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Interview : The Toyota Motor approach from basic research to product realization−142 Synthesiology - English edition Vol.1 No.2 (2008) Companies have technological reports that describe technologies that became the actual products, but it seems they are mostly elemental technology. I think an article on how a connoisseur combined technologies is suitable for Synthesiology. (Umeyama)Stories of achieving success including blockade and detours are encouraging. They serve as a record of a researchers’ activities. Such articles are rare. What we emphasize are stories about someone decides to do something, he doesn’t succeed with his initial approach, but gives it another try from the other side and succeeds. There is another way of looking at things. It will be great to have such articles. (Akamatsu)I think so too. I think it will be great to have article that shows the thinking process of how a person involved in R&D runs into a wall and how they go about solving the problem. For example, a researcher one day realizes that the person next door is working on a research topic that may solve his problem, decides to use it, and is finally successful. (Umeyama)I think it will be great to have a story about research done with a clear objective and with feet on the ground. I understand your intent, and I hope the work done at AIST can be widely communicated and will contribute to society. (Akamatsu) I think integration and synthesis of technology are mandatory to create automobiles, which are a combination of diverse technologies. Today, I was able to hear very valuable stories about effort as organization and necessary human resource to achieve the goal. Thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. Profile of Dr. Mitsuhiro UmeyamaCompleted masters program at Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1982. Joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1982. Appointed to Transmission Design Division, worked on design of clutch operation system. In charge of preceding technology for a damper to reduce torsion vibration and development of driveline vibration analysis technology in 1985. Started research on adjustment of teeth surfaces for low noise gears in 1994. Obtained a degree for this research from the Tohoku University in 1997 (Doctor of Engineering). Placed in charge of development of the transmission unit for a hybrid car in 1997. Became general manager of the Technology Management Division in 2005, and manages R&D.(70)−

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