Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Kiyoshi Matsumoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20160327523Abstract: According to embodiments, a sensor includes a structure body, a container, a liquid and a sensing unit. The structure body includes a supporter, and a film unit. The film unit includes a first region. The first region includes a first end portion supported by the supporter, and a first portion being displaceable. The film unit includes an opening. The container is connected to the structure body. A first space is defined between the film unit and the container. The liquid is provided inside the first space. The sensing unit senses a displacement of the first portion accompanying a displacement of the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Isao SHIMOYAMA, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Binh Khiem Nguyen, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Minh Dung Nguyen, Hiroto Tamura, Quang Khang Pham, Takahiro Omori, Osamu Nishimura, Akihiro Kasahara
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Patent number: 9310265Abstract: A tactile sensor and a multi-axial tactile sensor are provided, each of which is thin and can measure shearing force. A multi-axial tactile sensor 1 includes a sensor element 2 provided in a plane substantially at the same level as the surface of a substrate 6, and an outer package member 42 covering around the sensor element 2 and transmitting external force to the sensor element 2. The sensor element 2 includes a flexible beam 7 (8) having at least one end supported by the substrate 6. The sensor element 2 detects deformation of the beam 7 (8), the deformation being caused in the direction in parallel with the surface of the substrate 6.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Akihito Nakai, Hidetoshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20160064679Abstract: Provided is a photodetector including: an organic semiconductor (20) having protrusions; a metal layer (30) added onto the organic semiconductor (20), for promoting at least one of localized plasmon resonance and surface plasmon resonance in which electrons are excited through irradiation of detection light; and a semiconductor (40) forming a junction with the metal layer (30), for allowing electrons excited through the plasmon resonance to pass through the junction (40a) with the metal layer (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, The University of Tokyo, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu AJIKI, Isao SHIMOYAMA, Kiyoshi MATSUMOTO, Tetsuo KAN, Koichi KARAKI, Yasuo SASAKI, Masayuki YAHIRO, Akiko HAMADA
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Patent number: 9250210Abstract: A gas sensor that can enhance gas detection sensitivity more than the conventional sensors with a simple configuration is proposed. An electric double layer including a gate insulating layer is formed in an ionic liquid (IL), a change of a state of the gate insulating layer in the ionic liquid (IL) that occurs by absorbing a gas is directly reflected in a source-drain current (Isd) that flows in a carbon nanotube (8). Therefore, the gas detection sensitivity can be enhanced more than in the conventional sensors. Further, since the ionic liquid (IL) can be simply provided on a substrate (2) to be in contact with the carbon nanotube (8) and a gate electrode (7), the configuration that chemically modifies a surface of the carbon nanotube with a plurality of polymers as in the conventional gas sensors is not needed, and the configuration can be simplified correspondingly.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Omron CorporationInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Yusuke Takei, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Noboru Kiga, Masahito Honda
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Publication number: 20150362394Abstract: The present invention achieves a pressure-sensitive sensor which can detect information on a pressure, a sound pressure, acceleration, gas and the like, with high sensitivity. The pressure-sensitive sensor includes: a cantilever (22); a frame (23) which is provided around the cantilever (22) and holds a base end of the cantilever (22); a gap (24) formed between the cantilever (22) and the frame (23); and a liquid (28) which seals the gap (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Binh-Khiem Nguyen, Minh-Dung Nguyen, Hoang-Phuong Phan
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Patent number: 9188497Abstract: There is provided a differential pressure sensor capable of measuring a pressure fluctuation with a simple structure. The differential pressure sensor includes a main body formed with an air chamber, and an opening that causes an interior of the air chamber to be in communication with an exterior, and a detector provided at the opening. The detector includes a cantilever provided in a manner tiltable so as to block off the opening, and the cantilever is formed with a Piezo resistor layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: The University of TokyoInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Takahata, Tetsuo Kan, Kenta Kuwana, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Minh-Dung Nguyen
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Publication number: 20150323482Abstract: To propose a gas sensor and a gas sensor structural body that can improve detection sensitivity of gas more than in the conventional gas sensors with a simple configuration. A graphene (8) between a source electrode (3) and a drain electrode (4) is provided in an ion liquid (L), whereby a state change of charges in the ion liquid (L) caused by absorption of gas is directly reflected on a source-drain current (Isd) that flows in the graphene (8). Therefore, it is possible to improve detection sensitivity of the gas more than in the conventional gas sensors. The graphene (8) only has to be provided to be disposed in the ion liquid (L). Therefore, unlike in the conventional gas sensors, a configuration in which carbon nanotubes are surface-chemically modified by a plurality of polymers is unnecessary. Therefore, it is possible to simplify a configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Yusuke Takei, Akira Inaba, Kwanghyun Yoo, Masahito Honda, Hiroshi Imamoto
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Patent number: 9005796Abstract: A power storage unit includes a battery module housed in a battery case. The battery module has, as components, a plurality of battery cells stacked and arranged in a direction (direction Y) crossing a transverse direction. Reinforcing members arranged at a predetermined spacing are provided between the battery cells. The power storage unit of this structure can prevent damage to the power storage unit disposed between seats adjacent to each other in the transverse direction, when frame members provided in the seats are moved in the transverse direction in the event of a crash of a moving conveyance.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiko Shishido, Yoshinori Noritake, Kiyoshi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20150096388Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a sensor body which has a first surface and a cavity with an opening in the first surface, a cantilever which has a base end portion supported on the first surface and a distal end portion provided to form a gap from a peripheral edge of the opening inside the opening, is flexurally deformed according to a pressure difference between an inside and an outside of the cavity, and is formed of a semiconductor material, and a displacement measurement unit which measures a displacement of the cantilever vibrating according to the pressure difference at a frequency larger than a lower limit frequency fLOW (Hz) defined by Expression (1), where a width (?m) of the gap is represented by G, a volume (ml) of the cavity is represented by V, and a proportional constant is represented by k.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicants: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Minh-Dung Nguyen, Yoko Shinohara, Takeshi Uchiyama, Manabu Oumi, Masataka Shinogi
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Publication number: 20150009503Abstract: A gas sensor is proposed, which can detect a gas by a novel configuration while reduction in size is achieved. The gas sensor (1) does not need a light absorption path as in a prior art so that the size can be reduced correspondingly. Further, in the gas sensor (1), a gas is absorbed in an ionic liquid (IL), and a dielectric constant of the ionic liquid (IL) that changes by absorbing the gas can be measured according to a change in light intensity that occurs by a surface plasmon resonance phenomenon in a metal layer (7). Thus, the gas sensor (1) including the novel configuration that can detect a gas based on the change in the light intensity can be realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Tetsuo Kan, Yusuke Takei, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Koutaro Ishizu, Masahito Honda
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Publication number: 20140346042Abstract: A gas sensor that can enhance gas detection sensitivity more than the conventional sensors with a simple configuration is proposed. An electric double layer including a gate insulating layer is formed in an ionic liquid (IL), a change of a state of the gate insulating layer in the ionic liquid (IL) that occurs by absorbing a gas is directly reflected in a source-drain current (Isd) that flows in a carbon nanotube (8). Therefore, the gas detection sensitivity can be enhanced more than in the conventional sensors. Further, since the ionic liquid (IL) can be simply provided on a substrate (2) to be in contact with the carbon nanotube (8) and a gate electrode (7), the configuration that chemically modifies a surface of the carbon nanotube with a plurality of polymers as in the conventional gas sensors is not needed, and the configuration can be simplified correspondingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Yusuke Takei, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Noboru Kiga, Masahito Honda
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Publication number: 20140343373Abstract: To propose an oral cavity sensor capable of analyzing tongue movements in more detail than before. In an oral cavity sensor (1) which is even provided with a sensor element (7) having a mechanical configuration capable of measuring each of external force components in three axis directions, the sensor element (7) can be protected by an elastic body (9), and the whole of the elastic body (9) is covered with the coating film (11a) made of a biocompatible material. Thereby, the sensor element (7) and the elastic body (9) can be safely attached in an oral cavity (MT) of a subject (EXA), and can measure each of the external force components in the three axis directions. As a result, on the basis of the external force components in the three axis directions, complicated tongue movements at the time of mastication or swallowing in the oral cavity (MT) can be analyzed in more detail than before.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicants: The University of Tokyo, Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Yusuke Takei, Kentaro Noda, Yoshio Toyama, Toshihiro Ohmori, Takashi Tachimura
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Publication number: 20140224037Abstract: A tactile sensor and a multi-axial tactile sensor are provided, each of which is thin and can measure shearing force. A multi-axial tactile sensor 1 includes a sensor element 2 provided in a plane substantially at the same level as the surface of a substrate 6, and an outer package member 42 covering around the sensor element 2 and transmitting external force to the sensor element 2. The sensor element 2 includes a flexible beam 7 (8) having at least one end supported by the substrate 6. The sensor element 2 detects deformation of the beam 7 (8), the deformation being caused in the direction in parallel with the surface of the substrate 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: The University of TokyoInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Akihito Nakai, Hidetoshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140182294Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a pilot burner, provided at a top portion of a combustion liner having a combustion chamber defined therein, and a main burner of a premixing type disposed adjacent an outer periphery thereof. The pilot burner is provided with an inflow passage, provided in an upstream end portion to allow the compressed air from a radially outer area into a radially inner area, a plurality of fuel supply holes for injecting the fuel into the inflow passage in a direction perpendicular to the flow of the compressed air, a premixing passage for guiding the air-fuel mixture from the inflow passage in an axially downstream direction while the compressed air and the fuel are mixed together, and a plurality of premixed air-fuel mixture injection holes for injecting the premixed air-fuel mixture from the premixing passage into the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyoshi MATSUMOTO, Takeo ODA
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Patent number: 8656721Abstract: This invention provides a gas turbine combustor including: a main burner at a head portion of a combustor cylinder; and a pre-mixing type supplemental burner at a downstream portion of the combustor cylinder and extending through a circumferential wall thereof. The supplemental burner includes: an introducing passage configured to deflect a part of the compressed air radially inward, the compressed air flowing from an air passage between the circumferential wall of the combustor cylinder and a housing surrounding the circumferential wall toward the head portion of the combustor cylinder, and introduce the compressed air into the combustor cylinder; and a fuel nozzle configured to supply the fuel from fuel injection holes to the compressed air introduced into the introducing passage to produce a pre-mixed gas in the introducing passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Takeo Oda
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Publication number: 20140000378Abstract: There is provided a differential pressure sensor capable of measuring a pressure fluctuation with a simple structure. The differential pressure sensor includes a main body formed with an air chamber, and an opening that causes an interior of the air chamber to be in communication with an exterior, and a detector provided at the opening. The detector includes a cantilever provided in a manner tiltable so as to block off the opening, and the cantilever is formed with a Piezo resistor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Takahata, Tetsuo Kan, Kenta Kuwana, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Minh-Dung Nguyen
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Patent number: 8504248Abstract: To provide a vehicle having high operability and its control method. A vehicle includes a passenger seat on which a passenger rides on, a chassis that support the passenger seat, wheels that move the chassis, a force sensor that outputs a measurement signal according to a force exerted on a seat surface of the passenger seat, a drive unit that drives the passenger seat so as to change an angle of the seat surface of the passenger seat, and a control calculation unit that calculates a reference input used to drive the wheels and the drive unit based on a drive amount of the drive unit, a balanced position posture of the passenger seat, and the measurement signal from the force sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, The University of TokyoInventors: Tetsuya Taira, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Akihito Nakai, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Nobuyasu Tomokuni, Kohei Okabe, Christian Ott, Tomoyuki Takahata
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Patent number: 8482086Abstract: A plurality of three-dimensional structure configuring devices, each including an elastic body in which micro three-dimensional structure elements fixed to a substrate member are placed so as to be covered therewith and which is fixed to the substrate member, are placed within a film-like elastic body with the substrate members thereof spaced apart from one another so as to configure a three-dimensional structure. Thereby, the plurality of three-dimensional structure configuring devices can be placed with desired intervals of arrangement and in desired positions within the film-like elastic body and so that various specifications can be addressed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Panasonic CorporationInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Eiji Iwase, Akihito Nakai, Binh Khiem Nguyen, Yusuke Tanaka, Shuji Hachitani, Tohru Nakamura, Shoichi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8440089Abstract: A plurality of micro three-dimensional structure elements each having a movable structure fixed on a sacrifice layer, and fixation portions of the micro three-dimensional structure elements for the sacrifice layer are arranged into a film-like elastic body, and then the sacrifice layer is removed. Thus, a three-dimensional structure in which the individual micro three-dimensional structure elements are arranged independently of one another within the elastic body is manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Kazunori Hoshino, Kentaro Noda, Shuji Hachitani, Hidehiro Yoshida, Shoichi Kobayashi, Tohru Nakamura
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Patent number: 8424111Abstract: Provided is a scanning near-field optical microscope capable of obtaining, in a highly sensitive manner, optical information having a spatial frequency higher than a spatial frequency corresponding to a wavelength of irradiation light. A scanning near-field optical microscope 100 according to the present invention includes: a light irradiating part 102 for emitting illumination light toward a sample 107; a light receiving part 112 for receiving light; a microstructure for generating or selectively transmitting near-field light, the microstructure being disposed on at least one of an emission side of the light irradiating part 102 and an incident side of the light receiving part 112; and an ultrahigh-wavenumber transmitting medium 108 for transmitting near-field light, the ultrahigh-wavenumber transmitting medium exhibiting anisotropy in permittivity or permeability.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Olympus Corporation, The University of TokyoInventors: Koichi Karaki, Kimihiko Nishioka, Yasuo Sasaki, Takuya Tsukagoshi, Yoshiharu Ajiki, Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Tetsuro Kan, Yusuke Takei, Kentaro Noda