Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Kobayashi

Masayoshi 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: 11900509
    Abstract: A technique capable of providing a user with information obtained by OCT imaging in a useful way, particularly for assisting in assessment of an embryo effectively. The image processing method includes acquiring original signal data indicating an intensity distribution of signal light from each position in three-dimensional space including a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging, generating spherical coordinate data based on the original signal data, the spherical coordinate data indicating a relationship between each position in the three-dimensional space represented using spherical coordinates having an origin set inside the embryo and the intensity of the signal light from the position, and outputting the intensity distribution of the signal light as a two-dimensional map based on the spherical coordinate data using two deflection angles of the spherical coordinates as coordinate axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasushi Kuromi, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Ohbayashi, Takuya Aida
  • Patent number: 11889668
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter includes a metal case, a power converter accommodated in the case, a substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted on a surface of the substrate. The case includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending from the bottom wall, a boss, and a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the side wall to the boss. The coupling portion extends from the bottom wall along an axis of the boss and along a surface of the side wall. The temperature sensor is arranged to face the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Ryoto Tsuchiya, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tatsuya Goto, Kazuji Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11873992
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
  • Patent number: 11710237
    Abstract: A data processing method that is suitable for obtaining quantitative information from data obtained by OCT imaging. The image processing method includes acquiring original image data corresponding to a three-dimensional image of a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging of the embryo and executing a region segmentation the three-dimensional image into a plurality of regions on the basis of the original image data. In the region segmentation, a local thickness calculation is performed on the three-dimensional image to determine an index value indicating a size of an object included in the three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image is segmented into a region indicated by the index value greater than a predetermined first threshold and a region indicated by the index value less than the first threshold, and each of the regions resulting from the segmentation is further segmented by the watershed algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Yasushi Kuromi, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Ohbayashi, Takuya Aida
  • Publication number: 20230093427
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Takeo ODA, Takeo NISHIURA, Tomoko TSURU, Takaya HAMAMOTO, Takeshi TAKAGI, HISAMATSU, Hirotaka KURASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11557980
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes: a semiconductor module including a built-in switching element; and a pair of bus bars connected to a power terminal of the semiconductor module. The pair of bus bars has body plate parts that are arranged so as to at least partially face each other in a thickness direction, and pluralities of terminal connection parts that are branched from the body plate parts and to which the power terminal is connected. At least one of the pair of bus bars has a plurality of annular parts that are annularly formed so as to include the plurality of terminal connection parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11543132
    Abstract: A combustor liner used for a gas turbine combustor and forming a combustion chamber includes: an outer side wall made of metal; a panel attached to an inner side of the outer side wall and made of a ceramic matrix composite material, the panel including a panel body facing the combustion chamber, and a connection piece rising from an exterior surface of the panel body at a side portion of the panel body and protruding in a lateral direction; and a connection unit configured to connect the panel to the outer side wall, the connection unit including an elastic member configured to bias at least one of the outer side wall and the connection piece, and a fixation member made of metal and configured to fix at least one of the connection piece and the elastic member to the outer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takeo Oda, Takeo Nishiura, Tomoko Tsuru, Takaya Hamamoto, Takeshi Takagi, Osamu Hisamatsu, Hirotaka Kurashima
  • Patent number: 11369270
    Abstract: It is provided a technique capable of noninvasively and quantitatively evaluating the state of cultured three-dimensional cell-based structure. A method of evaluating a three-dimensional cell-based structure according to the present invention comprises: performing tomography of the cultured three-dimensional cell-based structure (step S103); generating stereoscopic data indicating the three-dimensional shape of the three-dimensional cell-based structure based on image data acquired by the tomography (step S104); and counting the number of structures isolated from each other in the three-dimensional cell-based structure based on the stereoscopic data (step S105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ohbayashi, Yasushi Kuromi, Masayoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220061193
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter includes a metal case, a power converter accommodated in the case, a substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted on a surface of the substrate. The case includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending from the bottom wall, a boss, and a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the side wall to the boss. The coupling portion extends from the bottom wall along an axis of the boss and along a surface of the side wall. The temperature sensor is arranged to face the coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Ryoto TSUCHIYA, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya GOTO, Kazuji YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210159806
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes: a semiconductor module including a built-in switching element; and a pair of bus bars connected to a power terminal of the semiconductor module. The pair of bus bars has body plate parts that are arranged so as to at least partially face each other in a thickness direction, and pluralities of terminal connection parts that are branched from the body plate parts and to which the power terminal is connected. At least one of the pair of bus bars has a plurality of annular parts that are annularly formed so as to include the plurality of terminal connection parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayoshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210056704
    Abstract: A data processing method that is suitable for obtaining quantitative information from data obtained by OCT imaging. The image processing method includes acquiring original image data corresponding to a three-dimensional image of a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging of the embryo and executing a region segmentation the three-dimensional image into a plurality of regions on the basis of the original image data. In the region segmentation, a local thickness calculation is performed on the three-dimensional image to determine an index value indicating a size of an object included in the three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image is segmented into a region indicated by the index value greater than a predetermined first threshold and a region indicated by the index value less than the first threshold, and each of the regions resulting from the segmentation is further segmented by the watershed algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yasushi KUROMI, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya OHBAYASHI, Takuya AIDA
  • Publication number: 20210042968
    Abstract: A technique capable of providing a user with information obtained by OCT imaging in a useful way, particularly for assisting in assessment of an embryo effectively. The image processing method includes acquiring original signal data indicating an intensity distribution of signal light from each position in three-dimensional space including a cultured embryo obtained by optical coherence tomography imaging, generating spherical coordinate data based on the original signal data, the spherical coordinate data indicating a relationship between each position in the three-dimensional space represented using spherical coordinates having an origin set inside the embryo and the intensity of the signal light from the position, and outputting the intensity distribution of the signal light as a two-dimensional map based on the spherical coordinate data using two deflection angles of the spherical coordinates as coordinate axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yasushi KUROMI, Masayoshi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya OHBAYASHI, Takuya AIDA
  • Patent number: 10908773
    Abstract: An example system includes: an information processing device including a display processing unit performing processing of displaying on a display unit a basic screen containing a selection image and a background image, the selection image being constructed from one or a plurality of images used for receiving selection operation, the background image serving as a background of the selection image; and a background image transmission device transmitting the background image of the basic screen. The display processing unit of the information processing device automatically receives the background image transmitted by the background image transmission device and displays the received background image in the background of the selection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takiguchi, Hiroyuki Kono, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Takashi Hosoi
  • Patent number: D912520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Yorozuya, Yasuyuki Ota
  • Patent number: D913095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Yasuyuki Ota, Yoshimichi Kutsuna
  • Patent number: D913096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Yoshimichi Kutsuna
  • Patent number: D913104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Yoshimichi Kutsuna
  • Patent number: D915208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Yorozuya, Yasuyuki Ota
  • Patent number: D915209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Yorozuya
  • Patent number: D980075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: AICELLO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tetsuro Ogawa, Masayoshi Kobayashi