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).

  • Patent number: 10960434
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coating apparatus includes an application head, a first moving device, a second moving device, a feeding device, and a suction device. The application head is opposed to a coating surface of a target with a predetermined distance, and forms a meniscus pillar of a coating material between the application head and the coating surface. The first moving device moves the application head. The second moving device moves the application head. The feeding device feeds the coating material between the application head and the coating surface of the target. The suction device sucks the coating material. A distance between the application head and the coating surface is made greater than the predetermined distance, and the coating material is sucked from the meniscus pillar by the suction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuya Saeki, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10963200
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided and includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job to a transmission destination. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a print time, a generation unit configured to generate a print job including print time data based on the print time received by the receiving unit, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an external device which is the transmission destination, setting information about whether a function restriction setting that prohibits use of a print function of the external device is valid or invalid. Based on an indication that the function restriction setting in the setting information acquired by the acquisition unit is valid, the generation unit is unable to generate a print job including the print time data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210089249
    Abstract: In a case where a print job that is not performed according to designation of an object is included in print jobs stored in association with identification information of an authenticated user, an image processing apparatus gives notification that the print job that is not performed according to the designation of the object is included, to the authenticated user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10957732
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a first chip and a second chip are stacked including a first wiring line and a second wiring line by which the first chip and the second chip are electrically connected. The first wiring line and the second wiring line each include a bonding portion for bonding one of a plurality of conductive patterns placed in the first chip and one of a plurality of conductive patterns placed in the second chip. The number of bonding portions included in the first wiring line is larger than the number of bonding portions included in the second wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ryoki, Hirofumi Totsuka, Masahiro Kobayashi, Hideaki Ishino, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10916687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica glass member including: a main body including a silica glass and having a bonding part for bonding to another member; and a bonding film which is provided on the bonding part, has a thickness of 0.2 ?m to 10 ?m, and includes Au and a glass formed through melting of glass frit, in which the bonding film is produced from Au powder having an average particle diameter of 3 ?m or less and glass frit having a softening point of 850° C. or lower, a process for producing a silica glass member, and a process for bonding a ceramic and a silica glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: COORSTEK KK
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yu Yokoyama, Ramesh Vallepu, Hirotaka Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20200409560
    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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Nobutoshi TODOROKI, Kengo AKAHO
  • Publication number: 20200411582
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a stack of a first chip having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form and a second chip having a plurality of electric circuit arranged in a matrix form. A wiring path between a semiconductor element configuring the pixel circuit and a semiconductor element configuring the electric circuit or a positional relationship between a semiconductor element configuring the pixel circuit and a semiconductor element configuring the electric circuit is differentiated among the electric circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Atsushi Furubayashi, Katsuhito Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20200404119
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory storing instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations. Four sides of a document included in captured image data are detected. Lengths of the detected four sides of the document are calculated. The operations further include determining which of a plurality of predefined paper sizes corresponds to the document based on the calculated lengths of the four sides. The determined corresponding paper size is set as a document size of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10811455
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a stack of a first chip having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form and a second chip having a plurality of electric circuit arranged in a matrix form. A wiring path between a semiconductor element configuring the pixel circuit and a semiconductor element configuring the electric circuit or a positional relationship between a semiconductor element configuring the pixel circuit and a semiconductor element configuring the electric circuit is differentiated among the electric circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Atsushi Furubayashi, Katsuhito Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20200306203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotigotine-containing patch comprising: a backing layer; and an adhesive agent layer, wherein the adhesive agent layer contains rotigotine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the adhesive agent layer further contains a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a petroleum-based resin and/or a terpene-based resin, an aliphatic alcohol, and a cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone, and in the adhesive agent layer, a mass ratio of a content of the rotigotine and/or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in terms of rotigotine free form and a content of the cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone (content of the rotigotine and/or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in terms of rotigotine free form:content of the cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone) is 10:3 to 1:3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ARAKI, Yuka TAKAGI, Yoko FUJIWARA, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Takao KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200291544
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrospinning head includes a plurality of head units and a coupling structure, and the plurality of head units are coupled to one another through the coupling structure. Each head unit includes a unit main body and a nozzle. Inside the unit main body, a hollow storing a raw material liquid is formed along a longitudinal axis. The nozzle is formed of a conductive material and provided on an outer circumferential surface of the unit main body. The nozzle ejects the raw material liquid supplied through the hollow of the unit main body. The coupling structure connects the plurality of head units in a state where the hollows of the unit main bodies communicate with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shizuo Kinoshita, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Kenya Uchida, Morihiro Machida
  • Publication number: 20200286943
    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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tange, Takumi Ogino, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10754597
    Abstract: An printing apparatus is provided that controls printing based on restriction settings. When the printing apparatus receives a reserved print job in a state in which a use restriction for a print function is set to enabled by a user, the reserved print job is controlled not to be executed regardless of the set use restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200251518
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a first semiconductor component including a first semiconductor layer and a first insulation film; and a second semiconductor component including a second semiconductor layer and a second insulation film, wherein the first semiconductor component and the second semiconductor component are bonded to each other by each of a plurality of first electric conductor portions provided in the first insulation film and each of a plurality of second electric conductor portions provided in the second insulation film, each of the plurality of first electric conductor portions is constituted by one pad surrounded by the first insulation film and N vias bonded to the one pad so as to be positioned between the one pad and the first semiconductor layer, and a volume VTR of the one pad and a total volume VTH of the N vias satisfy VTR/VTH?N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi Ogino, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Tange, Akihiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10707619
    Abstract: A movable connector includes a movable housing and a plurality of terminals. Each terminal includes a movable portion and a contact portion. The terminal includes a second fixed portion fixed to the movable housing. The second fixed portion includes a first fixed piece portion connected to the contact portion. The first fixed piece portion has press-fit shoulders, to which a pressing force is applied by using a press-fit jig during press-fitting into the movable housing. The second fixed portion further includes a second fixed piece portion connected to the movable portion and a connecting section connecting the first fixed piece portion to the second fixed piece portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Takashi Doi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200195916
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a first substrate that includes a pixel circuit including a photoelectric conversion element; a second substrate having a signal processing circuit that drives the pixel circuit or processes a signal from the pixel circuit; a connection part electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate; and an inspection circuit, wherein the inspection circuit is formed in one of the first and second substrates and is connected to a wire supplying a first potential and being provided in the one of the first and second substrates, and the inspection circuit is connected via the connection part to a wire supplying a second potential and being provided in the other of the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Ryunosuke Ishii, Akira Oseto, Tatsunori Kato, Takanori Watanabe, Nobuaki Kakinuma, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Katsuhito Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10630026
    Abstract: There is provided a movable connector that facilitates easy engagement and improves stability in electrical connection. The movable connector includes a manipulation housing that is coupled to a movable housing by a pressing operation of the manipulation housing against the movable housing. The movable connector also includes a contact reinforcing member that moves together with the manipulation housing by the pressing operation. The contact reinforcing member comes into contact with a pair of contact portions of a circuit-board connection terminal and thereby presses the contact portions against a pin terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: IRISON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Tomomitsu Saito, Daichi Shimba
  • Patent number: 10594080
    Abstract: A movable connector is provided which includes a terminal formed of a single metal piece, the terminal enabling pliability in a movable portion and appropriate contact pressure in a contact portion to be obtained in a compatible way. The terminal of the movable connector includes a plate-thickness-direction conversion portion that interconnects a movable piece and a contact piece, and that reverses a plate thickness direction and a plate width direction of the terminal between the movable piece and the contact piece, and a front elastic arm and a rear elastic arm biasing respectively a front contact point and a rear contact point into pressure contact with the connection target in a direction crossing the plate thickness direction of the contact piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sugiki, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10498082
    Abstract: There is provided a movable connector that more reliably suppresses pivotal motion of a connection target object at a contact section serving as the center of the pivotal motion. Further, reliable suppression of the pivotal motion of the connection target object at the contact section is achieved with no increase in the size of terminals. A contact section includes a first contact piece section having a first contact section that achieves pressing contact with a pin terminal T in a first direction, a second contact piece section having a second contact section that achieves pressing contact with the pin terminal T in the first direction in a position shifted from the first contact section toward the far side, and a contact receiving section that faces the first and second contact sections and has a contact surface section that comes into contact with the pin terminal T over the length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Tomomitsu Saito, Daichi Shimba, Koji Kuniyoshi
  • Publication number: 20190363491
    Abstract: There is provided a movable connector that facilitates easy engagement and improves stability in electrical connection. The movable connector includes a manipulation housing that is coupled to a movable housing by a pressing operation of the manipulation housing against the movable housing. The movable connector also includes a contact reinforcing member that moves together with the manipulation housing by the pressing operation. The contact reinforcing member comes into contact with a pair of contact portions of a circuit-board connection terminal and thereby presses the contact portions against a pin terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Tomomitsu Saito, Daichi Shimba