Patents by Inventor Hiromi Kobayashi

Hiromi 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: 20240151239
    Abstract: A multistage centrifugal compressor capable of maintaining and improving efficiency while having a static flow path with a reduced outer diameter is provided. Each of return flow paths is provided with a plurality of return vanes disposed in a circular cascade form centered on a center line of a rotational shaft. Each of the return vanes is disposed as a leading vane (8A) and a trailing vane (8B). The trailing vanes are offset toward the pressure surface side of the leading vanes in a circumferential direction and provided so as to guide a flow from the pressure surface side of the leading vanes to negative pressure surfaces of the trailing vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyotaka HIRADATE, Kazuhiro TSUKAMOTO, Yuta MOCHIZUKI, Hiromi KOBAYASHI, Takahiro NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11837750
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Publication number: 20230375005
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor including: a diffuser in which a fluid flows in a centrifugal direction away from a rotary shaft; a return flow path which is provided downstream of the diffuser and in which fluid flowing in to a later-stage centrifugal impeller from the diffuser flows in a return direction back to the rotary shaft; a plurality of return vanes that are disposed in the shape of a circular vane centered on a centerline of the rotary shaft, and are installed in the return flow path; and a turning part, wherein an inlet blade angle (?) of an outlet guide vane provided to the downstream side, of the return vanes, is lying down more in the circumferential direction with respect to an inlet blade angle (?) of a inlet guide vane provided to the upstream side, of the return vanes (?<?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kiyotaka HIRADATE, Kazuhiro TSUKAMOTO, Yuta MOCHIZUKI, Hiromi KOBAYASHI, Takahiro NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11670822
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230153383
    Abstract: A computer implemented method trains an image recognition model. A set of processor units creates a saliency map of an original image. The set of processor units superimposes the saliency map on the original image to form an augmented image, wherein the augmented image is used to train the image recognition model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Hiromi Kobayashi, Masaharu Sakamoto, Aya Nakashima, Kazuya Hirayu, Sho Ikawa
  • Publication number: 20230117020
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Publication number: 20230120715
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Publication number: 20230111013
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Patent number: 11588208
    Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi, Mitsuko Saito
  • Publication number: 20230006305
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230006306
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Ryo Kuroki, Yuki Fukunaga, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220374748
    Abstract: A determination is made of an explanatory variable with respect to an objective variable. A subset of data from data to be analyzed is created, in response to setting the objective variable to be analyzed to perform analysis. Association analysis is applied to analysis results, in response to a number of analysis runs exceeding a predetermined number. An association rule is derived for the explanatory variable from a result of the association analysis. An explanatory variable having a relevance value greater than a threshold value with the objective variable in the data to be analyzed is selected. The selected explanatory variable is scored as an input using the association rule to determine whether the explanatory variable is to be added or removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromi KOBAYASHI, Masaharu SAKAMOTO, Yasue MAKINO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220294079
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a safer polyolefin microporous membrane; a storage device separator, storage device assembly kit, and storage device using the polyolefin microporous membrane; and a storage device. In one embodiment, the polyolefin microporous membrane comprises at least one of each of layer A and layer B, polyolefin contained in at least one of layer A and layer B has one or more types of functional groups, and a crosslinked structure is formed by (1) the functional groups undergoing condensation reactions with each other, (2) the functional group reacting with a chemical substance inside the storage device, or (3) the functional group reacting with a different type of functional group, after accommodation in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Yusuke Akita, Hiromi Kobayashi, Yuki Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20220294080
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide: a safer polyolefin microporous membrane; an electricity storage device separator, electricity storage device assembly kit, and electricity storage device using the polyolefin microporous membrane; and an electricity storage device. In one embodiment, the polyolefin microporous membrane comprises at least one of each of a layer A and a layer B, a polyolefin contained in at least one of the layer A and the layer B has one or more types of functional groups, and a crosslinked structure is formed by (1) the functional groups undergoing condensation reactions with each other, (2) the functional group reacting with a chemical substance inside the electricity storage device, or (3) the functional group reacting with a different type of functional group, after accommodation in the electricity storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Yusuke Akita, Hayato Matsuyama, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11410064
    Abstract: A determination is made of an explanatory variable with respect to an objective variable. A subset of data from data to be analyzed is created, in response to setting the objective variable to be analyzed to perform analysis. Association analysis is applied to analysis results, in response to a number of analysis runs exceeding a predetermined number. An association rule is derived for the explanatory variable from a result of the association analysis. An explanatory variable having a relevance value greater than a threshold value with the objective variable in the data to be analyzed is selected. The selected explanatory variable is scored as an input using the association rule to determine whether the explanatory variable is to be added or removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Kobayashi, Masaharu Sakamoto, Yasue Makino, Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11295177
    Abstract: In an approach to improving accuracy through weak model aggregation, one or more computer processors generating a plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each hyperparameter set in the plurality of hyperparameter sets contains one or more hyperparameters varied to increase over-training in one or more models, wherein over-training includes overfitting or underfitting. The one or more computer processors create a plurality of weak models utilizing a created bootstrap dataset in a plurality of created bootstrap datasets, a corresponding extracted explanatory variable set, and a corresponding hyperparameter set in the generated plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each weak model in a created plurality of weak models shares at least the created bootstrap dataset, the extracted explanatory variable set, the generated hyperparameter set, a machine learning technique, or a model architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Sakamoto, Yasue Makino, Hiromi Kobayashi, Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11270321
    Abstract: Reducing noise during association analysis is provided. An association model is generated having a support value with respect to original data greater than a predefined minimum support value threshold level. A number of association rules corresponding to the association model are identified. It is determined whether the number of association rules corresponding to the association model is less than a predefined maximum number of association rules. In response to determining that the number of association rules corresponding to the association model is greater than the predefined maximum number of association rules, inverted data of the original data is generated. Another association model is generated having the support value with respect to the original data and the inverted data greater than the predefined minimum support value threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Yasue Makino, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210303937
    Abstract: In an approach to improving accuracy through weak model aggregation, one or more computer processors generating a plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each hyperparameter set in the plurality of hyperparameter sets contains one or more hyperparameters varied to increase over-training in one or more models, wherein over-training includes overfitting or underfitting. The one or more computer processors create a plurality of weak models utilizing a created bootstrap dataset in a plurality of created bootstrap datasets, a corresponding extracted explanatory variable set, and a corresponding hyperparameter set in the generated plurality of hyperparameter sets, wherein each weak model in a created plurality of weak models shares at least the created bootstrap dataset, the extracted explanatory variable set, the generated hyperparameter set, a machine learning technique, or a model architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Masaharu Sakamoto, YASUE MAKINO, HIROMI KOBAYASHI, HIROKAZU KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210216895
    Abstract: A determination is made of an explanatory variable with respect to an objective variable. A subset of data from data to be analyzed is created, in response to setting the objective variable to be analyzed to perform analysis. Association analysis is applied to analysis results, in response to a number of analysis runs exceeding a predetermined number. An association rule is derived for the explanatory variable from a result of the association analysis. An explanatory variable having a relevance value greater than a threshold value with the objective variable in the data to be analyzed is selected. The selected explanatory variable is scored as an input using the association rule to determine whether the explanatory variable is to be added or removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromi KOBAYASHI, Masaharu SAKAMOTO, Yasue MAKINO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210065214
    Abstract: Reducing noise during association analysis is provided. An association model is generated having a support value with respect to original data greater than a predefined minimum support value threshold level. A number of association rules corresponding to the association model are identified. It is determined whether the number of association rules corresponding to the association model is less than a predefined maximum number of association rules. In response to determining that the number of association rules corresponding to the association model is greater than the predefined maximum number of association rules, inverted data of the original data is generated. Another association model is generated having the support value with respect to the original data and the inverted data greater than the predefined minimum support value threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Yasue Makino, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Hiromi Kobayashi