Patents by Inventor Miho Kobayashi
Miho 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).
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Publication number: 20240130781Abstract: A puncturing device comprising: a resin tube having a distal end and a proximal end, and extending in a longitudinal direction; a metal tube disposed in a lumen of the resin tube; a metal member disposed at a distal end portion of the metal tube; and a metal tip disposed at a distal end portion of the metal member, wherein a flow path is present between an inner surface of the resin tube and an outer surface of the metal member and is in communication with a lumen of the metal tube, the resin tube further includes an opening portion through which the flow path and outside of the resin tube are in communication with each other, and the opening portion is present on a distal side relative to a distal end of the metal tube and on a proximal side relative to the proximal end of the metal tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki MUKAI, Miho KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230416759Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for synthesizing a carotenoid composition by a genetic recombination technique. A transformant in which a first promoter, an upstream gene of a carotenoid biosynthesis gene including a crtY and crtZ operably linked to the first promoter, a second promoter having higher promoter intensity than the first promoter, and a ZEP gene and a CCS gene operably linked to the second promoter have been introduced into a host cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Akiko Kubo, Kohji Ohdan, Yoshinobu Terada, Katsuro Yaoi, Maiko Furubayashi, Norihiko Misawa, Miho Kobayashi, Junichiro Hattan, Takashi Maoka
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Publication number: 20230214142Abstract: To quickly and appropriately adjust a performance of a storage system. A storage configuration optimization device for managing a storage system including one or more storages implemented by a plurality of SDS nodes includes a virtual CPU. The virtual CPU is configured to receive a request for an execution period and a necessary performance of a project using the storage system, and select, based on consumption information and performance information of a resource of the storage system, one or more change patterns satisfying the request for the execution period and the necessary performance from among a plurality of change patterns indicating configuration changes of the storage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Miho KOBAYASHI, Akira DEGUCHI, Kazuki TOGO, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Takanobu SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230129754Abstract: Example implementations described herein include an innovative method for copying a first virtual machine accessing a primary volume in a hybrid cloud environment, the copy of the first virtual machine accessing a secondary volume in the hybrid cloud environment. The method may include creating the secondary volume. The method may further include creating an image of the first virtual machine and launching, from the image, the copy of the first virtual machine by (1) disabling a set of connection ports for connecting to the primary volume, (2) updating the set of connection ports for connecting to the secondary volume, and (3) enabling the set of connection ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: Miho Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11379814Abstract: An application executed at a user terminal with a touch screen displays, on the touch screen, a UI in which a user-side UI for accepting a touch operation by a user and a store-side UI for accepting a touch operation by a staff member of a store are placed, as a settlement UI for settlement of a currency amount of a digital local currency. The application judges whether time during which the touch operation on the user-side UI and the touch operation on the store-side UI are simultaneously continued has reached a specified period of time or not. If the judgment result is true, the application displays a settlement completion notice on the touch screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Toshiomi Moriki, Yuuichi Kurosawa, Hiroki Satoh, Miho Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11321196Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to backup and restore of a public cloud and data center for disaster recovery. In a backup process of the disaster recovery, the VM root device information (a public cloud) and storage system volume information (a data center) in a main site are transferred to the disaster recovery tool. In a restoration process, the DR Tool specifies the storage system volume for backup to attach the VM in a backup site with the above information.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Miho Kobayashi, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Akiyoshi Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11250361Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve providing an interface configured to receive input to generate a project request for a project; determining an allocation of resources for the project for execution; determining a schedule for the project based on the project request based on the allocation of resources; for the first service platform being available to allocate the resources to execute the project according to the schedule, allocating the resources for executing the project on the first service platform according to the schedule; for the first service platform being unavailable to execute the project according to the schedule, determining whether a second service platform is available to allocate the resources to execute the project according to the schedule, and for the second service platform being available to execute the project according to the schedule, allocating the resources for executing the project on the second service platform according to the schedule.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Miho Kobayashi, Tomohiro Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 11194499Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to management of a first storage system for an on-premise system and a second storage system for a public cloud system. Such example implementations can involve, responsive to an update to one or more of a plurality of snapshot volumes in the first storage system, updating first shared page information stored in the first storage system according to the update to the one or more snapshot volumes, the first shared page information indicative of pages shared between the plurality of snapshot volumes in the first storage system; transmitting instructions to the second storage system to copy the updates to the one or more snapshot volumes from the first shared page information to a second shared page information stored in the second storage system; and executing read or write operations made to the second storage system based on the second shared page information.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Miho Kobayashi, Masanori Takada, Satoshi Kaneko, Akira Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20210365857Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve providing an interface configured to receive input to generate a project request for a project; determining an allocation of resources for the project for execution; determining a schedule for the project based on the project request based on the allocation of resources; for the first service platform being available to allocate the resources to execute the project according to the schedule, allocating the resources for executing the project on the first service platform according to the schedule; for the first service platform being unavailable to execute the project according to the schedule, determining whether a second service platform is available to allocate the resources to execute the project according to the schedule, and for the second service platform being available to execute the project according to the schedule, allocating the resources for executing the project on the second service platform according to the schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Miho KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210157498Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to management of a first storage system for an on-premise system and a second storage system for a public cloud system. Such example implementations can involve, responsive to an update to one or more of a plurality of snapshot volumes in the first storage system, updating first shared page information stored in the first storage system according to the update to the one or more snapshot volumes, the first shared page information indicative of pages shared between the plurality of snapshot volumes in the first storage system; transmitting instructions to the second storage system to copy the updates to the one or more snapshot volumes from the first shared page information to a second shared page information stored in the second storage system; and executing read or write operations made to the second storage system based on the second shared page information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Miho KOBAYASHI, Masanori TAKADA, Satoshi KANEKO, Akira YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210056530Abstract: An application executed at a user terminal with a touch screen displays, on the touch screen, a UI in which a user-side UI for accepting a touch operation by a user and a store-side UI for accepting a touch operation by a staff member of a store are placed, as a settlement UI for settlement of a currency amount of a digital local currency. The application judges whether time during which the touch operation on the user-side UI and the touch operation on the store-side UI are simultaneously continued has reached a specified period of time or not. If the judgment result is true, the application displays a settlement completion notice on the touch screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiomi MORIKI, Yuuichi KUROSAWA, Hiroki SATOH, Miho KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200356297Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods to manage log data that is stored to a storage system. In example implementations, received log data is classified for storage into a storage system having a high tier storage and a low tier storage. For the classification indicative of storage into the high tier storage of the storage system, the storage system stores the log data into the high tier storage, and moves related log data stored in the low tier storage to the high tier storage. For the classification indicative of storage into the low tier storage of the storage system, the storage system stores the log data into the low tier storage and moves the related log data stored in the high tier storage to the low tier storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Miho KOBAYASHI, Hideo SAITO
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Patent number: 10783096Abstract: A storage system provides a logical volume to a computer, manages the logical volume and a port receiving an I/O request for the logical volume in correspondence with each other, and holds assigned processor management information for managing correspondence between a processor for executing I/O processing based on an I/O request accumulated in a queue and an assigned port being a port corresponding to the queue. The processor identifies an assigned port on the basis of the assigned processor management information, executes I/O processing for the logical volume corresponding to the assigned port, and executes I/O processing on the basis of an I/O request received via the assigned port corresponding to another operation core.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nagao, Tomohiro Yoshihara, Kohei Tatara, Miho Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20190286583Abstract: A storage system provides a logical volume to a computer, manages the logical volume and a port receiving an I/O request for the logical volume in correspondence with each other, and holds assigned processor management information for managing correspondence between a processor for executing I/O processing based on an I/O request accumulated in a queue and an assigned port being a port corresponding to the queue. The processor identifies an assigned port on the basis of the assigned processor management information, executes I/O processing for the logical volume corresponding to the assigned port, and executes I/O processing on the basis of an I/O request received via the assigned port corresponding to another operation core.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nagao, Tomohiro Yoshihara, Kohei Tatara, Miho Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180204387Abstract: To arrange an entire peripheral image in the virtual three-dimensional space in an easy-to-grasp manner, it is provided an image generation device, which is configured to generate an image to be displayed on a display device, the image generation device comprising: a processor configured to execute a program; and a memory configured to store the program, wherein the processor is configured to: arrange a three-dimensional model of an object existing in a real space in a virtual three-dimensional space; arrange at least one tube-shaped virtual screen including a predetermined photographing position in the virtual three-dimensional space; execute arithmetic processing of mapping an entire peripheral image captured at the predetermined photographing position to the at least one tube-shaped virtual screen; and generate image data for displaying, in a panoramic view, the virtual three-dimensional space in which the three-dimensional model and the at least one tube-shaped virtual screen are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Kei UTSUGI, Miho KOBAYASHI, Koji ARA
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Patent number: 9619007Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes first and second integrated circuits and a power supply line. The first integrated circuit includes a first power supply circuit, a timing generation circuit generating a synchronization signal, and a first power supply control section. The second integrated circuit includes a second power supply circuit and a second power supply control section. The power supply line electrically connects the outputs of the first and second power supply circuit. The first and second power supply control sections are each configured to start the operations of the first and second power supply circuits, respectively, in response to a start of a supply of the synchronization signal after a sleep-out command is supplied thereto. The timing generation circuit starts supplying the synchronization signal after a predetermined waiting time elapses after the sleep-out command is supplied to the first integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SYNAPTICS JAPAN GKInventors: Toshio Mizuno, Miho Kobayashi, Junpei Sakurai
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Publication number: 20140164806Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes first and second integrated circuits and a power supply line. The first integrated circuit includes a first power supply circuit, a timing generation circuit generating a synchronization signal, and a first power supply control section. The second integrated circuit includes a second power supply circuit and a second power supply control section. The power supply line electrically connects the outputs of the first and second power supply circuit. The first and second power supply control sections are each configured to start the operations of the first and second power supply circuits, respectively, in response to a start of a supply of the synchronization signal after a sleep-out command is supplied thereto. The timing generation circuit starts supplying the synchronization signal after a predetermined waiting time elapses after the sleep-out command is supplied to the first integrated circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Renesas SP Drivers Inc.Inventors: Toshio MIZUNO, Miho Kobayashi, Junpei Sakurai
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Publication number: 20060057281Abstract: A method of producing a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell remarkably enhances the productivity and properties of fuel cell. There are provided in the method a first catalyst layer forming step of spreading a first coating compound over a running substrate to form a first catalyst layer, an electrolyte forming step of spreading a second coating compound over said first catalyst layer while the first catalyst layer is wet to form an electrolyte layer, a drying step of drying the electrolyte layer, and a second catalyst layer forming step of spreading a third coating compound having a noble metal supported thereon over the dried electrolyte layer to form a second catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2003Publication date: March 16, 2006Inventors: Shintaro Izumi, Nobuyuki Kamikihara, Masaru Watanabe, Yusuke Ozaki, Miho Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Ueyama
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Patent number: 5847757Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state image sensing device includes the steps of: transferring signal charges generated at pixels (12) arranged in odd rows in the column upward direction through vertical transfer paths (13) each arranged for each column; temporarily accumulating the upward transferred signal charges for one field at a first accumulation region (14) and transferring the accumulated signal charges row by row in sequence for each field period through other vertical transfer paths (18) to a first horizontal path (16); transferring the upward transferred signal charges in the horizontal row direction row by row through the first horizontal transfer path (16); transferring signal charges generated at pixels (12) arranged in even rows in the column downward direction through the same vertical transfer paths (13); temporarily accumulating the downward transferred signal charges for one field at a second accumulation region (15) and transferring the accumulated signal charges row by row in sequence for eType: GrantFiled: February 23, 1996Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Nobusuke Sasano, Kenichi Arakawa, Tomoaki Iizuka, Miho Kobayashi, Hideki Motoyama, Tetsuo Yamada
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Patent number: 5500675Abstract: In the method of driving a solid-state image sensing device, for each vertical blanking (VBL), the signal charges of a first pixel group composed of photosensitive pixels of odd ordinal numbers counted in the vertical direction of the photosensitive region and the signal charges of a second pixel group composed of photosensitive pixels of even ordinal numbers counted in the same way are reversed in the vertical transfer direction, so that the signal charges of the first and second pixel groups can be outputted from the same charge detecting circuit for each field. Further, unnecessary accumulated charges in the pixel groups in the photosensitive region are cleared off in response to an accumulated charge clear pulse.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1994Date of Patent: March 19, 1996Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenichi Arakawa, Nobusuke Sasano, Tomoaki Iizuka, Miho Kobayashi, Tetsuo Yamada, Hideki Motoyama