Patents by Inventor Jun Kobayashi

Jun 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: 12042067
    Abstract: An image display device includes an approach situation information acquirer that acquires approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time; an associator that associates the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information; an index value calculator that calculates an index value relating to the customer's behavior on the basis of information indicating the item associated with the approach situation information; and a display unit that displays the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of the association made by the associator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Shigetsu Saito
  • Publication number: 20240208318
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body. The battery includes a battery-side connector and a cover that protects the battery-side connector. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body-side connector electrically connectable to the battery-side connector. The cover exposes the battery-side connector when the battery-side connector is fit to the vehicle body-side connector in a fitting direction in which the vehicle body-side connector and the battery-side connector are fit to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Takahiro OKANO, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Nobuhiro NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240190268
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body on which a battery is mountable and a battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body. The battery includes a battery side connector. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body side connector to be engaged with the battery side connector. The battery side connector is made of a material having a lower hardness than a material constituting the vehicle body side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Takahiro OKANO, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Nobuhiro NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240190230
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body. The battery includes a battery side connector. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body side connector electrically connectable to the battery side connector and a holding portion that holds the vehicle body side connector. The holding portion holds the vehicle body side connector as being movable along a fitting direction in which the vehicle body side connector and the battery side connector are fitted to each other while the battery side connector is connected to the vehicle body side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Takahiro Okano, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Nobuhiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20240178276
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type and including a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, a plurality of element structures formed in the first surface of the semiconductor layer at equal intervals in one direction, and a super junction structure formed in the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi IWAHASHI, Jun KOBAYASHI, Kazuyoshi MAKI
  • Publication number: 20240144310
    Abstract: A server (battery replacement management server) includes: a communication unit (acquisition unit) that acquires number-of-users information (situation information) in a battery replacement apparatus; and a processor (control unit) that adjusts, based on the situation information, an incentive given to a user of the battery replacement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Takahiro OKANO, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Nobuhiro NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240013257
    Abstract: An output control device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a person is a specific person, a processing unit configured to acquire position information of the person, and an output control unit configured to cause a first output device located in the vicinity of the person to output information according to the person on the basis of personal information about the person determined to be the specific person by the determination unit and the position information acquired by the processing unit, wherein the output control unit is configured to cause a second output device to output the information output by the first output device in continuation with the output of the first output device if the person has moved from the vicinity of the first output device to the vicinity of the second output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigetsu Saito, Jun Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230404296
    Abstract: An image display device includes an approach situation information acquirer that acquires approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time; an associator that associates the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information; an index value calculator that calculates an index value relating to the customer's behavior on the basis of information indicating the item associated with the approach situation information; and a display unit that displays the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of the association made by the associator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Shigetsu SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230389725
    Abstract: An image display device includes an approach situation information acquirer that acquires approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time; an associator that associates the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information; an index value calculator that calculates an index value relating to the customer's behavior on the basis of information indicating the item associated with the approach situation information; and a display unit that displays the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of the association made by the associator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Shigetsu SAITO
  • Patent number: 11786058
    Abstract: An image display device includes an approach situation information acquirer that acquires approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time; an associator that associates the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information; an index value calculator that calculates an index value relating to the customer's behavior on the basis of information indicating the item associated with the approach situation information; and a display unit that displays the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of the association made by the associator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Shigetsu Saito
  • Patent number: 11790402
    Abstract: An output control device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a person is a specific person, a processing unit configured to acquire position information of the person, and an output control unit configured to cause a first output device located in the vicinity of the person to output information according to the person on the basis of personal information about the person determined to be the specific person by the determination unit and the position information acquired by the processing unit, wherein the output control unit is configured to cause a second output device to output the information output by the first output device in continuation with the output of the first output device if the person has moved from the vicinity of the first output device to the vicinity of the second output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigetsu Saito, Jun Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230301447
    Abstract: An image display device includes an approach situation information acquirer that acquires approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time; an associator that associates the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information; an index value calculator that calculates an index value relating to the customer's behavior on the basis of information indicating the item associated with the approach situation information; and a display unit that displays the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of the association made by the associator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Shigetsu SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230253473
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a super junction structure, includes: forming a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; forming a second-conductivity-type pillar region in the semiconductor layer; forming an insulating layer which covers the second surface of the semiconductor layer; forming a metal layer on the insulating layer; forming a gate electrode including a first opening passing through the metal layer by selectively removing the metal layer; and etching the insulating layer via the first opening, wherein the etching the insulating layer includes partially exposing the semiconductor layer by forming a second opening having a curved sidewall in the insulating layer by isotropic etching, and wherein an exposed surface of the semiconductor layer forms a flat surface continuous with the second surface of the semiconductor layer covered with the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So NAGAKURA, Jun KOBAYASHI, Satoshi IWAHASHI, Kazuyoshi MAKI, Shu NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230041259
    Abstract: An output control device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a person is a specific person, a processing unit configured to acquire position information of the person, and an output control unit configured to cause a first output device located in the vicinity of the person to output information according to the person on the basis of personal information about the person determined to be the specific person by the determination unit and the position information acquired by the processing unit, wherein the output control unit is configured to cause a second output device to output the information output by the first output device in continuation with the output of the first output device if the person has moved from the vicinity of the first output device to the vicinity of the second output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigetsu SAITO, Jun Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230045358
    Abstract: An underwater organism imaging aid system according to an aspect 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 an underwater organism from an image acquired by a camera, determine a positional relationship between the underwater organism detected and the camera, and output auxiliary information for moving the camera in such a way that a side face of the underwater organism and an imaging face of the camera face each other based on the positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Jun KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11480002
    Abstract: A tailgate control system for a vehicle includes a spindle and a coupling member fixedly coupled to a tailgate of the vehicle, the coupling member having a slot formed therein. A portion of the spindle is coupled to the coupling member via the slot so as to enable relative movement between the portion of the spindle and the coupling member along the slot, and such that extension of the spindle causes a force on the coupling member which causes a closing motion of the tailgate. The portion of the spindle is also coupled to the coupling member such that a manually-generated closing motion of the tailgate causes a change in a position of the portion of the spindle along the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Norman C. Kerr
  • Patent number: 11461733
    Abstract: A behavior analysis device includes an approach information acquisition unit configured to acquire approach information indicating whether or not a person has approached a shelf on which a plurality of goods are displayed, a determination unit configured to determine as stockout information a position of a stockout item which is out of stock among the plurality of goods displayed on the shelf and a stockout of the stockout item, and an analysis unit configured to perform behavior analysis of the person on the basis of the approach information and the stockout information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Shigetsu Saito
  • Publication number: 20220250563
    Abstract: An autonomous driving module mounting structure, includes a roof panel configuring an upper portion of a vehicle body, an open portion provided at the roof panel, and an autonomous driving module that includes a plurality of devices, that is mounted on an upper surface of an outer section of the roof panel, and that is disposed at a position that does not coincide with the open portion in top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Jun Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D974203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Norihiko Tadata
  • Patent number: D987458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Norihiko Tadata