Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Hiroyuki 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: 10573083
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process including estimating a first three-dimensional position of a wearable display device and a first arrangement of the wearable display device, estimating a second three-dimensional position of the physical object and a second arrangement of the physical object; estimating a third three-dimensional position of a specified body part of a person, determining whether a positional relationship between the physical object and the specified body part satisfies a criteria, displaying a virtual target object with a display position and a display arrangement determined based on the second three-dimensional position and the second arrangement when the positional relationship satisfies the criteria, and displaying the virtual target object with a display position and a display arrangement determined based on the first three-dimensional position and the first arrangement when the positional relationship does no
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Koichiro Niinuma, Masayuki Nishino
  • Patent number: 10565703
    Abstract: The image inspection device includes: a first extraction unit configured to repeatedly execute processing for moving a predetermined region by a predetermined distance on an inspection target image to extract an image of the predetermined region after movement as a first determination image until a predetermined first ratio of the inspection target image is included in a plurality of first determination images, and a second extraction unit configured to repeatedly execute processing for moving a predetermined region by a distance smaller than the predetermined distance on an image in the inspection target image including a first determination image where a determined degree satisfies a predetermined condition to extract an image of the predetermined region after movement as a second determination image until a predetermined second ratio of the image in the inspection target image including a first determination image is included in a plurality of second determination images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200050882
    Abstract: A railroad track recognition apparatus has an index calculating unit, an initial searching unit, a secondary searching unit, and a railroad track recognizing unit. The index calculating unit calculates an index value, for each pixel or pixel group of a captured image. The initial searching unit selects a line segment, having a larger evaluation value obtained from the index values, from a plurality of line segments in a first search area, and the secondary searching unit selects a line segment, having a larger evaluation value obtained from the index values, from a second area or a third area. The railroad track recognizing unit recognizes a railroad track based on reference points of the line segments selected by the initial and secondary searching units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya FUTAGAMI, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Yushi KAMO
  • Publication number: 20200039231
    Abstract: An inkjet printer comprising: an ink storage that communicates with a nozzle from which ink is ejected; a carriage that moves along a guide member and has the ink storage mounted thereon; an ink tube through which ink supplied to the ink storage passes; and a coupling member that connects the ink storage and the ink tube; wherein the carriage has a first wall located at a position that is in a first direction from the coupling member, and a second wall located at a position that is in a second direction from the coupling member, the first direction and the second direction being along the direction of carriage movement, and the second direction being opposite the first direction, and when viewed in the direction of carriage movement, the coupling member is superimposed with the first wall and is superimposed with the second wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yasushi YAJIMA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200035377
    Abstract: Provided are: a copper alloy wire having an excellent electrical conductivity, a high strength, and an excellent elongation; a copper alloy stranded wire including the copper alloy wire; an electric wire including the copper alloy wire or the copper alloy stranded wire as a conductor; a terminal-fitted electric wire including the aforementioned electric wire; and a method of manufacturing a copper alloy wire. The copper alloy wire has a composition including: not less than 0.2% by mass and not more than 1% by mass of Mg; not less than 0.02% by mass and not more than 0.1% by mass of P; and the balance including Cu and inevitable impurities. The copper alloy wire has an electrical conductivity of not less than 60% IACS, a tensile strength of not less than 400 MPa, and an elongation at breakage of not less than 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Taichiro Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10525708
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head including: a head body having a nozzle surface; a fixing plate including a bottom surface to be fixed to the head body and a side surface intersecting the bottom surface; and first filler filled between the head body and the side surface, wherein the side surface is in contact with a biasing plate biased from the side surface toward the head body, and the first filler is filled at least to a height of contact position between the fixed plate and the biasing plate with respect to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoo Kinoshita, Toshihiro Sawamoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200006079
    Abstract: An plasma etching method for etching a film layer includes a plurality of times repeating a step set including a first step of introducing a gas containing hydrogen fluoride into a processing chamber and supplying hydrogen fluoride molecules to the surface of an oxide film, a second step of exhausting the interior of the processing chamber in vacuum to remove the hydrogen fluoride, and a third step of introducing a gas containing hydrogen nitride into the processing chamber and supplying hydrogen nitride to the surface of the oxide film to form a compound layer containing nitrogen, hydrogen, and fluorine on the surface of the film layer, and removing the compound layer formed on the surface of the film layer. Foreign object contamination is prevented by inhibiting mixing of hydrogen fluoride gas and hydrogen nitride gas, and the etching amount is controlled by the number of times of repeating application thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuya MIYOSHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Kazunori SHINODA, Kohei KAWAMURA, Kazumasa OOKUMA, Yutaka KOUZUMA, Masaru IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200002806
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a base material support mechanism configured to rotate a base material supported by the base material support mechanism about a first axis, and a first cathode portion on which a target in a cylindrical shape containing a film forming material is mounted and configured to rotate the target about a second axis, in a chamber. The second axis is disposed at a position skewed with respect to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuya Demura, Takamasa Horie, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190389646
    Abstract: An injector comprises a cylindrical barrel including a discharge port, a seal body coming into close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the barrel, a plunger for pushing and moving the seal body to the discharge port side of the barrel, and a stopper disposed on one of the barrel and the plunger and coming into elastic contact with the other in a radial direction of the barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hideto KASABA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki SHIOI, Hiroshi YAANA, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA, Yukihiro OGAWA, Hisako TOKURA
  • Publication number: 20190388620
    Abstract: An injector comprises a cylindrical barrel, a movable body housed in the barrel, and a plunger coming into separable contact with the movable body. The movable body includes a main body having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the barrel, a disk-shaped seal body disposed on the main body and including an outer circumferential end brought into close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the barrel, and at least one projecting portion projecting from the main body toward the inner circumferential surface of the barrel. A distance from a central axis of the movable body to a leading end of the at least one projecting portion is smaller than a half of an outer diameter of the seal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hideto KASABA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki SHIOI, Hiroshi YAANA, Toshiyuki NAKATSUKA, Yukihiro OGAWA, Hisako TOKURA
  • Patent number: 10515738
    Abstract: A copper alloy wire, a copper alloy twisted wire, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness that have high strength and excellent impact resistance. A copper alloy wire for use as a conductor has a ratio of 0.2% proof stress to tensile strength that is 0.87 or less. A copper alloy twisted wire includes a plurality of the twisted copper alloy wires. A covered electric wire includes a conductor including the copper alloy wire and an insulation cover that covers an outer periphery of the conductor. A wiring harness includes the covered electric wire, and a terminal metal fitting that is attached to the conductor of the covered electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoma Uegaki, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kinji Taguchi, Yasuyuki Ootsuka
  • Publication number: 20190360074
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, Mg in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and 0.5% by mass or less, and one or more elements selected from C, Si and Mn in an amount of 10 ppm by mass or more and 500 ppm by mass or less in total, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Taichiro Nishikawa, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190355489
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, Pin an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy wire having a tensile strength of 385 MPa or more and a work-hardening exponent of 0.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei SAKAMOTO, Akiko INOUE, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Minoru NAKAMOTO, Yusuke OSHIMA, Yoshihiro NAKAI, Kazuhiro NANJO, Taichiro NISHIKAWA, Kiyotaka UTSUNOMIYA, Yasuyuki OOTSUKA, Kinji TAGUCHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190341164
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.4% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities, and having a mass ratio of Fe/P of 4.0 or more; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Minoru Nakamoto, Yusuke Oshima, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Nanjyo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10469014
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a permanent magnet-type rotating electrical machine (100), which includes a current coordinate transformation unit (109) configured to output a d-axis current and a q-axis current by coordinate transformation of three-phase AC currents respectively detected by current detection units (111, 112, 113), a current correction direction calculation unit (108) configured to calculate a current correction direction through use of the d-axis current and the q-axis current, and a current correction amount addition unit (102) configured to correct a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command based on the current correction direction. In this manner, an induced voltage is converged to lie within a maximum voltage circle in accordance with a power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nakano, Noriyuki Wada, Daiki Matsuura, Hideaki Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10461441
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy element wire has a chemical composition including in mass percent: Mg: 0.3% or more and 0.9% or less, Si: 0.1% or more and 0.7% or less, Fe: 0.1% or more and 0.4% or less, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Cr, Ni, and Zr: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less in total, and the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy element wire has a surface roughness Ra in the range of 0.15 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less as measured with a non-contact surface roughness measuring machine. An aluminum alloy stranded wire includes a plurality of the aluminum alloy element wires twisted together. An automotive electric wire includes the aluminum alloy stranded wire. A wire harness includes the automotive electric wire, and a terminal crimped to the aluminum alloy stranded wire of the automotive electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190323134
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation having excellent photocurrent density, a production method for a photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation and a module, and the photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation of the present invention includes a current collector layer and a photocatalyst layer containing Ta3N5, wherein the photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation has a charge separation promotion layer between the current collector layer and the photocatalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yusuke ASAKURA, Kazunari DOMEN, Taro YAMADA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10450725
    Abstract: A construction machine that can ensure an initial response that varies in accordance with a hydraulic actuator in a similar fashion to a case of adopting a hydraulic pilot-type operation device is provided. A controller 100 of a hydraulic excavator outputs a command current for driving the corresponding solenoid proportional valve (i.e. some of solenoid proportional valves 41a, 41b, 42a to 42d, 43a to 43d, 44a and 44b) in response to an operation signal from an electric lever-type work operation device 2a or 2b, and includes a correction function to correct the command current such that the command current is higher than a target current corresponding to an operation amount of the operation device for preset predetermined time at a time of starting to operate the operation device from a neutral position thereof. This correction function corrects only the command current to the bucket solenoid proportional valves 44a and 44b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yasutaka Tsuruga
  • Publication number: 20190301449
    Abstract: A compressor includes two rotors opposed to each other in an axial direction, and a vane contacting the rotors. While the vane is moved in the axial direction with rotation of the rotors, the vane is restricted from rotating by a vane groove. The compressor includes compression chambers in which suction and compression of fluid are performed with rotation of the rotors, and a communication mechanism switched between a communicating state in which the compression chambers communicate with each other, and a non-communicating state in which the compression chambers do not communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari HONDA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Kengo SAKAKIBARA, Ken NAMIKI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: D874343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Tomita, Hiroyuki Tahara