Patents Assigned to Yokohama National University
  • Publication number: 20250105714
    Abstract: A magnetic gap length estimating device of the present application includes a voltage acquisition circuitry to acquire a line-to-line induced voltage induced in connection lines between an inverter and an electric rotating machine with a plurality of groups and phases, an estimation information creation circuitry to create estimation information for estimating a magnetic gap length from the waveform of the line-to-line induced voltage when the electric rotating machine is rotated in an unloaded state, and an instantaneous gap length estimation circuitry to estimate an instantaneous magnetic gap length from an instantaneous value of the line-to-line induced voltage and the estimation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Kodai OKAZAKI, Kan AKATSU
  • Patent number: 12259830
    Abstract: A device includes a first interface unit connected to a first controller area network (CAN) bus, a second interface unit connected to a second CAN bus, and a control unit configured to identify, in a case where transmission of a CAN frame is started, a CAN bus detected to be in a dominant state first after end of arbitration from the first CAN bus or the second CAN bus, as a CAN bus to which a transmission source device of the CAN frame is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Yosuke Maekawa, Camille Gay, Tsutomu Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20250013296
    Abstract: A virtual space image generation device generates a virtual space image including a visibility change region in which a visibility changes based on movement of a viewpoint of a user. The virtual space image generation device includes an image generation unit that generates the virtual space image in which a degree of change in visibility of the visibility change region changes with elapse of time, when the viewpoint of the user moves. According to the virtual space image generation device, the virtual space image that achieves visibility close to that of the appearance of a real space can be generated when the viewpoint of the user moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Daisuke NEGISHI, Hidenori HORITA, Katsunori OKAJIMA, Shumpei ONUKI
  • Publication number: 20240393875
    Abstract: A virtual space image generation device generates a virtual space image including a visibility change region in which a visibility changes based on movement of a viewpoint of a user. The virtual space image generation device includes an image generation unit that generates the virtual space image in which a transition completion time period required for transition of a visibility of the visibility change region between a first state and a second state different from the first state changes based on a predetermined condition, when the viewpoint of the user moves. Accordingly, the virtual space image that achieves visibility close to that of the appearance of a real space can be generated when the viewpoint of the user moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Daisuke NEGISHI, Hidenori HORITA, Katsunori OKAJIMA, Shumpei ONUKI
  • Patent number: 12076914
    Abstract: A molding device includes a movement processing unit configured to move a liquid column sandwiched between two substrates and a molding unit configured to perform a molding process by partially changing the liquid column to a solid within a prescribed molding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Shoji Maruo, Hiroyuki Tadokoro, Hotaka Hirata
  • Patent number: 12065521
    Abstract: A radical polymerization method may use a compound having a polycyclic aromatic skeleton and an endoperoxide compound having a polycyclic aromatic skeleton. An endoperoxide compound may have a polycyclic aromatic skeleton of formula (1), and a compound may have a polycyclic aromatic skeleton, which is a raw material of the endoperoxide compound: wherein R is a C1-10 alkyl group, an alkoxymethyl group having a C1-5 alkoxy group, a C6-10 aryl group, an alkylcarbonyl group having a C1-10 alkyl group, an arylcarbonyl group having a C6-20 aryl group, an alkyloxycarbonyl group having a C1-10 alkyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group having a C6-10 aryl group, an alkyloxycarbonylmethyl group having a C1-12 alkyl group or an aryloxycarbonylmethyl group having a C6-12 aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Kawasaki Kasei Chemicals Ltd., National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Shunichi Himori, Keita Iuchi, Akihiko Yamada, Hiroaki Gotoh, Kazuhisa Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20240274043
    Abstract: In a visibility information acquisition device, a display control unit displays a first identifier at a first position ahead of a subject and subsequently displays a second identifier at a second position spaced in the front-back direction from the first position, and moves the viewpoint of the subject from the first position to the second position. The display control unit then controls the display state of the second identifier according to the transition condition, and causes the visibility of the second identifier to transition from a reference state to an intended state different from the reference state. The visibility information on the second identifier during transition is acquired by an information acquisition unit. Accordingly, information required to allow generation of a virtual space image that achieves visibility close to that of the appearance of a real space can be acquired at high accuracy when the viewpoint is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Daisuke NEGISHI, Hidenori HORITA, Katsunori OKAJIMA, Shumpei ONUKI
  • Patent number: 12036725
    Abstract: A shaping apparatus includes: a movement processing unit that heats a droplet such that a temperature of the droplet on a peripheral side in a horizontal direction becomes higher than that on a center side in the horizontal direction and move the droplet by moving a heating area; and a shaping unit that performs shaping by partially changing the droplet into a solid in a predetermined shaping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Shoji Maruo, Hotaka Hirata, Taichi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20240162790
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic gap length estimating device in which neither a current sensor nor a current load is necessary, and a voltage at a connection-wire neutral point does not need to be measured. A magnetic gap length estimating device for estimating a magnetic gap length in an M-group N-phase rotating electric machine to be driven by an inverter includes: a voltage acquiring unit which acquires a no-load-induced line-to-line voltage induced under no load; and a magnetic gap estimating unit. The magnetic gap estimating unit includes: a spectrum analysis unit which converts the no-load-induced line-to-line voltage acquired by the voltage acquiring unit into amplitudes and phases for respective frequencies; a frequency analysis unit which extracts amplitudes and phases of a fundamental wave component and an Nth-order harmonic component of the no-load-induced line-to-line voltage; and an estimating-and-calculating unit which estimates the magnetic gap length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Kodai OKAZAKI, Kan AKATSU
  • Publication number: 20240070097
    Abstract: A device includes a first interface unit connected to a first controller area network (CAN) bus, a second interface unit connected to a second CAN bus, and a control unit configured to identify, in a case where transmission of a CAN frame is started, a CAN bus detected to be in a dominant state first after end of arbitration from the first CAN bus or the second CAN bus, as a CAN bus to which a transmission source device of the CAN frame is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Yosuke MAEKAWA, Camille GAY, Tsutomu MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220396027
    Abstract: A molding device includes a movement processing unit configured to move a liquid column sandwiched between two substrates and a molding unit configured to perform a molding process by partially changing the liquid column to a solid within a prescribed molding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Shoji Maruo, Hiroyuki Tadokoro, Hotaka Hirata
  • Patent number: 11495885
    Abstract: A sensor module includes: a metal member having a recessed portion; a resin portion embedded within the recessed portion; a radiator provided within the resin portion and configured to emit radio waves; a wireless communication portion provided within the resin portion and connected to the radiator; and a sensor connected to the wireless communication portion, wherein the metal member is insulated from the radiator by the resin portion and functions as a parasitic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Tomoharu Fujii, Takumi Ikeda, Hiroyuki Arai
  • Publication number: 20220333257
    Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode, provided on one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains a cathode catalyst used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride; an anode, provided opposite to the one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains an anode catalyst used to oxidize water to produce protons; and an anode support, provided opposite to the electrolyte membrane side of the anode, that supports the anode. The anode support is formed of an elastic porous body of which the Young's modulus is greater than 0.1 N/mm2 and less than 43 N/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University, DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Shigenori MITSUSHIMA, Kensaku NAGASAWA, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Setsuro OGATA, Akihiro KATO, Awaludin ZAENAL, Koji MATSUOKA, Yasushi SATO
  • Patent number: 11449575
    Abstract: A solution search device includes a variable value calculation circuit provided for each variable in a conjunctive-normal-form logical expression of an instance of the Boolean Satisfiability problem (SAT) and calculates a value of the variable; and a notification path that notifies another variable value calculation circuit of the value, in which each of the variable value calculation circuit includes a positive-side variable value calculation circuit that calculates a value of a target variable making all clauses including a target variable having no negation among clauses of the logical expression be true, a negative-side variable value calculation circuit that calculates the value of the target variable making all clauses including a target variable having negation among clauses of the logical expression be true, and a current value calculation circuit that calculates the value of the target variable based on the value of the target variable calculated by the positive- side variable value calculation circu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Naoki Takeuchi, Masashi Aono
  • Publication number: 20220228113
    Abstract: Provided is a hair follicle germ capable of forming a hair shaft-like structure in vitro simply and within a short period of time. A method of producing a hair follicle germ includes: inoculating epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells; maintaining the epithelial cells and the mesenchymal cells in a culture solution in which (a) laminin and entactin, and/or (b) type IV collagen is dispersed; and co-culturing the epithelial cells and the mesenchymal cells in a culture solution to form a hair follicle germ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: National University Corporation Yokohama National University, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Junji Fukuda, Tatsuto Kageyama, Akihiro Shimizu, Rikuma Nakajima, Riki Anakama
  • Publication number: 20220127385
    Abstract: A radical polymerization method may use a compound having a polycyclic aromatic skeleton and an endoperoxide compound having a polycyclic aromatic skeleton. An endoperoxide compound may have a polycyclic aromatic skeleton of formula (1), and a compound may have a polycyclic aromatic skeleton, which is a raw material of the endoperoxide compound: wherein R is a C1-10 alkyl group, an alkoxymethyl group having a C1-5 alkoxy group, a C6-10 aryl group, an alkylcarbonyl group having a C1-10 alkyl group, an arylcarbonyl group having a C6-20 aryl group, an alkyloxycarbonyl group having a C1-10 alkyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group having a C6-10 aryl group, an alkyloxycarbonylmethyl group having a C1-12 alkyl group or an aryloxycarbonylmethyl group having a C6-12 aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicants: Kawasaki Kasei Chemicals Ltd., National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Shunichi HIMORI, Keita IUCHI, Akihiko YAMADA, Hiroaki GOTOH, Kazuhisa SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20220056670
    Abstract: A transport vehicle management system includes: a three-dimensional data acquisition unit that acquires three-dimensional data of a work site; a two-dimensional course generation unit that generates a two-dimensional course for a transport vehicle on a two-dimensional plane set at the work site; and a three-dimensional course generation unit that generates a three-dimensional course of the transport vehicle from the two-dimensional course, based on the three-dimensional data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Takashi Maekawa, Riku Usami, Yuji Kobashi
  • Publication number: 20220055872
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: an operation tool that is operated by an operator; and a controller that determines a target flow rate for hydraulic oil fed to a hydraulic device on a basis of the amount of operation of the operation tool. The controller calculates a bleed-off target flow rate on a basis of the flow rate of hydraulic oil fed from a hydraulic oil pump and the target flow rate for hydraulic oil fed to the hydraulic device, calculates a bleed-off throttle differential pressure on a basis of a pressure of hydraulic oil fed from the hydraulic oil pump and a pressure of hydraulic oil in a hydraulic oil tank, calculates a bleed-off target opening area on a basis of the bleed-off target flow rate and the bleed-off throttle differential pressure, and controls a hydraulic oil control valve such that the bleed-off target opening area is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: TADANO LTD., National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University
    Inventors: Kazushi SANADA, Kazuya TANIZUMI, Shinji NOGUCHI, Naoto KAWABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220041983
    Abstract: Provided are a hair follicle germ having excellent hair growth-related properties, a method of producing a hair follicle germ, and a method of activating cells contained in a hair follicle germ. The hair follicle germ includes: epithelial cells; mesenchymal cells; and mesenchymal stem cells. The method of producing a hair follicle germ includes co-culturing epithelial cells, mesenchymal cells, and mesenchymal stem cells to form a hair follicle germ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: National University Corporation Yokohama National University, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Junji Fukuda, Tatsuto Kageyama, Yoshiki Tate
  • Patent number: 11181170
    Abstract: A planetary gear device configured by combining a plurality of planetary gear mechanisms includes first and second planetary gear mechanisms sharing a carrier, wherein each planetary gear mechanism is composed of an internal gear Ik (k is an integer equal to or larger than 2) and a planetary gear Pk which is engaged with the internal gear Ik and revolves in a circumferential direction of the internal gear, the planetary gear Pk of each planetary gear mechanism is composed of a spur gear in the form of an external gear, the planetary gears Pk of the planetary gear mechanisms share a central axis or have central axes integrally connected to integrally rotate on a common rotation central axis line or are integrated with each other to integrally rotate on the common rotation central axis line in order to configure the entire planetary gear device as a two-stage gear mechanism, the planetary gear device is configured such that the number of teeth zp1 of a first planetary gear constituting the first planetary gear
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: National University Corporation Yokohama National University
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujimoto, Daiji Kobuse