Patents by Inventor Satoru Kobayashi

Satoru 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: 20160287744
    Abstract: Systems and methods of blocking a biological vessel are provided. The systems and methods may comprise introducing to the vessel an amphiphilic peptide. The peptide may comprise at least thirteen amino acids that may alternate between a hydrophobic amino acid and a hydrophilic amino acid. The peptide may form a beta-sheet spontaneously in an aqueous solution in the presence of a cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Kentaro Takamura
  • Publication number: 20160284519
    Abstract: A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece has a microwave source with a digitally synthesized rotation frequency using direct digital up-conversion and a user interface for controlling the rotation frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Hideo Sugai, Soonam Park, Kartik Ramaswamy, Dmitry Lubomirsky
  • Patent number: 9440430
    Abstract: An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate image. The ink contains a coloring material and polymer fine particles which are a mixture of a crystalline polymer and an amorphous polymer. In transferring the intermediate image, the intermediate image is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the crystalline polymer and equal to or higher than a glass transition point of the amorphous polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Jinnoh, Naofumi Shimomura, Satoru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9427974
    Abstract: A liquid supply system includes a common mounting portion into which a first liquid storage body capable of storing a liquid and a substitute mounting body which is connected to a second liquid storage body capable of storing a liquid can be exchangeably mounted, a mounting target detection unit capable of detecting whether or not the first liquid storage body and the substitute mounting body are mounted to the common mounting portion, a pressurization supply unit which supplies the liquid which is stored in the second liquid storage body to the substitute mounting body under pressure, and a control unit which drives the pressure supply unit when a plurality of control conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoji Fujimori, Takeshi Iwamuro, Naoki Naito, Shunsuke Kuramata, Keiichiro Yoshino, Satoru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9415581
    Abstract: An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, the ink containing a coloring material and polymer fine particles; and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate. The polymer fine particles are composed of a copolymer of a first compound that satisfies condition (1) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the first compound is a crystalline polymer having a melting point equal to or lower than a temperature of the transfer) and a second compound that satisfies condition (2) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the second compound is an amorphous polymer having a glass transition point equal to or lower than the temperature of the transfer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Naofumi Shimomura, Masanori Jinnoh, Takashi Imai, Yutaka Kurabayashi
  • Publication number: 20160229189
    Abstract: A liquid container 16 mountable to a printing apparatus 11 that performs printing by discharging a liquid and capable of storing a liquid supplied in a pressurized state is provided with a liquid introduction part 47 through which the liquid is introduced, a tank 38 capable of storing the liquid introduced from the liquid introduction part 47, and a liquid supply part 48 that supplies the liquid in the tank 38 to a printing apparatus 11, and the tank 38 is molded to have flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro KARASAWA, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi NOSE, Naoki NAITO, Ryoji FUJIMORI, Takeshi IWAMURO, Yuji AOKI
  • Publication number: 20160225651
    Abstract: A wafer chuck assembly includes a puck, a shaft and a base. An insulating material defines a top surface of the puck, a heater element is embedded within the insulating material, and a conductive plate lies beneath the insulating material. The shaft includes a housing coupled with the plate, and electrical connectors for the heater elements and the electrodes. A conductive base housing couples with the shaft housing, and the connectors pass through a terminal block within the base housing. A method of plasma processing includes loading a workpiece onto a chuck having an insulating top surface, providing a DC voltage differential across two electrodes within the top surface, heating the chuck by passing current through heater elements, providing process gases in a chamber surrounding the chuck, and providing an RF voltage between a conductive plate beneath the chuck, and one or more walls of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Toan Q. Tran, Sultan Malik, Dmitry Lubomirsky, Shambhu N. Roy, Satoru Kobayashi, Tae Seung Cho, Soonam Park, Shankar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20160225652
    Abstract: A wafer chuck assembly includes a puck, a shaft and a base. The puck includes an electrically insulating material that defines a top surface of the puck; a plurality of electrodes are embedded within the electrically insulating material. The puck also includes an inner puck element that forms one or more channels for a heat exchange fluid, the inner puck element being in thermal communication with the electrically insulating material, and an electrically conductive plate disposed proximate to the inner puck element. The shaft includes an electrically conductive shaft housing that is electrically coupled with the plate, and a plurality of connectors, including electrical connectors for the electrodes. The base includes an electrically conductive base housing that is electrically coupled with the shaft housing, and an electrically insulating terminal block disposed within the base housing, the plurality of connectors passing through the terminal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Toan Q. Tran, Zilu Weng, Dmitry Lubomirsky, Satoru Kobayashi, Tae Seung Cho, Soonam Park, Son M. Phi, Shankar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20160189933
    Abstract: A system provides post-match control of microwaves in a radial waveguide. The system includes the radial waveguide, and a signal generator that provides first and second microwave signals that have a common frequency. The signal generator adjusts a phase offset between the first and second signals in response to a correction signal. The system also includes first and second electronics sets, each of which amplifies a respective one of the first and second microwave signals. The system transmits the amplified, first and second microwave signals into the radial waveguide, and matches an impedance of the amplified microwave signals to an impedance presented by the waveguide. The system also includes at least two monitoring antennas disposed within the waveguide. A signal controller receives analog signals from the monitoring antennas, determines the digital correction signal based at least on the analog signals, and transmits the correction signal to the signal generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Soonam Park, Dmitry Lubomirsky, Hideo Sugai
  • Patent number: 9312106
    Abstract: Phase angle between opposing electrodes in a plasma reactor is controlled in accordance with a user selected phase angle. Direct digital synthesis of RF waveforms of different phases for the different electrodes is employed. The synthesis is synchronized with a reference clock. The address generator employed for direct digital synthesis is synchronized with an output clock signal that is generated in phase with the reference clock using a phase lock loop. The phase lock loop operates only during a limited initialization period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Kartik Ramaswamy, Shahid Rauf, Kenneth S. Collins
  • Publication number: 20160093064
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided with a spatial information calculation unit for calculating spatial information of a subject, which is the information of an area in which the subject in an image is predicted to be present, a first area setting unit for setting a first area in the image based on the spatial information, a second area setting unit for setting a second area outside the first area, a first feature amount calculation unit for calculating a first feature amount of the first area, a second feature amount calculation unit for calculating a second feature amount of the second area, the second feature amount being a feature amount of the same type as the first feature amount, and an saliency calculation unit for calculating a degree of visual saliency of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Satoru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9299537
    Abstract: A system provides post-match control of microwaves in a radial waveguide. The system includes the radial waveguide, and a signal generator that provides first and second microwave signals that have a common frequency. The signal generator adjusts a phase offset between the first and second signals in response to a correction signal. The system also includes first and second electronics sets, each of which amplifies a respective one of the first and second microwave signals. The system transmits the amplified, first and second microwave signals into the radial waveguide, and matches an impedance of the amplified microwave signals to an impedance presented by the waveguide. The system also includes at least two monitoring antennas disposed within the waveguide. A signal controller receives analog signals from the monitoring antennas, determines the digital correction signal based at least on the analog signals, and transmits the correction signal to the signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Soonam Park, Dmitry Lubomirsky, Hideo Sugai
  • Patent number: 9299538
    Abstract: A system provides post-match control of microwaves in a radial waveguide. The system includes the radial waveguide, and a signal generator that provides first and second microwave signals that have a common frequency. The signal generator adjusts a phase offset between the first and second signals in response to a correction signal. The system also includes first and second electronics sets, each of which amplifies a respective one of the first and second microwave signals. The system transmits the amplified, first and second microwave signals into the radial waveguide, and matches an impedance of the amplified microwave signals to an impedance presented by the waveguide. The system also includes at least two monitoring antennas disposed within the waveguide. A signal controller receives analog signals from the monitoring antennas, determines the digital correction signal based at least on the analog signals, and transmits the correction signal to the signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Soonam Park, Dmitry Lubomirsky
  • Publication number: 20160067975
    Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus includes plural outlet flow paths respectively connected to the plural mounting units in which plural liquid storing bodies are respectively mounted, a supply flow path to which the plural outlet flow paths are connected, a switching unit capable of switching a communication status of each outlet flow path with the supply flow path, and a pressurizing and supplying unit that pressurizes and supplies liquid in the liquid storing bodies to the supply flow path. If the amount of liquid remaining in the liquid storing body communicating with one of the outlet flow paths is less than or equal to a second threshold greater than a first threshold, liquid in the liquid storing body communicating with another outlet flow path different from the one outlet flow path is made ready to be pressurized and supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Shunsuke KURAMATA, Ryoji Fujimori, Satoru Kobayashi, Seiya Sato
  • Patent number: 9254675
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes a liquid ejecting head having nozzles through which liquid can be ejected, a liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting head, and a filter chamber which is disposed in the middle of the liquid supply path and of which an inner portion is divided into a first chamber on a downstream side and a second chamber on an upstream side by a filter which filters the liquid, in which a liquid outlet through which the liquid is introduced from the first chamber of the filter chamber to a downstream side of the liquid supply path is formed in an upper position of the first chamber in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Ken Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20160031225
    Abstract: A liquid supply system includes a common mounting portion into which a first liquid storage body capable of storing a liquid and a substitute mounting body which is connected to a second liquid storage body capable of storing a liquid can be exchangeably mounted, a mounting target detection unit capable of detecting whether or not the first liquid storage body and the substitute mounting body are mounted to the common mounting portion, a pressurization supply unit which supplies the liquid which is stored in the second liquid storage body to the substitute mounting body under pressure, and a control unit which drives the pressure supply unit when a plurality of control conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Ryoji FUJIMORI, Takeshi IWAMURO, Naoki NAITO, Shunsuke KURAMATA, Keiichiro YOSHINO, Satoru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160030628
    Abstract: Materials and methods for treating bile leakage are disclosed. A peptide comprising between about 7 amino acids to about 32 amino acids may be introduced to a target site. The peptide may undergo self-assembly upon adjustment of a pH level of the solution to a physiological pH level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: 3-D MATRIX, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160015855
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and delivery devices (e.g., pre-filled syringes) for controlling bleeding during surgical procedures are provided, wherein the compositions are characterized as having an aqueous formulation that is capable of adopting a gelled state upon contact with bodily fluids and/or blood of a patient (i.e., physiological conditions).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: 3D-Matrix Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nohara, Satoru Kobayashi, Noriaki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20160000966
    Abstract: Materials and methods for preventing gastrointestinal obstruction are provided. A peptide comprising between about 7 amino acids and about 32 amino acids in a solution may be introduced to a target site. The peptide may undergo self-organization under physiological conditions and/or in the presence of a cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Toshio Uraoka, Naohisa Yahagi
  • Publication number: 20150358552
    Abstract: First, images are captured with three exposure levels, and pixel levels of a low exposure image and an intermediate exposure image are amplified to be matched to those of a high exposure image. Next, a brightness combining ratio for each image is calculated based on the low exposure image that has been matched in brightness. Then, images having brightness combining ratios that are not 0% in a region of interest are selected, and only the selected images are used to generate a combined image in the region of interest, and the low exposure image is used as a substitute, for example, in a region other than the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Satoru Kobayashi