miyu NEMOTO, Kiyoshi KANAMURA, Kazuhiro IMAZAWA