Patents by Inventor Takanori Kobayashi

Takanori 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).

  • Patent number: 6652376
    Abstract: A driving game, wherein players having various driving skills—from beginners to those advanced—may enjoy both aspects of amusement and simulation in consistency. The game device of the present invention has an element for providing to a player a plurality of different movement modes upon moving the vehicle along a traveling line. Upon selection of a desired movement mode, a vehicle-driving game relating to the driving mode selected by the player is executed. Included in this plurality of driving modes are an assist mode in which auto-brake control is performed and a training mode in which various indications, such as the timing of the braking point, are given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Shigeru Yoshida, Takuji Masuda, Takanori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20030188525
    Abstract: A tire cord having core filaments preformed into a helical configuration while maintaining the core filaments in a parallel, side-by-side relationship. The core filaments are not twisted or stranded together. High tensile strength sheath filaments are also preformed into a flattened helical configuration so that the sheath filaments can be wrapped around the side-by-side core filaments such that the sheath filaments do not put such tension on the core filaments as to cause the core filaments to bunch. The core filaments are maintained in a flat, side-by-side configation so that no voids are formed and rubber can penetrate into the tire cord. The core filaments may number from three to six and the sheath filaments from one to seven. The cross-section of the tire cord is flattened and confined within an oval-shaped outer bound, the oval outer bound being characterized by a major axis and a minor axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Takanori Kobayashi, William E. Smith, Charles E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030130031
    Abstract: Provided is a driving game, wherein players having various driving skills—from beginners to those advanced—may enjoy both aspects of amusement and simulation in consistency. The game device of the present invention moves an object in a virtual three-dimensional space pursuant to operations from a player and generates images of the moving state of such object. This game device is provided with an element for providing to a player a plurality of different movement modes upon moving the vehicle along a traveling line; an element for enabling a player to select a desired movement mode from such plurality of different movement modes; and an element for executing a vehicle-driving game relating to the driving mode selected by the player. Included in this plurality of driving modes are an assist mode in which auto-brake control is performed and a training mode in which various indications, such as the timing of the braking point, are given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Shigeru Yoshida, Takuji Masuda, Takanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6460087
    Abstract: A method of transferring file of the present invention by the two simultaneous data transmissions comprises the steps of transmitting data in a forward direction starting from a first specified position to a bottom in the file, and transmitting data in a backward direction starting from a second specified position to a top in the file. And a method of transferring file in FTP of the present invention comprises the steps of establishing a control connection, establishing multiple data connection, dividing a file into segments from each arbitrary point in the file, transferring segments through each of the multiple data connections, respectively, and synthesizing file from the segments transferred through the multiple data connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: KDD Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Takanori Kobayashi, Satoru Takagi, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 6021833
    Abstract: A manufacturing line including a plurality of processing sections disposed in a series for manufacturing multi-layered printed circuit boards by continuously conveying and processing boards through the plurality of processing sections, in which the plurality of processing sections have at least two specific processing sections for conducting a common type of processes, and the specific processing sections are disposed in a common area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Katsumi Uchikawa, Keiji Arai, Kouji Takamachi, Tohru Matsui, Ryo Fujita, Tohru Goto, Shigemitsu Matsumoto, Shuntaro Takizawa, Shuji Higuchi, Takanori Kobayashi, Koichi Takemata
  • Patent number: 5403517
    Abstract: Hair care compositions which contain the following ingredients (a) and (b):(a) an alpha-hydroxymonocarboxylic acid represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof, ##STR1## wherein R' is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a salt thereof; and(b) an aromatic alcohol represented by the formula (2) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl or a methoxy group, X represents a single bond or a linear or branched alkylene or alkenylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Y is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, and p and q independently represent a number from 0 to 5, provide excellent sensation upon use, impart long-lasting softness to the hair, in particular to solid or stiff hair, and provide easy manageability and handling of the hair for a desired hairdo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Horinishi, Michiko Arai, Takanori Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Yahagi
  • Patent number: 5381091
    Abstract: A sensor having a wide sensing range is capable of being controll by a small scale processor. The sensor comprises: a plurality of planar zigzag coils being provided on substrates, the planar zigzag coils having the same coil pitch and being formed into zigzag shape in a first direction, the planar zigzag coils being capable of relative movement in the first direction, the planar zigzag coils including a first planar zigzag coil, which is a primary coil, and a second planar zigzag coil, which is a secondary coil; a magnetizing unit for magnetizing the first planar zigzag coil; a first detecting unit for detecting induced electromotive force, which is induced in the second planar zigzag coil by the first magnetized planar zigzag coil; and a second detecting unit for detecting displacement length between the first planar zigzag coil and the second planar zigzag coil on the basis of the induced electromotive force in the second planar zigzag coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Techno Excel Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Nagano, Kiyohito Yamasawa
  • Patent number: 5319915
    Abstract: A steel cord comprising a number (between 3 and 27) of element steel wires tightly twisted at a regular pitch P between 5 and 20 mm in the same direction. Each wire has a diameter d between 0.1 and 0.4 mm. At least one of the wires includes a spiral portion having a spiral pitch P1 between 0.1P and 0.7P and a spiral diameter d1 between d+2/100 mm and d+2/10 mm. At least one other wire includes a straight portion. At any cross section of the cord, 1/4 through 2/3 of the wires is/are spiral and the other wire/s is/are straight. The stretch of the cord under a load of 5 kg is between 0.10 and 0.40%. A method of producing a steel cord comprises supplying a number of element steel wires, forming at least part of at least one of the wires to be spiral, and tightly twisting the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Tokusen Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Kobayashi, Koichi Hinoura, Akihiro Nagamoto, Toshiaki Shimizu, Takanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5313161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solenoid device such as a flow control valve and a displacement sensor. In a conventional solenoid device, it is not possible to get characteristic curve for easy control of the input voltage to an electromagnetic coil and the stroke of a plunger, or the stroke of a plunger and the frequency of a coil. Thus, it is difficult to control, land the stroke of the plunger is short. Therefore, in the present invention, the above stated disadvantages are solved by forming the end section of the plunger tapered, so that an electromagnetic valve having linear characteristic curve and longstroke plunger or a highly precise displacement sensor can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Techno Excel Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shozo Miyazawa, Takanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5046702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solenoid device such as a flow control valve and a displacement sensor. In a conventional solenoid device, it is not possible to get characteristic curve for easy control of the input voltage to an electromagnetic coil and the stroke of a plunger, or the stroke of a plunger and the frequency of a coil. Thus, it is difficult to control, and the stroke of the plunger is short. Therefore, in the present invention, the above stated disadvantages are solved by forming the end section of the plunger tapered, so that an electromagnetic valve having linear characteristic curve and long-stroke plunger or a highly precise displacement sensor can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kambayashi Seisakujo
    Inventors: Shozo Miyazawa, Takanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4410819
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling device including a drive member coupled to the rotary shaft of an electric morot and a follower operating in response to the drive member. The drive member includes first and second magnet pole pieces and a magnetic path forming member. The drive member having a relatively large inertia, serves also as a flywheel. The follower is made to have a relatively small inertia to improve its response characteristic. The drive member has a space incorporating a fixed exciting coil and a fixed magnetic path forming member and a clearance accomodating eddy current generating plate thereby reducing the overall axial dimension of the electromagnetic coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Inventors: Takanori Kobayashi, Masahisa Kato, Hiroshi Kumatani