Patents by Inventor Noboru Kobayashi

Noboru 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: 20140237010
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a computing unit that performs a matrix computation between data streams whose unit data is of a matrix format; a determining unit that for each matrix obtained by the matrix computation by the computing unit, determines based on the value of each element included in the matrix, an exponent value for expressing each element included in the matrix as a floating decimal point value; a converting unit that converts the value of each element into a significand value of the element, according to the exponent value determined by the determining unit; and an output unit that correlates and outputs the exponent value and each matrix after conversion in which the value of each element in the matrix has been converted by the converting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Noboru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Hatano, Yasuhiro Oyama
  • Patent number: 8694006
    Abstract: A base station includes a first receiver that receives a signal from the base station, the signal indicating a first wireless quality that is a wireless quality of signals received by a mobile station which uses software-defined radio and communicates with the base station using a first communication protocol, and a processor that executes processing to download communication software that causes the mobile station to execute communication processing according to a second communication protocol based on a first condition of the first wireless quality, and executes processing to transmit a handover instruction signal to cause a handover of the mobile station to a second base station that communicates with the mobile station using the second communication protocol based on a second condition of the first wireless quality, wherein the first condition is a condition set to be satisfied before the second condition when the first wireless quality decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Noboru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140057617
    Abstract: A radio device includes: a processor configured to execute radio communication processing; a first memory configured to store a program module of the radio communication processing, and to operate at a first clock; a second memory configured to store the program module that is transferred from the first memory, and executed by the processor, and to operate at a second clock a speed of which is higher than that of the first clock; and a control circuit configured to: determine the program module that is to be executed by the processor, based on a transition state of radio communication, and control the determined program module to be transferred from the first memory to the second memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Noboru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140014848
    Abstract: An inspection device for inspecting a surface of an inspection object using a beam includes a beam generator capable of generating one of either charge particles or an electromagnetic wave as a beam, a primary optical system capable of guiding and irradiating the beam to the inspection object supported within a working chamber, a secondary optical system capable of including a first movable numerical aperture and a first detector which detects secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object, the secondary charge particles passing through the first movable numerical aperture, an image processing system capable of forming an image based on the secondary charge particles detected by the first detector; and a second detector arranged between the first movable numerical aperture and the first detector and which detects a location and shape at a cross over location of the secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Hatakeyama, Shoji Yoshikawa, Takeshi Murakami, Kenji Watanabe, Yoshihiko Naito, Yasushi Toma, Tsutomu Karimata, Takehide Hayashi, Kiwamu Tsukamoto, Tatsuya Kohama, Noboru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130207838
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device for position detection that can determine the current position, using a GPS receiver with a simple structure, with high accuracy comparable to that of an expensive positioning device, and also provided are a position detection device provided with the antenna device and a position detection method. The current position is determined using a GPS that receives signals from satellites orbiting around the earth and determines the current position. Data communication is performed with an antenna main body including: an antenna member provided, at an end thereof, with a receiving section for receiving signals from the orbiting satellites; and a rotation mechanism for rotating the antenna member circularly in the horizontal direction at a substantially uniform speed. The current position is determined based on the signals from the orbiting satellites that have been received by the receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: Noboru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8497476
    Abstract: An inspection device for inspecting a surface of an inspection object using a beam includes a beam generator capable of generating one of either charge particles or an electromagnetic wave as a beam, a primary optical system capable of guiding and irradiating the beam to the inspection object supported within a working chamber, a secondary optical system capable of including a first movable numerical aperture and a first detector which detects secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object, the secondary charge particles passing through the first movable numerical aperture, an image processing system capable of forming an image based on the secondary charge particles detected by the first detector; and a second detector arranged between the first movable numerical aperture and the first detector and which detects a location and shape at a cross over location of the secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hatakeyama, Shoji Yoshikawa, Takeshi Murakami, Kenji Watanabe, Yoshihiko Naito, Yasushi Toma, Tsutomu Karimata, Takehide Hayashi, Kiwamu Tsukamoto, Tatsuya Kohama, Noboru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8373315
    Abstract: A linear oscillatory actuator includes a magnetic pole forming portion that includes an electromagnet and a base, magnetic blocks each of which includes a magnet attracted or repelled by the electromagnet to reciprocate, elastic suspensions for supporting the magnetic blocks, and at least one coupling spring portion that couples the magnetic blocks reciprocatably. Each of the elastic suspension includes upper and lower extending portions, and elastic planar portions integrally provided between the upper extending portions and the lower extending portions, respectively. Depressed portions are formed at continuous portions between the upper extending portions and the elastic planar portions, respectively, and each of the depressed portions is depressed toward the magnetic blocks. While the magnetic blocks reciprocate, Stress concentration on the continuous portions can be mitigated by the depressed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kobayashi, Hiroaki Shimizu, Kensaku Kanada
  • Publication number: 20120324732
    Abstract: Hair lifting frames are provided in a range between a top of a first outer blade located on one side in the traveling direction and a top of a second outer blade located on the other side in the traveling direction in the use of a shaver main body (an electric shaver). Accordingly, the hair lifting frames can efficiently lift body hair up, and at the same time, an influence (damage) on a skin surface can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Shimizu, Noboru Kobayashi, Shunsuke Komori, Toshio Ikuta, Jyuzaemon Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20120317815
    Abstract: Second hair lifting frames provided on the rear side in the traveling direction is arranged closer to a top than first hair lifting frames provided on the front side in the traveling direction. Accordingly, the differences in hair lifting ability between the first hair lifting frames and the second hair lifting frames can be reduced so as to lift body hair up more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Shimizu, Noboru Kobayashi, Shunsuke Komori, Toshio Ikuta, Jyuzaemon Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8327772
    Abstract: A bogie for a low floor type railway vehicle, in which the accuracy of the distance between left and right wheels is enhanced and which enables a vehicle body to be low-floored. The bogie has a bogie frame for supporting the body of the railway vehicle, a main axle and an auxiliary axle arranged so as to laterally extend at the front and rear in the traveling direction of the bogie frame, wheels attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles, shaft boxes attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles and supporting the axle, and shaft box support devices respectively supporting each of the shaft boxes by elastically joining the shaft boxes and the bogie frame together. The wheels attached to the main axle are large-diameter wheels, and the wheels attached to the auxiliary axle are small-diameter wheels having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Oku, Shinya Matsuki, Masaru Tachibana, Yoshinori Seki, Noboru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120247156
    Abstract: A method of producing inorganic fibers includes heating and melting an inorganic raw material that includes 70 wt % or more of silica and 10 wt % to 30 wt % of magnesia and calcia in total in a container to obtain a melt having a melt viscosity of 15 poise or less, supplying the melt to a rotor that rotates at an acceleration of 70 km/s2 or more, drawing the melt due to a centrifugal force caused by rotation of the rotor to obtain fibers, blowing the fibers off by blowing air around the rotor, and collecting the fibers to obtain fibers having an average fiber diameter of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Kitahara, Takahito Mochida, Takashi Nakajima, Tetsuya Mihara, Ken Yonaiyama, Noboru Kobayashi, Ikuo Abe, Hideo Nagase
  • Publication number: 20120235036
    Abstract: An inspection device for inspecting a surface of an inspection object using a beam includes a beam generator capable of generating one of either charge particles or an electromagnetic wave as a beam, a primary optical system capable of guiding and irradiating the beam to the inspection object supported within a working chamber, a secondary optical system capable of including a first movable numerical aperture and a first detector which detects secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object, the secondary charge particles passing through the first movable numerical aperture, an image processing system capable of forming an image based on the secondary charge particles detected by the first detector; and a second detector arranged between the first movable numerical aperture and the first detector and which detects a location and shape at a cross over location of the secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Hatakeyama, Shoji Yoshikawa, Takeshi Murakami, Kenji Watanabe, Yoshihiko Naito, Yasushi Toma, Tsutomu Karimata, Takehide Hayashi, Kiwamu Tsukamoto, Tatsuya Kohama, Noboru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120214490
    Abstract: A base transceiver station receives first and second reception power values from a plurality of user equipments. The first reception power value is a reception power value at which a user equipment receives a radio signal from another base transceiver station without using a reception beam formation function that allows a radio signal transmitted from a predetermined direction to be selectively received with increased reception sensitivity. The second reception power value is a reception power value at which a user equipment receives a radio signal from another base transceiver station using the reception beam formation function. The base transceiver station selects, from among the plurality of user equipments, a user equipment to be handed over based on the first and second reception power values, and performs handover processing on the selected user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Noboru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20120164896
    Abstract: A vessel includes a body including a hull and a deck, a float disposed on both right and left sides of the hull and extending in the front/rear direction along the hull, a propulsion unit that propels the vessel, a steering handle disposed above the deck, and a seat disposed at the rear of the steering handle on the deck. The deck includes a flat portion extending from the lateral side of the seat to the rear end edge of the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noboru KOBAYASHI, Toshiaki IBATA
  • Publication number: 20120074796
    Abstract: A linear oscillatory actuator includes a magnetic pole forming portion that includes an electromagnet and a base, magnetic blocks each of which includes a magnet attracted or repelled by the electromagnet to reciprocate, elastic suspensions for supporting the magnetic blocks, and at least one coupling spring portion that couples the magnetic blocks reciprocatably. Each of the elastic suspension includes upper and lower extending portions, and elastic planar portions integrally provided between the upper extending portions and the lower extending portions, respectively. Depressed portions are formed at continuous portions between the upper extending portions and the elastic planar portions, respectively, and each of the depressed portions is depressed toward the magnetic blocks. While the magnetic blocks reciprocate, Stress concentration on the continuous portions can be mitigated by the depressed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki SHIMIZU, Kensaku KANADA
  • Publication number: 20110269494
    Abstract: A base station includes a first receiver that receives a signal from the base station, the signal indicating a first wireless quality that is a wireless quality of signals received by a mobile station which uses software-defined radio and communicates with the base station using a first communication protocol, and a processor that executes processing to download communication software that causes the mobile station to execute communication processing according to a second communication protocol based on a first condition of the first wireless quality, and executes processing to transmit a handover instruction signal to cause a handover of the mobile station to a second base station that communicates with the mobile station using the second communication protocol based on a second condition of the first wireless quality, wherein the first condition is a condition set to be satisfied before the second condition when the first wireless quality decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Noboru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20110232098
    Abstract: Bars 40 include a hair raising bar 45 having a hair raising portion 45g raising body hair 75. A cross section of the hair raising portion 45g has a profile shape including connecting elements 80 which are connected, each connecting element being at least any one of a line segment 81 and an arc line 82.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki SHIMIZU, Shunsuke KOMORI, Toshio IKUTA, Jyuzaemon IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20110232097
    Abstract: An electric shaver 1 includes: outer blades 8 having blade holes 50 defined by bars; and inner blades 13 which is provided inside of the outer blades 8 and moved relative to the outer blades 8 to cut body hair 71 inserted into the blade holes 50. A first bar 43 in which a skin contact surface 43a coming into contact with skin 70 is positioned on the inner blade 13 side of a skin contact surface 45j of a hair raising bar 45 is provided adjacent to and forward of the hair raising bar 45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyuzaemon IWASAKI, Hiroaki SHIMIZU, Noboru KOBAYASHI, Shunsuke KOMORI, Toshio IKUTA
  • Publication number: 20110088607
    Abstract: A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a hull, a cockpit arranged at a hull center and including a periphery that is surrounded by a wall surface, a rear deck arranged at a hull rear portion at a rear of the cockpit and including a rear water-access area that is open to the rear, a saddle type watercraft operator seat arranged in the cockpit, a jet propulsion device attached to the hull and arranged to apply a propulsive force to the hull by sucking in water from surroundings and jetting the water, and an engine attached to the hull and arranged to apply a driving force to the jet propulsion device. The saddle type watercraft operator seat may extend in a front/rear direction of the hull and be arranged to divide an interior of the cockpit into two regions at the right and left.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru KOBAYASHI, Toshiaki IBATA
  • Publication number: 20100294164
    Abstract: A bogie for a low floor type railway vehicle, in which the accuracy of the distance between left and right wheels is enhanced and which enables a vehicle body to be low-floored. The bogie has a bogie frame for supporting the body of the railway vehicle, a main axle and an auxiliary axle arranged so as to laterally extend at the front and rear in the traveling direction of the bogie frame, wheels attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles, shaft boxes attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles and supporting the axle, and shaft box support devices respectively supporting each of the shaft boxes by elastically joining the shaft boxes and the bogie frame together. The wheels attached to the main axle are large-diameter wheels, and the wheels attached to the auxiliary axle are small-diameter wheels having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Oku, Shinya Matsuki, Masaru Tachibana, Yoshinori Seki, Noboru Kobayashi