Patents by Inventor Ko Kobayashi
Ko 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).
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Publication number: 20240100474Abstract: A mixed gas separation method includes a step of supplying a mixed gas to the separation membrane and causing a gas with high permeability in the mixed gas to permeate through the separation membrane. In the step, when ?P is a difference between a gas pressure on the primary side of the separation membrane, i.e., a feed pressure, and a gas pressure on the secondary side of the separation membrane, i.e., a permeate pressure, and A is a Joule-Thomson coefficient, a difference ?T between a gas temperature on the primary side of the separation membrane, i.e., a feed temperature, and a gas temperature on the secondary side of the separation membrane, i.e., a permeate temperature, is made less than 90% of A·?P by setting the Nu number in the mixed gas to be greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Ko KOBAYASHI, Katsuya SHIMIZU, Aya MIURA, Kenichi NODA
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Publication number: 20240013670Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) includes a generation unit (32) and an estimation unit (33). The generation unit (32) generates pieces of divided data by dividing pieces of time series data related to a predetermined analysis target for each predetermined period. The estimation unit (33) estimates relation between pieces of data included in the divided data generated by the generation unit (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro HORI, Ko KOBAYASHI, Takashi ISOZAKI, Seigo TANIGUCHI, Hiroaki IMAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230373799Abstract: A zeolite membrane complex includes a porous support and a zeolite membrane formed on the support and composed of ETL-type zeolite. In an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray irradiation onto a surface of the zeolite membrane, an intensity of a peak existing in the vicinity of 2?=9.9° and an intensity of a peak existing in the vicinity of 2?=19.8° are each not lower than 0.8 times an intensity of a peak existing in the vicinity of 2?=7.9°.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Ko KOBAYASHI, Makoto MIYAHARA, Kenichi NODA
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Publication number: 20230277989Abstract: A separation membrane complex includes a support, a separation membrane, and a coating membrane. The support includes a porous portion and a dense portion that are arranged continuously. The separation membrane is provided on the porous portion of the support. The separation membrane has an end portion that is in contact with the dense portion. The coating membrane is composed by a layered inorganic compound. The coating membrane coats a boundary portion between the dense portion and the separation membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi NODA, Ko KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10927010Abstract: A seed crystal is a crystal of zeolite that is to be deposited on a support when producing a zeolite membrane complex that includes the support and a zeolite membrane formed on the support. A volume-cumulative particle size distribution of the seed crystal, measured by a laser diffraction scattering method, has a coefficient of variation of 0.5 or less and a kurtosis of 5 or less. Use of these seed crystals improves the bonding of zeolite crystals when producing the zeolite membrane. As a result, a dense zeolite membrane can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Ko Kobayashi, Ryotaro Yoshimura, Kenichi Noda
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Publication number: 20200308012Abstract: A seed crystal is a crystal of zeolite that is to be deposited on a support when producing a zeolite membrane complex that includes the support and a zeolite membrane formed on the support. A volume-cumulative particle size distribution of the seed crystal, measured by a laser diffraction scattering method, has a coefficient of variation of 0.5 or less and a kurtosis of 5 or less. Use of these seed crystals improves the bonding of zeolite crystals when producing the zeolite membrane. As a result, a dense zeolite membrane can be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Ko Kobayashi, Ryotaro Yoshimura, Kenichi Noda
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Patent number: 9374494Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Kubo, Kumiko Shimazaki, Hiroyuki Tominaga, Sachiyo Noguchi, Masayuki Kuwata, Nahoko Kaji, Takashi Nunomaki, Ko Kobayashi, Noriko Ohtsuka, Mihoko Yamamoto, Simon Currie, Keisuke Okawa, Takashi Oguma, Kenichiro Imai, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Tetsuo Morimoto
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Publication number: 20150264261Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi KUBO, Kumiko SHIMAZAKI, Hiroyuki TOMINAGA, Sachiyo NOGUCHI, Masayuki KUWATA, Nahoko KAJI, Takashi NUNOMAKI, Ko KOBAYASHI, Noriko OHTSUKA, Mihoko YAMAMOTO, Simon CURRIE, Keisuke OKAWA, Takashi OGUMA, Kenichiro IMAI, Katsuhiko WATANABE, Tetsuo MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20150051959Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an association unit configured to associate content of which a first post destination is designated by a first user with a predetermined advertisement, and a transmission control unit configured to transmit the content associated with the predetermined advertisement by the association unit to the first post destination as affiliate content, and when the affiliate content is reproduced in the first post destination and then a second post destination is designated by a second user, to transmit a duplicate of the affiliate content of which the second post destination has been designated to the second post destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Masanobu Yamashita, Ko Shikita, Ko Kobayashi, Fumiaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130300888Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi KUBO, Kumiko SHIMAZAKI, Hiroyuki TOMINAGA, Sachiyo NOGUCHI, Masayuki KUWATA, Nahoko KAJI, Takashi NUNOMAKI, Ko KOBAYASHI, Noriko OHTSUKA, Mihoko YAMAMOTO, Simon CURRIE, Keisuke OKAWA, Takashi OGUMA, Kenichiro IMAI, Katsuhiko WATANABE, Tetsuo MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20130254331Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage block and a transmission control block. The storage block stores identification information about a device in association with information about a post destination. The transmission control block transmits content which has been sent from the device and which is provided with the identification information to the post destination associated with the identification information. In addition, an information processing method and a program for causing a computer to function as an apparatus include storing identification information about a device in association with information about a post destination, and transmitting content which has been sent from the device and which is provided with the identification information to the post destination associated with the identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu Yamashita, Ko Shikita, Ko Kobayashi, Fumiaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 8520086Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Kubo, Kumiko Shimazaki, Hiroyuki Tominaga, Sachiyo Noguchi, Masayuki Kuwata, Nahoko Kaji, Takashi Nunomaki, Ko Kobayashi, Noriko Ohtsuka, Mihoko Yamamoto, Currie Simon, Keisuke Okawa, Takashi Oguma, Kenichiro Imai, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Tetsuo Morimoto
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Publication number: 20120169769Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display section displaying an image; and a control section displaying on the display section a map-view screen including a display of a map cluster including thumbnail images of one or a plurality of images recorded in a recording section with position information attached on a map, and when one map cluster is selected from the map clusters, an index-display confirmation screen including a display of information not displayed on the map-view screen of the map cluster and not displaying the map having been displayed on the map-view screen, and prompting to select whether to display an index of images included in the map cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takanori Minamino, Ko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7657700Abstract: A recording device which records data onto a recording medium includes a nonvolatile memory storing and holding data on a free capacity of the recording medium, and a control unit controlling the data recording. The control unit determines the free-capacity data stored in the nonvolatile memory based on the total capacity of the recording medium when power is turned on. When the determination result indicates that a value of the free-capacity data stored in the nonvolatile memory does not exceed a value of the total capacity of the recording medium, the control unit records the data onto the recording medium with reference to the free-capacity data. When the power is turned off, the control unit updates the free-capacity data so as to reduce the value of the free-capacity data by as much as an amount of the data recorded onto the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Shimono, Junichi Yokota, Ryogo Ito, Fumihiko Kaise, Kunihiko Take, Hirofumi Todo, Keiji Kanota, Kenichiro Imai, Ko Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090309988Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S1, when a still-image-with-moving-image photographing mode is set, moving image temporary storage is started. When a shutter is depressed in step S2, in step S3, a photographed still image is recorded and one moving image is generated from the moving image before the still image stored in step S1, a moving image obtained by converting the photographed still image, and a moving image photographed after the depression of the shutter and the one moving image generated is recorded. Therefore, the moving images before and after the still image are recorded together with a high-definition still image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2005Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: SONY CORPORARIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Kubo, Kumiko Shimazaki, Hiroyuki Tominaga, Sachiyo Noguchi, Masayuki Kuwata, Nahoko Kaji, Takashi Nunomaki, Ko Kobayashi, Noriko Ohtsuka, Mihoko Yamamoto, Currie Simon, Keisuke Okawa, Takashi Oguma, Kenichiro Imai, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Tetsuo Morimoto
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Patent number: 7493936Abstract: A first inclined surface and a second inclined surface are provided on the inside of a mold to constitute a so-called two-step tapered mold. A mold powder is adjusted to have a total content of CaO component and SiO2 component of not less than 50 wt %, and a content of F component of not more than 11 wt %. The inclination rates of the first and second inclined surfaces are set according to the basicity or solidification temperature of the powder to be used. The pore area of molten steel discharge ports of a dipping nozzle is set to not less than 2500 mm2 to less than 6400 m2. The discharge angle of the molten steel discharge ports is set, based on the horizontal, obliquely downward to not less than 10° to not more than 35°. According to such a continuous casting method, solidification delay at angle parts of a bloom can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Nakata, Ko Kobayashi, Kazuki Sumida
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Publication number: 20070162686Abstract: A recording device which records data onto a recording medium includes a nonvolatile memory storing and holding data on a free capacity of the recording medium, and a control unit controlling the data recording. The control unit determines the free-capacity data stored in the nonvolatile memory based on the total capacity of the recording medium when power is turned on. When the determination result indicates that a value of the free-capacity data stored in the nonvolatile memory does not exceed a value of the total capacity of the recording medium, the control unit records the data onto the recording medium with reference to the free-capacity data. When the power is turned off, the control unit updates the free-capacity data so as to reduce the value of the free-capacity data by as much as an amount of the data recorded onto the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2006Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Shimono, Junichi Yokota, Ryogo Ito, Fumihiko Kaise, Kunihiko Take, Hirofumi Todo, Keiji Kanota, Kenichiro Imai, Ko Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Watanabe
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Publication number: 20070125513Abstract: A first inclined surface and a second inclined surface are provided on the inside of a mold to constitute a so-called two-step tapered mold. A mold powder is adjusted to have a total content of CaO component and SiO2 component of not less than 50 wt %, and a content of F component of not more than 11 wt %. The inclination rates of the first and second inclined surfaces are set according to the basicity or solidification temperature of the powder to be used. The pore area of molten steel discharge ports of a dipping nozzle is set to not less than 2500 mm2 to less than 6400 m2. The discharge angle of the molten steel discharge ports is set, based on the horizontal, obliquely downward to not less than 10° to not more than 35°. According to such a continuous casting method, solidification delay at angle parts of a bloom can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2006Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hitoshi Nakata, Ko Kobayashi, Kazuki Sumida
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Patent number: 4894739Abstract: A magnetic disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a frame, a recording/reproducing unit detachably mounted on a frame and a front panel detachably mounted on the frame and having an inserting opening through which the magnetic disc is inserted and removed. The frame is primarily designed to accommodate a first recording/reproducing unit adapted for a first magnetic disc and is selectively mounted with either one of the first recording/reproducing unit and a second recording/reproducing unit adapted for a second magnetic disc having a smaller diameter. Depending on the selected recording/reproducing unit, either one of a first front panel for the first magnetic disc and a second front panel for a second magnetic disc is selectively mounted on the frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1989Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: Teac CorporationInventor: Ko Kobayashi
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Patent number: RE35713Abstract: A magnetic disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a frame, a recording/reproducing unit detachably mounted on a frame and a front panel detachably mounted on the frame and having an inserting opening through which the magnetic disc is inserted and removed. The frame is primarily designed to accommodate a first recording/reproducing unit adapted for a first magnetic disc and is selectively mounted with either one of the first recording/reproducing unit adapted for a first magnetic disc and is selectively mounted with either one of the first recording/reproducing unit adapted for a second magnetic disc having a smaller diameter. Depending on the selected recording/reproducing unit, either one of a first front panel for the first magnetic disc and a second front panel for a second magnetic disc is selectively mounted on the frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1994Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: TEAC CorporationInventor: Ko Kobayashi