Patents by Inventor Masafumi Kobayashi

Masafumi 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: 10249183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (roadside relay device 2) configured to generate a traffic index used for traffic signal control. This device includes: a storage unit 24 configured to store therein area information on a coordinate system, the area information forming a predetermined area on a road; a communication unit 21 configured to receive probe information S5 including a vehicle position and temporal information of a traveling vehicle 5; and a control unit 23 configured to generate the traffic index on the basis of the area information and the probe information S5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Umehara, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Masafumi Kobayashi, Osamu Hattori
  • Patent number: 10044437
    Abstract: Downlink is achieved by point-to-multipoint communication. There is provided a radio communication system 1 that provides information to a mobile terminal 3 via a radio communication device 2 that performs radio communication with the mobile terminal 3. The mobile terminal 3 is capable of receiving first downlink information that has been transmitted by point-to-multipoint radio communication receivable by a plurality of the mobile terminals 3, and capable of receiving second downlink information that has been transmitted by point-to-point communication. The mobile terminal 3 is capable of transmitting uplink information by point-to-point radio communication. The first downlink information and the second downlink information are formed such that information to be used in the mobile terminal 3 is obtained when the mobile terminal 3 performs information processing by using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toya, Masafumi Kobayashi, Hideaki Shiranaga, Hirofumi Urayama, Shohei Ogawa, Shotaro Abe
  • Patent number: 9923976
    Abstract: A control device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: when detecting a new access from a communication device, based on session information including times of past accesses, compute a time period of a difference between a first time at which the new access is detected and a second time of a last access among the past accesses, and when the time period exceeds a given time interval, determine whether a session established with the communication device is valid for the new access in accordance with another time period over which the communication device is in locked state from the second time to the first time, the locked state not accepting an operation by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masafumi Kobayashi, Naruhito Takiguchi, Yasuhito Honda, Keisuke Yoshida, Kazushi Sasaki, Namiko Goto
  • Publication number: 20180025630
    Abstract: A roadside communication device having a data relay function includes a receiving unit that receives mobile object data whose generator is a mobile object; a relay unit capable of relaying the mobile object data, the relaying involving a thinning process of an amount of data; and a transmitting unit that transmits thinning information about an execution status of the thinning process to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Shigeki UMEHARA, Masafumi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170352263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (roadside relay device 2) configured to generate a traffic index used for traffic signal control. This device includes: a storage unit 24 configured to store therein area information on a coordinate system, the area information forming a predetermined area on a road; a communication unit 21 configured to receive probe information S5 including a vehicle position and temporal information of a traveling vehicle 5; and a control unit 23 configured to generate the traffic index on the basis of the area information and the probe information S5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki UMEHARA, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Masafumi KOBAYASHI, Osamu HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20170345297
    Abstract: A roadside communication device having a data relay function includes a communication unit that receives mobile object data whose generator is a mobile object; a determining unit that determines whether to perform a thinning process of an amount of the mobile object data received by the communication unit, based on a predetermined determination condition; and a relay unit that relays the mobile object data with the thinning process when a result of the determination by the determining unit is positive, and relays the mobile object data without the thinning process when the result of the determination by the determining unit is negative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki UMEHARA, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Masafumi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160088094
    Abstract: A control device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: when detecting a new access from a communication device, based on session information including times of past accesses, compute a time period of a difference between a first time at which the new access is detected and a second time of a last access among the past accesses, and when the time period exceeds a given time interval, determine whether a session established with the communication device is valid for the new access in accordance with another time period over which the communication device is in locked state from the second time to the first time, the locked state not accepting an operation by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masafumi KOBAYASHI, Naruhito TAKIGUCHI, Yasuhito HONDA, Keisuke YOSHIDA, Kazushi Sasaki, Namiko GOTO
  • Publication number: 20140308897
    Abstract: Downlink is achieved by point-to-multipoint communication. There is provided a radio communication system 1 that provides information to a mobile terminal 3 via a radio communication device 2 that performs radio communication with the mobile terminal 3. The mobile terminal 3 is capable of receiving first downlink information that has been transmitted by point-to-multipoint radio communication receivable by a plurality of the mobile terminals 3, and capable of receiving second downlink information that has been transmitted by point-to-point communication. The mobile terminal 3 is capable of transmitting uplink information by point-to-point radio communication. The first downlink information and the second downlink information are formed such that information to be used in the mobile terminal 3 is obtained when the mobile terminal 3 performs information processing by using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toya, Masafumi Kobayashi, Hideaki Shiranaga, Hirofumi Urayama, Shohei Ogawa, Shotaro Abe
  • Patent number: 8856906
    Abstract: A plurality of authentication servers belonging to different domains are connected to achieve a Single Sign-On using two cookies in two management systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Hariya, Takayoshi Kurita, Hiroshi Maeyama, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8698651
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic signal control system that can operate in a flexible and sophisticated manner by, after selecting a pattern of a traffic signal control parameter corresponding to the current time using a first pattern switching table that is used in a time-controlled pattern selection scheme, selecting again a pattern using an additional second pattern switching table, where a call condition for selecting a set pattern is set in the second pattern switching table, and by selecting the pattern set in the second pattern switching table in place of the pattern selected in the first pattern switching table if a calculated travel time matches the call condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Nishimura, Katsuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120179828
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a processor to executes a procedure, the procedure including storing, in the memory of the apparatus, identification information for identifying a session used for first access made to the server apparatus, until a certain length of time elapses from access time of the first access, obtaining the time information which indicates access time of an access made to another server apparatus, and when time information, which indicates access time of second access made to the another server apparatus after the first access by using the same session as the session used for the first access, is obtained by the obtaining until the certain length of time elapses from access time of the first access, controlling the memory to store the identification information until the certain length of time further elapses from the access time indicated by the obtained time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masafumi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Katayama, Hiroshi Maeyama
  • Publication number: 20120112928
    Abstract: Provided is a traffic signal control system that can operate in a flexible and sophisticated manner by, after selecting a pattern of a traffic signal control parameter corresponding to the current time using a first pattern switching table that is used in a time-controlled pattern selection scheme, selecting again a pattern using an additional second pattern switching table, where a call condition for selecting a set pattern is set in the second pattern switching table, and by selecting the pattern set in the second pattern switching table in place of the pattern selected in the first pattern switching table if a calculated travel time matches the call condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Nishimura, Katsuyuki Suyuki, Masafumi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8097368
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a non-aqueous solvent and lithium salt as an electrolyte, and wherein the non-aqueous solvent contains chain fluorinated carboxylic acid ester represented by the formula CH3COOCH2CH3-xFx (wherein x is 2 or 3) and a film forming chemical decomposed in the range of +1.0 to 3.0 V based on an equilibrium potential between metal lithium and lithium ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Chiga, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Ryo Mogi, Osamu Omae, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7816172
    Abstract: An organic thin-film transistor having a higher carrier-mobility, a method of fabricating the organic thin-film transistor and an organic thin-film device including the organic thin-film transistor are provided. In an organic thin-film transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, the organic semiconductor layer contains a fluorinated acene compound which is represented by a formula of C4n+2F2n+4, wherein n is an integer of 2 or greater. The fluorinated acene compound is preferably tetradecafluoropentacene or dodecafluoronaphthacene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youji Inoue, Shizuo Tokito, Masafumi Kobayashi, Yuan Gao
  • Patent number: 7727664
    Abstract: A production method for a fuel cell including an electrolyte, an anode which is provided on one of both sides of the electrolyte, a cathode which is provided on the other side of the electrolyte, and separators one of which is provided on an outer side of the anode and the other of which is provided on an outer side of the cathode. This production method includes a first process in which the anode and the cathode each of which includes at least a catalyst and an ion-exchange resin are produced; and a second process in which the electrolyte is provided between the anode and the cathode before being formed into a thin-film electrolyte. With this production method, contact resistance can be reduced without increasing the number of production processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takumi Taniguchi, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7666540
    Abstract: The voltage application unit first applies voltages (+,+,0,?,?,0) respectively to the electrostatic delivery electrodes 37 belonging to the phase ‘a’, the phase ‘b’, the phase ‘c’, the phase ‘d’, the phase ‘e’, and the phase ‘f’, and then successively applies voltages (0,+,+,0,?,?), voltages (?,0,+,+,0,?), voltages (?,?,0,+,+,0), voltages (0,?,?,0,+,+), and voltages (+,0,?,?,0,+). The voltage application unit repeats this cycle multiple times to apply the voltages to the phase ‘a’ through the phase ‘f’. The water droplets flocculated in the oxidizing gas conduits 36 are charged by electrostatic induction and travel in the direction from the inlet to the outlet of the oxidizing gas conduits 36 while being repelled or attracted by the electrostatic delivery electrodes 37 in the vicinity of the water droplets in the course of the positive-negative variation of the voltage in the cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruyuki Nakanishi, Keiichi Nakata, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100035162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a non-aqueous solvent and lithium salt as an electrolyte, and wherein the non-aqueous solvent contains chain fluorinated carboxylic acid ester represented by the formula CH3COOCH2CH3-xFx (wherein x is 2 or 3) and a film forming chemical decomposed in the range of +1.0 to 3.0 V based on an equilibrium potential between metal lithium and lithium ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., KANTO DENKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu Chiga, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Ryo Mogi, Osamu Omae, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7439407
    Abstract: Fluorinated pentacene derivatives, for example, the novel compounds tetradecafluoropentacene, 5,6,7,12,13,14-hexafluoropentacene, 5,7,12,14-tetrafluoropentacene, and 6,13-difluoropentacene, and intermediates therefor are provided. And a method of producing fluorinated pentacene derivatives and intermediates therefor is also provided. Pentacene derivatives fluorinated at desired positions of the pentacene skeleton are obtained by introducing the oxo group, hydroxyl group, or alkoxyl group into the pentacene skeleton followed by fluorination with sulfur tetrafluoride and partial defluorination using a reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Kanto Denta Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kobayashi, Osamu Omae, Kimitaka Ohkubo, Yuan Gao
  • Publication number: 20080244719
    Abstract: A plurality of authentication servers belonging to different domains are connected to achieve a Single Sign-On using two cookies in two management systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Osamu Hariya, Takayoshi Kurita, Hiroshi Maeyama, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080128948
    Abstract: A production method for a fuel cell including an electrolyte, an anode which is provided on one of both sides of the electrolyte, a cathode which is provided on the other side of the electrolyte, and separators one of which is provided on an outer side of the anode and the other of which is provided on an outer side of the cathode. This production method includes a first process in which the anode and the cathode each of which includes at least a catalyst and an ion-exchange resin are produced; and a second process in which the electrolyte is provided between the anode and the cathode before being formed into a thin-film electrolyte. With this production method, contact resistance can be reduced without increasing the number of production processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takumi Taniguchi, Masafumi Kobayashi