Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kobayashi

Hiroaki 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: 20240133760
    Abstract: A wheel-state obtaining system includes: air pressure sensors each provided for a corresponding one of a plurality of wheels to detect an air pressure of a tire of the wheel; and temperature sensors each provided for a corresponding one of the wheels to detect a temperature of an inside of a tire of the wheel; and a controller. The controller obtains a temperature conversion air pressure, which is the air pressure of each tire when the temperature is a set temperature, based on a detected air pressure and a detected temperature. When a reduction amount of the temperature conversion air pressure of one of the wheels is greater than a reduction amount of the temperature conversion air pressure of each of other wheels except the one of the wheels, the controller determines that the air pressure of the tire of the one of the wheels is in an abnormal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240137744
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a communication terminal capable of preventing an operator of the communication terminal from recognizing processing running in the communication terminal. A communication terminal (10) according to the present disclosure includes a communication unit (11) that transmits an emergency message and a control unit (12) that disables a user's operation of the communication terminal or a function executed by a user's operation of the communication terminal after the emergency message is transmitted, and the communication unit (11) starts data communication with a monitoring terminal and transmits data to the monitoring terminal while the function is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Motoharu Ohtake, Kosel Kobayashi, Hiroaki Aminaka, Shinji Miyazaki, Tomoaki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11964712
    Abstract: A steering control device is provided with at least one of a first torque correction computing part and a second torque correction computing part; wherein the first torque correction computing part is equipped with a weight computing part which computes an increment of weight based on a magnitude of the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of weight to generate a weight, a clip value computing part which computes an automatic driver torque clip value according to the weight, and a clip processing part which clip processes the automatic driver torque with the automatic driver torque clip value; and the second torque correction computing part is equipped with a gain computing part which computes an increment of gain according to the driver torque, and accumulates the increment of gain to generate a gain, and a gain processing part which outputs an automatic driver torque multiplied by the gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Tominaga, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Michihiro Ogata, Masaya Endo, Hiroaki Kitano
  • Publication number: 20240129849
    Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to effectively reduce power consumption of a roadside wireless communication apparatus. A determination means (21) determines whether a moving body exists on a roadway leading to an intersection. A control means (22) controls a transmission output of a wireless signal being output from a wireless communication apparatus (30), based on a lighting state of a traffic light installed at the intersection and a determination result of the determination means (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki AMINAKA, Kosel KOBAYASHI, Kei YANAGISAWA, Kazuki OGATA, Jun TAKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20240127350
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes: an acquisition means (11) for acquiring information based on a sensor that measures information regarding a road; a generation means (12) for generating information indicating an accident situation according to an insurer based on the information acquired by the acquisition means; and a transmission means (13) for transmitting the information indicating the accident situation generated by the generation means to an apparatus of the insurer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Hasegawa, Hiroaki Aminaka, Kazuki Ogata, Kei Yanagisawa, Kosei Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240127595
    Abstract: A notification device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: detect occurrence of an accident from a video captured by one or a plurality of cameras, analyze the video to derive detailed information regarding an analysis target person involved with the accident, determine a coping method for the analysis target person on the basis of the detailed information; and notify the notification target of the determined coping method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Kobayashi, Tetsuro Hasegawa, Hiroaki Aminaka, Kei Yanagisawa, Kazuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 11961517
    Abstract: Operations are appropriately changed in accordance with the use method. A keyword detection unit 11 generates a keyword detection result indicating a result of detecting an utterance of a predetermined keyword from an input voice. A voice detection unit 12 generates a voice section detection result indicating a result of detecting a voice section from the input voice. A sequential utterance detection unit 13 generates a sequential utterance detection result indicating that a sequential utterance has been made if the keyword detection result indicates that the keyword has been detected and if the voice section detection result indicates that the voice section has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Shoichiro Saito, Hiroaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20240118152
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing an arithmetic apparatus, a facility management method, and a program that make it possible to acquire current tension applied to outdoor structures in a short period of time and make a bearing determination. The arithmetic apparatus according to the present invention calculates the dip degree of a cable and a distance between poles from the 3D model data of the cable according to Math. C1 and calculates the tension of each cable between the poles from the dip degree, the distance between the poles, and the weight of the cable per unit length according to Math. C2 (when no wind blows) or Math. C4 (when wind blows). Further, the arithmetic apparatus according to the present invention calculates a combined load obtained by converting the tension and the load of the accessory of the poles into an arbitrary position on the poles according to Math. C3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gen KOBAYASHI, Kazuya ANDO, Masaki WAKI, Ryoichi KANEKO, Hiroaki TANIOKA
  • Patent number: 11945230
    Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes: a first tank defining a first storage chamber; a second tank defining a second storage chamber; a conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction and a widthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the depthwise direction; and a recording head including a nozzle. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied through a communication port to the second storage chamber and then to the recording head through a liquid outlet port. The second storage chamber is positioned further in a first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and further in a first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path. A volume of a prescribed space above a liquid level equal to a height of the communication port in the second storage chamber is greater than that of a liquid channel between the liquid outlet port and the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Akinari Ishibe, Yuma Tanabe, Masatake Sato, Akihito Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11938739
    Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Makoto Kobayashi, Naomi Kimura, Hideki Okumura, Shoma Kudo, Tetsuya Takamoto, Hiroaki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20240086710
    Abstract: A recording medium stores a machine learning program causing a computer to execute a processing of: generating a first parameter relating to a first pruning process that generates a first machine learning model to classify a first class in classes by executing the first pruning process on a machine learning model which classifies into the classes based on a parameter of the machine learning model and training data including the first class which serves a correct answer label; and generating a second parameter relating to a second pruning process that generates a second machine learning model to classify a second class in the classes by executing the second pruning process on the machine learning model based on the parameter of the machine learning model, training data including the second class which serves the correct answer label and a loss function including the first parameter relating to the first pruning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki KINGETSU, Kenichi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11929771
    Abstract: A transmission system includes: an antenna; a control device including an RF circuit which transmits a first signal for controlling a radio wave to be outputted from the antenna and an external power supply which supplies direct current to the antenna; and a first transmission path which connects the antenna and the control device, and is used in transmission of the first signal and supplying of the direct current to the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kaga, Toshihiro Nagayama, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yasunori Komukai, Shinichi Okada, Yasumichi Takai, Yoshinori Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20240071223
    Abstract: A travelling control system includes a plurality of vehicles each including a controller, a server including a generator configured to generate a travelling control information for the plurality of vehicles, a predictor configured to predict a merging interference between a first vehicle travelling from a merging road toward a main road and a second vehicle travelling on the main road, a sender which is provided in the first vehicle to send an interference suppressing request, and a receiver which is provided in the second vehicle to receive the interference suppressing request. The controller of the second vehicle travelling on the main road is configured to execute interference suppressing control of suppressing an approach of the second vehicle to the first vehicle travelling from the merging road to the main road, in a case that the receiver receives the interference suppressing request from the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hajime OYAMA, Masato MIZOGUCHI, Ryosuke NAMBA, Hiroaki KAWAMURA, Norikazu EBISAWA, Kengo KOBAYASHI, Masaru NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240067210
    Abstract: A driving control system 1 includes a camera unit 11 and a transceiver 18 which are mounted to a vehicle 5. The driving control system 1 also includes a transceiver 74, an information recognition_ECU 72 which recognizes road traffic information based on first road traffic detection information received by the transceiver 74 through the transceiver 18, and a traveling_ECU 73 which computes control information for the vehicle 5 based on the road traffic information, which are provided to a traffic control apparatus 70 disposed in each predetermined traffic control area. The driving control system 1 also includes an E/G_ECU 23, a PS_ECU 24, and a BK_ECU 25 which are mounted to the vehicle 5 and execute driving control based on the control information received by the transceiver 18 through the transceiver 74.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime OYAMA, Kengo KOBAYASHI, Norikazu EBISAWA, Yasuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki KAWAMURA, Masaru NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240064244
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform an information processing method. Setting destination information which indicates a destination of fax transmission. Converting a first code into a second code indicating an instruction in a fax transmission function of an image forming apparatus when the destination information includes the first code. Transmitting the destination information to the image forming apparatus, the destination information including the second code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: HIROAKI KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240061631
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores held print jobs on a storage apparatus, displays a list of the held print jobs that have been stored on the storage apparatus, and performs a display according to a state of the storage apparatus when displaying the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: HIROAKI KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240041562
    Abstract: [Problem] To increase the flexibility, cutting ability, and/or fracture resistance of a dental file. [Solution] A cross-sectional shape of a dental file 100 includes an arc-shaped portion 111, and first to third linear portions 112 to 114 that are continuous sequentially from the arc-shaped portion 111. The diameter of a virtual circle 101 including the arc-shaped portion 111 is configured to decrease from a proximal end portion toward a distal end portion. A connection point 122 between the first and second linear portions 112 and 113, and a connection point 123 between the second and third linear portions 113 and 114 are located inside the virtual circle 101. An angle A11 that a diameter passing through a connection point 121 forms with the first linear portion 112 is set in such a manner as to increase from the proximal end portion toward the distal end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhiko MATSUTANI, Masamitsu OGINO, Masahiro TOYODA, Yuto YOSHIZAWA, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Atsuya YAGI
  • Publication number: 20240006389
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a technique advantageous to an improvement in performance of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first monocrystalline semiconductor layer on which a first semiconductor element is arranged, a second monocrystalline semiconductor layer on which a second semiconductor element is arranged, and a thin film transistor electrically connected to the first semiconductor element without an intervention of another semiconductor element arranged on the first monocrystalline semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the second semiconductor element without an intervention of another semiconductor element arranged on the second monocrystalline semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: HIROAKI KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11855116
    Abstract: A first conductive portion includes a first pad surrounded by a first insulator film in a plane perpendicular to a first direction, and a first via connected to the first pad so that the first via is positioned between the first pad and a first semiconductor layer in the first direction. A second conductive portion includes a second pad surrounded by a second insulator film in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, and a second via connected to the second pad so that the second via is positioned between the second pad and a second semiconductor layer in the first direction. The first and the second conductive portions are different in dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tange, Takumi Ogino, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11854320
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of appropriately storing data. An information collection device includes a similarity degree determination unit configured to obtain a degree of similarity between acquired-data and saved-data and generate a link that associates the acquired-data and the saved-data based on the degree of similarity, a request estimation unit configured to generate a link that associates the saved-data when the saved-data is read, and estimate a future request for the saved-data, and a data life determination unit configured to determine a storage time limit of the saved-data on a link-by-link basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Nobutoshi Todoroki, Kengo Akaho