Patents by Inventor Tohru Shiga
Tohru Shiga 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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Patent number: 10085707Abstract: The present invention correlates information, to be processed, about an organ and/or a disease, etc., obtained from a medical image and anatomical/functional medical knowledge information, and enables the information obtained from the medial image to be effectively utilized in medical examination and treatment processes. In a medical image information system (101), an image processing unit (103) processes an image, a graph model creation unit (104) creates a graph data model from the information obtained from the image, a graph data model processing unit (106) acquires a graph data model based on anatomical/functional medical knowledge, compares with each other and integrates the graph data models and stores an integrated graph data model, and a display processing unit (110) displays the integrated graph data model, whereby the effective use of information obtained from the image is made possible.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Matsuzaki, Yuuichi Morimoto, Wataru Takeuchi, Kikuo Umegaki, Tohru Shiga, Koichi Yasuda
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Publication number: 20170042495Abstract: The present invention correlates information, to be processed, about an organ and/or a disease, etc., obtained from a medical image and anatomical/functional medical knowledge information, and enables the information obtained from the medial image to be effectively utilized in medical examination and treatment processes. In a medical image information system (101), an image processing unit (103) processes an image, a graph model creation unit (104) creates a graph data model from the information obtained from the image, a graph data model processing unit (106) acquires a graph data model based on anatomical/functional medical knowledge, compares with each other and integrates the graph data models and stores an integrated graph data model, and a display processing unit (110) displays the integrated graph data model, whereby the effective use of information obtained from the image is made possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki MATSUZAKI, Yuuichi MORIMOTO, Wataru TAKEUCHI, Kikuo UMEGAKI, Tohru SHIGA, Koichi YASUDA
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Patent number: 9236640Abstract: In an F-type electrochemical cell 20, in a casing 21, a positive electrode 23 in which carbon dioxide gas is used as a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode 25 are placed so as to face each other with a separator 27 therebetween, and an electrolyte solution 28 is injected between the positive electrode 23 and the negative electrode 25. A tank 30 storing carbon dioxide gas is connected to the positive electrode 23, and carbon dioxide gas is supplied to the positive electrode 23 through a holding member 29. By supplying carbon dioxide gas to the positive electrode in such a manner, the cell can be operated as a battery. Furthermore, when used a primary battery, carbon dioxide can be immobilized in the battery, which is desirable.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Kensuke Takechi, Tohru Shiga
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Patent number: 8465877Abstract: A F-type electrochemical cell, which is a lithium air battery, includes a positive electrode facing a negative electrode composed of metallic lithium with a separator provided therebetween in a casing. Air is capable of flow to the positive electrode. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution is charged into a space between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution of the lithium air battery contains a compound having a stable radical skeleton. The compound also serves as a redox catalyst for oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Yoko Hase, Tohru Shiga, Mitsuru Nakano, Kensuke Takechi, Norihiko Setoyama
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Patent number: 8415074Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode composed of a metallic lithium foil and a positive electrode, the negative electrode and the positive electrode being arranged so as to face each other with an ion-conducting medium therebetween. The positive electrode is formed by a method in which a conductive agent and a binder are mixed, and then the mixture is press-formed onto a current collector. The ion-conducting medium contains, in addition to a lithium salt such as lithium hexafluorophosphate, a halogen such as iodine, and a halogen compound (e.g., lithium iodide). Furthermore, the positive electrode may contain a lithium halide.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Mitsuru Nakano, Tohru Shiga, Yoko Hase
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Publication number: 20110070505Abstract: In an F-type electrochemical cell 20, in a casing 21, a positive electrode 23 in which carbon dioxide gas is used as a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode 25 are placed so as to face each other with a separator 27 therebetween, and an electrolyte solution 28 is injected between the positive electrode 23 and the negative electrode 25. A tank 30 storing carbon dioxide gas is connected to the positive electrode 23, and carbon dioxide gas is supplied to the positive electrode 23 through a holding member 29. By supplying carbon dioxide gas to the positive electrode in such a manner, the cell can be operated as a battery. Furthermore, when used a primary battery, carbon dioxide can be immobilized in the battery, which is desirable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Kensuke TAKECHI, Tohru Shiga
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Patent number: 7887957Abstract: A non-aqueous air battery of the present invention includes a negative electrode for which a material which absorbs and releases lithium ions is used as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode for which oxygen is used as a positive electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. The positive electrode contains a donor-acceptor molecule in which an electron-donating donor (D) having a porphyrin ring is connected to an electron-accepting acceptor (A) composed of a fullerene derivative, with a conductive spacer therebetween. An example of the donor-acceptor molecule is triphenylporphyrinyl bithienyl N-methylpyrrolidino[60]fullerene.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Tohru Shiga, Hideyuki Nakano, Haruo Imagawa
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Publication number: 20090239113Abstract: A F-type electrochemical cell, which is a lithium air battery, includes a positive electrode facing a negative electrode composed of metallic lithium with a separator provided therebetween in a casing. Air is capable of flow to the positive electrode. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution is charged into a space between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution of the lithium air battery contains a compound having a stable radical skeleton. The compound also serves as a redox catalyst for oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Yoko Hase, Tohru Shiga, Mitsuru Nakano, Kensuke Takechi, Norihiko Setoyama
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Publication number: 20090061315Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode composed of a metallic lithium foil and a positive electrode, the negative electrode and the positive electrode being arranged so as to face each other with an ion-conducting medium therebetween. The positive electrode is formed by a method in which a conductive agent and a binder are mixed, and then the mixture is press-formed onto a current collector. The ion-conducting medium contains, in addition to a lithium salt such as lithium hexafluorophosphate, a halogen such as iodine, and a halogen compound (e.g., lithium iodide). Furthermore, the positive electrode may contain a lithium halide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Mitsuru Nakano, Tohru Shiga, Yoko Hase
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Publication number: 20080299456Abstract: A non-aqueous air battery of the present invention includes a negative electrode for which a material which absorbs and releases lithium ions is used as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode for which oxygen is used as a positive electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. The positive electrode contains a donor-acceptor molecule in which an electron-donating donor (D) having a porphyrin ring is connected to an electron-accepting acceptor (A) composed of a fullerene derivative, with a conductive spacer therebetween. An example of the donor-acceptor molecule is triphenylporphyrinyl bithienyl N-methylpyrrolidino[60]fullerene.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Tohru Shiga, Hideyuki Nakano, Haruo Imagawa
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Publication number: 20070143290Abstract: A service priority is changed to allow an application server more flexibly to cope with diversified sales promotion strategies in electronic commerce. The priority of a service is determined by a service request history recording section for each user, a section for identifying the user who requested a service in response to receiving a request for the service made to the application server, and a section for determining a priority to be used in processing the service requested by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Yohhei Fujimoto, Daitoku Saito, Tohru Shiga, Yasuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 6620553Abstract: A lithium secondary battery exhibiting very high safety, which is ensured by restraining both the generation of flammable gas caused by the decomposition of an electrolyte, and the emission of oxygen from a positive active material even during overcharging. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode of which an active material is a lithium transition metal composite oxide, a negative electrode of which an active material is a carbon material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an organic solvent in which a lithium salt is dissolved. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one kind of conductive polymer-forming monomers which have an alkyl group and is electrochemically polymerizable on the positive electrode within a battery operation voltage, and at least one kind of film-forming agents which electrochemically decompose within the battery operation voltage to form films on a surface of the negative electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Tohru Shiga, Akihiko Koiwai, Shigehiro Kawauchi
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Publication number: 20020018926Abstract: A lithium secondary battery exhibiting very high safety, which is ensured by restraining both the generation of flammable gas caused by the decomposition of an electrolyte, and the emission of oxygen from a positive active material even during overcharging. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode of which an active material is a lithium transition metal composite oxide, a negative electrode of which an active material is a carbon material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an organic solvent in which a lithium salt is dissolved. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one kind of conductive polymer-forming monomers which have an alkyl group and is electrochemically polymerizable on the positive electrode within a battery operation voltage, and at least one kind of film-forming agents which electrochemically decompose within the battery operation voltage to form films on a surface of the negative electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHOInventors: Tohru Shiga, Akihiko Koiwai, Shigehiro Kawauchi
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Patent number: 6235431Abstract: Disclosed are a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a battery comprising a supporting electrolyte which can react with water to produce a hydrogen halide and a specific organic compound capable of reacting with water to decompose it for preventing acid generation, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1998Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Kensuke Takechi, Tohru Shiga
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Patent number: 6077628Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a battery, which contains a supporting electrolyte which reacts with water to produce an acid; and a complex-forming compound which forms an inert complex by reacting with water and a supporting electrolyte to prevent acid generation.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Kensuke Takechi, Akihiko Koiwai, Tohru Shiga
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Patent number: 5490426Abstract: A method for detecting stresses includes the steps of dispersing a fluorescent substance in a solid portion where stresses are to be detected, measuring fluorescence decay time of the fluorescent substance dispersed in the solid portion, and detecting stresses in the solid portion based on the measured fluorescence decay time. The method enables to non-destructively detect stresses in resin-molded products without impairing their mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1995Date of Patent: February 13, 1996Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Tohru Shiga, Akane Okada, Hideroh Takahashi, Toshio Kurauchi
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Patent number: 5486560Abstract: A variable-modulus material is composed of a polymer whose constituent unit is a thiophene or pyrrole molecule having from one to three C.sub.4-12 alkyl side chains, or a copolymer whose constituent unit is the thiophene or pyrrole molecule and which includes in a main chain thereof a conjugated compound with a K-electron bond directly bonded to the above molecule, and at least one additive (in an amount of 0.5-20 wt % of said polymer) selected from halogens, protonic acids, and transition metal halides. It greatly decreases in modulus upon application of an electric field as low as 5-150 V/mm and restores its original modulus upon removal of the electric field. It is suitable for use as vibration dampers and shock absorbers.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1994Date of Patent: January 23, 1996Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Tohru Shiga, Yoshiharu Hirose, Akane Okada, Toshio Kurauchi
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Patent number: 5475043Abstract: A material with variable viscoelasticity is composed of an electrically insulating polymeric material, and fine particles dispersed therein and capable of electric polarization under an applied electric field. The particles may, for example, be of a conjugated and unsaturated organic compound, a polyelectrolyte, or an organometallic complex salt. The material is capable of a reversible change of viscoelasticity depending on the intensity of the applied electric field.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1994Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Tohru Shiga, Norio Sato, Yoshiharu Hirose, Akane Okada, Takashi Ohta, Toshio Kurauchi