Patents by Inventor Suguru Kobayashi

Suguru 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: 20240346299
    Abstract: A solid-state image capturing system (1) includes a solid-state image capturing device (100) and an information processing device (200). The solid-state image capturing device (100) includes a first DNN processing unit (130) that executes, on image data, a part of a DNN algorithm by a first DNN to generate a first result. The information processing device (200) includes a second DNN processing unit (230) that executes, on the first result acquired from the solid-state image capturing device, remaining of the DNN algorithm by a second DNN to generate a second result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: SEIGO HANADA, SUGURU KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12113315
    Abstract: A connector includes a female terminal module and a male terminal module that is to be coupled to the female terminal module. The female terminal module includes a female-side inner conductor, a female-side derivative, and a female-side outer conductor. The female-side outer conductor receives therein the female-side inner conductor via the female-side derivative. The male terminal module includes a male-side inner conductor, a male-side derivative, and a male-side outer conductor. The male-side outer conductor receives therein the male-side inner conductor via the male-side derivative and is connected to the female-side outer conductor. The female-side fitting portion of the female-side derivative and the male-side fitting portion of the male-side derivative are fitted to each other with recess-protrusion fitting. The male-side inner conductor includes a male connection portion and the male connection portion is inserted in the female-side fitting portion and connected to the female-side inner conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yorikazu Murabayashi, Hiroyuki Kodama, Kazuya Kobayashi, Suguru Yamagishi, Toyohisa Takano
  • Publication number: 20240316940
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya OKAZAKI, Tetsuro KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kosuke NUKUI, Akihito ONO, Mikio HIRANO, Suguru TOMOGUCHI, Yutao WANG, Tomohiro KANBE
  • Patent number: 12100928
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the bottom plate comprises a reference part and one or more inclined surfaces that are inclined with respect to the reference part, an upper portion of the one or more inclined surfaces being positioned above the reference part, and wherein a thickness of the bottom plate at the reference part is greater than a thickness of the bottom plate at the upper portion of the one or more inclined surfaces; joining a frame member to the bottom plate, at least a part of the frame member being disposed directly above the one or more inclined surfaces, a linear expansion coefficient of the frame member being smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the bottom plate; and fixing a semiconductor element to the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Patent number: 12085058
    Abstract: A wind power generation device includes a blade, a main shaft of which one end is connected to the blade, a speed increaser connected to the other end of the main shaft, an output shaft of which one end is connected to the speed increaser, a power generation unit connected to the other end of the output shaft, a vibration sensor, and an abnormality diagnosis unit. The power generation unit is configured to rotate the output shaft and the main shaft by performing powering operation. The abnormality diagnosis unit diagnoses the presence or absence of an abnormality based on data acquired by the vibration sensor during a period in which the power generation unit performs powering operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro Kobayashi, Kazuaki Ishiura, Sou Morishita, Suguru Jimbo
  • Patent number: 12079712
    Abstract: A solid-state image capturing system (1) includes a solid-state image capturing device (100) and an information processing device (200). The solid-state image capturing device (100) includes a first DNN processing unit (130) that executes, on image data, a part of a DNN algorithm by a first DNN to generate a first result. The information processing device (200) includes a second DNN processing unit (230) that executes, on the first result acquired from the solid-state image capturing device, remaining of the DNN algorithm by a second DNN to generate a second result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seigo Hanada, Suguru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12054571
    Abstract: Provided are a host-group-containing polymerizable monomer usable as a starting material for producing a macromolecular material with a high degree of freedom in material design, and excellent toughness and strength; a macromolecular material produced using the host-group-containing polymerizable monomer; and a method for producing the macromolecular material. The host-group-containing polymerizable monomer according to the present invention is a host-group-containing polymerizable monomer, and the host group is a monovalent group formed by removing one hydrogen atom or hydroxy group from a cyclodextrin derivative. The cyclodextrin derivative has such a structure that the hydrogen atom of at least one hydroxy group of a cyclodextrin is replaced with a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon group, an acyl group, and —CONHR wherein R represents a methyl group or an ethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akira Harada, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Takashima, Suguru Nomimura, Hikaru Aramoto, Ryohei Ikura, Yuichiro Kobayashi, Yukie Nakamitsu
  • Patent number: 12014010
    Abstract: The present embodiment is an information processing device adapted to a non-contact user interface. The information processing device includes a display control unit configured to perform control such that a first screen is displayed on a display, a feature recognition unit configured to recognize a feature related to a specific part of a user in a spatial coordinate system, a mapping unit configured to specify a position on the first screen, the position corresponding to a position of the specific part in the spatial coordinate system, according to a mapping algorithm on the basis of the feature, an input operation specifying unit configured to specify an input operation on the basis of content of the first screen and the position on the first screen, and a processing execution unit configured to execute processing on the basis of the input operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noribumi Shibayama, Takafumi Asahara, Takaki Ueno, Satomi Kawase, Suguru Kobayashi, Toshihisa Miyake, Kazuyuki Okuike, Goshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230367430
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of further improving operability. A virtual touch panel surface that does not actually exist is set in a space in front of a display surface of a display. Then, a touch operation on the virtual touch panel surface performed by a user is detected on the basis of position information of a specific site of a body used by the user for the touch operation on the virtual touch panel surface, and processing corresponding to the detected touch operation is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAFUMI ASAHARA, GOSHI WATANABE, TAKAKI UENO, KAZUYUKI OKUIKE, SATOMI KAWASE, SUGURU KOBAYASHI, NORIBUMI SHIBAYAMA, HIROTAKA NIIKURA, JUNYA MIZUTANI, TOSHIHISA MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20230268712
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the bottom plate comprises a reference part and one or more inclined surfaces that are inclined with respect to the reference part, an upper portion of the one or more inclined surfaces being positioned above the reference part, and wherein a thickness of the bottom plate at the reference part is greater than a thickness of the bottom plate at the upper portion of the one or more inclined surfaces; joining a frame member to the bottom plate, at least a part of the frame member being disposed directly above the one or more inclined surfaces, a linear expansion coefficient of the frame member being smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the bottom plate; and fixing a semiconductor element to the bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Patent number: 11677211
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface comprises an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part; a frame joined to the upper surface of the bottom plate and comprising a first through-hole that penetrates the frame; a plate jointed to the outside or inside surface of the frame, the plate comprising a second through-hole that penetrates the plate in a same direction as that of the first through-hole, a thickness of the plate being greater than a thickness of the frame; a lead terminal inserted into the first through-hole and the second through-hole; a fixing member provided in the second through-hole and fixing the lead terminal; and a semiconductor element fixed to the inside part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINIKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20230176695
    Abstract: The present embodiment is an information processing device adapted to a non-contact user interface. The information processing device includes a display control unit configured to perform control such that a first screen is displayed on a display, a feature recognition unit configured to recognize a feature related to a specific part of a user in a spatial coordinate system, a mapping unit configured to specify a position on the first screen, the position corresponding to a position of the specific part in the spatial coordinate system, according to a mapping algorithm on the basis of the feature, an input operation specifying unit configured to specify an input operation on the basis of content of the first screen and the position on the first screen, and a processing execution unit configured to execute processing on the basis of the input operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: NORIBUMI SHIBAYAMA, TAKAFUMI ASAHARA, TAKAKI UENO, SATOMI KAWASE, SUGURU KOBAYASHI, TOSHIHISA MIYAKE, KAZUYUKI OKUIKE, GOSHI WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230168744
    Abstract: The present invention is an information processing apparatus adapted to a user interface that enables non-contact operation according to a screen displayed on a display. The information processing apparatus includes an input operation identification unit that identifies predetermined input operation on the basis of a sequence of position information of a specific part of a user in a predetermined spatial coordinate system, and a processing execution unit that executes predetermined processing on the basis of identified the predetermined input operation. The input operation identification unit identifies the predetermined input operation in a case of judging, on the basis of a second sequence of the position information, that the specific part of the user is in a moving state after the specific part of the user is in a staying state at a reference position in the predetermined spatial coordinate system on the basis of a first sequence of the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: SUGURU KOBAYASHI, RYUICHI OMIYA, TAKAHISA OHGAMI, TAKUMI TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20220058411
    Abstract: A solid-state image capturing system (1) includes a solid-state image capturing device (100) and an information processing device (200). The solid-state image capturing device (100) includes a first DNN processing unit (130) that executes, on image data, a part of a DNN algorithm by a first DNN to generate a first result. The information processing device (200) includes a second DNN processing unit (230) that executes, on the first result acquired from the solid-state image capturing device, remaining of the DNN algorithm by a second DNN to generate a second result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: SEIGO HANADA, SUGURU KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210021097
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface comprises an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part; a frame joined to the upper surface of the bottom plate and comprising a first through-hole that penetrates the frame; a plate jointed to the outside or inside surface of the frame, the plate comprising a second through-hole that penetrates the plate in a same direction as that of the first through-hole, a thickness of the plate being greater than a thickness of the frame; a lead terminal inserted into the first through-hole and the second through-hole; a fixing member provided in the second through-hole and fixing the lead terminal; and a semiconductor element fixed to the inside part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Patent number: 10833473
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes, in this order: preparing a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part, and wherein the lower surface of the bottom plate includes a reference part and a recess positioned above the reference part, at least a part of the recess being disposed directly below the outer peripheral part; joining a frame member to the outer peripheral part of the bottom plate, a linear expansion coefficient of the frame member being smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the bottom plate; and fixing a semiconductor element to the inside part of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20190305511
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes, in this order: preparing a bottom plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes an outer peripheral part and an inside part that is enclosed by the outer peripheral part and that protrudes more upward than the outer peripheral part, and wherein the lower surface of the bottom plate includes a reference part and a recess positioned above the reference part, at least a part of the recess being disposed directly below the outer peripheral part; joining a frame member to the outer peripheral part of the bottom plate, a linear expansion coefficient of the frame member being smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the bottom plate; and fixing a semiconductor element to the inside part of the bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, SHINKO ELECTONIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hashimoto, Eiichiro Okahisa, Katsuya Nakazawa, Shigeru Matsushita, Sumio Uehara, Suguru Kobayashi, Kazuhito Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20170174546
    Abstract: A glass melt production apparatus, which comprises a melting vessel, a vacuum degassing apparatus, a first conducting pipe structure connecting the melting vessel and the vacuum degassing apparatus, and a second conducting pipe structure to introduce a glass melt to a forming means, provided downstream the vacuum degassing apparatus; the vacuum degassing apparatus having an uprising pipe through which the glass melt from the melting vessel ascends, a vacuum degassing vessel, and a downfalling pipe through which the glass melt from the vacuum degassing vessel descends; the flow path of the glass melt in the uprising pipe, the vacuum degassing vessel and the downfalling pipe being made of a refractory material; the first conducting pipe structure having an upstream pit to supply the glass melt to the uprising pipe; and the second conducting pipe structure having a downstream pit containing the glass melt from the downfalling pipe; the glass melt production apparatus further comprising a third conducting pipe st
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki HAMAMOTO, Suguru KOBAYASHI, Michito SASAKI, Takashi KUBO, Wataru MIYOSHI, Kazuo NINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20170081233
    Abstract: To facilitate a preheating operation in a vacuum degassing apparatus having a flow path of a glass melt in an uprising pipe, a vacuum degassing vessel and a downfalling pipe constituted by a refractory material. Flow of a glass melt G between a melting vessel 100 and an upstream pit 210 of a first conducting pipe structure connected to a vacuum degassing vessel 320 is shut off, and in a state where the flow of the glass melt G in a by-pass 500 for the glass melt G is shut off by a first closing means 220, a combustion gas from preheating burners 530, 540 is introduced to the by-pass 500 to preheat the flow path of the glass melt G in an uprising pipe 330, the vacuum degassing vessel 320 and a downfalling pipe 340.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki HAMAMOTO, Suguru Kobayashi, Takahisa Nagata, Satoshi Abiko, Michito Sasaki, Kazuo Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 9505645
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a vacuum degassing apparatus configured so as to be capable of carrying out more simply exchange operation for an extension pipe made of heat-resisting metal and immersed in molten glass. The present invention includes a vacuum housing, a vacuum vessel, an introduction pipe and a discharge pipe which are assembled by a plurality of bricks, and an extension pipe connected to at least one of the introduction pipe and the discharge pipe and made of heat-resisting metal. The extension pipe is constituted by a base end portion, a body portion formed so as to be continuous to the base end portion, and a sealing flange extending from an outer peripheral side of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Wataru Miyoshi, Hiroaki Hamamoto, Suguru Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Uematsu, Michito Sasaki