Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Kobayashi

Kazuhito 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: 20230033828
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of outputting a behavior in consideration of benefits or moral codes of other systems. A first evaluation unit configured to evaluate a behavior from a self-viewpoint, a second evaluation unit configured to evaluate the behavior from another's viewpoint, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the behavior is performed from a first evaluation result in the first evaluation unit and a second evaluation result in the second evaluation unit are included. A third evaluation unit configured to evaluate the behavior from an objective viewpoint is further included. The determination unit performs the determination using a third evaluation result in the third evaluation. The present technology may be applied to an information processing device that determines a self-behavior in consideration of benefits or moral codes of other systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: KEITARO MACHIDA, TOMOMITSU HERAI, HIROKI MORIYA, MASARU SHIRASUNA, ITARU SHIMIZU, SUGURU AOKI, KAZUHITO IWASA, YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI, KENTA KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11550080
    Abstract: An optical laminated member having an antiglare hard coat layer and a clear hard coat layer sequentially laminated on at least one side of a transparent polymer substrate, the antiglare hard coat layer being a cured layer of a coating composition for forming an antiglare layer and having continuous random irregularities on its surface, and a ten-point average roughness RzJIS of a surface of the antiglare hard coat layer is 0.1 to 2 ?m, the clear hard coat layer is a cured layer of a clear hard coating composition, the clear hard coat layer is laminated on a part of the antiglare hard coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakata, Takeki Hosokawa, Kazuhito Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220345651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device that makes it possible to suppress deterioration of phase difference information, and an electronic device. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is two-dimensionally arrayed. The plurality of pixels includes a phase difference pixel for phase difference detection, the pixel array unit has an array pattern in which pixel units including neighboring pixels of a same color are regularly arrayed, and the phase difference pixel is partially not added when horizontal/vertical addition is performed on a pixel signal of a predetermined pixel in a horizontal direction and a pixel signal of a predetermined pixel in a vertical direction, in reading the plurality of pixels. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor having a phase difference pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki Tachi, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Daisuke Yoshioka, Shiro Ornori, Takeshi Kozasa, Kazuhide Fujita, Naoto Hayashida, Shoyu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220306036
    Abstract: An occupant protection device of the present embodiment includes a lower panel and an airbag device disposed on a front side of a lower end portion of the lower panel with a gap. The airbag device includes an airbag that is deployed and inflated so as to rise from a lower side of the lower end portion of the lower panel to the side of a back surface, as a design surface, of the lower panel to protect the knee of the occupant when inflation gas flows in, and a blocking member that rotates backward and blocks the gap when the airbag is inflated. A contact surface portion which is contact with the blocking member that rotates backward is formed on the lower end portion of the lower panel. The contact surface is formed on the lower side of a flange portion that extends forward from a bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Minoru ONO
  • Publication number: 20220299681
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated film that can be molded into a complicated shape. A laminated film comprising a transparent support substrate; an uncured hard coat layer formed on at least one surface of the transparent support substrate; and an uncured optical interference layer formed on the uncured hard coat layer, wherein the uncured hard coat layer comprises an active energy ray-curable composition for forming a hard coat layer, the uncured optical interference layer comprises an active energy ray-curable composition for forming a optical interference layer, a thickness of the transparent support substrate is 50 ?m or more and 600 ?m or less, a luminous reflectance including regular reflected light measured from an uncured optical interference layer side is 0.1% or more and 4.0% or less, and a stretch ratio at 160° C. is 50% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma OKADA, Takamitsu WATANABE, Takeki HOSOKAWA, Kei TAKIGAWA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220288914
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a laminated film that can be molded into a complicated shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma OKADA, Takamitsu WATANABE, Takeki HOSOKAWA, Kei TAKIGAWA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220272292
    Abstract: Solid-state imaging devices, methods of driving solid-state imaging devices, and electronic devices are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. At least some pixel rows include a first signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a first transfer transistor of a first pixel in units of microlenses having a color filter of a first color, a second signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a second transfer transistor of a second pixel different from the first pixel, and a third signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a third transfer transistor of a third pixel in units of microlenses having a color filter of a second color different from the first color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yamajo, Masayuki Tachi, Kazuhito Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220252762
    Abstract: Provided is a coating member having improved both in anti-reflection property and design property. The present invention provides a coating member comprising a substrate layer and an optical interference layer formed from an optical interference layer-forming composition, wherein the optical interference layer is disposed on at least a part of a viewing side surface of the substrate layer, the optical interference layer is in a range of more than 0 nm and less than or equal to 600 nm, the optical interference layer has a relationship of 0.08<(a refractive index of the substrate layer)?(a refractive index of the optical interference layer)<0.45, the optical interference layer-forming composition is a composition for inkjet coating, and the optical interference layer is an optical interference layer formed by an inkjet method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Takeki HOSOKAWA, Takuma OKADA, Kazuya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11267430
    Abstract: A knee protection airbag device includes: an airbag that is folded and stored; an inflator configured to supply inflation gas to the airbag; a case that stores the airbag and the inflator; and an airbag cover covering the folded airbag. The airbag cover includes a door portion that covers a protruding opening and can be opened when the airbag is deployed and inflated, and is attached to a peripheral wall portion of the case around the door portion. A recessed groove through which a harness main body can be inserted is formed at a portion of a peripheral edge of the protruding opening in the case so as to recess an end edge of the peripheral wall portion. A bead for reinforcement at a peripheral edge portion of the recessed groove is formed on the peripheral wall portion so as to surround a periphery of the recessed groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kobayashi, Minoru Ono, Naoki Hotta, Tetsuya Ogata
  • Publication number: 20220032587
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated member for decoration that can be molded into a complicated shape and has a superior hardcoating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamitsu WATANABE, Takeki HOSOKAWA, Yusuke NAKATA, Keigo KITAMOTO, Satoshi HIROSE, Kei TAKIGAWA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11021007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated film for molded decoration including a transparent polymer substrate, a hard coat layer having a thickness of 2 to 10 ?m, and a protective layer having a thickness of 50 to 200 nm laminated in that order, in which the hard coat layer is a cured layer of a hard coating composition, the protective layer is a cured layer of a coating composition for forming a protective layer, the laminated film for molded decoration has an extension rate within a range of 15 to 80%, and after a scratch test involving 200 reciprocations under a load of 2 N per 4 cm2 of a surface of the laminated film for molded decoration, the laminated film for molded decoration has no scratches and no deterioration in visibility due to change in appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kobayashi, Masahiro Kitamura, Yusuke Nakata
  • Patent number: 10968329
    Abstract: A method of recovering a decomposition product of a thermosetting resin cured product, the method includes a step of contacting an object to be treated, that contains a thermosetting resin cured product, with a treatment liquid containing an alkali metal compound and an alcohol solvent, to decompose and dissolve the thermosetting resin cured product; a step of mixing the treatment liquid, in which a decomposition product of the thermosetting resin cured product is dissolved, and an acidic aqueous solution to separate the mixture into an aqueous layer and an organic layer containing the decomposition product; and a step of recovering the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanako Ishihara, Kazuhito Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200339059
    Abstract: A knee protection airbag device includes: an airbag that is folded and stored; an inflator configured to supply inflation gas to the airbag; a case that stores the airbag and the inflator; and an airbag cover covering the folded airbag. The airbag cover includes a door portion that covers a protruding opening and can be opened when the airbag is deployed and inflated, and is attached to a peripheral wall portion of the case around the door portion. A recessed groove through which a harness main body can be inserted is formed at a portion of a peripheral edge of the protruding opening in the case so as to recess an end edge of the peripheral wall portion. A bead for reinforcement at a peripheral edge portion of the recessed groove is formed on the peripheral wall portion so as to surround a periphery of the recessed groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Minoru ONO, Naoki HOTTA, Tetsuya OGATA
  • Publication number: 20200316826
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming an antiglare hard coat layer having a concavo-convex shape that exhibits a good antiglare property and being superior in scratch resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeki HOSOKAWA, Yusuke NAKATA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10773422
    Abstract: A method of separating an inorganic material, the method comprising in the following order: a contact process of contacting a processing solution with a composite material, the composite material including a first organic substance that is decomposable by the processing solution, a second organic substance that is not decomposable by the processing solution, and an inorganic material; and a separation process of separating the inorganic material from the processing solution including a decomposition product of the first organic substance and the second organic substance, the contact process and the separation process including adjusting the processing solution to have a temperature that is equal to or greater than a softening point of the second organic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Shimizu, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Kouichi Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 10774194
    Abstract: A method of separating an inorganic material, the method comprising in the following order: a contact process of contacting a processing solution with a composite material, the composite material including a first organic substance that is decomposable by the processing solution, a second organic substance that is not decomposable by the processing solution, and an inorganic material; a separation process of separating the processing solution including a decomposition product of the first organic substance, from a recovered product including the inorganic material and the second organic substance; and a thermal treatment process of subjecting the recovered product to a thermal treatment at a temperature that is equal to or greater than a temperature at which the second organic substance is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Shimizu, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Kouichi Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20200161352
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixel groups, each of the plurality of pixel groups being one of i) a normal pixel group including only normal pixels, or ii) a mixed pixel group including at least one normal pixel and at least one phase difference detection pixel, wherein the pixel array unit comprises at least one normal pixel group and at least one mixed pixel group. For each normal pixel group, the normal pixels receive light transmitted through a same colored color filter. For each mixed pixel group, the at least one phase difference detection pixel shares an on-chip lens with at least one other phase difference detection pixel and receives light transmitted through a same colored color filter as the at least one other phase difference detection pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichiro TAKAHASHI, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Katsumi NISHIKORI, Shoyu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200124772
    Abstract: An optical laminated member having an antiglare hard coat layer and a clear hard coat layer sequentially laminated on at least one side of a transparent polymer substrate, the antiglare hard coat layer being a cured layer of a coating composition for forming an antiglare layer and having continuous random irregularities on its surface, and a ten-point average roughness RzJIS of a surface of the antiglare hard coat layer is 0.1 to 2 ?m, the clear hard coat layer is a cured layer of a clear hard coating composition, the clear hard coat layer is laminated on a part of the antiglare hard coat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKATA, Takeki HOSOKAWA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10343306
    Abstract: An organic material removing device includes: a container for storing a composite material containing an inorganic material and an organic material decomposable by a treatment liquid; a treatment tank including an accommodation portion for accommodating the container, a treatment liquid inflow portion for allowing the treatment liquid to flow in, and a treatment liquid outflow portion for allowing the treatment liquid to flow out; temperature control means for heating or cooling the treatment liquid; and a treatment liquid circulation means for allowing the treatment liquid to flow in from the treatment liquid inflow portion into the treatment tank and allowing the treatment liquid in the treatment tank to flow out from the treatment liquid outflow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kasuga, Shinichi Kawasumi, Kazuhito Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190023868
    Abstract: A method of treating a thermosetting resin cured product, the method includes a treatment step of contacting an object to be treated, that contains a thermosetting resin cured product, with a treatment liquid containing an alkali metal hydroxide and an alcohol solvent, to decompose and dissolve the thermosetting resin cured product, in which moisture in the treatment liquid is removed during at least a part of a period of time from after preparation of the treatment liquid to completion of the treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke UEDA, Kanako ISHIHARA, Keiichi KASUGA, Ken ORIE, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI