Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Kobayashi

Yoshihiro 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: 20230003611
    Abstract: A time point is acquired by steps including a data acquisition step of acquiring time-series data indicating a time change of a displacement of a structure based on a physical quantity generated at a predetermined observation point in the structure as a response caused by a movement of a formation moving object formed with one or more moving objects on the structure; a removing step of removing a vibration component included in the time-series data; and a time point acquisition step of acquiring an entry time point at which the formation moving object enters the structure and an exit time point at which the formation moving object exits from the structure, based on the time-series data after the vibration component is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230001967
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: generating second measurement data by performing filter processing on first measurement data; calculating a first deflection amount based on an approximate equation of deflection of a structure; calculating a second deflection amount by performing filter processing on the first deflection amount; calculating a third deflection amount based on the second deflection amount and a first-order coefficient and a zero-order coefficient which are calculated based on the second measurement data and the second deflection amount; calculating an offset based on the zero-order coefficient, the second deflection amount, and the third deflection amount; calculating a static response by adding the offset and a product of the first-order coefficient and the first deflection amount; calculating a first dynamic response by subtracting the static response from the first measurement data; calculating a second dynamic response by attenuating an unnecessary signal from the first dynamic response; and
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230003610
    Abstract: A derivation method includes: an acquisition step of acquiring time-series data including a physical quantity generated at a predetermined observation point in a structure as a response caused by a movement of a formation moving object formed with one or more moving objects on the structure; an environment information acquisition step of acquiring, as environment information, information on a structure length that is a length of the structure, a moving object length that is a length of the moving object, and an installation position of a contact portion of the moving object with the structure; a fundamental frequency derivation step of deriving a fundamental frequency of the time-series data based on the time-series data; a passing period derivation step of deriving a passing period during which the formation moving object passes through the structure based on the time-series data; and a number derivation step of deriving the number of the moving objects included in the formation moving object based on the en
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230003575
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: generating second measurement data by performing filter processing on observation data-based first measurement data; calculating a first deflection amount of a structure based on an approximate equation of deflection of the structure, observation information, and environment information; calculating a second deflection amount by performing filter processing on the first deflection amount; calculating a third deflection amount based on the second deflection amount and a first-order coefficient and a zero-order coefficient which are calculated based on the second measurement data and the second deflection amount, and the second deflection amount; calculating an offset based on the zero-order coefficient, the second deflection amount, and the third deflection amount; calculating a first static response by adding the offset and a product of the first-order coefficient and the first deflection amount; and calculating a first dynamic response by subtracting the first static response f
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220336238
    Abstract: A heating/cooling device includes: a chamber; a plurality of substrate holders provided inside the chamber to support substrates; a plurality of LED light sources provided outside the chamber to irradiate the substrates held on the substrate holders with LED light having a wavelength that heats the substrates; a plurality of transmission windows provided between the plurality of substrate holders and the plurality of LED light sources to transmit the LED light radiated from the LED light sources; and a plurality of gas distribution parts provided inside the chamber to distribute and supply a cooling gas to the substrates held on the substrate holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shosuke ENDO, Yohei MIDORIKAWA, Yohei NAKAGOMI, Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yasuo NAKATANI, Susumu SAITO, Chanseong AHN, Yuta TAKAHASHI, Takahiro KIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220291078
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: a high-pass filter processing step of performing high-pass filter processing on observation data-based velocity data including a drift noise to generate drift noise reduction data in which the drift noise is reduced; a displacement data generation step of generating displacement data by integrating the drift noise reduction data; a correction data estimation step of estimating, based on the displacement data, correction data corresponding to a difference between the displacement data and data obtained by removing the drift noise from data obtained by integrating the velocity data; and a measurement data generation step of generating measurement data by adding the displacement data and the correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220276120
    Abstract: A measurement method, includes: performing high-pass filter processing on target data, estimating correction data, and generating measurement data, and the estimating the correction data includes: specifying a first interval, a second interval, and a third interval, generating first interval correction data, generating second interval correction data in the second interval by using data before a first intersection point of first line data and second line data as the first line data, data from the first intersection point to a second intersection point of the second line data and third line data as the second line data, and data after the second intersection point as the third line data, and generating third interval correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220276119
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: a high-pass filter processing step of performing high-pass filter processing on target data including a drift noise to generate drift noise reduction data in which the drift noise is reduced, a correction data estimation step of estimating, based on the drift noise reduction data, correction data corresponding to a difference between the drift noise reduction data and data obtained by removing the drift noise from the target data, and a measurement data generation step of generating measurement data by adding the drift noise reduction data and the correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220276118
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: performing low-pass filter processing and high-pass filter processing on target data; estimating correction data; generating vibration component data, and the estimating the correction data includes: specifying a first interval, a second interval, and a third interval; generating first interval correction data, generating second interval correction data in the second interval by setting data in an interval before a first intersection point of first line data and second line data as the first line data, setting data in an interval from the first intersection point to a second intersection point of second line data and third line data as the second line data, and setting data in an interval after the second intersection point as the third line data; and generating third interval correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11408761
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: a physical quantity acquisition step of acquiring, based on observation information obtained by at least one observation device that observes first to N-th observation points of a structure arranged along a second direction intersecting a first direction in which a moving object moves along the structure, physical quantities at the first to N-th observation points; and an action calculation step of calculating actions x1 to xN on the first to N-th observation points based on the acquired physical quantities at the first to N-th observation points, on the assumption that, when a function indicating a correlation between an action xj on a j-th observation point and an action that the action xj has on an i-th observation point is set as yij, an acquired physical quantity at the i-th observation point is equal to a sum of values of functions yi1 to yiN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220221487
    Abstract: An inertial measurement unit includes: a sensor unit including an inertial sensor, a case accommodating the inertial sensor, and a first fixing part having the case fixed thereto; an elastic member having a first elastic member mainly damping a vibration at a predetermined frequency in a first direction and a second elastic member mainly damping a vibration at a predetermined frequency in a second direction that is different from the first direction; a second fixing part where the sensor unit and the elastic member are arranged; and a fixing member fixing the sensor unit and the elastic member to the second fixing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takeda, Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220212452
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet with excellent flame retardance and high sharpness such that patterns are clearly visible and discoloration is suppressed. The present invention provides a decorative sheet characterized by comprising one or more thermoplastic resin layers selected from the group consisting of a transparent resin layer, a base material sheet, and a synthetic-resin backer layer, wherein (1) at least one of the thermoplastic resin layers contains a phosphazene-based flame retardant; and (2) the transparent resin layer and the base material sheet contain at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyolefin-based resins and polyester-based resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Netsu, Keisuke Kazama, Yuka Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11372614
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an internal speaker, a communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication with a wearable external speaker, and a control unit. The control unit establishes wireless connection with the external speaker through the communication unit and the control unit continuously performs a control operation for preventing an output of an audio signal from the internal speaker in a case where the wireless connection with the external speaker is disconnected by a first factor in a state where the control unit performs the control operation. The control unit cancels performance of the control operation in a case where the wireless connection with the external speaker is disconnected by a second factor different from the first factor in a state where the control unit performs the control operation for preventing the output of the audio signal from the internal speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Tomokazu Mori, Akitaka Yoshizawa, Hitoshi Nishitani
  • Patent number: 11375115
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus with a mechanical shutter, an output unit that outputs a sound, and a setting unit that sets whether the output unit outputs sound includes an image capturing mode where image capturing occurs without the mechanical shutter and an image capturing mode where image capturing is automatically switched between using the mechanical shutter and not using the mechanical shutter, where during image capturing without the mechanical shutter the output unit outputs sound based on the setting made by the setting unit, and where during image capturing without the mechanical shutter when image capturing switches between using and not using the mechanical shutter, the output unit outputs sound regardless of the setting made by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akitaka Yoshizawa, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Tomokazu Mori, Hitoshi Nishitani
  • Publication number: 20220184932
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative sheet with excellent flame retardance and high sharpness such that patterns are clearly visible and discoloration is suppressed. The present invention provides a decorative sheet characterized by comprising one or more thermoplastic resin layers selected from the group consisting of a transparent resin layer, a base material sheet, and a synthetic-resin backer layer, wherein (1) at least one of the thermoplastic resin layers contains a metal phosphinate-based flame retardant; and (2) the transparent resin layer and the base material sheet contain at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyolefin-based resins and polyester-based resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Netsu, Keisuke Kazama, Yuka Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11215484
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a mounting member having fixation surfaces inside, and at least one electronic component directly or indirectly fixed to the fixation surfaces of the mounting member, and the mounting member constitutes a part of a casing for housing the electronic component. Further, the fixation surfaces are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Masayasu Sakuma, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Shojiro Kitamura, Taketo Chino
  • Patent number: 11187716
    Abstract: A resampling circuit converts first data updated synchronously with a first clock signal into second data updated synchronously with a second clock signal asynchronous with the first clock signal and outputs the second data. The resampling circuit calculates and outputs the second data with a time resolution of a third clock signal having a higher frequency than the first clock signal and the second clock signal, based on the first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210364330
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a mounting member having fixation surfaces inside, and at least one electronic component directly or indirectly fixed to the fixation surfaces of the mounting member, and the mounting member constitutes a part of a casing for housing the electronic component. Further, the fixation surfaces are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Masayasu SAKUMA, Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI, Shojiro KITAMURA, Taketo CHINO
  • Patent number: 11179939
    Abstract: A liquid absorber includes an absorbing member. The absorbing member includes a plurality of segments. One segment of the plurality of segments includes a liquid landing surface and a side surface. The liquid landing surface is configured to receive liquid discharged from a liquid discharge head to absorb the liquid. The side surface is perpendicular to the liquid landing surface and contacts a side surface of another segment of the plurality of segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11150263
    Abstract: Provided is a measurement device including a data acquisition unit that acquires a data stream obtained in time series by a first sensor provided in a structure, and representing impact given to the structure by a movement of a moving object, and a processing unit that obtains a covariance based on the data stream and detects a timing of the impact given to the structure by the movement of the moving object, based on the covariance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chitoshi Miki, Hidehiko Sekiya, Yoshihiro Kobayashi