Patents by Inventor Naoki Kobayashi

Naoki 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: 20220338767
    Abstract: An input interface is configured to receive a signal corresponding to a quantity of light that has passed through a living tissue of a subject. A pressurization controller is configured to control a pressurizing operation performed with a pressurization device attached to a body of the subject, thereby changing at least one of a thickness of the living tissue, an amount of blood contained in the living tissue, an amount of cellular interstitial fluid contained in the living tissue, an amount of blood flowing into the living tissue, and an amount of blood flowing out from the living tissue. A processor is configured to acquire, from a temporal change of the signal due to the pressurizing operation, a feature quantity that is used for estimating at least one of a physiological state of the living tissue and a disease state of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota SAEKI, Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11483528
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method for suppressing a decrease in the accuracy of image projection correction. By use of an image projection model using a distortion factor of an f? lens with an image height of incident light expressed by the product of a focal point distance f and an incident angle ? of the incident light, the posture of a projection section for projecting an image and the posture of an imaging section for capturing a projection plane to which the image is projected are estimated. The present disclosure may be applied, for example, to information processing apparatuses, projection apparatuses, imaging apparatuses, projection imaging apparatuses, projection imaging control apparatuses, or image projection and imaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomu Tahara, Naoki Kobayashi, Yugo Katsuki
  • Patent number: 11445949
    Abstract: A vital sign information processing system includes a sensor configured to be attached to a living body, and an information acquisition apparatus configured to acquire vital sign information of the living body through the sensor. A first memory is disposed in the sensor and stores first site information indicative of a site at which the sensor is to be used. A second memory is disposed in the information acquisition apparatus and stores second site information indicative of a site at which the information acquisition apparatus is to be used. A processor disposed in the information acquisition apparatus causes the information acquisition apparatus to perform notification when the first site information and the second site information are not matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Fujisaki, Kazumasa Ito, Naoki Kobayashi, Kumi Sugiyama, Tetsuo Suzuki, Masahiro Takeuchi, Jiongxun Chen
  • Publication number: 20220273182
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for estimating a central venous pressure by measuring a venous pulse by a sensor at a predetermined measurement position of a target person is equipped with an estimation unit which estimates that the central venous pressure of the target person is lower than a reference venous pressure if the venous pulse is not detected by the sensor at the predetermined measurement position of the target person who assumes a particular posture with which a water-gauge pressure corresponding to a vertical distance between the heart of the target person and a peak point, in the vertical direction, of a vein leading from the heart to the measurement position coincides with the reference venous pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Haruka MORIMOTO, Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11431124
    Abstract: A rubber plug has a tubular sealing function portion that allows an electric wire to pass through the tubular sealing function portion and a tubular low-rigidity portion that allows the electric wire to pass through the low-rigidity portion. The sealing function portion exhibits sealing performance by elastically coming into close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the terminal accommodating chamber and the outer peripheral surface of the electric wire. The low-rigidity portion has a lower rigidity than the sealing function portion, and is arranged rearward of the sealing function portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Oomori, Yukihiro Fukatsu, Daichi Ikeda, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220270245
    Abstract: The estimator learning device contains an image acquisition unit that acquires stained images provided by photographing respectively in a plurality of wavebands a biomaterial sample that has been stained with a prescribed staining solution; a cell nucleus extraction unit that extracts a cell nucleus region present in the biomaterial sample in each of the stained images; a color information acquisition unit that calculates, for each of the stained images, an absorbance in each of the wavebands in the cell nucleus region; and an estimator learning unit that, based on a relationship between the absorbance in each of the wavebands and information associated with the biomaterial sample and relating to whether the cell nucleus present in the biomaterial sample is in a prescribed state, trains an estimator that estimates whether the cell nucleus is in the prescribed state from the absorbance in each of the wavebands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro ISHIKAWA, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Chisato OKAMOTO, Masayo KURODA, Hidekazu KAYANO, Makoto HASHIZUME, Kenoki OHUCHIDA, Chika IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11417970
    Abstract: There is provided a hermetic terminal for a large amount of power so as to secure wettability of a lead member to glass and improve hermetic reliability of a glass sealing portion. A hermetic terminal includes: a metal base provided with at least one through hole; a lead inserted in the through hole of the metal base; and an insulating member that seals the lead in the metal base. The lead includes: a core member; a binding member that at least coats an outer diameter portion of the core member; an intermediate member that coats a surface of the binding member and that is composed of a low-electric-resistance material; and an outer coating member that coats the intermediate member and that has a stable glass binding characteristic at a sealing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukushima, Hiroki Honda, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220252458
    Abstract: A temperature sensing system senses a temperature in the monitor space. The temperature sensing system includes a first detector, a second detector, and a processing unit. The first detector detects a temperature on a ceiling and outputs first information about the temperature on the ceiling. The second detector detects infrared radiation emitted from a floor and outputs second information about the infrared radiation from the floor. The processing unit calculates, based on at least the first information and the second information, a spatial temperature distribution which includes a component in a height direction with respect to the monitor space between the ceiling and the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota SUDO, Takanori SUGIYAMA, Takaaki HIRAMATSU, Nobuaki SHIMAMOTO, Hiroshi YAMANAKA, Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220209698
    Abstract: The present invention includes a phase angle detection unit detecting a rotation of a rotor of a brushless DC motor and generating a phase angle signal switched at a timing at which a cogging torque generated with the rotation of the rotor reaches near a peak on a negative side hindering the rotation of the rotor, an inverter circuit energizing coils of respective phases of the brushless DC motor by switching elements UH, UL, VH, VL, WH, and WL according to an input of a driving signal, an energization period calculation unit calculating an energization period Tw by converting, into time, a target rotation speed set for the brushless DC motor, and a drive control unit energizing the coils sequentially by outputting the driving signal to the respective switching elements for each energization period, gradually increasing a duty of the driving signals to the switching elements at a start of each energization period, and decreasing the duty after the phase angle signal is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220196481
    Abstract: A film structural component is supported by a substrate. The film structural component includes a plurality of thermal infrared detectors arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of thermal infrared detectors includes a thermopile having a plurality of hot junctions and a plurality of cold junctions. An infrared sensor further includes a plurality of heaters and at least one thermometer. The plurality of heaters are provided on the first principal surface of the substrate. The at least one thermometer is provided on the first principal surface of the substrate and is configured to detect a temperature of the substrate. Each of the plurality of heaters faces another heater of the plurality of heaters via a region including the plurality of thermal infrared detectors in plan view in the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Shoya KIDA, Nobuaki SHIMAMOTO, Nayuta MINAMI, Isao HATTORI, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220146376
    Abstract: Diagnosis device verification system includes: a diagnosis device communicably connected to a vehicle controller mounted on a vehicle, and configured to diagnose the vehicle; a simulator configured to perform simulation operation of the vehicle controller; and a verification device configured to verify operation of the diagnosis device. The diagnosis device is configured to output a diagnosis result acquired by communication with the simulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Harada, Naoki Kobayashi, Takuya Handa, Ken Kanai
  • Patent number: 11320287
    Abstract: An electromagnetic induction type encoder, wherein at least one of widths of a first transceiver coil, a first plurality of conductors and a first receiver coil of a first track in a direction vertical to facing direction between a detection head and a scale and a measurement direction is different from corresponding width of a second transceiver coil, a second plurality of conductors and a second receiver coil in the direction vertical to the facing direction and the measurement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroatsu Mori, Kenichi Hayashi, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11240475
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and method that allow an image projection position to be controlled with more ease. Correction information of an image is generated such that the image is projected onto a desired region of a real space. For example, the correction information is generated such that the projected image is located at a desired position as seen from a given viewpoint position. Also, for example, a correction vector is generated that corrects each pixel position of the image as the correction information. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to an information processing apparatus, a projection apparatus, an imaging apparatus, a projection imaging apparatus, a projection imaging control apparatus, an image projection imaging system, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Katsuki, Kiyoto Someya, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11233001
    Abstract: An interconnect board includes: a first substrate; a second substrate having an outer shape smaller than an outer shape of the first substrate and mounted on the first substrate; and an adhesive layer bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together and having a fillet contacting a side surface of the second substrate. The fillet has a raised portion raised from a level of a top surface of the second substrate to a level higher than the top surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Miki, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11231897
    Abstract: A display system includes a first display device of a head mounted type, and a second display device. The first display device includes: a first display configured to display a guide image, a first camera configured to capture an outside image, and a first communication interface configured to: transmit the outside image to the second display device, and receive the guide image transmitted from the second display device. The second display device includes: a second display configured to display the outside image, a detector configured to detect a pointing position relative to the outside image, a second processor configured to generate the guide image based on the pointing position, and a second communication interface configured to: receive the outside image transmitted from the first display device, and transmit the guide image to the first display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Miyasaka, Naoki Kobayashi, Masahide Takano
  • Publication number: 20220010097
    Abstract: A chloroprene-unsaturated nitrile copolymer composition containing 100 parts by mass of a chloroprene-unsaturated nitrile copolymer having 3 to 20% by mass of a structural unit derived from an unsaturated nitrile monomer, and 0.05 to 2.0 parts by mass of a xanthogen compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Suguru ONUKI, Wataru NISHINO, Atsunori KONDO, Yuhei ISHIGAKI, Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210395422
    Abstract: A chloroprene-unsaturated nitrile copolymer having 3 to 20% by mass of a structural unit derived from an unsaturated nitrile monomer, in which the chloroprene-unsaturated nitrile copolymer has a peak at 5.80 to 6.00 ppm in a 1H-NMR spectrum as measured in a deuterochloroform solvent, and a ratio (A/B) of a peak area (A) at 5.80 to 6.00 ppm and a peak area (B) at 4.05 to 6.20 ppm is 0.6/100 to 1.1/100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wataru NISHINO, Suguru ONUKI, Atsunori KONDO, Yuhei ISHIGAKI, Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210386371
    Abstract: A hemodynamic parameter analysis apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a hemodynamic parameter analysis unit. The acquisition unit configured to acquire venous pressure and cardiac output that are calculated based on physiological information of a subject. The hemodynamic parameter analysis unit configured to analyze hemodynamic parameters of the subject based on the venous pressure and the cardiac output that are acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka SATO, Naoki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11202044
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to image processing apparatus and method configured so that degradation of invisibility of a pattern can be reduced. According to the luminance of a contents image, a luminance difference between two pattern images projected in a superimposed state on the contents image, having an identical shape, and having patterns in opposite luminance change directions is adjusted. The present disclosure is, for example, applicable to an image processing apparatus, an image projection apparatus, a control apparatus, an information processing apparatus, a projection image capturing system, an image processing method, a program, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Katsuki, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11146016
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing formed with a L-shape in a side view having a connection portion capable of fitting to a mating connector, a terminal mounted on the housing by inserting a connection terminal portion into a terminal accommodation portion of the connection portion, an electric wire connected to the electric wire of the terminal and led out from the housing, a ferrite core mounted on the electric wire and assembled from the rear side of the housing, and a cover mounted on the rear surface of the housing and covering the terminal and the ferrite core. The cover includes a recessed portion, which receives an end portion of the ferrite core inclined by an external impact, on a facing surface facing the ferrite core assembled to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Iwashita, Taro Shimizu, Naoki Kobayashi, Ryosuke Ohfuku, Yoshinori Hirayama