Patents by Inventor Eiichi Kobayashi

Eiichi 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: 20180158183
    Abstract: A PC acquires a plurality of images along a rotating direction of an inspection target with a linear sensor at predetermined time intervals ?TI, extracts position change information representing a change in an on-image position of a pixel having a predetermined feature value or a predetermined pixel value of the acquired images arranged along a time lapse, and generates information on correspondence between the position of the pixel in each of the images and an angle of rotation of the inspection target from the position change information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170350424
    Abstract: A moving device includes an elastic tube, a sectional shape of which is elastically deformable according to an internal pressure given by fluid, a slider unit capable of moving forward and backward in a longitudinal direction of the elastic tube according to a change in the sectional shape of the elastic tube, a brake provided in the slider unit and configured to be deformed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the elastic tube to be capable of coming into sliding contact with a target object, and a fluid adjusting section configured to supply air to or discharge air from the elastic tube respectively via first and second fluid supply pipes that respectively communicate with insides on a distal end side and a proximal end side of the elastic tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, NPO INTERNATIONAL RESCUE SYSTEM INSTITUTE, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Yasuo HIRATA, Satoshi TADOKORO, Tomonari YAMAMOTO, Masashi KONYO, Kenjiro TADAKUMA
  • Patent number: 9823460
    Abstract: A blade inspection apparatus has a borescope and a PC. The borescope has a distance sensor for detecting an insertion length when an insertion section of the borescope is inserted through a hole provided in a casing in which a rotor of an engine is housed, an acceleration sensor for detecting an attitude of the insertion section, and distance sensors for detecting two distances from the insertion section to two stator vanes on a stator. The PC compares the attitude and two distances detected in the borescope with the attitude and two distances relating to an inspection image stored in a HDD. When a match occurs therebetween, the PC outputs match information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Kobayashi, Yutaka Konomura, Fumio Hori
  • Patent number: 9813674
    Abstract: A photography system includes: an observation scope inserted into a hole of a case in which a plurality of sets of subject groups, each of which includes a plurality of subjects that are cyclically disposed around a rotary shaft and rotate around the rotary shaft, are housed along with the rotary shaft and a plurality of holes are formed to penetrate through the case and configured to sequentially acquire light from the plurality of subjects included in one set of subject groups among the plurality of sets of subject groups; an imaging section configured to continuously image light acquired by the observation scope to generate an image in a state in which the plurality of sets of subject groups rotate; and a display section configured to display the image generated by the imaging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumio Hori, Eiichi Kobayashi, Yutaka Konomura
  • Patent number: 9766159
    Abstract: A fixture 4 for endoscopic inspection is provided with insertion direction regulating portions for regulating an access direction of an insertion portion of an endoscope fixed to an access port for an endoscope of an engine and connecting an external access port disposed on an exterior cover of the engine to an internal access port disposed on an exterior shroud of the engine and an installation direction regulating portion for uniquely regulating an installation direction so that the insertion direction regulating portions match the access direction at a time of attachment to the external access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Konomura, Eiichi Kobayashi, Fumio Hori
  • Patent number: 9715100
    Abstract: Regarding a blade inspection system, each of endo scope guide devices for a borescope has an insertion portion guide tube for guiding an insertion portion and a first fixing portion which is provided on the insertion portion guide tube and fixes the insertion portion guide tube in a corresponding external access port. When the insertion portion is attached into the insertion portion guide tube, lengths of extending portions of the endoscope guide devices are different between the plurality of endoscope guide devices extending from the corresponding external access port so that a position for observing a predetermined portion of a blade by an observation optical system of the insertion portion comes to a position determined in advance for each of the corresponding external access ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Konomura, Eiichi Kobayashi, Fumio Hori
  • Patent number: 9588332
    Abstract: A photography system includes an observation scope inserted into a hole of a case in which a plurality of subjects, which are cyclically disposed around a rotary shaft and rotate around the rotary shaft, are housed along with the rotary shaft and the hole is formed to penetrate through the case, the observation scope being configured to sequentially acquire light from the plurality of subjects. The photograph system includes an imaging section configured to generate an image by continuously imaging light acquired by the observation scope; a sensor configured to continuously detect states of the plurality of subjects which rotate and sequentially output detection values; and an image acquisition section configured to detect a position of the subject based on cyclic variation of the detection value and acquire the image including the subject at the detected position which is a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Kobayashi, Fumio Hori, Yutaka Konomura
  • Publication number: 20170015077
    Abstract: A punch unit is used in a powder press molding device that includes a die plate including a cavity in which a compacted powder pellet can be formed, the powder press molding device including a ram moving in a direction approaching the die plate and in a direction away from the die plate. The punch unit includes a punch inserted into the cavity of the die plate when the ram approaches the die plate, and a supporting portion supporting the punch reciprocatably, the punch unit being movable along a plane intersecting with the moving direction of the ram in a state where the punch is removed from the cavity. The punch unit is capable of shortening a distance in which the ram moves, and a cycle time can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Seiya WATANABE, Tooru HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9429526
    Abstract: A blade inspection apparatus inspects a plurality of blades periodically disposed on a periphery of a rotating shaft of a rotor of an engine and rotated on the rotating shaft. The blade inspection apparatus has a borescope having an insertion portion in which an observation optical system is provided, fixtures attached to one of a plurality of external access ports provided on the engine and fixing the borescope, and dedicated for each of the external access ports, and an identification information output portion for outputting identification information for identifying the external access port to which the fixtures are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Konomura, Eiichi Kobayashi, Fumio Hori
  • Patent number: 9348226
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising an acid-labile group-containing resin obtained by living radical polymerization having a specific structure which is insoluble or scarcely soluble in alkali, but becomes alkali soluble by the action of an acid, and a photoacid generator, wherein the ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight) of the acid-labile group-containing resin is smaller than 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Kouichi Fujiwara, Eiichi Kobayashi, Tsutomu Shimokawa, Atsushi Nakamura, Eiji Yoneda, Yong Wang
  • Patent number: 9342456
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a storage control program causing a computer to execute a control process of a storage including a first storage device with first access speed, and a second storage device with second access speed that is slower than the first access speed, includes monitoring access frequency to data in the first and second storage devices; relocating data, the access frequency of which exceeds a first reference value, in the second storage device, to the first storage device; and conducting a overload processing of retaining, in the cache memory, at least a part of the data in the second storage device when the second storage device is in an overload state. the access frequency monitoring is executed in a state where the partial data is retained in the cache memory, and the relocating is executed based on the access frequency to the partial data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiichi Kobayashi, Sachiko Terai, Chunyou Shao, Pierre Ribault
  • Patent number: 9316564
    Abstract: A blade inspection apparatus has a borescope and a PC. The borescope has a distance sensor for detecting an insertion length when an insertion section of the borescope is inserted through a hole provided in a casing in which a rotor of an engine is housed, an acceleration sensor for detecting an attitude of the insertion section, and distance sensors for detecting two distances from the insertion section to two stator vanes on a stator. The PC compares the insertion length, attitude and two distances detected in the borescope with the insertion length, attitude and two distances relating to an inspection image stored in a HDD. When a match occurs therebetween, the PC outputs match information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Kobayashi, Yutaka Konomura, Fumio Hori
  • Patent number: 9277856
    Abstract: An illumination device (1a) includes a light source section (21) outputting excitation light; a fluorescent member (22) excited by the excitation light to emit illumination light; a first light transmitting section (24) disposed between the light source section (21) and the fluorescent member (22) to guide the excitation light output from the light source section (21) to the fluorescent member (22); and a second light transmitting section (25), which is arranged closer to the distal side than the fluorescent member (22) to guide the illumination light emitted from the fluorescent member (22). According to the invention, it is possible to provide an illumination device and an endoscope apparatus capable of exciting the fluorescent member to radiate illumination light, without directly radiating laser light from the light source section to the outside, even if a bending portion or more distal side than the bending portion is damaged in an insertion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Kobayashi, Takakazu Ishigami
  • Patent number: 9261693
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope having an insertion portion provided with an observation optical system that inspects a plurality of blades that are periodically disposed at a periphery of a rotary shaft of a rotor of an engine, and rotate around the rotary shaft, a guide tube that is introduced into a compressor section, and guides the insertion portion, a first fixing portion that is provided at the guide tube and fixes the guide tube in an inside of the engine, and a second fixing portion that is provided in a position separated by having a predetermined distance from the first fixing portion in the guide tube, and fixes the guide tube with an outer jacketing cover of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Konomura, Eiichi Kobayashi, Fumio Hori
  • Publication number: 20160001367
    Abstract: In S102, after preforming a pressed powder member by compressing metal powder filled in a press-forming portion, the pressed powder member and metal member are slid to each other in S103. In S104, after temporarily joining the pressed powder member and the metal member by further pressurizing the powder member, the temporary joined pressed powder member and the metal member are sintered in a sintering furnace, and the pressed powder member and the metal member are joined by sintering diffusion in S105. Thereby, joining areas between the pressed powder member and the metal member are increased, and it is possible to improve a joining strength between the pressed powder member and the metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Eiichi Kobayashi, Kunihiro Kodama, Masashi Totokawa
  • Patent number: 9190732
    Abstract: A chip antenna is mounted on a mother substrate including a feed line. In a representative embodiment, the chip antenna includes a laminated body including plural insulating layers, a radiating conductor element, a parasitic conductor element, a coupling adjusting conductor plate, and a LGA. The radiating conductor element is connected to the feed line via a first flat electrode pad of the LGA. On the other hand, the coupling adjusting conductor plate is provided between the radiating conductor element and the parasitic conductor element, and both end sides of the coupling adjusting conductor plate are connected to second and third flat electrode pads of the LGA. Another representative embodiment does not include a coupling adjusting conductor plate in the laminated body and includes an LGA that may or may not include second and third flat electrode pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fujii, Eiichi Kobayashi, Kaoru Sudo, Toshiro Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 9172135
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a horizontal radiation antenna including a grounded conductor plate on the back surface of a multilayer substrate, a radiation element to which a microstrip line is connected on a front surface of the multilayer substrate, and a passive element on an end portion side of the multilayer substrate compared with the radiation element. An intermediate grounded conductor plate is provided within the multilayer substrate between insulation layers and faces the microstrip line. The intermediate grounded conductor plate defines a notch portion whose end portion side is open. The intermediate grounded conductor surrounds the radiation element and the passive element in the notch portion. The intermediate grounded conductor is electrically connected to the grounded conductor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Hirotaka Fujii, Eiichi Kobayashi, Toshiro Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 9172142
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a horizontal radiation antenna. The antenna includes a back-surface-side grounded conductor plate on a back surface of a substrate, a radiation element to which a coplanar line is connected on the front surface of the substrate, and a passive element closer to an end portion side of the substrate than the radiation element. A front-surface-side grounded conductor plate is provided at a substantially same height as the radiation element with respect to a thickness direction of the substrate, and a conductive wall surface capable of reflecting a high-frequency signal radiated from the radiation element is provided between the front-surface-side grounded conductor plate and the back-surface-side grounded conductor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Hirotaka Fujii, Eiichi Kobayashi, Toshiro Hiratsuka
  • Publication number: 20150129794
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a soft magnetic member, a material powder that includes ferrous particles and an organic layer formed on a surface of each of the ferrous particles is prepared. The organic layer contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Mg, Ti, and V. The material powder is compacted to form a green compact, and the green compact is induction-heated with a frequency of 100 kHz or higher to form an insulation layer made of an oxide containing the element on the surface of each of the ferrous particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Kunihiro KODAMA, Masashi TOTOKAWA, Satoshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150035969
    Abstract: A blade inspection apparatus has a borescope and a PC. The borescope has a distance sensor for detecting an insertion length when an insertion section of the borescope is inserted through a hole provided in a casing in which a rotor of an engine is housed, an acceleration sensor for detecting an attitude of the insertion section, and distance sensors for detecting two distances from the insertion section to two stator vanes on a stator. The PC compares the attitude and two distances detected in the borescope with the attitude and two distances relating to an inspection image stored in a HDD. When a match occurs therebetween, the PC outputs match information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eiichi KOBAYASHI, Yutaka KONOMURA, Fumio HORI