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).

  • Publication number: 20230167228
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
  • Patent number: 11470441
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 11458998
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitoshi Jikumaru, Atsuko Kobayashi, Kenji Fujihara, Mizuki Kiuchi, Takashi Yamazaki, Masayuki Goto
  • Publication number: 20220251285
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Makoto Kimura, Shigeki Matsui
  • Patent number: 11410198
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanabe, Yuichiro Ueda, Atsuko Kobayashi, Akira Iijima, Manabu Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Goto
  • Publication number: 20220204750
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
  • Patent number: 11358541
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11341536
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Yuichiro Ueda, Akira Iijima, Daisuke Tanabe, Manabu Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 11301789
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20220025108
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Nana Sugimoto, Makoto Kimura, Atsuko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210235220
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki SUGIYAMA, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Hiroki ASANO, Harunobu SAITO, Yoshihiro TSUGE, Tae SUGIMURA, Kuniaki JINNAI
  • Patent number: 11027639
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11012808
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai
  • Patent number: 10967899
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keiko Nagatomi, Keisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20210095066
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200380630
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji FUJIHARA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Mizuki KIUCHI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Masayuki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200371532
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUJIHARA, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Mizuki KIUCHI, Masayuki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200369298
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUJIHARA, Mizuki KIUCHI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Masayuki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200365263
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuko KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUJIHARA, Akitoshi JIKUMARU, Mizuki KIUCHI, Takashi YAMAZAKI, Masayuki GOTO
  • Patent number: 10809082
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koseki Sugiyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Hiroki Asano, Harunobu Saito, Yoshihiro Tsuge, Tae Sugimura, Kuniaki Jinnai