Patents by Inventor Hideki Kobayashi

Hideki 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: 11338706
    Abstract: A vehicle cabin control device includes: a plurality of seating surface changing devices; a determination unit; and an output unit. The seating surface changing devices is configured to change orientations of seating surfaces of a plurality of vehicle seats. When the determination unit determines that the sharing state is desirable, the output unit operates the seating surface changing devices so as to change orientations of bodies of the occupants to such orientations that the occupants easily communicate with each other. When the determination unit determines that the sharing state is not desirable, the output unit operates the seating surface changing device so as to change an orientation of the body of the occupant to such an orientation that the occupant does not easily communicates with the other occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Mikihiro Amano, Kihiro Kato, Hiroshi Mizobata, Kazuhiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20220097319
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a multilayer sheet which contains a polyolefin resin and carbon fibers, and which is highly competitive in price; and a method for producing this multilayer sheet. A multilayer sheet (100) according to the present invention comprises: a carbon fiber layer (20) which contains a woven fabric of carbon fibers; and polyolefin resin lavers (10) which are in contact with the both surfaces of the carbon fiber layer (20). The carbon fiber layer (20) has a porosity of 10.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi KOBAYASHI, Hideki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220103406
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transmission apparatus of the present invention includes a transmission unit whose voltage-current characteristics have a local maximum value and a local minimum value located on a higher voltage side than the local maximum value and which transmits an electromagnetic wave indicating a modulation signal, an acquisition unit which acquires a digital signal, and a modulation unit which modulates the digital signal into the modulation signal which is a signal using voltage values of three levels or more in an oscillation region which is a voltage region that is equal to or more than a voltage of the local maximum voltage and equal to or less than a voltage of the local minimum voltage. The transmission unit preferably transmits a synchronization signal as at least a part of the modulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Hideki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11258173
    Abstract: Provided is an LC resonant antenna including: an inductor layer provided with a coil-shaped inductor; and a capacitor layer laminated on the inductor layer in a direction of an axis along a coil center of the inductor. The capacitor layer includes a capacitor connected to the inductor. The capacitor includes a pair of electrode plates arranged in parallel at a distance from each other in a laminating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: SK-Electronics Co., Ltd., KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ohshima, Koji Yamashita, Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11258160
    Abstract: Provide is an LC resonant antenna including: an inductor layer provided with a coil-shaped inductor; and a capacitor layer provided with a capacitor and laminated on the inductor layer. The capacitor includes a plurality of electrode plates that are aligned with the inductor in a laminating direction of the inductor layer and the capacitor layer and that extend in a surface direction orthogonal to the laminating direction. The inductor is formed to have an axis of a coil center extending in a direction that coincides or substantially coincides with the laminating direction. The plurality of electrode plates each have a passage area that corresponds in the laminating direction to an internal area surrounded by the inductor and allows magnetic flux to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SK-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ohshima
  • Patent number: 11201309
    Abstract: A display unit is provided with a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each include a first electrode, an insulating film, an organic layer, and a second electrode. The insulating film is provided on the first electrode, and has openings. The organic layer is provided in each of the openings of the insulating film, and includes a light-emitting layer. The second electrode is provided on the organic layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes that are provided to face the respective openings of the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru Abe, Jiro Yamada, Kazuma Teramoto, Kenichi Nendai, Hideki Kobayashi, Masaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11189809
    Abstract: An organic EL device of the disclosure includes: a first electrode and a second electrode; and an organic layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes a light-emitting layer. The organic layer includes, between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer, a first layer that contains a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound having orientation, and a second layer that contains a larger amount of nitrogen element than the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Imai, Emiko Kambe, Hideki Kobayashi, Jiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11150863
    Abstract: A vehicle sound output device including: an acquiring section configured to acquire wakefulness level information that indicates a degree of a wakefulness state of a driver of a vehicle; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the degree of the wakefulness state indicates a decreased level of wakefulness, control a sound output section to output a sound based on at least one of a predetermined frequency, a predetermined tone, or a predetermined content that stimulates a sympathetic nerve of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akihiro Muguruma, Yukiya Sugiyama, Shota Higashihara, Riho Matsuo, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 11119033
    Abstract: A conformation analysis device and analysis method with which discrimination can be achieved even if there is a subtle difference in a conformational structure, a given molecule can be processed in a unified manner, and large-scale computer processing can be performed, and a conformational notation device and notation method with which even in the case where a conformation cannot be uniquely determined if a rule in accordance with the IUPAC Nomenclature is followed, the conformation can be uniquely notated, a given molecule can be processed in a unified manner, and large-scale computer processing can be performed, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Izumi, Atsushi Ogata, Kazuyuki Takeo, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11081675
    Abstract: A display unit includes a plurality of pixels and a first insulating film. The plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix in a first direction and a second direction. The first insulating film is provided between adjacent pixels of the pixels, and has first openings in light-emitting regions of the respective pixels. The first insulating film has, between pixels adjacent in the second direction of the pixels, a second opening extending in the first direction, and a remaining part inside the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kazuma Teramoto, Kenichi Nendai, Jiro Yamada, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210218123
    Abstract: Provide is an LC resonant antenna including: an inductor layer provided with a coil-shaped inductor; and a capacitor layer provided with a capacitor and laminated on the inductor layer. The capacitor includes a plurality of electrode plates that are aligned with the inductor in a laminating direction of the inductor layer and the capacitor layer and that extend in a surface direction orthogonal to the laminating direction. The inductor is formed to have an axis of a coil center extending in a direction that coincides or substantially coincides with the laminating direction. The plurality of electrode plates each have a passage area that corresponds in the laminating direction to an internal area surrounded by the inductor and allows magnetic flux to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ohshima
  • Patent number: 11047732
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detection device comprising a support body having one surface to be irradiated with an electromagnetic wave, at least one electromagnetic wave detection element provided on the support body, and at least one waveguide structure each of which is supported on the support body, has a first aperture opened to a side of the one surface of the support body, and forms a waveguide that narrows in a direction away from the one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210184353
    Abstract: Provided is an LC resonant antenna including: an inductor layer provided with a coil-shaped inductor; and a capacitor layer laminated on the inductor layer in a direction of an axis along a coil center of the inductor. The capacitor layer includes a capacitor connected to the inductor. The capacitor includes a pair of electrode plates arranged in parallel at a distance from each other in a laminating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ohshima, Koji Yamashita, Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11038133
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic EL display panel having pixels arranged in matrix includes a substrate, pixel electrodes disposed on the substrate for each of the pixels, insulating layers disposed so as to cover each upper part of the pixel electrodes and having not less than three slit-shaped openings extending and arranged in a column direction, partition walls extending in the column direction and partitioning the pixel electrodes in a row direction, organic functional layers disposed on the pixel electrodes and including organic luminous layers configured to cause electroluminescence in each of the openings, and light transmissive counter electrodes disposed on upper parts of the organic functional layers. Levels of top faces of the partition walls are higher than that of the insulating layers. Row-direction widths of openings adjacent to the partition walls in the row direction are larger than row-direction widths of openings not adjacent to the partition walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Jiro Yamada, Kenichi Nendai, Noriteru Maeda, Kenta Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 11034602
    Abstract: Oxygen permeable membrane modules are provided in a reactor in multiple stages. An oxygen-containing gas from a blower B is sequentially circulated through the oxygen permeable membrane modules via pipes and is discharged from a pipe. Raw water flows out into a bottom part of the reactor through a plurality of nozzles, and a fluidized bed F of a biological carrier such as activated carbon is formed inside the reactor. Treated water flows out of a trough via an outflow port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Tetsurou Fukase
  • Publication number: 20210147285
    Abstract: Manufacturing method of the glass substrate suitable for flat panel display having upper and lower major surfaces. While the glass substrate is conveyed, the lower surface is treated by two continuous process steps; i) contact with dry HF gas, where the dry HF gas can be generated by atmospheric pressure plasma enhancement, and ii) contact with wet aqueous solution including HF, to achieve average surface roughness determined by AFM to be in a range of 0.5 to 1.5 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Mizushima, Hisanori Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11011167
    Abstract: A communication system includes a pair of speech recognition devices that are capable of communicating with each other, each of the speech recognition devices including a speech input section into which speech is input, a speech recognition section that recognizes speech input to the speech input section, and a speech output section that outputs speech. The communication system also includes an information generation section that generates notification information corresponding to speech recognized by the speech recognition section in one speech recognition device from out of the pair of speech recognition devices, and a speech output control section that performs control to output notification speech corresponding to the notification information at a specific timing from the speech output section of the other speech recognition device from out of the pair of speech recognition devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akihiro Muguruma, Yukiya Sugiyama, Shota Higashihara, Riho Matsuo, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 10984792
    Abstract: Each of plural dialogue devices generates proposition information that is an utterance indicating a proposition for passengers who are on board plural vehicles, based on an utterance submitted by a passenger and current destination information and past destination information. The dialogue device transmits the generated proposition information to other dialogue device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akihiro Muguruma, Yukiya Sugiyama, Shota Higashihara, Riho Matsuo, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 10971146
    Abstract: A speech interaction device includes an ascertaining section and a control section. The ascertaining section ascertains a direction of a speech utterer by audio emitted by the speech utterer. The control section controls directionality of audio output through a speaker when outputting audio toward the speech utterer, such that directionality of audio in the direction ascertained by the ascertaining section is higher than directionality of audio in other directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akihiro Muguruma, Yukiya Sugiyama, Shota Higashihara, Riho Matsuo, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Publication number: 20210061688
    Abstract: An aerobic biological treatment apparatus includes a reaction tank (tank body), a water permeation plate horizontally installed in a lower part of the reaction tank, a large-diameter particle layer formed on an upper side of the water permeation plate, a small-diameter particle layer formed on an upper side of the large-diameter particle layer, an oxygen dissolution membrane module disposed on an upper side of the small-diameter particle layer, a receiving chamber formed on a lower side of the water permeation plate, a raw water dispersion pipe supplying raw water into the receiving chamber, a diffuser pipe installed to perform gas diffusion in the receiving chamber and the like. A condensed water drainage pipe branches from an exhaust pipe from the oxygen dissolution membrane module, and a valve is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsurou FUKASE, Hideki KOBAYASHI