Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kobayashi

Hiroshi 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: 20240145507
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device capable of further suppressing color mixing between pixels. The imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate provided with a photoelectric conversion unit for each of pixels two-dimensionally arranged; a color filter provided for each of the pixels on the semiconductor substrate; an intermediate layer provided between the semiconductor substrate and the color filter; and a low refraction region provided between the pixels by separating at least the color filter and the intermediate layer for each of the pixels, the low refraction region having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji SEKIGUCHI, Kaito YOKOCHI, Takayuki OGASAHARA, Shigehiro IKEHARA, Chigusa YAMANE, Hideki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240140735
    Abstract: The weight of a body-to-be-conveyed constituting a conveying device is reduced, and the friction force between the sliding surface of the body-to-be-conveyed and the conveyance path is reduced. A body-to-be-conveyed that is a component of a conveying device that uses electromagnetic force as thrust and can move in a horizontal direction includes a mover in which a bottom surface is arranged so that a predetermined gap is formed in a vertical direction with respect to the sliding surface thereof, in which the mover includes a permanent magnet and a cover, a gap facing surface of the permanent magnet facing the gap includes one magnetic pole, the cover is installed on a side of the permanent magnet opposite from the gap facing surface in the vertical direction, the horizontal outermost diameter of the cover is larger than the horizontal outermost diameter of the permanent magnet, and the cover is formed of a flat plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ryosuke HOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Satoru KANEKO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Katsuhiro KAMBARA, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240147001
    Abstract: An information processing device that processes video or audio outputs from a television receiver using artificial intelligence is to be provided. The information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires reproduction content; a detection unit that acquires information regarding a viewing status; a control unit that estimates reproduction content to be output, on the basis of information regarding a user who views the reproduction content and information regarding the creator who has created the reproduction content; and an output unit that outputs the estimated reproduction content. The control unit estimates signal processing for reducing the recognition gap between the user and the creator with respect to content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: TAKESHI HIRAMATSU, YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI, HIROSHI ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20240139670
    Abstract: A hydrogen fluoride gas removal device includes: a hydrogen fluoride gas removal treatment machine that is configured to perform a treatment of removing the hydrogen fluoride gas from the mixed gas by bringing the mixed gas into contact with a removal agent for removing the hydrogen fluoride gas from the mixed gas; a removal agent supply machine that is configured to supply the removal agent to the hydrogen fluoride gas removal treatment machine; a removal agent moving machine that is configured to move the removal agent, which is accommodated in the hydrogen fluoride gas removal treatment machine, within the hydrogen fluoride gas removal treatment machine; and a removal agent discharge machine that is configured to discharge the used removal agent from the hydrogen fluoride gas removal treatment machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Riku KANAUCHI, Yohsuke FUKUCHI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240127982
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, TOYOTA PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, NAGASE & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki AKINAGA, Hisashi SHIMA, Yasuhisa NAITOH, Hiroshi SATOU, Dan SATOU, Takuma MATSUO, Kentaro KINOSHITA, Toshiyuki ITOH, Toshiki NOKAMI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11960949
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that displays, on a display, form management information including form information indicating content of a form and management information for managing the form information, the form information having been acquired based on an embedment code included in form image data of the form, and in response to an instruction to output the form management information, outputs the form management information to an extraneous source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoh Aruga, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11959151
    Abstract: Provided is a method for separating copper from nickel and cobalt, which is capable of efficiently and selectively separating copper, and nickel and cobalt from an alloy containing copper, nickel and cobalt such as a highly anticorrosive alloy that is obtained by subjecting a waste lithium ion battery to a dry treatment and contains copper, nickel and cobalt. According to the present invention, an alloy containing copper, nickel and cobalt is brought into contact with an acid in the coexistence of a sulfurization agent, thereby obtaining a solid that contains copper and a leachate that contains nickel and cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Higaki, Hiroshi Takenouchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Satoshi Asano
  • Patent number: 11959496
    Abstract: An operation panel for a machine tool includes: a blower device that includes a plurality of blade sections and a center axis section, the plurality of blade sections rotating around a center axis, the center axis section having a circular columnar shape around the center axis and being disposed on a radial-directional inside about the center axis relative to the plurality of blade sections the blower device sucking air in an axial direction about the center axis and blowing out the air in the axial direction about the center axis an opposed wall that is disposed on an air suction side of the blower device and that is disposed so as to face the blower device in the axial direction about the center axis; and an intermediate member that is provided between the opposed wall and the center axis section in the axial direction about the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240116646
    Abstract: [Object] To detect airspeed and an airflow direction with respect to an airframe of a motorized aircraft with high accuracy without increasing the cost and weight and rapidly control attitudes of an electric propulsion system and the airframe in accordance with fluctuations of the airspeed and airflow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Kentaro YOKOTA, Akira NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240117298
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide a microbial strain with improved productivity of ?-glutamylcysteine, bis-?-glutamylcystine, ?-glutamylcystine, reduced glutathione, and/or oxidized glutathione. Such microbial strain has disruption of [1] a gene encoding ?-glutamyltransferase and [2] a gene encoding phosphoglycerate mutase and enhanced expression of [3] a gene encoding glutamate-cysteine ligase and/or a gene encoding glutathione synthetase or [4] a gene encoding bifunctional glutathione synthetase. This invention also discloses a method for producing the substances mentioned above via culture of the microbial strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo KOBAYASHI, Naoaki TAOKA, Yoshihiro TOYA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Ryutaro KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11951092
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drug which prevents progress of Alzheimer's disease and a method of preventing progress of Alzheimer's disease. 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or a salt thereof has an effect of suppressing brain atrophy and is useful as an agent for preventing or treating brain atrophy. Brain atrophy observed in aging or neurodegenerative diseases can be prevented or treated by administering 1-(3-(2-(1-Benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11951692
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwata, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hajime Okutsu, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Koichi Akiyama, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240109665
    Abstract: To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing. To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Mari NISHIYAMA, Akira NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11941672
    Abstract: An information processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus. The information processing system includes circuitry that outputs a list of ledger sheet management information items to a terminal apparatus. Each of the ledger sheet management information items is extracted from a ledger sheet recognition result of ledger sheet recognition executed on ledger sheet image data of a ledger sheet. Based on a combination of ledger sheet management information items included in the list of ledger sheet management information items and identified as meeting a certain condition, the circuitry causes the terminal apparatus to display a preview screen including respective preview images of a plurality of ledger sheet images corresponding to the ledger sheet management information items included in the combination of ledger sheet management information items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11939465
    Abstract: A prepreg having high processability and laminating performance and a method to produce such a prepreg is described, the prepreg comprising at least the components [A] to [E] shown below, and having a structure incorporating a first layer composed mainly of the component [A] and a first epoxy resin composition that contains the components [B] to [D] but which is substantially free of the component [E], and a second layer composed mainly of a second epoxy resin composition that contains the components [B] to [E], [A] carbon fiber, [B] epoxy resin, [C] curing agent, [D] thermoplastic resin, and [E] particles containing a thermoplastic resin as primary component and having a volume-average particle diameter of 5 to 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Taiki Maeyama, Daisuke Kido, Takashi Ikushima, Naofumi Hosokawa, Hirokazu Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 11943327
    Abstract: A server device includes a data transmission portion that transmits, to a terminal device, data according to a second protocol, the data including a processing request according to a first protocol, and a response notification portion that transmits response data transmitted from the terminal device to a request source of the processing request, the terminal device includes a request notification portion that transmits, to an electronic device, the processing request according to the first protocol based on the data according to the second protocol transmitted from the server device, and a response data transmission portion that transmits, to the server device, response data transmitted from the electronic device, and the electronic device includes a response portion that transmits, to the terminal device, response data according to the first protocol as a response to the processing request according to the first protocol transmitted from the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kaiho, Fuminori Hanaoka, Hiroshi Tatebe, Shuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240094234
    Abstract: The present invention controls liquid shaking during transportation while maintaining high-precision with respect to the stopping position of a specimen at the time of device start-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Ryosuke HOSHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Shinji AZUMA
  • Patent number: 11933801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transport device and a specimen analysis system including the transport device that reduce the pulsation of thrust for moving an object to be transported, reduce vibration of the object to be transported during transport, and realize stable transport. The transport device of the present invention includes a first electromagnet unit including a first tooth made of a magnetic body, a first core connected to the first tooth and made of a magnetic body, and a first winding formed around the first core; a second electromagnet unit including a second tooth installed adjacent to the first electromagnet unit and made of a magnetic body, a second core connected to the second tooth and made of a magnetic body, a second winding formed around the second core; and a magnetic coupling unit made of a magnetic body between the first tooth of the first electromagnet unit and the second tooth of the second electromagnet unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Ryosuke Hoshi, Satoru Kaneko, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamakoshi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Katsuhiro Kambara, Kuniaki Onizawa
  • Publication number: 20240087807
    Abstract: A powder magnetic core according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a powder magnetic core in which a magnetic powder is bonded via a binder layer. The powder magnetic core contains 88 volume % or more of magnetic powder, and when a cross-sectional photograph of the powder magnetic core is taken, an area of the cross-sectional photograph having a size of 10000 ?m2 is divided into unit areas, one or more of the unit areas in which the size of a cross-sectional area of a binder accounts for 50% or more of the unit area are extracted as specific unit areas, and the percentage of the number of specific unit areas with respect to the total number of unit areas is equal to or larger than 0.2% but equal to or smaller than 3.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shun MIKOSHIBA, Hiroshi SHIMA, Kenichiro KOBAYASHI, Akiri URATA, Makoto YAMAKI, Naoto ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20240087781
    Abstract: A powder magnetic core capable of achieving a low loss in a high frequency range is provided. A powder magnetic core according to the present disclosure is a powder magnetic core in which a magnetic powder is bonded via a binder layer. A volume filling percentage of the magnetic powder included in the powder magnetic core is 85 volume % or higher, and a value obtained by dividing a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the powder magnetic core by a specific surface area (m2/g) calculated using outer dimensions of the powder magnetic core is 5000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto YAMAKI, Naoto ONISHI, Akiri URATA, Kenichiro KOBAYASHI, Yu KANAMORI, Hiroshi SHIMA, Shun MIKOSHIBA