Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kobayashi
Takeshi 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).
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Publication number: 20240147001Abstract: An information processing device that processes video or audio outputs from a television receiver using artificial intelligence is to be provided. The information processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires reproduction content; a detection unit that acquires information regarding a viewing status; a control unit that estimates reproduction content to be output, on the basis of information regarding a user who views the reproduction content and information regarding the creator who has created the reproduction content; and an output unit that outputs the estimated reproduction content. The control unit estimates signal processing for reducing the recognition gap between the user and the creator with respect to content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: TAKESHI HIRAMATSU, YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI, HIROSHI ADACHI
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Publication number: 20240140735Abstract: The weight of a body-to-be-conveyed constituting a conveying device is reduced, and the friction force between the sliding surface of the body-to-be-conveyed and the conveyance path is reduced. A body-to-be-conveyed that is a component of a conveying device that uses electromagnetic force as thrust and can move in a horizontal direction includes a mover in which a bottom surface is arranged so that a predetermined gap is formed in a vertical direction with respect to the sliding surface thereof, in which the mover includes a permanent magnet and a cover, a gap facing surface of the permanent magnet facing the gap includes one magnetic pole, the cover is installed on a side of the permanent magnet opposite from the gap facing surface in the vertical direction, the horizontal outermost diameter of the cover is larger than the horizontal outermost diameter of the permanent magnet, and the cover is formed of a flat plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Ryosuke HOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Satoru KANEKO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Katsuhiro KAMBARA, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
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Patent number: 11972921Abstract: A temperature measurement system includes: a thickness calculating unit that calculates an optical thickness of a substrate; a rotation position detecting unit that detects rotation position information of the rotary table; a substrate specifying unit that specifies a substrate based on the rotation position information; a storage unit that stores first relationship information indicating a relationship between a temperature and a thickness associated with each substrate, and second relationship information indicating a relationship between an amount of change in temperature and an amount of change in optical thickness associated with each substrate; and a temperature calculating unit that calculates a temperature of the substrate based on the optical thickness calculated by the thickness calculating unit, the substrate specified by the substrate specifying unit, the first relationship information, and the second relationship information.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Tatsuo Matsudo
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Publication number: 20240136181Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a support substrate, a mask pattern located above the support substrate and including a mask portion, a seed portion locally located in a layer above the support substrate in a plan view, and a semiconductor part including a GaN-based semiconductor and located above the mask pattern to be in contact with the seed portion and the mask portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Katsuaki MASAKI, Takeshi KAMIKAWA, Toshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yuichiro HAYASHI, Yuta AOKI
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Patent number: 11964838Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet; a first exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged while being reversed; a second exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged without being reversed; and a switch member configured to be pivotably arranged so as to switch between the first exit path and the second exit path. The first exit path passes above a pivot center of the switch member, and the second exit path passes below the pivot center.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinya Asano, Takeshi Koda, Toshiro Sugiyama, Waichiro Saiki, Tomohiro Suzuki, Ryo Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Nagase
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Publication number: 20240123360Abstract: Provided is a cradle for supporting input devices having grips and tracked parts extending from the grips, the cradle including rear support parts that are capable of supporting rear parts of the grips, front support parts that are positioned forward away from the rear support parts and are capable of supporting front parts of the grips of the input devices, and, side support parts that are positioned outside in a left-right direction with respect to the rear support parts and the front support parts and are capable of supporting the tracked parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ikuo KOBAYASHI, Takeshi IGARASHI, Masataka OTA, Nozomu UCHIDA
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Patent number: 11962052Abstract: A fuel cell module comprises: at least one cell stack including a plurality of single fuel cells supplied with a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to generate power; a sealable housing accommodating the at least one cell stack and forming a power generation chamber inside the housing; a pressure vessel accommodating the housing; and an oxidizing gas supply pipe for supplying the oxidizing gas to the cell stack. At least one pressure equalizing opening is formed in the housing to allow communication between inside and outside of the housing. The at least one pressure equalizing opening includes only one pressure equalizing opening, or a plurality of pressure equalizing openings in which a distance between a pressure equalizing opening in the highest position and a pressure equalizing opening in the lowest position is within 0.1H, where H is a height of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Daigo Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Masahiro Mihara, Ryutaro Mori, Takeshi Matsuo, Norihisa Matake
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Publication number: 20240120139Abstract: An inductor including an element body containing metal magnetic powder and resin and having a coil conductor that has a winding portion, an extended portion extended from the winding portion, and an outer electrode connection portion leading to the extended portion and connected to an outer electrode and is embedded in the element body; and an element body coat covering a surface of the element body. The outer electrode is formed on a surface of the element body and connected to the outer electrode connection portion, in which the outer electrode connection portion has a region covered with the element body coat and a region connected to the outer electrode on the surface of the element body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo SHIMOMURA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Kenichi HARADA, Daisuke ISHIDA
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Patent number: 11938931Abstract: A stop assist system for moving a moving body to a stop position and making the moving body stop at the stop position includes: an external environment recognizing unit that recognizes an external environment of the moving body; and a moving body control unit that executes a driving process to make the moving body travel to the stop position based on a recognition result of the external environment recognizing unit. The moving body control unit suspends the driving process when, while the moving body is traveling to the stop position, the moving body control unit determines, based on the recognition result, that there is an object within a range of a prescribed lateral threshold value on a lateral outside of the moving body and the object extends over a prescribed longitudinal threshold value or more along a travel direction within the range.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Junpei Noguchi, Gaku Shimamoto, Takuma Sekino, Tatsuro Fujiwara, Akiko Nakamura, Kazuya Kobayashi, Masafumi Sagara, Takeshi Sasajima
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Patent number: 11943527Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting incident light from the outside of the image capturing and display apparatus to electrical charge signals, and a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting light of an intensity corresponding to the electrical charge signals acquired by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. A pixel region is defined as a region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in an array. Signal paths for transmitting signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to the plurality of light-emitting elements lie within the pixel region.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yosuke Nishide, Yu Maehashi, Masahiro Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Akira Okita, Takeshi Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20240093834Abstract: A tank includes a liner and a reinforcement layer. The liner has a body portion with a cylindrical shape, and a pair of dome-shaped portions respectively provided at both ends of the body portion in an axial direction of the body portion. The reinforcement layer covers the liner and is made of a fiber reinforced resin that is a resin-impregnated fiber bundle. The reinforcement layer includes a part reinforcement layer disposed from an apex side of each of the dome-shaped portions across a boundary between the dome-shaped portion and the body portion to part of the body portion, and an outer hoop layer disposed outside the part reinforcement layer and provided so as to press an end, adjacent to the body portion, of the part reinforcement layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro IIDA, Takeshi ISHIKAWA, Takuya KOBAYASHI, Naoki UEDA
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Patent number: 11933801Abstract: The present invention provides a transport device and a specimen analysis system including the transport device that reduce the pulsation of thrust for moving an object to be transported, reduce vibration of the object to be transported during transport, and realize stable transport. The transport device of the present invention includes a first electromagnet unit including a first tooth made of a magnetic body, a first core connected to the first tooth and made of a magnetic body, and a first winding formed around the first core; a second electromagnet unit including a second tooth installed adjacent to the first electromagnet unit and made of a magnetic body, a second core connected to the second tooth and made of a magnetic body, a second winding formed around the second core; and a magnetic coupling unit made of a magnetic body between the first tooth of the first electromagnet unit and the second tooth of the second electromagnet unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech CorporationInventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Ryosuke Hoshi, Satoru Kaneko, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takeshi Tamakoshi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Katsuhiro Kambara, Kuniaki Onizawa
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Publication number: 20240082702Abstract: An input device includes: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ikuo KOBAYASHI, Takeshi IGARASHI, Masaho MORITA, Kazuyuki SUZUKI, Akinori ITO
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Publication number: 20240080590Abstract: Photoelectric conversion apparatus includes read circuit for reading signals of pixel array, and signal processing unit for generating pixel signal by performing CDS on signals read by the read circuit and performing shading correction on the pixel signal. The read circuit has function of reading signal of the pixel array with first and second gain. The read circuit reads noise level with the first gain and reads optical signal level with the first or second gain from selected effective pixel for the correlated double sampling. In the shading correction, pixel signal of effective pixel from which optical signal level has been read with the first gain is corrected based on first correction value, and pixel signal of effective pixel from which optical signal level has been read with the second gain is corrected based on second correction value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: TAKESHI SHIMADA, KEISUKE TAKAHASHI, KEITA MASUDA, HIDEO KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240079208Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing container; a substrate holding unit that disposes a plurality of substrates in multiple tiers and is inserted into the processing container; a rotary shaft that rotates the substrate holding unit; a gas supply unit that supplies a processing gas into the processing container; an exhaust unit that exhausts the inside of the processing container; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the outer side of the processing container and arranged in the circumferential direction of the processing container; and a radio-frequency power supply that applies a radio-frequency power to the plurality of electrodes, thereby generating capacitively coupled plasma in the processing container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Michitaka AITA
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Patent number: 11918712Abstract: A bacteria treatment mechanism and a bacteria treatment method capable of reliably sterilizing an exterior of an article are provided. A bacteria treatment mechanism includes: a bacteria treatment unit that has a space for performing bacteria treatment; a radiation irradiation unit that irradiates the bacteria treatment unit with radiation for performing the bacteria treatment; an air supply duct that supplies air to the bacteria treatment unit; a decontamination treatment fluid supply unit that supplies a decontamination treatment fluid to the air supply duct during initial decontamination of the air supply duct; and an exhaust duct that exhausts molecules in the bacteria treatment unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: JGC JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Kojima
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Publication number: 20240072198Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a heterogeneous substrate, a mask layer having an opening portion and a mask portion, a seed portion overlapping the opening portion, and a semiconductor layer including a GaN-based semiconductor and disposed on the seed portion and the mask portion. An upper surface of an effective portion of the semiconductor layer includes at least one low-level defective region with a size of 10 ?m in a first direction along a width direction of the opening portion and 10 ?m in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a line defect is not measured by a CL method in the low-level defective region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Takeshi KAMIKAWA, Katsuaki MASAKI, Toshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yuichiro HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11912878Abstract: A method of producing organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles includes a dispersion liquid preparing step of preparing a dispersion liquid containing infrared absorbing particles, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium; a dispersion medium removing step of removing the dispersion medium from the dispersion liquid by an evaporation; a raw material mixture liquid preparing step of preparing a raw material mixture liquid containing the infrared absorbing particles collected after the dispersion medium removing step, a coating resin material, an organic solvent, an emulsifying agent, water, and a polymerization initiator; a stirring step of stirring the raw material mixture liquid while cooling; and a polymerizing step of polymerizing the coating resin material after deoxygenation treatment which reduces an amount of oxygen in the raw material mixture liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YAMAGATA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan, Atsushi Tofuku, Seigou Kawaguchi, Naohiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11901158Abstract: A plasma processing method includes providing a plasma processing apparatus including a rotary table that is rotatably provided in a vacuum container and disposes a plurality of substrates on an upper surface along a circumferential direction, a gas supply source that supplies a plasma processing gas to at least one of a plurality of processing areas separated by a separation area in the circumferential direction of the rotary table, and an antenna that is provided to face the upper surface of the rotary table and generates plasma in the at least one processing area. The plasma processing method further includes disposing the plurality of substrates on the rotary table, and supplying the plasma processing gas into the vacuum container and supplying a pulsed wave of RF power to the antenna while rotating the rotary table.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11887764Abstract: A laminated electronic component having a coil formed in the laminated body of pluralities of laminated magnetic material layers and conductor patterns by electrically connecting the conductor patterns adjacent to each other via the magnetic material layers. The magnetic material layers contain a metal magnetic material. The coil has a first end portion close to a bottom surface of the laminated body and a second end portion distant from the bottom surface of the laminated body. The first end portion is electrically connected to a first external terminal disposed on the bottom surface of the laminated body. The second end portion is electrically connected to a second external terminal disposed on the bottom surface of the laminated body via an electrode disposed on a side surface of the laminated body. The electrode is covered with an insulator film.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Noguchi, Takeshi Kobayashi, Makoto Yamamoto