Patents by Inventor Toru Miyake
Toru Miyake 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: 11804606Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas diffusion electrode that is less likely to cause damage to an electrolyte membrane or the like due to fluff in an outer peripheral portion during production of a membrane electrode assembly. The present invention provides a gas diffusion electrode including a conductive porous substrate containing carbon fibers and a microporous layer formed on a surface of the conductive porous substrate, in which the gas diffusion electrode satisfies at least one of the following (1) and (2): (1) the number of carbon fibers protruding from an edge portion by 20 ?m or more when viewed from a plane surface is less than 1.0 number/cm with respect to a length of the edge portion; and (2) the number of carbon fibers that are inclined at an angle of 30° or more in an in-plane direction of the gas diffusion electrode and have lengths of 10 ?m or more when viewed from a side surface of the edge portion is less than 1.0 number/cm with respect to the length of the edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Toru Miyake, Michiko Minomo, Sho Kato
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Patent number: 11711014Abstract: There is obtained an electric-power conversion apparatus that prevents it that the temperature of a semiconductor switching device reaches a breakage temperature and hence the semiconductor switching device is broken and that realizes continuity of driving. The electric-power conversion apparatus includes a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of semiconductor switching device, and a temperature rising rate determination unit that compares a predetermined first threshold value with a temperature rising rate calculated based on a temperature detection value detected by the temperature sensor and determines that the temperature rising rate has exceeded the first threshold value; when the temperature rising rate determination unit determines that the temperature rising rate has exceeded the first threshold value, protective operation for suppressing an output of an electric-power conversion unit is performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Toru Miyake
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Publication number: 20220368216Abstract: There is obtained an electric-power conversion apparatus that prevents it that the temperature of a semiconductor switching device reaches a breakage temperature and hence the semiconductor switching device is broken and that realizes continuity of driving. The electric-power conversion apparatus includes a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of semiconductor switching device, and a temperature rising rate determination unit that compares a predetermined first threshold value with a temperature rising rate calculated based on a temperature detection value detected by the temperature sensor and determines that the temperature rising rate has exceeded the first threshold value; when the temperature rising rate determination unit determines that the temperature rising rate has exceeded the first threshold value, protective operation for suppressing an output of an electric-power conversion unit is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Toru MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20220278336Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas diffusion electrode that is less likely to cause damage to an electrolyte membrane or the like due to fluff in an outer peripheral portion during production of a membrane electrode assembly. The present invention provides a gas diffusion electrode including a conductive porous substrate containing carbon fibers and a microporous layer formed on a surface of the conductive porous substrate, in which the gas diffusion electrode satisfies at least one of the following (1) and (2): (1) the number of carbon fibers protruding from an edge portion by 20 ?m or more when viewed from a plane surface is less than 1.0 number/cm with respect to a length of the edge portion; and (2) the number of carbon fibers that are inclined at an angle of 30° or more in an in-plane direction of the gas diffusion electrode and have lengths of 10 ?m or more when viewed from a side surface of the edge portion is less than 1.0 number/cm with respect to the length of the edge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Toru Miyake, Michiko Minomo, Sho Kato
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Patent number: 10818934Abstract: A gas diffusion electrode has a microporous layer on at least one surface of an electrical conducting porous substrate. The microporous layer has at least a first microporous layer in contact with the electrical conducting porous substrate, and a second microporous layer. The gas diffusion electrode has a pore size distribution with a peak at least in a first region of 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, a second region of 0.2 ?m or more and less than 1.0 ?m, and a third region of 0.050 ?m or more and less than 0.2 ?m. The total volume of the pores in the second region is 10% or more and 40% or less of the total volume of the pores in the first region, and the total volume of the pores in the third region is 40% or more and 80% or less of the total volume of the pores in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Toru Miyake, Masamichi Utsunomiya, Yasuaki Tanimura, Kazuyo Shigeta
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Patent number: 10297833Abstract: A gas diffusion electrode and a method for manufacturing the same, the gas diffusion electrode being used for a fuel cell and configured by forming a microporous layer containing conductive microparticles and water-repellent resin on at least one surface of a conductive porous base material, wherein the gas diffusibility in the thickness direction thereof is 30% or more, the conductive porous base material has a sliding angle of 70° or less and a porosity of 80% or more, and the microporous layer has a thickness of 10-50 ?m inclusive, and a porosity of 60-95% inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Sho Kato, Michio Wakatabe, Toru Miyake, Masaru Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20190027761Abstract: A gas diffusion electrode has a microporous layer on at least one surface of an electrical conducting porous substrate. The microporous layer has at least a first microporous layer in contact with the electrical conducting porous substrate, and a second microporous layer. The gas diffusion electrode has a pore size distribution with a peak at least in a first region of 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, a second region of 0.2 ?m or more and less than 1.0 ?m, and a third region of 0.050 ?m or more and less than 0.2 ?m. The total volume of the pores in the second region is 10% or more and 40% or less of the total volume of the pores in the first region, and the total volume of the pores in the third region is 40% or more and 80% or less of the total volume of the pores in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Toru Miyake, Masamichi Utsunomiya, Yasuaki Tanimura, Kazuyo Shigeta
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Patent number: 9571027Abstract: Provided are a power conversion device control device and a power conversion device control method, which are capable of reducing harm to other electronic devices and electromagnetic noise due to a switching frequency compared to the related art. Carrier change patterns of the respective phases, which are defined by parameters of an average switching frequency, a spectral diffusion index, and a repetition frequency, are generated so that at least the carrier change pattern of one phase differs from the carrier change patterns of the other phases. Semiconductor switching elements are controlled as instructed by duty command values while the switching frequency is switched for each phase separately, from one frequency to another sequentially based on carriers output in patterns that follow the generated carrier change patterns.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Toru Miyake
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Publication number: 20160365582Abstract: A gas diffusion electrode and a method for manufacturing the same, the gas diffusion electrode being used for a fuel cell and configured by forming a microporous layer containing conductive microparticles and water-repellent resin on at least one surface of a conductive porous base material, wherein the gas diffusibility in the thickness direction thereof is 30% or more, the conductive porous base material has a sliding angle of 70° or less and a porosity of 80% or more, and the microporous layer has a thickness of 10-50 ?m inclusive, and a porosity of 60-95% inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Sho Kato, Michio Wakatabe, Toru Miyake, Masaru Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20160105127Abstract: Provided are a power conversion device control device and a power conversion device control method, which are capable of reducing harm to other electronic devices and electromagnetic noise due to a switching frequency compared to the related art. Carrier change patterns of the respective phases, which are defined by parameters of an average switching frequency, a spectral diffusion index, and a repetition frequency, are generated so that at least the carrier change pattern of one phase differs from the carrier change patterns of the other phases. Semiconductor switching elements are controlled as instructed by duty command values while the switching frequency is switched for each phase separately, from one frequency to another sequentially based on carriers output in patterns that follow the generated carrier change patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Toru MIYAKE
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Patent number: 8774603Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes reproduction control means for controlling reproduction of a first parameter in order to reproduce an edit applied to a first image, generation means for generating a second parameter from a plurality of first parameters reproduced by the reproduction control means, and edit means for editing the first image based on the second parameter generated by the generation means, and generating a second image.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Miyake, Kei Hiraizumi, Yoshinori Takagi, Masato Akao, Yasunobu Node, Yoshihito Fujiwara, Kazutaka Ando, Naoki Kobayashi, Michimasa Obana, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Takeyuki Fujii, Masanori Machimura, Toru Nakagawa, Yusuke Kajio, Yasuhiro Fujimori, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 8398827Abstract: Two rotating members placed to face each other and nipping a web such that only an end of the web provided with conductivity is pressed are provided, at least one of the rotating members serves as a feeding electrode, and these rotating members are rotated about the same velocity to a transportation velocity of the web.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Kawashita, Fumiyasu Nomura, Shintaro Kuge, Toru Miyake
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Patent number: 8311267Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain feature quantities of an image; and a detector configured to detect a gazing point at which a user gazes within the image, wherein the gazing point detected by the detector among the feature quantities obtained by the obtaining unit or the feature quantities extracted from the image in a predetermined range containing the gazing point is stored.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toru Miyake, Kei Hiraizumi, Yoshinori Takagi, Masato Akao, Yasunobu Node, Yoshihito Fujiwara, Kazutaka Ando, Naoki Kobayashi, Michimasa Obana, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Takeyuki Fujii, Masanori Machimura, Toru Nakagawa, Yusuke Kajio, Yasuhiro Fujimori, Tetsujiro Kondo
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Publication number: 20120261268Abstract: Two rotating members placed to face each other and nipping a web such that only an end of the web provided with conductivity is pressed are provided, at least one of the rotating members serves as a feeding electrode, and these rotating members are rotated about the same velocity to a transportation velocity of the web.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicants: TORAY ADVANCED FILM CO., LTD., TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Mamoru Kawashita, Fumiyasu Nomura, Shintaro Kuge, Toru Miyake
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Patent number: 8272006Abstract: Disclosed is an information signal processing apparatus. The information signal processing apparatus includes an adjustment unit by which users each adjust an inputted information signal so that an output of the information signal has a predetermined quality, and a storage unit that stores operation information having a final adjustment value of a series of adjustments carried out by the adjustment unit, and history information relating to a sequence of changes to an adjustment value up to the final adjustment value in a storage medium in association with preference information of the user during the series of adjustments.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Kazutaka Ando, Takeyuki Fujii, Toru Miyake, Toru Nakagawa, Yusuke Kajio
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Patent number: 8231772Abstract: Two rotating members placed to face each other and nipping a web such that only an end of the web provided with conductivity is pressed are provided, at least one of the rotating members serves as a feeding electrode, and these rotating members are rotated about the same velocity to a transportation velocity of the web.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Kawashita, Fumiyasu Nomura, Shintaro Kuge, Toru Miyake
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Patent number: 8164638Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to process at high speed the foreground component image and the background component image of picked up images on a network platform. A client computer 27 outputs information specifying image data desired to separate to a separation server 11. The separation server 11 obtains the specified image data from a storage server 18 and outputs it to a motion detecting server 12 to perform motion detection processing. Thereafter, the image data, motion vector and positional information are output to an area specifying server 13. The area specifying server 13 generates area information of the image data and outputs the area information to a mixture ratio calculating server 14 in addition to the image data, the motion vector and the positional information.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Takashi Sawao, Junichi Ishibashi, Takahiro Nagano, Naoki Fujiwara, Toru Miyake, Seiji Wada
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Patent number: 8134613Abstract: The present invention particularly relates to an image processing apparatus in which motion blur contained in a blurred image can be eliminated. An area specifying unit 103 specifies a non-mixed area formed of a foreground area consisting of foreground object components which form a foreground object and a background area consisting of background object components which form a background object, or a mixed area in which the foreground object components and the background object components are mixed. A separating/blur-eliminating unit 1503 simultaneously performs processing for separating the foreground object components and the background object components from the pixel data of the mixed area and processing for eliminating motion blur from the separated foreground object components based on a result obtained by specifying the area. The present invention is applicable to an image processing apparatus in which a difference between a signal detected by an image-capturing device and the real world is considered.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2002Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Takashi Sawao, Junichi Ishibashii, Takahiro Nagano, Naoki Fujiwara, Toru Miyake, Seiji Wada
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Patent number: 8026951Abstract: An image processing device, method, recording medium, and program where the device includes a simple-type angle detecting unit simply detects the angle as continuity using correlation from an input image. The device includes an input configured to input image data made up of a plurality of pixels acquired by real world light signals being cast upon a plurality of detecting elements, and a real world estimating unit configured to estimate light signals being cast in an optical low-pass filter.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Takahiro Nagano, Junichi Ishibashi, Takashi Sawao, Naoki Fujiwara, Seiji Wada, Toru Miyake
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Patent number: 7889944Abstract: An image processing device, method, recording medium, and program where the device includes an image data continuity detector configured to detect continuity of image data made up of a plurality of pixels acquired by real world light signals being cast upon a plurality of detecting elements, and a real world estimating unit configured to estimate real world light signals by approximating image data with discontinuous functions.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Takahiro Nagano, Junichi Ishibashi, Takashi Sawao, Naoki Fujiwara, Seiji Wada, Toru Miyake