Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Kobayashi

Mitsuru 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).

  • KVM switch and KVM system
    Patent number: 8015332
    Abstract: A KVM switch includes: an inputting portion that is capable of inputting a plurality of video signals output from an information processing apparatus; and a transmitting portion that adds the pieces of identification information of the respective corresponding video signals to the plurality of video signals input by the inputting portion, and transmits the plurality of video signals to which the pieces of identification information are added, to a remote terminal via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Pressure sensor
    Patent number: 7992445
    Abstract: In a pressure sensor including a pressure detecting element in an intermediate portion or at a deep side of a through hole formed in a protrusion, a body portion (a base portion and the protrusion) is made of ceramic or an insulative resin material and molded into a predetermined shape, and the pressure sensor is constituted as a molded interconnect device in which a conductive pattern is formed on a surface thereof. Accordingly, a smaller pressure sensor can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Inoue, Hitoshi Makinaga, Junji Imai, Yasufumi Masaki, Naoto Ikegawa, Youichiro Nakahara
  • Electronic apparatus, and control method thereof
    Publication number: 20110181435
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including: a first device that includes a first display portion, the first display portion displaying information concerning the operation of the first device; and a second device that includes a second display portion, the second display portion displaying the information which the first display portion has displayed, depending on at least one of the second device having been attached to the first device, the first device having supplied an electric power to the second device, and the first device and the second device having communicated mutually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sata, Naoyuki Nagao, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Shinichi Katayama
  • Enclosure for a connector
    Patent number: 7985931
    Abstract: An enclosure for a connector is disclosed. The enclosure includes two or more enclosure parts, each having a joint such that the enclosure parts are fit together to constitute the enclosure. The joint may have a continuation of linear segments to form a shape like mountains, wherein the length of each segment is smaller than a wavelength corresponding to an operational frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Akama, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, image encoding method, image decoding method, image encoding program, and image decoding program
    Patent number: 7970223
    Abstract: A variable-length encoder that feeds a Coded Block Pattern (CBP) as an input symbol to variable-length code output part. Coded symbol memory supplies CBPs in neighboring blocks as coding map table reference information to coding map table provider. Coding map table provider determines a coding map table used in coding of the CBP, based on these CBPs in the neighboring blocks, and provides a coding map table H4 to variable-length code output part. Variable-length coding table provider feeds a variable-length coding table to variable-length code output part. Then the coding target CBP is subjected to variable-length coding, and the resultant is outputted as coded data. This allows information source coding of coding symbols to be performed efficiently according to the coding condition and the property of image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Sugimoto, Satoru Adachi, Sadaatsu Kato, Minoru Etoh, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
  • INSERTING CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR UNIT, AND BACKPLANE
    Publication number: 20110086521
    Abstract: An inserting connector includes a plurality of plug electrodes where plug connecting terminals are provided at first ends of the plug electrodes and plug terminals are provided at second ends of the plug electrodes, the plug connecting terminals being configured to be connected to a board, the plug terminals being configured to be connected to jack terminals; wherein the plug connecting terminals extend in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the board; the plug terminals extend in a movable direction where the plug terminals are attached to or detached from the jack terminals; the plug electrodes are bent at an angle ? in longitudinal directions of the plug electrodes, the angle ? being greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicants: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Tajiri, Takahiro Kondou, Koji Ishikawa, Akira Tamura
  • Image encoding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, image encoding method, image decoding method, image encoding program, and image decoding program
    Patent number: 7903891
    Abstract: Variable-length encoder 16 feeds a CBP as an input symbol H1 to variable-length code output part 30. Coded symbol memory 31 supplies CBPs in neighboring blocks as coding map table reference information H2 to coding map table provider 32. Coding map table provider 32 determines a coding map table used in coding of the CBP, based on these CBPs in the neighboring blocks, and provides a coding map table H4 to variable-length code output part 30. Variable-length coding table provider 33 feeds a variable-length coding table H5 to variable-length code output part 30. Then the coding target CBP is subjected to variable-length coding, and the resultant is outputted as coded data D9. This allows information source coding of coding symbols to be performed efficiently according to the coding condition and the property of image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Sugimoto, Satoru Adachi, Sadaatsu Kato, Minoru Etoh, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
  • Power tap, terminal apparatus and communication system
    Publication number: 20110049987
    Abstract: A power tap that supplies an alternating-current power to an terminal apparatus, is connected to the terminal apparatus to configure a closed circuit, and transmits or receives data to/from the terminal apparatus, the power tap including: a plurality of routes including difference loads; a selecting portion that, when data is transmitted to the terminal apparatus, selects any one of the routes based on the transmitted data, in synchronism with timing in which amplitude of an alternating current flowing on the closed circuit becomes 0; and a first detecting portion that, when data is received from the terminal apparatus, detects change of the amplitude of the alternating current based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • PROBE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROBE
    Publication number: 20110050263
    Abstract: A probe is made to contact an electrode terminal in an electric circuit or an electronic part for an electric measurement of the electric circuit or the electronic part. The probe includes a terminal portion which is brought in contact with the electrode terminal at one end of the probe, a spring portion in which U-shaped unit portions are arrayed in a zigzag formation, and a housing portion which surrounds the spring portion. The probe is formed of a sheet of a sheet-metal plate which is bent multiple times, the sheet-metal plate having a predetermined configuration in which a portion corresponding to the terminal portion, a portion corresponding to the spring portion, and a portion corresponding to the housing portion are continuously linked together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Koki Sato, Yasuyuki Miki, Keita Harada, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hideo Miyazawa, Koki Takahashi
  • Socket connector
    Patent number: 7896700
    Abstract: A socket connector is disclosed that includes a housing, multiple contact modules fixed to the housing, and multiple shield members coupled and fixed to the corresponding contact modules. The contact modules and the shield members are alternately arranged in alignment in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The shield members are fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Kimihiko Omura
  • Board connecting connector with board holding device
    Patent number: 7887334
    Abstract: A board connecting connector configured to mount a mounting board on a motherboard, the board connecting connector includes a connector main body having one end fixed to the motherboard and another end including an inserting opening where the mounting board is inserted; a plurality of connector pins provided inside the inserting opening, the connector pins coming in contact with a plurality of terminals provided at an inserting side of the mounting board; and a board holding member elastically deformably standing at a side surface of the connector main body, wherein the board holding member is inserted in a position where the terminals of the mounting board come in contact with the connector pins and is engaged with an edge part of the mounting board, so that the mounting board is held in an inserting completion position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hideo Miyazawa, Hiroshi Tajiri
  • Power monitor controller, power monitor control system and power monitor control method
    Publication number: 20110025517
    Abstract: A power monitor controller includes a period setting part that sets predetermined periods, an integrator part that integrates power consumed in an electric device for every predetermined period set by the period setting part to thus obtain first power consumption, and a detector part that detects an abnormality in the electric device when the first power consumption is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kobayashi, Takaaki Hashimoto
  • IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD
    Publication number: 20100284467
    Abstract: An input image signal is divided into MC block units and, when coding processing is performed in these divided units, a motion compensation section generates a motion-compensated prediction image by detecting movement amounts in predetermined MC block units, a smoothing filter section performs, with respect to the prediction image, smoothing of pixels located at the boundaries of adjoining MC blocks on the basis of predetermined evaluation criteria, and a prediction residual signal, which is obtained from the difference between the prediction image obtained by the smoothing, and the input image signal, is encoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Shunichi SEKIGUCHI, Sadaatsu Kato, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Minoru Etoh
  • BOARD CONNECTING CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20100248502
    Abstract: A board connecting connector configured to mount a mounting board on a motherboard, the board connecting connector includes a connector main body having one end fixed to the motherboard and another end including an inserting opening where the mounting board is inserted; a plurality of connector pins provided inside the inserting opening, the connector pins coming in contact with a plurality of terminals provided at an inserting side of the mounting board; and a board holding member elastically deformably standing at a side surface of the connector main body, wherein the board holding member is inserted in a position where the terminals of the mounting board come in contact with the connector pins and is engaged with an edge part of the mounting board, so that the mounting board is held in an inserting completion position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Hideo Miyazawa, Hiroshi Tajiri
  • Surface mount coaxial connector assembly
    Patent number: 7802993
    Abstract: A disclosed coaxial connector can be surface-mounted on a circuit board without degradation in signal transmission characteristics. The coaxial connector includes a center conductor, a surrounding conductor by which the center conductor is surrounded, and an insulating housing. The center conductor has a leg portion at its base end. The surrounding conductor has six lugs at its base end that extend radially. The leg portion and the lugs are exposed on a bottom surface of the housing. The coaxial connector is mounted on the circuit board with the leg portion pressed against a signal pad on the circuit board for electrical connection and the lugs pressed against a ground pad for electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Akama, Hideo Miyazawa, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • CONNECTOR HAVING A SHIELD MEMBER HAVING A HOOK
    Publication number: 20100233906
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of contact modules each including a contact member and a contact module body covering the contact member, and a plurality of shield members each including a shield body part corresponding to the contact module body of the contact module. The contact modules and the shield members are alternately arranged and accommodated close to each other in a housing. The shield body part of each shield member includes a first hook part configured to be engaged with a rear end of the contact module body in order to prevent the shield body part from turning up from the contact module body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Surface mount coaxial connector assembly
    Patent number: 7766662
    Abstract: A disclosed coaxial connector can be surface-mounted on a circuit board without degradation in signal transmission characteristics. The coaxial connector includes a center conductor, a surrounding conductor by which the center conductor is surrounded, and an insulating housing. The center conductor has a leg portion at its base end. The surrounding conductor has six lugs at its base end that extend radially. The leg portion and the lugs are exposed on a bottom surface of the housing. The coaxial connector is mounted on the circuit board with the leg portion pressed against a signal pad on the circuit board for electrical connection and the lugs pressed against a ground pad for electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Junichi Akama, Hideo Miyazawa, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • VOICE OUTPUT UNIT
    Publication number: 20100183169
    Abstract: The invention intends to provide an appliance which can be easily assembled, assure quality and reliability, and can be downsized. A voice output unit includes: a power source 5 supplying power; a signal processing module 3 which processes voice signals received from an external source as predetermined, and amplifies the processed voice signals processed; a speaker module 34 transmitting the amplified voice signals as voice signals; and a stereoscopic circuit board 10 on which the power source 5, signal processing module 3, and speaker module 4 are assembled, and includes electrodes which are in electric contact with electrodes of the foregoing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Image encoder, image decoder, image encoding method, and image decoding method
    Patent number: 7747094
    Abstract: An input image signal 101 is divided into MC block units and, when coding processing is performed in these divided units, a motion compensation section 107 generates a motion-compensated prediction image 106a by detecting movement amounts in predetermined MC block units, a smoothing filter section 124 performs, with respect to the prediction image 106a, smoothing of pixels located at the boundaries of adjoining MC blocks on the basis of predetermined evaluation criteria, and a prediction residual signal 108, which is obtained from the difference between the prediction image 106b obtained by the smoothing, and the input image (input image signal 101), is encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunichi Sekiguchi, Sadaatsu Kato, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Minoru Etoh
  • Connector module
    Patent number: 7695314
    Abstract: A connector module that is mounted on a motherboard and is configured to realize connection between a cable side connector and the motherboard is disclosed. The connector module includes a printed circuit board, plural substrate side connectors that are mounted on the front surface of the printed circuit board and arranged into plural rows with differing heights, and a mounting connector that is mounted on the rear surface of the printed circuit board. At least one of the substrate side connectors is connected to the cable side connector. The mounting connector is engaged with and connected to a motherboard side connector that is mounted on the motherboard. The printed circuit board includes a pattern that is configured to realize electrical connection between the substrate side connectors and the mounting connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Okuyama, Haruna Morohoshi, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Tadashi Kumamoto, Takahiro Kondou