Patents by Inventor Nobuo Kobayashi

Nobuo 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: 20220401047
    Abstract: An x-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an x-ray tube holder, a supporter, an ultraviolet ray, a contact portion detector, and an irradiation controller. The x-ray tube holder holds an x-ray tube. The supporter movably supports the x-ray tube holder. The ultraviolet ray emitter is disposed to the x-ray tube holder and emits ultraviolet rays. The contact portion detector detects a contact portion touched by a subject of detection, which is at least one of a subject of examination and an examination technician. The irradiation controller controls the support to move the x-ray tube holder to a position corresponding to the contact portion, and controls the ultraviolet ray emitter to emit the ultraviolet rays toward the contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji MASAHASHI, Seiichiro NAGAI, Nobuo KOBAYASHI, Daisuke TAKAHASHI, Norimitsu KOSUGI, Atsushi KOTANI, Yusuke OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20220257781
    Abstract: Provided is a compound as a compound obtained by conjugating a tertiary amine compound or an imine compound, which is useful as a drug, with a polymer, in which a structure D+ forming a quaternary ammonium salt or an iminium salt from D, a tertiary amine compound or an imine compound and a polymer residue Poly having a carboxy group are bonded to each other via a structure —C(R1)(R2)OC(?O)YANHC(?O)—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Kenichi Namatsu
  • Publication number: 20220040318
    Abstract: Provided is a novel conjugate of a primary or secondary amine compound with an acidic polysaccharide, which is a compound represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where in Formula (I), D, R1, R2, A, and Poly are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Ryogo Hishiki, Kenichi Namatsu
  • Patent number: 11193850
    Abstract: A gas leak detecting device of a heater pipe and a gas leak detecting method of a heater pipe, which are able to reliably detect a leak of gas from a heater pipe in which a fine hole is formed. A gas leak detecting device of a heater pipe, which is provided with an inside pipe housing a heater element and an outside pipe sealed surrounding the inside pipe and which is adjusted by a pressure adjustment mechanism in gas pressure in a space between the outside pipe and the inside pipe to a predetermined pressure value. The gas leak detecting device includes a gas flow resistance part, a pressure detection unit, and a leak judging device that judges whether gas is leaking from the heater pipe based on a detected pressure value obtained by the pressure detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Yokoi, Nobuo Kobayashi, Masaaki Furuya, Atsushi Kinase
  • Patent number: 10973473
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray movable diaphragm and processing circuitry. The X-ray movable diaphragm limits an irradiation field of an X-ray. The processing circuitry sets an FOV size related to the irradiation field, sets a virtual field of view having the FOV size, the virtual field of view being able to include an outside region of an X-ray detection region and at least a part of the X-ray detection region, and controls the X-ray movable diaphragm so as to apply the X-ray to a common region between the virtual field of view and the X-ray detection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Kazunari Shima, Hayato Kasaoka, Takahiro Tanaka, Hisanori Kato, Nobuo Kobayashi, Norimitsu Kosugi
  • Patent number: 10921490
    Abstract: Provided are an active energy ray-curable composition which has a low viscosity suitable for coating and also exhibits a high refractive index in terms of a cured product thereof, a cured product thereof, and a plastic lens. The active energy ray-curable composition contains a phenylbenzyl (meth)acrylate (A) and a bicarbazole compound (B) represented by the following structural formula (1) (in the formula, X1 and X2 each independently represent a photopolymerizable functional group, a structural moiety having a photopolymerizable functional group, or a hydrogen atom, provided that at least one of X1 and X2 represents a photopolymerizable functional group or a structural moiety having a photopolymerizable functional group; and R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a bromine atom, or a chlorine atom).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuko Odani, Masanori Miyamoto, Nobuo Kobayashi, Changjun Deng, Xia Yang
  • Publication number: 20210015933
    Abstract: Provided are a novel conjugate of a bioactive carboxylic acid type compound with a polymer having a carboxy group, represented by Formula (I) as defined in the specification, capable of finely controlling a sustained release rate, and capable of sustainably releasing even a drug in which the vicinity of a carbonyl group of the bioactive carboxylic acid type compound is sterically crowded, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Kenta Adachi, Kenichi Namatsu
  • Patent number: 10804121
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a substrate treatment apparatus includes, a substrate support unit supporting a substrate, a rotary unit rotating the substrate, a treatment liquid supply unit supplying treatment liquid to a surface of the substrate, and a controller performing liquid discharge treatment to change liquid discharge velocity at which the treatment liquid is discharged from the substrate, at preset predetermined timing, during substrate treatment in which the treatment liquid is supplied while the substrate is rotated, with the treatment continued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Hamada, Nobuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10758199
    Abstract: In an X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment, an X-ray generator configured to irradiate an X-ray to a subject. An X-ray detector configured to detect the X-ray. Processing circuitry configured to generate a plurality of X-ray images chronologically based on X-rays that have passed through the subject to which a contrast media is injected, and that have been detected by the X-ray detector. The processing circuitry configured to extract a first image from among the X-ray images, the first image when any one of a change in a pixel value between predetermined two images and a predetermined region in one image is equal to or smaller than a threshold. A display configured to display, after the first image is extracted, a plurality of X-ray images that have been generated prior to the first image in reverse chronological order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Hayashi, Nobuo Kobayashi, Kunio Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20200138964
    Abstract: Provided is a compound obtained by conjugating a tertiary amine compound or imine compound, which is useful as a drug, with a polymer, in which a structure D+ having a quaternary ammonium salt or iminium salt formed from a tertiary amine compound or imine compound D and a polymer residue Poly having a carboxy group are bonded to each other via a structure —C(R1)(R2)OC(O)ANHC(?O)—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Yosuke Yasuda, Kenichi Namatsu
  • Patent number: 10640603
    Abstract: A urethane (meth)acrylate resin wherein the viscosity of the resin is low, the formability into a sheet-formed product, in particular, an optical sheet provided with fine uneven shapes on the surface is excellent, and a high refractive index can be realized, a curable resin composition including the urethane (meth)acrylate resin as an indispensable component, a cured product thereof, and a plastic lens are provided. A urethane (meth)acrylate resin produced by reacting aromatic diisocyanate compound (a), bisphenol-ethylene oxide adduct diol (b) having at least three aromatic ring or alicyclic structures in the molecule, and hydroxy-containing (meth)acrylate compound (c), which are indispensable raw material components, a curable resin composition containing the urethane (meth)acrylate resin as a primary component, and a cured product thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuko Odani, Nobuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10573540
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes a tank that stores a treatment liquid; a liquid level pipe connected to the tank such that the treatment liquid stored in the tank flows therein, and configured such that the liquid level of the treatment liquid therein moves according to increase and decrease of the treatment liquid in the tank; a liquid level sensor that detects the liquid level in the liquid level pipe; an air supply pipe for supplying a gas to a piping space above the liquid level in the liquid level pipe; and a controller that determines whether there is erroneous detection of the liquid level sensor based on a detection result obtained by the liquid level sensor in response to the movement of the liquid level in the liquid level pipe caused by supply of the gas to the piping space from the air supply pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Takeki Kogawa, Katsuhiro Yamazaki, Yuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20200025643
    Abstract: According to one of embodiments, a gas leak detecting device of a heater pipe and a gas leak detecting method of a heater pipe which are able to reliably detect a leak of gas from a heater pipe in which a fine hole is formed are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka YOKOI, Nobuo KOBAYASHI, Masaaki FURUYA, Atsushi KINASE
  • Patent number: 10527755
    Abstract: Provided are an active energy ray-curable composition which has a viscosity suitable for coating and also has a super high refractive index at a level higher than ever, a cured product thereof, and a plastic lens. The active energy ray-curable composition contains zirconium oxide nanoparticles (A) and a bicarbazole compound (B) represented by the following structural formula (1) (in the formula, X1 and X2 each independently represent a photopolymerizable functional group, a structural moiety having a photopolymerizable functional group, or a hydrogen atom, provided that at least one of X1 and X2 represents a photopolymerizable functional group or a structural moiety having a photopolymerizable functional group; and R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a bromine atom, or a chlorine atom).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuko Odani, Masanori Miyamoto, Nobuo Kobayashi, Naohiro Takeshita, Ena Takeshita, Changjun Deng, Xia Yang
  • Patent number: 10358572
    Abstract: There is provided a curable composition, which forms a cured product with high light transmittance, a high refractive index, and high scratch resistance, a cured product thereof, and an optical member. A curable composition contains zirconium oxide nanoparticles, a dispersant, and a (meth)acrylate compound. The dispersant has an acid value in the range of 100 to 300 mgKOH/g. The (meth)acrylate compound contains a (meth)acrylate compound having a poly(alkylene oxide) structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Takeshita, Nobuo Kobayashi, Yasuko Odani, Ena Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10336696
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable material contains, as a main polymerization component, a bicarbazole compound represented by structural formula (1). In structural formula (1), X1 and X2 are each independently a photopolymerizable functional group, a structural site having a photopolymerizable functional group, or a hydrogen atom, at least one of X1 and X2 is a photopolymerizable functional group or a structural site having a photopolymerizable functional group, R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a bromine atom, or a chlorine atom, and at least one of R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Changjun Deng, Masanori Miyamoto, Nobuo Kobayashi, Xia Yang
  • Patent number: 10319602
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus which can more efficiently regenerate phosphoric acid which is able to be returned to etching treatment along with such etching treatment as much as possible without using a large facility, that is, a substrate treatment apparatus which treats a silicon substrate W on which a nitride film is formed by a liquid etchant which contains phosphoric acid, which comprises an etching treatment unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which gives a suitable quantity of liquid etchant to each substrate which is fed one at a time so as to etch the substrate and remove the nitride film, a phosphoric acid regenerating unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which mixes liquid etchant used for treatment of one substrate and a suitable quantity of liquid hydrofluoric acid for the amount of the used liquid etchant under a predetermined temperature environment to regenerate the phosphoric acid, and a phosphoric acid recovery unit (the pump 38, phosphoric acid recovery tank 50, and pump 52) which returns the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Koichi Hamada, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Masaaki Furuya, Hideki Mori, Yasushi Watanabe, Yoshinori Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10253156
    Abstract: Provided are a cured material having a high refractive index for an optical member obtained by preparing a stable dispersion with a small amount of dispersant, and a process for producing dispersion of fine inorganic particles which is capable of drastically shortening the dispersion process time without causing overdispersion under the conditions of high solid concentration and without using media having a small particle size, which are very expensive and for which available dispersing machines are limited. Provided are a process for producing dispersion of fine inorganic particles using a media type wet dispersing machine, which includes supplying the following (A) to (D) to the wet dispersing machine, provided that (D) is supplied last to the wet dispersing machine: (A) Zirconium oxide nanoparticle, (B) Silane coupling agent, (C) Dispersion medium, and (D) Dispersant; a curable composition containing a dispersion obtained by the producing process; and a cured material obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Takeshita, Nobuo Kobayashi, Yasuko Odani, Ena Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20180368788
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray movable diaphragm and processing circuitry. The X-ray movable diaphragm limits an irradiation field of an X-ray. The processing circuitry sets an FOV size related to the irradiation field, sets a virtual field of view having the FOV size, the virtual field of view being able to include an outside region of an X-ray detection region and at least a part of the X-ray detection region, and controls the X-ray movable diaphragm so as to apply the X-ray to a common region between the virtual field of view and the X-ray detection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Kazunari Shima, Hayato Kasaoka, Takahiro Tanaka, Hisanori Kato, Nobuo Kobayashi, Norimitsu Kosugi
  • Patent number: 10130324
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image analysis device includes a parameter value acquisition unit, a color allocation unit and a time phase image generation unit. The parameter value acquisition unit acquires a parameter value per pixel, on the basis of time variation of pixel values per pixel corresponding to the same region of an object in image data of a plurality of sequential DSA images. The color allocation unit generates a color map in which a (chromatic) color in accordance with the parameter value is allocated per pixel corresponding to the same region of the object. The time phase image generation unit generates color image data of time phase images respectively corresponding to a plurality of time phases, by reflecting information in accordance with pixel values of the DSA images to each pixel of the color map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nagae, Yoshinori Shimizu, Nobuo Kobayashi, Keisuke Nakamura, Kunio Shiraishi