Patents by Inventor Atsuko Kobayashi
Atsuko 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).
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Publication number: 20230167228Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw materials. The curable composition of the invention is advantageous in that a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and excellent tensile strength can be formed from the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: DIC CorporationInventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
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Patent number: 11470441Abstract: An in-vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle includes a controller configured to: transmit a radio signal indicating that it is possible to share a ride in the vehicle; upon receipt of the radio signal from a user terminal that has received the radio signal, transmit information relating to the vehicle to the user terminal; and receive information indicating a result of determination of whether or not a user of the user terminal can join the ride in the vehicle, the determination being made using the information relating to the vehicle, from the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai
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Patent number: 11458998Abstract: A control unit of a server device as an information processing apparatus is configured to: provide first information on a service for each of a plurality of moving objects, each of which is configured to provide a different service and autonomous travel; acquire second information on time and location of at least one service that a user wants to use; and determine at least one moving object that matches with the user based on the first information and the second information, and generate a travel plan of the at least one moving object.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akitoshi Jikumaru, Atsuko Kobayashi, Kenji Fujihara, Mizuki Kiuchi, Takashi Yamazaki, Masayuki Goto
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Publication number: 20220251285Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition containing a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main agent and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) being a reaction product obtained by using a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyether polyol (a2), and a hydroxy group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction materials; a cured product thereof; a fiber-reinforced composite material; a fiber-reinforced resin molded article; and a method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin molded article. The curable composition can form a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and tensile strength in the cured product.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: DIC CorporationInventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Makoto Kimura, Shigeki Matsui
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Patent number: 11410198Abstract: An information processing device includes: a server transmitting and receiving unit configured to receive location information indicating a location of a vehicle from an on-board device mounted on the vehicle; and a server control unit configured to when the vehicle is traveling in an area that the vehicle has visited a predetermined number of times or less, extract a facility that faces a first road located within a predetermined range based on the location information and having traffic capacity equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, wherein the server transmitting and receiving unit is configured to send advertisement information of the facility to the on-board device.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Tanabe, Yuichiro Ueda, Atsuko Kobayashi, Akira Iijima, Manabu Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Goto
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Publication number: 20220204750Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin (A) having a viscosity at 25° C. of 1000 mPa·s or less, an epoxy resin (B) having at least two epoxy groups that is other than the epoxy resin (A), a core-shell rubber particle (C), and an amine curing agent (D). The content of the epoxy resin (A) is in the range of 0.5 to 15 mass % relative to the total mass of (A), (B), (C), and (D), and the content of the core-shell rubber particle (C) is in the range of 1 to 10 mass % relative to the total mass of (A), (B), (C), and (D). This epoxy resin composition has low viscosity and good impregnation property into fibers and is capable of forming into a cured product having high heat resistance, high mechanical properties, and high water absorption resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: DIC CorporationInventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
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Patent number: 11358541Abstract: A vehicle soundproofing structure includes: a soundproofing mechanism configured to suppress sound from leaking outside from a vehicle by absorbing, dissipating, or cancelling sound inside a vehicle cabin, and a controller configured to enable operation of the soundproofing mechanism when the vehicle is stationary, and to disable operation of the soundproofing mechanism when the vehicle is travelling.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 11341536Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to execute acquiring a crowding level of a destination store that is a destination of a vehicle in which a user rides, extracting a store with a crowding level lower than the crowding level of the destination store as a predetermined recommended store from among other stores that belong to the same genre as the destination store and that do not belong to the same affiliated group as the destination store when the crowding level of the destination store is higher than a predetermined threshold value, generating a proposal advertisement for proposing to change the destination of the vehicle from the destination store to the predetermined recommended store, and presenting the proposal advertisement to the user who rides in the vehicle via a mobile terminal that moves with the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Yuichiro Ueda, Akira Iijima, Daisuke Tanabe, Manabu Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Goto
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Patent number: 11301789Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a controller configured to execute: determining whether to change a scheduled riding vehicle for a first user or not based on predetermined position information related to a first user's riding a first vehicle, before a scheduled time on which the first user is to board the first vehicle which the first user is scheduled to board at a first boarding place; extracting one or more candidate vehicles serving as alternative candidates for the first vehicle, when it is determined to change the scheduled riding vehicle for the first user; and changing the scheduled riding vehicle for the first user from the first vehicle to a second vehicle that is one of the one or more candidate vehicles, based on an approval by the first user.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai
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Publication number: 20220025108Abstract: The present invention provides: a two-pack curable epoxy resin composition that contains a curing agent having excellent long-term storage stability, has a low viscosity and a good impregnation property into fibers; the cured product; a fiber-reinforced composite material; and a molded article. Specifically, the two-pack curable epoxy resin composition is used, the two-pack curable epoxy resin composition containing: a main agent (i) containing an epoxy resin (A); and a curing agent (ii) containing an acid anhydride (B) and an organic phosphorus compound (C), in which a mass ratio [(i)/(ii)] of the main agent (i) to the curing agent (ii) is in a range of 35/65 to 75/25, and an amount of the organic phosphorus compound (C) used is in a range of 0.5 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the epoxy resin (A) and the acid anhydride (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: DIC CorporationInventors: Nana Sugimoto, Makoto Kimura, Atsuko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210235220Abstract: An in-vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle includes a controller configured to: transmit a radio signal indicating that it is possible to share a ride in the vehicle; upon receipt of the radio signal from a user terminal that has received the radio signal, transmit information relating to the vehicle to the user terminal; and receive information indicating a result of determination of whether or not a user of the user terminal can join the ride in the vehicle, the determination being made using the information relating to the vehicle, from the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koseki SUGIYAMA, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Hiroki ASANO, Harunobu SAITO, Yoshihiro TSUGE, Tae SUGIMURA, Kuniaki JINNAI
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Patent number: 11027639Abstract: An automobile, includes: a table stowed at a ceiling of a vehicle cabin; and a table raising and lowering apparatus configured to, resulting from a predetermined operation, raise and lower the table between a usage position at a seat front side of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat and a stowage position at which the table is stowed at the ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Patent number: 11012808Abstract: An in-vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle includes a controller configured to: transmit a radio signal indicating that it is possible to share a ride in the vehicle; upon receipt of the radio signal from a user terminal that has received the radio signal, transmit information relating to the vehicle to the user terminal; and receive information indicating a result of determination of whether or not a user of the user terminal can join the ride in the vehicle, the determination being made using the information relating to the vehicle, from the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai
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Patent number: 10967899Abstract: A vehicle includes a steering wheel that can move between a driving position in which an occupant operates the steering wheel and a table position in which a wheel axis is oriented in a vehicle vertical direction. The steering wheel in the table position functions as a table or a part of a table for use by the occupant, who is sitting in a driver's seat.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20210095066Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw materials. The curable composition of the invention is advantageous in that a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and excellent tensile strength can be formed from the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: DIC CorporationInventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
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Publication number: 20200380630Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire information about a first airplane and a second airplane in a case where a user who makes an airplane transfer in an airport makes a request to use an autonomously traveling vehicle when the user moves from the first airplane to the second airplane, match the user with the vehicle based on the information about the first airplane and the second airplane, and generate an operation instruction to dispose the vehicle at a position where the user alights from the first airplane in accordance with a time at which the user alights from the first airplane such that the user boards the vehicle and to dispose the vehicle at a position where the user boards the second airplane in accordance with a time at which the user boards the second airplane such that the user alights from the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji FUJIHARA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Mizuki KIUCHI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Masayuki GOTO
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Publication number: 20200371532Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: generating a traveling plan for an autonomous vehicle, the traveling plan including a traveling route and a traveling schedule; and generating a moving image to be displayed on a display device that is provided in a vehicle cabin of the autonomous vehicle. The control unit generates the traveling plan or the moving image, such that at least a part of a behavior of the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle travels in accordance with the traveling plan and at least a part of the moving image to be displayed on the display device during traveling are coordinated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUJIHARA, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Mizuki KIUCHI, Masayuki GOTO
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Publication number: 20200369298Abstract: A control unit of a server device as an information processing apparatus is configured to: provide first information on a service for each of a plurality of moving objects, each of which is configured to provide a different service and autonomous travel; acquire second information on time and location of at least one service that a user wants to use; and determine at least one moving object that matches with the user based on the first information and the second information, and generate a travel plan of the at least one moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUJIHARA, Mizuki KIUCHI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Masayuki GOTO
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Publication number: 20200365263Abstract: An information processing device manages the running of a moving vehicle that contains a bed on which an examinee is laid and that can run autonomously. The information processing device is equipped with a control unit that carries out acquisition of an exam schedule of the examinee, generation of a movement instruction signal for moving the moving vehicle to a place of exam, based on the exam schedule, and transmission of the movement instruction signal to the moving vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUJIHARA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Mizuki KIUCHI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Masayuki GOTO
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Patent number: 10809082Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a controller configured to execute: accepting an alighting request to allow a first user to alight at a place other than a travel destination of the first user while a first vehicle allows the first user to ride and travels; performing determination of an alighting place where the first user is allowed to alight, and extraction of one or more candidate vehicles capable of allowing the first user to board at a boarding place that is a place identical to the alighting place or a place adjacent thereto, according to the alighting request; and notifying a request for the first user's reboarding at the boarding place, to a second vehicle that is one of the one or more candidate vehicles, based on an approval by the first user.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai