Patents by Inventor Akihiro Kobayashi

Akihiro Kobayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240161354
    Abstract: A physical property map image generation apparatus performs: acquiring, for each pattern of a material, physical property information indicating a physical property quantity for each physical property of a product; and generating a self-organizing map and a physical property map image. A position in a map space and a physical property vector indicating a value related to a physical property quantity for each type of physical properties of the product are assigned to each node on the self-organizing map. On the physical property map image 40, each of the nodes arranged in the map space is represented by a color assigned to that node. For each node, each of two or three base color components of a color assigned to the node is determined based on a value that a physical property vector assigned to that node indicates for a physical property corresponding to that base color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoki KUWAMORI, Akihiro MUSA, Yohei TAKIGAWA, Yuka KAZAMA, Yoshihiko SATOU, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Gota KIKUGAWA, Tomonaga OKABE, Kazuhiko KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 11984260
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chip component, a conductive terminal, a case, and a fixation part. The chip component includes a terminal electrode on an end surface of the chip component. The conductive terminal is connected to the terminal electrode. The case includes an accommodation recess for accommodating the chip component. The fixation part fixes the case to an installation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Masuda, Shinya Ito, Norihisa Ando, Kosuke Yazawa, Yoshiki Satou, Katsumi Kobayashi, Koji Utsui, Koji Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20240153158
    Abstract: A map image generation apparatus acquires material specification information representing a material specification of a material and physical property information representing a physical property of a product. The map image generation apparatus generates a self-organizing map by using the physical property information. A position in a map space, and a physical property vector indicating, for each of a plurality of types of physical properties of the product, a value related to a physical property quantity of the physical property are assigned to each of nodes on the self-organizing map. The map image generation apparatus assigns, by using the material specification information, a specification vector indicating a value related to the material specification to each of the nodes. The map image generation apparatus generates a map image in which the nodes are clustered or colored based on the specification vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoki KUWAMORI, Akihiro MUSA, Yohei TAKIGAWA, Yuka KAZAMA, Yoshihiko SATOU, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Gota KIKUGAWA, Tomonaga OKABE, Kazuhiko KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240152664
    Abstract: A singular material detection apparatus (2000) acquires, for each of a plurality of materials (60), material specification information (10) representing material specifications of the material (60) and physical property information (20) indicating physical properties of a product (70) that can be generated by using the material (60). The singular material detection apparatus (2000) generates a self-organizing map (30) by using the physical property information (20). The singular material detection apparatus (2000) assigns each of pieces of material specification information (10) to one of nodes based on the physical property information (20) corresponding to that piece of the material specification information (10). Then, the singular material detection apparatus (2000) detects, from among the nodes to which the pieces of material specification information (10) are assigned, a singular node located at a singular position in a map space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoki KUWAMORI, Akihiro MUSA, Yohei TAKIGAWA, Yuka KAZAMA, Yoshihiko SATOU, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Gota KIKUGAWA, Tomonaga OKABE, Kazuhiko KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 11979039
    Abstract: Provided is a charging device including a plurality of battery pack connection parts, the charging device capable of performing appropriate charging when charging is performed while switching a charging target battery pack. A microcomputer 90 can alternatively execute a first mode and a second mode as a control mode when the battery pack is connected to a plurality of the battery pack connection parts 6a to 6d. In the first mode, the charging target battery packs are switched before being fully charged and sequentially charged. In the second mode, the charging target battery packs are fully charged and then switched and charged. At each switching, the type or the state of the charging target battery pack is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kobayashi, Yuji Kishima, Tetsuya Monzen
  • Patent number: 11961676
    Abstract: An electronic device 10 comprises chip capacitors 20a and 20b, an accommodation recess 62 accommodating the chip capacitors 20a and 20b, and a case 60 including a protrusion 64 partitioning the accommodation recess 62 into a first accommodation space 62a and a second accommodation space 62b along the X-axis direction. The protrusion 64 includes a first protrusion 64a and a second protrusion 64b disposed away from the first protrusion 64a along the Y-axis direction. The first protrusion 64a and the second protrusion 64b are disposed with a communication space 69 provided between the first protrusion 64a and the second protrusion 64b, so that the first accommodation space 62a and the second accommodation space 62b communicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Masuda, Shinya Ito, Norihisa Ando, Kosuke Yazawa, Yoshiki Satou, Katsumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240118014
    Abstract: Provided is an electric device made more convenient by being configured such that the temperature of a wide area in each accommodation section can be individually adjustable. In an electric device, a first refrigerant pipe is provided to a right-side member constituting a side surface of a first accommodation chamber, and a second refrigerant pipe is provided to a left-side member constituting a side surface of a second accommodation chamber. The first refrigerant pipe and the second refrigerant pipe are independent of each other. A regulating valve includes: a first regulating valve provided to the first refrigerant pipe, and a second regulating valve provided to the second refrigerant pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji KISHIMA, Takuya KATAOKA, Kazuki NOGUCHI, Akihiro KOBAYASHI, Daisuke NITAWAKI, Ibuki KANDA, Shingo KOSUGI, Yoshiki AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240102718
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical device. In a setting unit, a right-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a first housing room. A left-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a second housing room. A right-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user to switch the set temperature of the first housing room. A left-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user switch the set temperature of the second housing room. The set temperature difference between the first and second housing rooms is controlled to be within a prescribed value. When the set temperature of one of the first and second housing rooms is changed so that the set temperature exceeds a prescribed value, a microcomputer automatically changes the other set temperature so that the set temperature difference is within a prescribed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji KISHIMA, Takuya KATAOKA, Kazuki NOGUCHI, Akihiro KOBAYASHI, Daisuke NITAWAKI, Ibuki KANDA, Shingo KOSUGI, Yoshiki AOKI
  • Patent number: 11938735
    Abstract: A printer includes a head, a lamp, a first sensor, and a processor. The head is configured to eject photocurable ink onto the object to be printed. The lamp is configured to irradiate light onto the object to be printed. The first sensor is configured to detect a temperature inside the printer. The processor causes the first sensor to acquire the temperature inside the printer. The processor acquires, based on the print data, a duty ratio indicating a printing ratio when ejecting the ink onto an ejection region of the object to be printed. The processor increases a number of times of a flushing operation compared to a predetermined reference number of times, when the acquired duty ratio is a low duty ratio lower than a predetermined reference duty ratio, and the temperature detected by the first sensor is higher than a predetermined reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kobayashi, Kosuke Nukui
  • Publication number: 20240084425
    Abstract: The aluminum alloy in the cross-section of the surface layer region of the aluminum alloy plate contains a compound containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, zinc, zirconium, and titanium, and aluminum. The number of fields of view containing the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 5 ?m or more out of 10 fields of view extracted from the cross-section is 3 or less. In the cross-section, the number density of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 ?m or more and less than 5.0 ?m is 0.0010 per ?m2 or less, and the area ratio of the compound having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more is 0.1% or more and less than 1.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohei KOBAYASHI, Toru MAEDA, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Masashi FUJIKI, Akihiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11927904
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic belt of an endless shape including a substrate, wherein the substrate contains a polyimide resin and carbon nanotubes, wherein a content of the carbon nanotubes in the substrate is 15 vol % or less with respect to a total volume of the polyimide resin, wherein the substrate has a tensile strength of 200 MPa or more in each of a peripheral direction thereof and a direction perpendicular to the peripheral direction, and wherein the substrate has a thermal conductivity of 0.9 W/(m·K) or more in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akeshi Asaka, Taiki Watanabe, Yuma Kobayashi, Hidetaka Kawamura, Satoru Nishiuma, Akihiro Taya, Ryunosuke Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20240075789
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO
  • Patent number: 11912032
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid; a liquid flowing portion coupled to the liquid ejecting head and configured to flow the liquid; and a frame that houses the liquid ejecting head and the liquid flowing portion. The frame is provided with a passage hole configured to pass the liquid flowing portion along a depth direction. when viewed in the depth direction, a portion of the liquid flowing portion disposed outside the passage hole is configured to be deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Toya, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Yuki Araki, Shogo Nakada, Taiki Kono
  • Patent number: 11890865
    Abstract: A movable assembly configured to move a table in a first direction is provided. The movable assembly includes a first link member including a first elongated member and a second elongated member coupled in an X formation, a second link member including a third elongated member and a fourth elongated member coupled in the X formation, a first frame member, a second frame member, and a rotatable member being a threaded rod. The first frame member includes a first supporting portion and a first guiding portion, which support ends of the first, second, third, and fourth elongated members on one side rotatably. The second frame member includes a second supporting portion and a second guiding portion, which support other ends of the first, second, third, and fourth elongated members located on the other side movably in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kobayashi, Kengo Takeda, Takayuki Akimatsu, Takahiro Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 11850863
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus, having a discharging head, a fan, and a controller, is provided. The discharging head includes a discharging surface and a plurality of nozzles arranged along a sub-scanning direction, which intersects orthogonally with a main scanning direction. The discharging head is configured to move in the main scanning direction. The fan is configured to generate an airflow for collecting mist of ink discharged through the nozzles. The controller is configured to obtain a droplet size of the ink to be discharged through the nozzles from one of a print job and a printing mode set in advance, obtain a distance between the discharging surface and a printable medium, and control a rotation speed of the fan based on the droplet size and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishimoto, Akihiro Kobayashi, Kenta Hasebe, Kengo Takeda, Yumiko Oshika
  • Publication number: 20230334260
    Abstract: A technique is provided for making it possible to easily grasp a replay time point of a specified keyword included in interview audio. Toward this end, an information processing device is configured so as to perform a character information generation step, an extraction step, and a visual information generation step. In the character information generation step, character information is generated that includes a transcript of the interview based on audio data of the interview. In the extraction step, the keyword is extracted from the character information. In the visual information generation step, visual information is generated in which the extracted keyword and the replay time point at which the keyword appears in the audio data are corresponded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: bellFace Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOBAYASHI, Masaru KAJI
  • Publication number: 20230334427
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides an information processing system. The information processing system includes a control unit. The control unit generates text data obtained by converting voice data relating to an interview with an interviewee into texts. Video data relating to the interview and the text data are stored in association with each other, as interview data, in a storage area. Multiple sets of interview data are searched based on search conditions including a word relating to an interviewee's request. Control is performed to output a search result screen including search results. The search result screen includes a category composition ratio obtained when the request is classified into categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: bellFace Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuaki NAKAJIMA, Koji INUI, Tasuku ISHIDA, Akihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11752781
    Abstract: A printer includes a head, a lamp, a first sensor, and a processor. The head is configured to eject photocurable ink onto the object to be printed supported by a platen. The lamp is configured to irradiate light onto the object to be printed on which the ink is ejected. The first sensor is provided inside the printer, and is configured to detect a temperature inside the printer. The processor causes the first sensor to acquire the temperature inside the printer. The processor acquires, based on the print data, a duty ratio indicating a printing ratio when ejecting the ink onto an ejection region of the object to be printed. The processor sets an illuminance of the light irradiated by the lamp, based on the temperature acquired by the first sensor and the acquired duty ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kobayashi, Kosuke Nukui
  • Publication number: 20230166533
    Abstract: A printer includes a platen, a head which ejects light-curable ink to a printing object placed on the platen, a lamp which irradiates the printing object, on which the light-curable ink ejected from the head is adhered, with light, a carriage which supports the head and the lamp and which moves the head and the lamp in a main scanning direction, an ink recovering mechanism which faces a predetermined position within a predetermined area where the head is movable with movement of the carriage and which recovers the light-curable ink ejected from the head, and a controller which controls the head, the lamp, the carriage, and the ink recovering mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Yasunari TSUJI, Akihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230071781
    Abstract: A radiant tube includes a conduit; and one or more heat transfer promoters disposed in the conduit, wherein the heat transfer promoter includes a body part on a center side of the conduit, and protruding parts protruding from the body part toward an inner wall surface of the conduit, the protruding parts are on an outer periphery of the body part to be arranged in a circumferential direction of the conduit, the protruding parts includes first protruding parts having a distal end portion facing the inner wall surface across a gap ?L, and a second protruding part, the number of first protruding parts is greater than the number of second protruding parts, and a ratio (?L/Dt) of the gap ?L to an equivalent diameter Dt of a conduit portion is x %, where the heat transfer promoter is disposed, and formula (1) is satisfied: 0.3%<x<7%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawashima, Akihiro Kobayashi, Noriko Ozawa