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).

  • Patent number: 9975313
    Abstract: A decorative sheet (1) pertaining to the present invention comprises a base material (2), a colored ink layer (3), a primer layer (4), and a surface-protecting layer (5) in this order, wherein the base material (2) comprises a polyester-based film wherein a thickness of the base material (2) is 20 ?m or more but 95 ?m or less; the surface-protecting layer (5) comprises a cured product of an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition wherein elongation of the cured product according to JIS K6732 is 1% or more; and elongation of the decorative sheet according to JIS K6732 is 30% or more but 180% or less. This enables all of secondary workability, weather resistance, and fire resistance to be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Saori Miyazaki, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9975362
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a printer including a housing; a rotation body that is accommodated in the housing and rotates to transport a sheet; a printing unit that is provided in a transport path of the sheet and prints information on a transported sheet; a discharging unit that discharges a printed sheet to an outside of the housing; and a cover that is capable of moving between an open position at which the discharging unit is opened and a closed position at which the discharging unit is blocked, and moves from the closed position to the open position in response to a rotation of the rotation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Kazuaki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9971157
    Abstract: A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera, a character object, and a field in which the character object is movable, the field defining a peripheral direction and surrounding the virtual camera along the peripheral direction. The method includes defining a visual field of the virtual camera. The method includes displaying a visual-field image on a head-mounted display based on the visual field. The method includes detecting a movement input including a lateral-direction component, the lateral-direction being different from the peripheral direction. The method includes moving the character object in the field along the peripheral direction in response to the lateral-direction component of the movement input. The method includes detecting movement of the head-mounted display and changing a direction of the virtual camera based on detected movement of the head-mounted display. The method includes updating the visual-field image based on the direction of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: COLOPL, INC.
    Inventors: Takanori Yoshioka, Takeshi Kobayashi, Takao Kashihara, Shuhei Terahata
  • Patent number: 9958937
    Abstract: Provided is a content viewing system using a head-mounted display (HMD), which enables a user to know a popular broadcaster content in real time. A device to be used for content viewing includes: a display unit configured to display, on the head-mounted display, a plurality of virtual displays arranged in a virtual space; a selecting unit configured to select one of the virtual displays based on movement detected by a detector of the head-mounted display; and a playing unit configured to play a content associated with a selected virtual display. The plurality of virtual displays are arrayed in grid sections provided along a celestial sphere surface. The selecting unit is configured to identify one of the grid sections on the celestial sphere surface based on the detected movement, to thereby select one virtual display associated with the identified grid section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: COLOPL, INC.
    Inventors: Naruatsu Baba, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180096826
    Abstract: A plasma generating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a high frequency power supply that generates a high frequency power; a plasma generation electrode connected to the high frequency power supply and formed by a hollow tube in which cooling water is distributed; a conductivity meter that measures conductivity of the cooling water inside the plasma generation electrode; and a controller that controls output of the high frequency power supply based on the conductivity of the cooling water measured by the conductivity meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180090268
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated electronic component having a circuit element formed in an element body. The method includes forming a collective laminated body including a plurality of element bodies having circuit elements formed therein by laminating pluralities of insulator layers and conductor patterns; forming a plurality of external terminals on one of surfaces of the collective laminated body orthogonal to a lamination direction; forming a disappearing layer covering the external terminals and caused to disappear by heat treatment; cutting and dividing the collective laminated body having the disappearing layer formed thereon along the lamination direction into each of element bodies; applying an insulator precursor to a surface of the element body; and forming a laminated electronic component by applying a heat treatment to the element body to which the insulator precursor is applied. In the method, the insulator layers can be replaced by magnetic material layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka NOGUCHI, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Makoto YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180090255
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component having a coil formed in a 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 a conductor extending in a lamination direction of the laminated body. An insulator part is disposed between the conductor and the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka NOGUCHI, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Makoto YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180090256
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka NOGUCHI, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Makoto YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180073146
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna device which includes: a plurality of antenna members installed to extend along a predetermined circling shape having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the antenna members including end portions connected to each other so as to form a pair in which connection portions in the longitudinal direction face each other in the lateral direction; deformable conductive connection members configured to connect the end portions of the plurality of antenna members adjacent to each other; and at least two vertical movement mechanisms individually installed in at least two of the plurality of antenna members and configured to change a bending angle of the antenna members using the connection members as fulcrums by vertically moving the at least two of the plurality of antenna members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATO, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180031845
    Abstract: A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera, a character object, and a field in which the character object is movable, the field defining a peripheral direction and surrounding the virtual camera along the peripheral direction. The method includes defining a visual field of the virtual camera. The method includes displaying a visual-field image on a head-mounted display based on the visual field. The method includes detecting a movement input including a lateral-direction component, the lateral-direction being different from the peripheral direction. The method includes moving the character object in the field along the peripheral direction in response to the lateral-direction component of the movement input. The method includes detecting movement of the head-mounted display and changing a direction of the virtual camera based on detected movement of the head-mounted display. The method includes updating the visual-field image based on the direction of the virtual camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takanori YOSHIOKA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Takao KASHIHARA, Shuhei TERAHATA
  • Publication number: 20180012688
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component in which magnetic body layers and conductor patterns are laminated, and the conductor patterns between the magnetic body layers are connected to form a coil within a laminated body. The magnetic body layers are formed from a metal magnetic body. At least one lead-out conductor pattern of the coil is connected with an external terminal formed on an undersurface of the laminated body through a conductor formed at a corner of the laminated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka NOGUCHI, Makoto YAMAMOTO, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170352148
    Abstract: A system controller serving as a controller for controlling a forming machine acquires, from a sensor which outputs image data for determining a distance in a height direction by sensing a predetermined area including a machining area of the forming machine, background image data not including an image of a workpiece and an operator of the forming machine, and current state image data representing a current state of the predetermined area during operation of the forming machine. The system controller calculates difference data indicating a difference between the background image data and the current state image data, and determines an area of the operator in the predetermined area based on the difference data. The system controller controls operation speed of the forming machine based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuyou WATANABE, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Shuhei YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170352147
    Abstract: A controller controls operation of a forming machine capable of forming a workpiece. The controller includes: an object determination unit configured to determine an object other than the workpiece and the forming machine based on image data sensed by a sensor; a setting unit configured to set a plurality of determination areas based on a bolster shape of the forming machine included in the image data; a detection unit configured to detect entry of the object into each of the plurality of determination areas set by the setting unit; and a control unit configured to limit operation speed of the forming machine based on the determination area in which the entry of the object has been detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuyou WATANABE, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Shuhei YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170232705
    Abstract: Provided is an air-permeable sheet (3) to be used in a state of being interposed between a suction stage (1) and an air-impermeable substrate (4) when printing is performed by a sheet-fed method on the surface of the substrate (4) fixed by suction to the suction stage (1), the air-permeable sheet capable of printing a desired printing pattern on the surface of the substrate with high accuracy. The air-permeable sheet (3) includes a non-woven fabric layer (3b) and a support layer (3a) constituted by a woven fabric or knitted fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Hirobumi USHIJIMA, Kengo NOGUCHI, Noriko MICHIHATA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Masaaki KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20170218514
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a mounting stand installed to rotate about a rotation shaft extending along a rotary shaft of a rotary table and configured to hold a substrate, and a magnetic gear mechanism including a driven gear configured to rotate the mounting stand about the rotation shaft and a driving gear configured to drive the driven gear. The driven gear is connected to the mounting stand via the rotation shaft and installed to rotate in such a direction as to rotate the mounting stand. The driving gear is disposed in a state in which the driving surface faces the driven surface passing through a predetermined position on a movement orbit of the driven gear moving along with the rotation of the rotary table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATO, Yukio OHIZUMI, Manabu HONMA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170187931
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted camera includes a camera main assembly including a lens assembly, an image sensor located behind the lens assembly, and a camera circuit board located behind the image sensor and mounted with the image sensor, a tabular main circuit board located on the lower side of the camera main assembly and extending in the front-back direction and the left-right direction, and a connection flexible board that electrically connects the camera circuit board and the main circuit board. The connection flexible board includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a bending portion located between the upper portion and the lower portion and crossing the outer peripheral edge of the main circuit board. The upper portion is connected to the camera circuit board at the front end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Motoyasu ONISHI, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170151673
    Abstract: A manipulator system includes a manipulator unit to pick up one object from objects placed on a first place, a recognition unit to perform a first recognition process recognizing the one object to be picked up from the first place, and a second recognition process recognizing an orientation of the one object picked up from the first place, and a controller to control a first transfer operation, and a second transfer operation. When the first transfer operation is performed, the controller instructs the manipulator unit to pick up and move the one object recognized by the first recognition process to an outside of the first place. When the second transfer operation is performed, the controller instructs the manipulator unit to transfer the one object to a second place by setting the orientation of the one object with an orientation determined based on a recognition result of the second recognition process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Christian Hruscha, Michio Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20170090556
    Abstract: Provided is a content viewing system using a head-mounted display (HMD), which enables a user to know a popular broadcaster content in real time. A device to be used for content viewing includes: a display unit configured to display, on the head-mounted display, a plurality of virtual displays arranged in a virtual space; a selecting unit configured to select one of the virtual displays based on movement detected by a detector of the head-mounted display; and a playing unit configured to play a content associated with a selected virtual display. The plurality of virtual displays are arrayed in grid sections provided along a celestial sphere surface. The selecting unit is configured to identify one of the grid sections on the celestial sphere surface based on the detected movement, to thereby select one virtual display associated with the identified grid section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Naruatsu BABA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9586514
    Abstract: In a vehicle with a load-carrying platform, an elastic band is provided so a rear portion of a tailgate and a rear portion of a bed extender enter a tensioned state. A rotation regulation mechanism is provided to the tailgate and the bed extender that regulates further rotational movement by the tailgate and the bed extender making contact when the tailgate is rotated towards a closed position. The bed extender and the tailgate are prevented from rotating in the same direction by the rotation regulation mechanism, and the load on the elastic band is mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke Asao, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nishimori, Makoto Hotozuka, Yuji Maki, Takeyuki Kariyasu, Hiroyuki Shinmura, Masanori Aoki
  • Patent number: 9583318
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus of performing a plasma process on substrates mounted on an upper surface of a rotary table. The apparatus includes: a heater for heating the substrates; a process gas supply part for supplying a process gas toward the upper surface of the rotary table; an antenna for generating an inductively coupled plasma by converting the process gas to plasma; a light detection part for detecting respective light intensities of R, G and B component as light color components; a calculation part for obtaining an evaluation value corresponding to a change amount before and after supplying a high-frequency power to the antenna, with respect to at least one of the respective light intensities; and an ignition determination part for comparing the evaluation value with a threshold value and to determine that ignition of plasma is not generated if the evaluation value does not exceed the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shigehiro Miura, Takeshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Sugawara, Naohide Ito