Patents by Inventor Osamu Kobayashi

Osamu 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: 20240198314
    Abstract: A deodorant composition which can remove aldehydes more effectively than conventional aldehyde scavengers even after rinsing with water or washings is provided. A deodorant composition comprising a support having chemically bonded aminooxyalkyl groups and a binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicants: TOSOH CORPORATION, SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yuki TSUBOI, Ryohei NAKASHIMA, Takumu NAKAMURA, Yukinori SUDO, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Daichi OMATA, Marina FUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240103324
    Abstract: An electrooptical device includes a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a second electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first conductive portion electrically coupled to the first terminal, and a second conductive portion electrically coupled to the second terminal, the second substrate includes a third conductive portion electrically coupled to the second electrode, and a fourth conductive portion electrically coupled to the third conductive portion, and the electrooptical device further includes a first coupling member electrically coupling the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion, and a second coupling member electrically coupling the second conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yukiya HIRABAYASHI, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Shunpei TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11869593
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a first word line coupled between a control end of the memory cell and a first node, a resistance element coupled between the first node and a second node, a control circuit configured to output a voltage to the second node, a first switch coupled between the first node and a third node, a second switch coupled between the second node and the third node, and a comparator including an input end that receives a signal corresponding to a voltage of the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Sakurai, Osamu Kobayashi, Tomonori Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20230384640
    Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells each including a light adjustment region that polarizes light emitted from a light source, the liquid crystal cells being stacked in a direction in which the light is emitted. The liquid crystal cells each include a first substrate in which a plurality of first metal wires are provided, and a second substrate in which a plurality of second metal wires are provided and that sandwiches a liquid crystal layer with the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro OCHIAI, Shunpei TAKEUCHI, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Takeo KOITO, Koichi NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230375887
    Abstract: A light adjustment device in which a plurality of liquid crystal cells each including a light adjustment region configured to polarize light emitted from a light source are stacked in a direction in which the light is emitted is disclosed. The liquid crystal cells each include a first substrate including a plurality of first drive electrodes extending in a first direction in the light adjustment region, and a second substrate sandwiching a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a plurality of second drive electrodes extending in a second direction different from the first direction in the light adjustment region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro OCHIAI, Yukiya HIRABAYASHI, Shunpei TAKEUCHI, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Takeo KOITO, Koichi NAGAO
  • Patent number: 11675406
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230156142
    Abstract: The composite display apparatus includes multiple display devices each including a power supply having predetermined supply power and a power supply connection unit that connects the power supplies of the respective display devices to each other in parallel. The composite display apparatus is configured in such a manner that, in a case where at least one display device among the multiple display devices requires electric power exceeding the predetermined supply power of the power supply of the display device, electric power is supplied to the display device from the power supply of the other display device or devices. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a multi-display apparatus and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nonaka, Osamu Kobayashi, Hideki Akiyama, Osamu Kihara, Toshiaki Idei
  • Patent number: 11546921
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus mounted on a mobile body includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to transmit position information indicating a position to which the mobile body is scheduled to move, to a server apparatus. The receiver is configured to receive communication quality information indicating a communication quality corresponding to the position, from the server apparatus. The transmitter is configured to transmit the date at a communication position specified based on the communication quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Akita, Ryo Tamura, Keisuke Kunitomo, Takuya Miyasaka, Takeshi Kitahara, Osamu Kobayashi, Ryuu Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11532359
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a level conversion circuit. The level conversion circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a current limiting element, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The first transistor includes a gate connected to an input node. A signal corresponding to a first power supply voltage is input to the input node. The second transistor has a source connected to a drain of the first transistor, a drain connected to a second power supply voltage that is higher than the first power supply voltage, and a gate connected to a first node. The current limiting element is electrically connected between the first node and an output node. The voltage adjusting circuit adjusts a voltage of the first node in accordance with the signal input to the input node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220392531
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a first word line coupled between a control end of the memory cell and a first node, a resistance element coupled between the first node and a second node, a control circuit configured to output a voltage to the second node, a first switch coupled between the first node and a third node, a second switch coupled between the second node and the third node, and a comparator including an input end that receives a signal corresponding to a voltage of the third node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki SAKURAI, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Tomonori KUROSAWA
  • Patent number: 11439721
    Abstract: To provide an aldehyde scavenger and a method for removing aldehydes by using the same, for quickly and continuously capturing aldehydes. An aldehyde scavenger comprising at least one O-substituted hydroxylamine or at least one chemically acceptable salt thereof, is used against an aldehyde generation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: TOSOH CORPORATION, Sagami Chemical Research Institute
    Inventors: Yukinori Sudo, Takahiro Masuda, Osamu Kobayashi, Takuri Ozaki, Kenji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20220207315
    Abstract: A recovery assistance system that uses a plurality of recovery terminal devices installed in a plurality of locations to assist in the recovery of an article, wherein each of the plurality of recovery terminal devices is provided with a reading unit for reading, from a tag in the form of a sticker or sheet, identification information identifying the tag. On the basis of the identification information read from a tag attached to an article, a notification about detection of the article is issued to a sales provider, manufacturer, rental provider, or transport provider of the article corresponding to the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Tomikatsu UCHIHORI, Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220121258
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11243593
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210280252
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a level conversion circuit. The level conversion circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a current limiting element, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The first transistor includes a gate connected to an input node. A signal corresponding to a first power supply voltage is input to the input node. The second transistor has a source connected to a drain of the first transistor, a drain connected to a second power supply voltage that is higher than the first power supply voltage, and a gate connected to a first node. The current limiting element is electrically connected between the first node and an output node. The voltage adjusting circuit adjusts a voltage of the first node in accordance with the signal input to the input node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210258973
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus mounted on a mobile body includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to transmit position information indicating a position to which the mobile body is scheduled to move, to a server apparatus. The receiver is configured to receive communication quality information indicating a communication quality corresponding to the position, from the server apparatus. The transmitter is configured to transmit the date at a communication position specified based on the communication quality information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hidenori AKITA, Ryo TAMURA, Keisuke KUNITOMO, Takuya MIYASAKA, Takeshi KITAHARA, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Ryuu MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11072729
    Abstract: Provided are a self-adsorbable foamed laminate sheet having excellent weather resistance and causing no paste residue, and a composition for a self-adsorbable foamed sheet used to obtain the self-adsorbable foamed laminate sheet. A composition for a self-adsorbable foamed sheet comprises: a copolymer containing an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit and having a solubility parameter (SP value) of 9.7 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less and a glass-transition temperature of ?10° C. or less; and a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tanaka, Atsushi Sone, Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200081508
    Abstract: A passive cable adaptor for connecting a data source device with a display device is described. The adaptor has a packet-based interface connector at one end, the connector having a positive main link pin, a negative main link pin, a positive auxiliary channel pin, and a negative auxiliary channel pin. At the other end is a micro serial interface connector, wherein multimedia content is transmitted over the cable adaptor and electrical power is supplied over the cable adaptor simultaneously. The cable adaptor has an auxiliary and hot plug detect (HPD) controller utilized to map the auxiliary channel and HPD signals of the packet-based digital display to the micro serial interface ID signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Alan Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200061225
    Abstract: To provide an aldehyde scavenger and a method for removing aldehydes by using the same, for quickly and continuously capturing aldehydes. An aldehyde scavenger comprising at least one O-substituted hydroxylamine or at least one chemically acceptable salt thereof, is used against an aldehyde generation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: TOSOH CORPORATION, Sagami Chemical Research Institute
    Inventors: Yukinori SUDO, Takahiro MASUDA, Osamu KOBAYASHI, Takuri OZAKI, Kenji HIRAI
  • Patent number: 10529744
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; at least one driver IC including connecting terminals with a first surface fixed to face the non-display region; first wires supplying a signal to the display region; first bumps connected with the first wires; second wires transferring a signal to and from outside; second bumps connected with the second wires; and inspection wires. The connecting terminals of the driver IC include first connecting terminals overlapping the first or second bumps in plan view, and a second connecting terminal not overlapping the first or second bumps in plan view. At least one inspection wire includes a connecting conductor between itself and the second connecting terminal, and at least one fuse portion, a narrower width part of the inspection wire in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okamae, Osamu Kobayashi