Patents by Inventor Makoto Kobayashi

Makoto 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: 20210368072
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging element including a reception interface that receives an imaging synchronization signal related to a timing of imaging and at least one output synchronization signal related to a timing of output of image data obtained by imaging from an outside of the imaging element, a memory that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores the image data obtained by imaging at a first frame rate in accordance with the imaging synchronization signal received by the reception interface, and an output circuit that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs the image data stored in the memory at a second frame rate in accordance with the output synchronization signal received by the reception interface, in which the first frame rate is greater than or equal to the second frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Ryo HASEGAWA, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Kazufumi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20210368126
    Abstract: An imaging element comprises a first communication interface that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs first image data based on image data obtained by imaging a subject to an external processor, a memory that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores the image data, and a second communication interface that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs second image data based on the image data stored in the memory to the external processor, in which an output method of the first communication interface and an output method of the second communication interface are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Ryo HASEGAWA, Kazufumi SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 11184523
    Abstract: In an imaging element in which a plurality of phase difference detection pixels and a plurality of normal pixels for imaging are two-dimensionally arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the phase difference detection pixel includes a first phase difference pixel ZA and a second phase difference pixel ZB including opening portions for pupil separation at different positions in the horizontal direction. The first phase difference pixel ZA and the second phase difference pixel ZB are adjacently arranged to have the opening portions facing each other. RGB color filters are arranged in the plurality of normal pixels in the Bayer arrangement. The imaging element includes a normal pixel row in which only the normal pixel is arranged in the horizontal direction and a phase difference pixel row in which the first phase difference pixel ZA, the second phase difference pixel ZB, and one normal pixel are periodically arranged in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai, Seiji Tanaka, Koichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11179944
    Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Makoto Kobayashi, Naomi Kimura, Hideki Okumura, Shoma Kudo, Tetsuya Takamoto, Hiroaki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210317065
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a purification method for purifying a fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer of the formula (1), in which the fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer is purified by distillation in the coexistence of a phenolic compound A such as 6-tert-butyl-2,4-xylenol and a phenolic compound B such as 2,2?-methylene-bis(4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol). By the combined use of the phenolic compound A and the phenolic compound B, it is possible to significantly suppress polymerization or oligomerization of the fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer even during industrial-production-scale distillation and efficiently purify the fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer by distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru MIYAZAWA, Yusuke KURAMOTO, Asuka SANO, Ryo NADANO, Shinya AKIBA, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210314487
    Abstract: An imaging element incorporates a reading portion that reads out captured image data at a first frame rate, a storage portion that stores the image data, a processing portion that processes the image data, and an output portion that outputs the processed image data at a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate. The reading portion reads out the image data of each of a plurality of frames in parallel. The storage portion stores, in parallel, each image data read out in parallel by the reading portion. The processing portion performs generation processing of generating output image data of one frame using the image data of each of the plurality of frames stored in the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KAWAI, Ryo HASEGAWA, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210314495
    Abstract: An imaging element includes a storage portion that stores image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate and is incorporated in the imaging element, a processing portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and configured to perform processing using the image data, and an output portion that outputs output image data based on the image data at a second frame rate depending on a processing result of the processing portion and is incorporated in the imaging element, in which the first frame rate is greater than or equal to the second frame rate, and the processing portion performs processing of deriving an evaluation value indicating a degree of focusing for the image data stored in the storage portion and changing the second frame rate based on the derived evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210314486
    Abstract: An imaging element incorporates a memory and a processor. The memory stores image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate. The processor is configured to derive a degree of difference between first image data obtained as the image data by performing imaging and second image data that is obtained as the image data earlier than the first image data and stored in the storage portion, and perform processing of deciding at least one of the first image data or the second image data as the output image data in a case where the derived degree of difference is greater than or equal to a threshold value. The processor is configured to output the decided output image data at a second frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Hitoshi SAKURABU, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210314535
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a storage portion that stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject by an imaging element and is incorporated in the imaging element, an output portion that is incorporated in the imaging element, and a plurality of signal processing portions that are disposed outside the imaging element, in which the output portion includes a plurality of output lines each disposed in correspondence with each of the plurality of signal processing portions and outputs each of a plurality of pieces of image data into which the captured image data stored in the storage portion is divided, to a corresponding signal processing portion among the plurality of signal processing portions from the plurality of output lines, and any of the plurality of signal processing portions combines the plurality of pieces of image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto KOBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Ryo HASEGAWA, Hitoshi SAKURABU
  • Publication number: 20210314483
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging element in which a first frame rate is a frame rate higher than a second frame rate, and a first processor is configured to read out image data of a plurality of frames in parallel within an output period of image data of one frame defined by the second frame rate, acquire a focus driving speed and a rolling shift amount, decide a combining condition for the image data of the plurality of frames stored in a memory based on the acquired focus driving speed and the rolling shift amount, perform combining processing on the image data of the plurality of frames in accordance with the decided combining condition, and output the image data after combining obtained by the combining processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Hitoshi SAKURABU, Ryo HASEGAWA, Tomoyuki KAWAI, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11131241
    Abstract: A lower link (7) is formed of two components by being divided at a dividing surface (14) including the central axis of a crank pin bearing portion (11), the two components including a lower link upper (15) with an upper pin bearing portion (12) and a lower link lower (16) with a control pin bearing portion (13). The dividing surface (14) includes a first dividing surface (14a) located more on the upper link side than the crank pin bearing portion (11) and a second dividing surface (14b) located more on the control link side than the crank pin bearing portion (11). In the lower link (7), the first dividing surface (14a) has a surface roughness larger than a surface roughness of the second dividing surface (14b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tojo, Takashi Tanabe, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11102419
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a brightness measurer that acquires a first captured image signal obtained from an imager imaging a subject through a focus lens, and obtains brightness of each of divided areas of a focusing target area set in the first captured image signal; an imaging condition controller that controls an imaging condition of the imager to a state where brightness of a lowest divided area which is one of the divided areas having lowest brightness is set to the set value; a transmittance controller that decreases brightness of other divided areas than the lowest divided area by controlling light transmittance of the areas corresponding to the other divided areas; and a focusing controller that performs focusing control for the focus lens based on the focusing target area of a second captured image signal in a specific state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi, Ryo Hasegawa, Tomonori Masuda
  • Patent number: 11095845
    Abstract: A system control unit consecutively images a subject by driving based on a global shutter method, divides captured image data obtained by the imaging into a plurality of areas, and each time each area is generated, compares the generated area with the same area as the area in the captured image data generated by the imaging performed before the imaging, and detects a moving object from the area based on a result of the comparison. Based on a change in position of the detected moving object, the system control unit predicts a timing at which a trigger range TR set in the captured image overlaps with the moving object, and performs automatic imaging in a frame period that includes the timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakurabu, Makoto Kobayashi, Ryo Hasegawa, Tomonori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20210249976
    Abstract: A motor controlling device configured to control an on-board motor is provided, which includes an H-bridge type drive circuit comprised of first switching elements and configured to drive the on-board motor, and a controlling circuit configured to control the on-board motor by controlling the drive circuit, the controlling circuit carrying out an ON control of one of the first switching elements connected to ground, when not operating the on-board motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Naoki Takasuka, Shinya Kanayama, Kazuhiko Obatake, Hideyuki Osumi, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11084505
    Abstract: An overhead transport vehicle travels along a travel rail and conveys a FOUP including a removable lid in a suspended state. The overhead transport vehicle includes a holder to grip the FOUP with the lid oriented in a width direction crossing the traveling direction, a pair of frames provided at the front and the back in the traveling direction relative to the holder, and a first lid drop-preventing member pivotable along a horizontal plane about a pivot shaft in the vertical direction, between an advanced position in front of the lid and a retracted position at a position retracted from the front of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11082623
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes: a transmittance control unit that controls transmittance of each of a plurality of regions in an optical element for controlling a quantity of light incident on an imaging element to a different value; an imaging control unit that causes the imaging element to perform imaging for light measurement in a state where the transmittance of each of the plurality of regions is controlled to the different value; a light measurement processing unit that measures brightness of a subject based on a captured image signal obtained from the imaging element by the imaging for light measurement; an image processing unit that generates image data for display from the captured image signal obtained by the imaging for light measurement; and an output unit that outputs the image data for display to a display unit displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Hitoshi Sakurabu, Ryo Hasegawa, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11082225
    Abstract: A client specifies a first authorization server based on an authorization response corresponding to an authorization request transmitted by the client, and transmits a token request for requesting an authorization token to the first authorization server. The first authorization server issues the authorization token in response to the token request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210222615
    Abstract: A lower link (7) is formed of two components by being divided at a dividing surface (14) including the central axis of a crank pin bearing portion (11), the two components including a lower link upper (15) with an upper pin bearing portion (12) and a lower link lower (16) with a control pin bearing portion (13). The dividing surface (14) includes a first dividing surface (14a) located more on the upper link side than the crank pin bearing portion (11) and a second dividing surface (14b) located more on the control link side than the crank pin bearing portion (11). In the lower link (7), the first dividing surface (14a) has a surface roughness larger than a surface roughness of the second dividing surface (14b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya TOJO, Takashi TANABE, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210215247
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a control device of an automatic transmission for vehicle, which can improve the responsiveness to switching to a reverse stage. The automatic transmission includes: planetary gear mechanisms which transmit the driving force input to an input shaft to an output member; and first to third clutches and first to fourth brakes as engagement mechanisms capable of establishing shift stages by switching a transmission path of the driving force in the planetary gear mechanisms. The control device executes a reverse preparation process for starting engagements of the first and third clutches and the third brake and stopping rotation of the input shaft when the reverse stage is selected when the fourth brake (mechanical engagement mechanism) is in a unidirectional rotation allowed state (first state) and the vehicle is traveling at a vehicle speed greater than a highest vehicle speed at which the reverse stage is establishable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya TACHIBANADA, Kazuma SASAHARA, Makoto KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11056753
    Abstract: A bus bar module is attached to a battery assembly having a plurality of single cells which are assembled to each other along a first direction. The bus bar module includes a circuit body, a bus bar, and a holder. The circuit body includes a main line that extends in the first direction, a branch line that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, and a connection portion provided in a position close to a distal end of the branch line rather than a folded portion of the branch line and configured to be connected to the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Kimitoshi Makino, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoji Yasuda