Patents by Inventor Akira Kobayashi

Akira 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: 11966657
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an input operation of a user; and a display controller configured to display, in a display area having a first area and a second area, an image. The display controller includes: an icon controller configured to display, in the second area, first icons associated one-to-one with different layouts in splitting the first area, and a first splitter configured to split the first area into split areas based on a layout corresponding to a selected first icon to when the receiver receives an input operation for selecting any of the first icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichirou Matsumura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Keita Saito, Akira Kurosawa, Hiroki Takagaki, Kiwako Miura, Yuki Kobayashi, Takehisa Gokaichi
  • Publication number: 20240122185
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an antimicrobial agent that causes little environmental pollution and has excellent safety, an antimicrobial product having an antimicrobial layer containing said antimicrobial agent, and an antimicrobial coating containing said antimicrobial agent, the antimicrobial agent being represented by formula (1) Ln2xFe2(1-x)O3 (in formula (1), Ln is a rare earth element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium and yttrium; and x is a number that is at least 0.55 and is less than 1.00).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi KARINO, Akira TERADA, Fumihito KOBAYASHI, Atsushi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240116646
    Abstract: [Object] To detect airspeed and an airflow direction with respect to an airframe of a motorized aircraft with high accuracy without increasing the cost and weight and rapidly control attitudes of an electric propulsion system and the airframe in accordance with fluctuations of the airspeed and airflow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Kentaro YOKOTA, Akira NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240109665
    Abstract: To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing. To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Mari NISHIYAMA, Akira NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240110992
    Abstract: A battery anomaly detection device includes: an alternating-current (AC) impedance measurer that measures AC impedance of a battery cell; and an anomaly determiner that determines whether the AC impedance is within a reference range, and when the AC impedance is not within the reference range, determines that the battery cell is an anomalous cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Akira KAWABE, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Keiichi FUJII
  • Patent number: 11948864
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a first wiring extending in a first direction on a nitride semiconductor layer. A source electrode is electrically connected to the first wiring and extends in a second direction. A drain electrode extends in the second direction and includes a first and second portion extending in the second direction, spaced from each other in the first direction. An element isolation region is in the second nitride semiconductor layer between the first and second portions. A third portion extends in the second direction on the first and second portions. A gate electrode extends in the second direction on the second nitride semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The portion includes holes therein aligned with each other along the second direction with the spacing between adjacent holes in the second direction increasing with increasing distance in the second direction from the first wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yoshioka, Hung Hung, Yasuhiro Isobe, Toru Sugiyama, Hitoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240101843
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition that is obtained by using an ultraviolet-curable urethane acrylate resin together with a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment and an ultraviolet-absorbing fluorescent pigment. Specifically, this infrared-absorbing ultraviolet-curable ink contains: a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment; a UV-absorbing fluorescent pigment; a UV-curable urethane acrylate resin; and a UV-curable acrylic resin that does not contain a urethane bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihito KOBAYASHI, Masahiro KARINO, Akira TERADA
  • Publication number: 20240102544
    Abstract: A power transmission device having: a case formed by assembling a first case member and a second case member; and a shaft member supported by the case, the power transmission device comprising: a protrusion provided to the first case member and protruding in the axial direction along to the direction of assembling the case; and a recess provided to the second case member and recessed in the axial direction. The shaft member is supported by the protrusion in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo KOBAYASHI, Kunihiko FUKANOKI, Akira KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240105826
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating film provided on the semiconductor layer, a first electrode film provided on the first insulating film, a second electrode film provided on the first electrode film, and a first field plate electrode provided on the second electrode film. A lower end of the first field plate electrode is located on a second surface of the first electrode film, the second surface being in contact with the second electrode film, rather than a first surface of the first electrode film, the first surface being in contact with the first insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Masaaki ONOMURA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Akira YOSHIOKA, Hung HUNG, Hideki SEKIGUCHI, Tetsuya OHNO, Yasuhiro ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20240105563
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a nitride semiconductor element, a first diode, and a second diode; the nitride semiconductor element includes a conductive mounting bed, a semiconductor substrate formed on the mounting bed, a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, a first major electrode, a second major electrode, a first gate electrode, and a second gate electrode; the first diode includes a first anode electrode electrically connected to the mounting bed, and a first cathode electrode electrically connected to the first major electrode; and the second diode includes a second anode electrode electrically connected to the mounting bed, and a second cathode electrode electrically connected to the second major electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Toru SUGIYAMA, Akira YOSHIOKA, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Hung HUNG, Yasuhiro ISOBE, Hideki SEKIGUCHI, Tetsuya OHNO, Masaaki ONOMURA
  • Patent number: 11943527
    Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting incident light from the outside of the image capturing and display apparatus to electrical charge signals, and a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting light of an intensity corresponding to the electrical charge signals acquired by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A pixel region is defined as a region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in an array. Signal paths for transmitting signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to the plurality of light-emitting elements lie within the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Nishide, Yu Maehashi, Masahiro Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Akira Okita, Takeshi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11938884
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an airbag cover which is formed by integrally joining a first base fabric and a second base fabric having mutually different characteristics, and has a joint portion that ensures high productivity in mass production; a method for manufacturing the airbag cover; and an airbag device. The present invention relates to an airbag cover for storing a bag-shaped cushion which is rolled up or folded before being inflated and deployed by a gas supplied from an inflater, and relates to a method for manufacturing the airbag cover. The airbag cover is characterized by comprising a first base fabric made of a plain-woven fabric or a non-woven fabric made from chemical fibers, and a second base fabric containing fibers different from the fibers constituting the first base fabric, and having an initial tensile resistance value higher than an initial tensile resistance value of the first base fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation, Autoliv Development AB, Asahi Kasei Advance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Yuto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240097671
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a first drive circuit including a second transistor, and a second drive circuit including a third transistor. The second transistor and the third transistor are connected in series; and a connection node of the second and third transistors is connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor are normally-off MOS HEMTs formed in a first substrate that includes GaN. The first drive circuit charges a parasitic capacitance of the first transistor. The second drive circuit discharges the parasitic capacitance of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Toru SUGIYAMA, Noriaki YOSHIKAWA, Yasuhiko KURIYAMA, Akira YOSHIOKA, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Hung HUNG, Yasuhiro ISOBE, Tetsuya OHNO, Hideki SEKIGUCHI, Masaaki ONOMURA
  • Publication number: 20240082960
    Abstract: A wafer processing method includes emitting a laser beam along an annular line that is a predetermined distance inward of the outer circumferential edge of the first wafer to form, in the first wafer, an annular first modified layer and a first crack extending from the first modified layer to make an appearance on the front surface, thereby causing the first wafer to become warped at an outer circumferential region thereof that lies closer to the outer circumferential edge than does the first modified layer and the first crack; bonding the front surface of the first wafer to a second wafer to form a bonded wafer stack; and grinding a rear surface of the first wafer of the bonded wafer stack to thin the first wafer to a finish thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi KOBAYASHI, Kai MINAMIZAKI, Akira MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20240088280
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer having a heterojunction, a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer and having another heterojunction, a drain electrode on the second semiconductor layer, a source electrode provided on the first semiconductor layer, a gate electrode provided on the first semiconductor layer between the drain electrode and the source electrode, and a first insulating film between the gate electrode and the drain electrode covering the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer being separated from the gate electrode by a portion of the insulating film. A distance from the second semiconductor layer to the gate electrode is shorter than a distance from the drain electrode to the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hung HUNG, Yasuhiro ISOBE, Akira YOSHIOKA, Toru SUGIYAMA, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230412481
    Abstract: A transmitter transmits a signal including type 1 identification information. A receiver receives a signal from the base station device. An extractor extracts, from the received signal, type 2 identification information, and a measurer measures a period of time after the extractor extracts the type 2 identification information. When the type 2 identification information is extracted by the extractor, the transmitter transmits a signal including the type 2 identification information. When the period of time measured by the measurer exceeds a threshold value, the transmitter transmits a signal including the type 1 identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Akira KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11834855
    Abstract: A laminate material for reinforcement is provided that can reduce on-site work steps and facilitate quality control of a resin to be used to achieve improvement in work efficiency, and that can suppress debonding of a reinforcing member to obtain a high reinforcing effect. A laminate material for reinforcement 10 bonded to and integrated with a surface to be reinforced of a structure 100 to reinforce the structure has a fiber-reinforced composite member 11, a high-elongation elastic resin layer 12 formed on a surface on a bonding side to the structure of the fiber reinforced composite member 11, and an intermediate resin layer 13 disposed between the fiber-reinforced composite member 11 and the high-elongation elastic resin layer 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kobayashi, Atsuya Komori
  • Patent number: 11389486
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising conveniently and aseptically separating high-purity amnion-derived MSCs by performing enzyme treatment only once. According to the present invention, the following are provided: a method for producing a mesenchymal stromal cell composition, comprising: performing enzyme treatment of an amnion with collagenase and thermolysin and/or dispase; and filtering the enzyme-treated amnion through a mesh; a method for producing a cryopreserved mesenchymal stromal cell composition; and a therapeutic agent comprising as an active ingredient the mesenchymal stromal cell composition for a disease selected from graft-versus-host disease, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, or radiation enteritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE, HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamahara, Akihiko Taguchi, Toshihiro Soma, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Akira Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220119296
    Abstract: To prevent the tilting of the glass bottle when the finish mold is separated, the blow head (20) for blow molding a glass bottle (C) that is positioned above a finish mold (14) having a pair of mold parts separated by a parting surface (14A) extending vertically and interposing a bottom mold (12) between the two parts, the blow head being configured to blow air into a mouth (P1) of a parison (P) that protrudes upward from the finish mold, the blow head, comprises a head main body (21) including a skirt portion (22) that is positioned in a lower part thereof and opens downward, the skirt portion defining a chamber (26) for receiving the mouth in cooperation with an upper surface of the finish mold, a nozzle (42) positioned inside the skirt portion, and configured to blow compressed air into the mouth, an abutting member (45) vertically movably supported inside the skirt portion, and configured to selectively abut against the upper end surface of the mouth, and a biasing member (51) interposed between the skirt
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tasho SHIMADA, Yuuichi OHYA, Yukio SATOH, Hideo HIRANO, Akira KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: PP34501
    Abstract: ‘Churakanasa’ is a new variety of sweet potato bred by hybridizing variety ‘Purple Sweet Lord’ and ‘90IDN-47’ in 2009. The plant may be used, e.g., for cultivation of root tubers for consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Akira Kobayashi, Yumi Kai, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Keisuke Suematsu, Katsuya Ichinose, Yoshihiro Okada