Patents by Inventor Daiki Kobayashi

Daiki 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: 20240142610
    Abstract: An exploration method according to the present disclosure includes: a step (S11) of disposing, in a pipeline (PL) that allows a plurality of manholes (MH) to be interconnected, an electromagnetic wave receiving/transmitting device (1) that transmits an electromagnetic wave and receives a reflected electromagnetic wave that is a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; a step (S13) of transmitting the electromagnetic wave; a step (S14) of receiving the reflected electromagnetic wave that is the reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; and a step (S18) of calculating an intensity distribution of the reflected electromagnetic wave on the basis of an intensity of the reflected electromagnetic wave and a round-trip propagation time from when the electromagnetic wave is transmitted to when the reflected electromagnetic wave is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku NISHIYAMA, Kenji HIYOSHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Mizuki TABATA
  • Publication number: 20240138787
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus includes a first sensor panel that generates a signal in accordance with incident radiation, a second sensor panel that generates a signal in accordance with incident radiation, and an adhesive member that couples together the first sensor panel and the second sensor panel. When a stimulation is applied to the adhesive member, an adhesive force of the adhesive member is lowered to a strength at which the first sensor panel and the second sensor panel can be separated without causing damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: DAIKI NAKAGAWA, YOSHITO SASAKI, TAMAKI KOBAYASHI, MASATO OFUJI
  • Patent number: 11962726
    Abstract: A printing system includes an administrator terminal, a user terminal, and a processor that provides a printing service related to a printer configured to be used by the user terminal, in which the processor transmits, based on an expiration date of a contract for the printing service, request information for requesting response information to the administrator terminal and transmits notification information to the user terminal when continuation processing for the contract is not executed based on the response information from the administrator terminal, the user terminal transmits, based on the notification information, inquiry information for inquiring about continuation of the contract to the administrator terminal, the administrator terminal transmits, based on the inquiry information, continuation information for continuing the contract to the processor, and the processor executes, based on the continuation information, the continuation processing and grants permission to use the printing service to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Kobayashi, Hiroto Tsukioka
  • Patent number: 11949837
    Abstract: A management apparatus that realizes transmission of scanned data, which is generated by each of a plurality of image readers including a first image reader and a second image reader, in accordance with address information associated with the image reader, the management apparatus including a storage that stores a plurality of pieces of address information including first address information associated with the first image reader and second address information associated with the second image reader, a receiver configured to receive a duplication instruction that duplicates the first address information as the second address information, and a setting section that causes the storage to store the first address information stored in the storage as the second address information in accordance with the duplication instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Kobayashi, Kazuma Seki
  • Publication number: 20240102967
    Abstract: A vibration test device (100) is a vibration test device for testing vibration of a pipeline (10) attached to a structure. The vibration test device includes a plurality of support members (101a, 101b) that are joined to a wall surface with a predetermined gap therebetween and support the pipeline, a first fixing member (102a) that fastens the pipeline to a first support member at a position where one end of the pipeline protrudes from the first support member, a second fixing member (102b) that fastens the pipeline to a second support member at a position where another end of the pipeline protrudes from the second support member, a vibration-applying portion (103) that applies vibration force to one of the support members, a detection unit (104) that detects vibration of the pipeline, and a measurement unit (105) that measures a vibration characteristic of the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Yuta IKEGUCHI, Daisuke UCHIBORI, Masafumi NAKAGAWA, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240102883
    Abstract: A vibration reproduction device (100) is a vibration reproduction device that reproduces vibration of a pipeline (10) attached to a structure, and includes: a plurality of support members (101a, 101b) for supporting the pipeline; a fixing members (102a, 102b) for fastening the pipeline to the support members; support bases (103a, 103b) that are joined to the support members and to which a vibration force is applied; and viscoelastic members (106a, 106b) provided between the support bases and the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta IKEGUCHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Daisuke UCHIBORI, Atsushi ARATAKE, Masafumi NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240093807
    Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure is a U-bolt (10) including a pair of shaft parts (11) arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a bridge part (12) connecting one end of each of the pair of shaft parts (11) and includes a photonic crystal thin film (14) which is stuck to at least a part of at least one shaft part (11) of the pair of shaft parts (11) and changes its color according to strain of the shaft part (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240093714
    Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure includes a pair of shaft parts (11) aligned in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a bridge part (12) which connects one ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (11); and a first pair of strain gauges (14) which are stuck to at least one shaft part (11) of the pair of shaft parts (11) to face each other with the shaft part (11) sandwiched in the first direction, and which output a signal corresponding to bending of the shaft part (11) in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE, Yuta IKEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240093713
    Abstract: An installing system (100) according to the present disclosure includes a U-bolt (10) which includes a pair of shaft parts (11) aligned in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a bridge part (12) that connects one ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (11); and a measurer (20), in which a strain gauge (14) which outputs a signal corresponding to a strain of the shaft parts (11) in the second direction is embedded in each of the pair of shaft parts (11), in line symmetry with respect to a straight line (OX) including an apex (0) of the U-shape and extending in the second direction, and the measurer (20) measures the strain of each of the pair of shaft parts (11) in the second direction, from an output signal of the strain gauge (14) embedded in each of the pair of shaft parts (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki NAKANISHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240093715
    Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure is a U-bolt (10) including a pair of shaft parts (11) arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a bridge part (12) connecting one end of each of the pair of shaft parts (11) and in which a strain detection pattern is attached to at least a part of at least one shaft part (11) of the pair of shaft parts (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240084837
    Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure is a U-bolt (10) fastened to a fastened object (2), the U-bolt including: a body part (11) which include a pair of shaft parts (111) aligned in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a bridge part (112) which connects one ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (111), includes a U-shaped apex formed by the U-bolt (10), and is configured to be linearly symmetric with respect to an imaginary straight line (OX) extending in the second direction; and a pair of screw parts (12) provided at the other ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (111), in which a length mark indicating an index related to a length of the body part (11) along a direction in which the body part (11) extends from the apex is attached to each of the pair of shaft parts (111).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki NAKANISHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Publication number: 20240086783
    Abstract: A vehicle management device includes one or more processors configured to: manage a plurality of vehicles to be provided for users in a car sharing service; manage, as a plurality of first vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to an on-demand use in which the users use the car sharing service without reservation; manage, as a plurality of second vehicles, a part of the vehicles to be allocated to a reservation use in which the users use the car sharing service with the reservation; and change at least one of the second vehicles to the first vehicles when the number of the first vehicles is less than a first predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka TAKIGUCHI, Tetsushi OKAMOTO, Hirokazu KOBAYASHI, Minoru NAKADORI, Daiki KANEICHI
  • Publication number: 20240073329
    Abstract: A printing system includes an administrator terminal, a user terminal, and a processor that provides a printing service related to a printer configured to be used by the user terminal, in which the processor transmits, based on an expiration date of a contract for the printing service, request information for requesting response information to the administrator terminal and transmits notification information to the user terminal when continuation processing for the contract is not executed based on the response information from the administrator terminal, the user terminal transmits, based on the notification information, inquiry information for inquiring about continuation of the contract to the administrator terminal, the administrator terminal transmits, based on the inquiry information, continuation information for continuing the contract to the processor, and the processor executes, based on the continuation information, the continuation processing and grants permission to use the printing service to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Hiroto TSUKIOKA
  • Patent number: 11915164
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus manages a vehicle used for a car-sharing service. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to acquire, from a user, as application information for using the vehicle, one of application information for reservation use for making a reservation in advance and application information for on-demand use for accepting use of a vehicle stopped at an on-demand stand-by station. The same vehicle can be used for both the reservation use and the on-demand use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuka Takiguchi, Tetsushi Okamoto, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Minoru Nakadori, Daiki Kaneichi
  • Publication number: 20240018350
    Abstract: A thermoplastic fluororesin tube that, during the production of a catheter, can prevent a gap or air bubbles from being formed in the connection part of the catheter, and can be suitably used for the production of a catheter. The thermoplastic fluororesin tube includes a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer (FEP), the thermoplastic fluororesin tube having tearability in a longitudinal direction, wherein a thermal expansion coefficient in the longitudinal direction upon heating in a gaseous phase at a temperature of 100° C. for 5 minutes is 0% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sekiya, Hiroshi Ohshima, Daiki Kobayashi, Masashi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11802199
    Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic fluororesin tube that, during the production of a catheter, can prevent a gap or air bubbles from being formed in the connection part of the catheter, and can be suitably used for the production of a catheter. A thermoplastic fluororesin tube, the thermoplastic fluororesin tube having tearability in a longitudinal direction, wherein a thermal expansion coefficient in the longitudinal direction upon heating in a gaseous phase at a temperature of 100° C. for 5 minutes is 0% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Gunze Limited
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sekiya, Hiroshi Ohshima, Daiki Kobayashi, Masashi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230250898
    Abstract: A U-bolt mounting jig (100) to mount a U-bolt (20) used to fix a pipeline (10) to an installation support member (300) includes a first fitting member (101a) and a second fitting member (101b) that fit over opposite end portions of the U-bolt (20), the opposite end portions being inserted through bolt holes provided on the installation support member (300), and a holding member (102) that holds the first fitting member (101a) and the second fitting member (101b) such that a straight line connecting the opposite end portions is parallel to the installation support member (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Yuta IKEGUCHI, Masafumi NAKAGAWA, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Publication number: 20230114691
    Abstract: A U-bolt installation jig (100) includes: a first fixing member (101a) and a second fixing member (101b) opposing each other, with a predetermined spacing therebetween, while being perpendicular to an attachment member (300) , the first and second fixing members being brought into contact with side portions of a U-bolt (20); a stretchable member (102) fitted to the first fixing member (101a) and the second fixing member (101b) while being parallel to the attachment member (300), the stretchable member being brought into contact with a center portion of the U-bolt (20); and a first joint member (103a) and a second joint member (103b) joined to the first fixing member (101a) and the second fixing member (101b) , the first and second joint members sandwiching the first fixing member (101a) and the second fixing member (101b) to finely adjust the predetermined spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Yuta IKEGUCHI, Masafumi NAKAGAWA, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Publication number: 20230114634
    Abstract: A management apparatus that realizes transmission of scanned data, which is generated by each of a plurality of image readers including a first image reader and a second image reader, in accordance with address information associated with the image reader, the management apparatus including a storage that stores a plurality of pieces of address information including first address information associated with the first image reader and second address information associated with the second image reader, a receiver configured to receive a duplication instruction that duplicates the first address information as the second address information, and a setting section that causes the storage to store the first address information stored in the storage as the second address information in accordance with the duplication instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Kazuma SEKI
  • Publication number: 20230041474
    Abstract: A strain measuring device (100) is a strain measuring device (100) for measuring strain on an FEP (10), and includes a viscous body (101) that has a lower rigidity than the FEP (10) and covers an uneven surface of the FEP (10), and a strain gauge (102) that is attached to a portion of a surface of the viscous body (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Kazuaki WATANABE, Masafumi NAKAGAWA, Atsushi ARATAKE