Patents by Inventor Toshimi Kobayashi

Toshimi 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: 20230244084
    Abstract: There is provided a head-mounted device mountable on a head with suitable clamping force, and including a front block, a mounting band, a pair of left and right first elastic members, and an adjustment mechanism to provide a technology such as a head-mounted device mountable on a head with suitable clamping force. The front block is mounted on a front side of a head. The mounting band has a rear block that is mounted on a rear side of the head and a pair of band portions that are mounted on left and right sides of the head and are capable of extending and contracting by relative movement between the rear block and the pair of band portions. The pair of first elastic members are provided between the front block and the pair of band portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230097433
    Abstract: A head-mounted device according to the present technology includes a front block, a mounting band, a first elastic member, and a second elastic member. The front block is mounted on a front side of a head. The mounting band includes a pair of left and right band portions that are mounted on left and right sides of the head and a rear block that is mounted on a rear side of the head and movable relative to the pair of band portions, the mounting band being capable of extending and contracting due to the movement of the rear block relative to the pair of band portions. The pair of left and right first elastic members are a pair of left and right members that generate tensile force to cause the mounting band to contract. The pair of left and right second elastic members are a pair of left and right members provided between the front block and the pair of band portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: TOSHIMI KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11558602
    Abstract: There is provided a head-mounted display comprising an image generator that generates an image, a pair of optical plates to be arranged in front of both eyes of an observer who observes the image, the pair of optical plates causing the image to be displayed, a first frame that holds the pair of optical plates, and a second frame including a to-be-fixed part, in which a fixing part to which the to-be-fixed part is fixed is provided at the central part of the first frame in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11500213
    Abstract: [Problem] Proposed is a head-mounted display capable of preventing deformation or damage of an image display apparatus due to concentration of an external force on a part of the image display apparatus. [Solution] A head-mounted display includes a frame that is worn on a head of an observer, an image display apparatus that is connected to a central part of the frame in a left-right direction and that includes an image forming apparatus and an optical member that is connected to the image forming apparatus and arranged in front of left and right eyes of the observer, and a rotation restricting unit that is arranged opposite to, across a predetermined gap in a front-rear direction, one of the optical member and an extended part extending from the optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210274154
    Abstract: A predetermined convergence angle is maintained, and strength is improved. Accordingly, there are provided an image generator that generates an image, a pair of optical plates to be arranged in front of both eyes of an observer who observes the image, the pair of optical plates causing the image to be displayed, a first frame that holds the pair of optical plates, and a second frame including a to-be-fixed part, in which a fixing part to which the to-be-fixed part is fixed is provided at the central part of the first frame in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: TOSHIMI KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11054571
    Abstract: [Problem] To propose a head-mounted display capable of restraining deformation or breakage of a connection member caused by concentration of an external force on the connection member. [Solution] A head-mounted display includes a frame worn on the head of a viewer and having a front part disposed in front of the viewer, and an image display device connected to a central part of the front part. The image display device includes two right and left optical modules each including an image generation device and a light guide member that is connected to the image generation device and is disposed closer as a whole to a center of the face of the viewer than the image generation device, and includes a connection member connecting the image display device to the front part. A part of the image display device is disposed so as to face a part of the front part in a front-rear direction with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210132286
    Abstract: [Problem] To propose a head-mounted display capable of restraining deformation or breakage of a connection member caused by concentration of an external force on the connection member. [Solution] A head-mounted display includes a frame worn on the head of a viewer and having a front part disposed in front of the viewer, and an image display device connected to a central part of the front part. The image display device includes two right and left optical modules each including an image generation device and a light guide member that is connected to the image generation device and is disposed closer as a whole to a center of the face of the viewer than the image generation device, and includes a connection member connecting the image display device to the front part. A part of the image display device is disposed so as to face a part of the front part in a front-rear direction with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: TOSHIMI KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200319468
    Abstract: [Problem] Proposed is a head-mounted display capable of preventing deformation or damage of an image display apparatus due to concentration of an external force on a part of the image display apparatus. [Solution] A head-mounted display includes a frame that is worn on a head of an observer, an image display apparatus that is connected to a central part of the frame in a left-right direction and that includes an image forming apparatus and an optical member that is connected to the image forming apparatus and arranged in front of left and right eyes of the observer, and a rotation restricting unit that is arranged opposite to, across a predetermined gap in a front-rear direction, one of the optical member and an extended part extending from the optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: TOSHIMI KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180213825
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a product filled with hydrogen water, the method including filling a can container with hydrogen water, and sealing a can lid section onto a can trunk section, wherein the hydrogen water is filled and sealed in a state in contact with an inner surface of a can body, primary overflow overflows the hydrogen water from the can container in a process of filling the can container with the hydrogen water and secondary overflow overflows the hydrogen water from the can body in a process of attaching the can lid section to the can container are performed, and in the process of attaching the can lid section to the can container, the hydrogen water is pushed into the can container while a predetermined pressure is applied to the can lid section while the secondary overflow state is maintained and sealing of the can lid section is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Junichi SUGIYAMA, Toshimi KOBAYASHI, Masato KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7283802
    Abstract: A remote control device is proposed, in which a clip for securing to clothing is removably disposed. The clip can be attached to the body of the remote control device such that the grip portion of the clip opens and closes either in the direction of a headphone side or a portable electronic equipment side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kinouchi, Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7141209
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic steel tube by fabricating a raw tube by mixed sintering of a metal powder and an oxide powder and producing a tube of the desired shape by repeating cold rolling and heat treatment for a total of three times or more. The method comprises performing each of the intermediate heat treatments during the cold rolling by a two-step heat treatment consisting of a first step heat treatment of 1100° C. or lower and a second step heat treatment of 1100 to 1250° C. and higher than the first step temperature, and performing the final heat treatment at 1100° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute
    Inventors: Takeji Kaito, Shigeharu Ukai, Satoshi Ohtsuka, Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050282011
    Abstract: Provided are a microcapsule emulsion which can release almost all the amount of a biological active substance comprised therein at a constant release rate over a prolonged period, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Kouji Kinoshita, Takehiko Fukumoto, Ryuichi Saguchi, Tatsuya HoJo, Toshimi Kobayashi, Kinya Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20050275969
    Abstract: A remote control device is proposed, in which a clip for securing to clothing is removably disposed. The clip 10 can be attached to the body of the remote control device 11 such that the grip portion of the clip opens and closes either in the direction of a headphone side or a portable electronic equipment side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kinouchi, Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20040071580
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic steel tube by fabricating a raw tube by mixed sintering of a metal powder and an oxide powder and producing a tube of the desired shape by repeating cold rolling and heat treatment for a total of three times or more. The method comprises performing each of the intermediate heat treatments during the cold rolling by a two-step heat treatment consisting of a first step heat treatment of 1100° C. or lower and a second step heat treatment of 1100 to 1250° C. and higher than the first step temperature, and performing the final heat treatment at 1100° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Takeji Kaito, Shigeharu Ukai, Satoshi Ohtsuka, Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6682319
    Abstract: By inserting an insertion section provided on a lower end of a motor fan unit into a wedge shaped hole provided in a lower part of a radiator, a motor fan unit is attached to a side of the radiator to the vehicle rear. A vehicle front perpendicular surface and a vehicle rear perpendicular surface are formed on the insertion section. The vehicle front perpendicular surface contacts a perpendicular surface of the wedge shaped hole, while the vehicle rear perpendicular surface contacts a lower end of an inclined surface of the wedge shaped hole. These surfaces will be in contact with one another even if the radiator stretches in the vertical direction due to evacuation and irrigation so that the insertion section slides upwards. As a result, it is possible to prevent rattling of the motor fan unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6614194
    Abstract: Two motor fans are driven by two 4-pole direct current motors, respectively. Rotational speed of the two motors is controlled in three stages, namely low speed, intermediate speed and high speed. Specifically, at the time of low speed operation the two motors are connected in series with four poles, at the time of intermediate speed operation the two motors are connected in parallel with three poles, and at the time of high speed operation the two motors are connected in parallel with four poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Kobayashi, Akihiro Koike, Hironori Saito, Ayumu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20020093299
    Abstract: Two motor fans are driven by two 4-pole direct current motors, respectively. Rotational speed of the two motors is controlled in three stages, namely low speed, intermediate speed and high speed. Specifically, at the time of low speed operation the two motors are connected in series with four poles, at the time of intermediate speed operation the two motors are connected in parallel with three poles, and at the time of high speed operation the two motors are connected in parallel with four poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Toshimi Kobayashi, Akihiro Koike, Hironori Saito, Ayumu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20020090297
    Abstract: By inserting an insertion section provided on a lower end of a motor fan unit into a wedge shaped hole provided in a lower part of a radiator, a motor fan unit is attached to a side of the radiator to the vehicle rear. A vehicle front perpendicular surface and a vehicle rear perpendicular surface are formed on the insertion section. The vehicle front perpendicular surface contacts a perpendicular surface of the wedge shaped hole, while the vehicle rear perpendicular surface contacts a lower end of an inclined surface of the wedge shaped hole. These surfaces will be in contact with one another even if the radiator stretches in the vertical direction due to evacuation and irrigation so that the insertion section slides upwards. As a result, it is possible to prevent rattling of the motor fan unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6376977
    Abstract: There is disclosed a silicon electrode plate including silicon single crystal used as an upper electrode in a plasma etching apparatus wherein concentration of interstitial oxygen contained in the silicon electrode plate is not less than 5×1017 atoms/cm3 and not more than 1.5×1018 atoms/cm3, and the silicon electrode plate wherein nitrogen concentration in the silicon electrode plate is not less than 5×1013 atoms/cm3 and not more than 5×1015 atoms/cm3. There can be provided a silicon electrode plate consisting of silicon single crystal used as an upper electrode in a plasma etching apparatus wherein problems due to adhesion of impurities such as heavy metal or the like can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kawai, Keiichi Goto, Kazuyoshi Tamura, Yoshihiro Kubota, Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D871403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimi Kobayashi