Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Kobayashi
Toshiyuki 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: 20240127982Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, TOYOTA PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, NAGASE & CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki AKINAGA, Hisashi SHIMA, Yasuhisa NAITOH, Hiroshi SATOU, Dan SATOU, Takuma MATSUO, Kentaro KINOSHITA, Toshiyuki ITOH, Toshiki NOKAMI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11956969Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor storage device that includes a substrate, a first storage element formed on the substrate and including a first insulating film, and a second storage element formed on the substrate and including a second insulating film having a film thickness of equal to or greater than 0.5 times and equal to or less than 2 times a film thickness of the first insulating film, the second storage element differing from the first storage element in power consumption at a time of writing.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11953708Abstract: A camera device includes a first filter configured to restrict a transverse wave component of incident light having light of a plurality of different wavelength bands generated based on birefringence in a car film from a vehicle to which the car film is adhered, a lens on which a vertical wave component of the incident light transmitted through the first filter is incident, a second filter configured to restrict a vertical wave component of the incident light in a visible region among the vertical wave component of the incident light imaged by the lens, and an imaging element configured to image the vehicle as a subject based on a vertical wave component of the incident light in a near-infrared region transmitted through the second filter.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Yamada, Jyouji Wada, Toshiyuki Sano, Akito Omata, Yuma Kobayashi, Naoaki Tomisaka
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Publication number: 20240096210Abstract: To provide a roadside communication device that can transfer, to an appropriate vehicle, information from another vehicle; a roadside communication method; and a recording medium, this roadside communication device comprises: a reception unit that receives a first wireless signal from a first moving body; a determination unit that determines a notification target range on the basis of at least one among the traffic properties of a road where the first moving body is located, the environmental state of the road, and the attributes of information included in the first wireless signal; and a transmission unit that transmits a second wireless signal including said information to a wireless terminal within the notification target range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki KONDO, Kosei KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11933319Abstract: A motor-driven compressor, a housing structure for a motor-driven compressor, and a method of installing a soundproof cover on a motor-driven compressor are provided. A soundproof cover includes layers that include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is placed over a housing, and the second layer is placed over the first layer. Each of the layers includes a first segment and a second segment. A second selection layer is located inward of a first selection layer. A boundary in the second selection layer is located above the boundary of the first selection layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Noritaka Nishimori, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Ryuji Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240075789Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO
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Patent number: 11850910Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11837270Abstract: A ferroelectric memory is intended to reduce an applied voltage required at the times of writing and reading. A ferroelectric capacitor includes a ferroelectric film and a top electrode and a bottom electrode including materials with different work functions formed above and below the ferroelectric film. The transistor is connected to either the top electrode or the bottom electrode to select the ferroelectric capacitor. A drive control unit applies, at the times of writing and reading, a voltage lower than that at the time of erasing by a predetermined potential difference to the ferroelectric film.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Sony Group CorporationInventors: Jun Okuno, Toshiyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20230313798Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression member compressing fluid drawn from a suction chamber and discharging the compressed fluid to a discharge chamber, an electric motor driving the compression member, an inverter driving the electric motor, a housing in which the suction chamber and the discharge chamber are formed and that accommodates the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter, the housing including an inverter accommodation portion, a soundproof cover covering an outer surface of the housing, and a nameplate including predetermined information. The nameplate is provided on at least one of a first outer surface of the outer surface corresponding to the inverter accommodation portion and a second outer surface of the outer surface corresponding to the discharge portion. The soundproof cover has a window through the nameplate is viewed and which is formed in a part of the soundproof cover corresponding to the nameplate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Noritaka NISHIMORI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230296113Abstract: A motor-driven compressor, a housing structure for a motor-driven compressor, and a method of installing a soundproof cover on a motor-driven compressor are provided. A soundproof cover includes layers that include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is placed over a housing, and the second layer is placed over the first layer. Each of the layers includes a first segment and a second segment. A second selection layer is located inward of a first selection layer. A boundary in the second selection layer is located above the boundary of the first selection layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Noritaka NISHIMORI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Ryuji WATANABE
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Patent number: 11760382Abstract: An information processing device for managing a vehicle including a toilet unit, a tank unit connected to the toilet unit for storing waste that flows from the toilet unit, and a traveling unit capable of moving the toilet unit and the tank unit. The information processing device performs control for disconnecting the traveling unit from the toilet unit and the tank unit when installing a toilet. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire a storage amount of waste in the tank unit and to generate commands to the traveling unit to cause the traveling unit to replace the tank unit when the storage amount of waste becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Daiki Kubo, Yosuke Nozaki, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Kuniaki Jinnai, Sayaka Ninoyu, Takeshi Yamada, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Ryo Sato, Akihiro Ito
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Publication number: 20230287887Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression part configured to compress fluid, an electric motor configured to drive the compression part, a housing accommodating the compression part and the electric motor, a soundproof cover covering the housing, and a nameplate attached to the housing and including a predetermined information. The housing includes a protrusion that is a part of the housing and protrudes out of the soundproof cover through a hole formed in the soundproof cover. The nameplate is provided on the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Toshiharu AWA, Takayuki KATO, Toshiyuki MIYANO, Noritaka NISHIMORI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Yasuaki NAKANO
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Patent number: 11731708Abstract: A facility provides an infrastructure service to a vehicle including a first unit that includes a driving wheel and a second unit that has a vehicle cabin space and is separable from the first unit. The facility includes a connection unit that connects to the second unit and a provision unit that provides the infrastructure service to the second unit when the connection unit is connected to the second unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11715993Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a compression unit, an electric motor, a drive circuit, a first housing, a second housing, and a soundproofing material. The second housing covers at least part of an outer surface of the first housing. The soundproofing material is arranged between the outer surface of the first housing and an area that includes an inner surface and a wall surface of the second housing. The soundproofing material has sound insulating properties. The soundproofing material includes a sound absorbing layer and a sound insulating layer. A first region and a second region are formed between the outer surface of the first housing and the area that includes the inner surface and the wall surface of the second housing. An air layer is formed in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Noritaka Nishimori, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Takayuki Kato
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Publication number: 20220307506Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression portion, an electric motor, an inverter, a housing, a support bracket, a vibration insulator, and a soundproofing cover. The compression portion is configured to compress a fluid. The electric motor is configured to drive the compression portion. The inverter is configured to drive the electric motor. The housing includes an outer peripheral surface that has a cylindrical shape and accommodates the compression portion, the electric motor, and the inverter. The support bracket is fastened to the housing and supports the housing to an object to which the electric compressor is mounted. The vibration insulator is interposed between the support bracket and the object. The soundproofing cover is made of an elastically deformable sound absorbing material and covers the housing and the support bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Noritaka NISHIMORI, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Suehiro Fukazawa, Toshiyuki Miyano, Takayuki Kato
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Patent number: 11403670Abstract: The information processing device includes a controller that executes acquiring at least one of first information related to advertisement activity from a second unit that is usable as a vehicle cabin of a vehicle and is disposed separately from a first unit having a drive unit of the vehicle, the second unit being provided for the advertisement activity, and second information related to a movement of a person within a first predetermined range from a place where the second unit is disposed, and instructing the first unit to move the second unit to a movement destination decided based on at least one of the acquired first information and the acquired second information.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Publication number: 20220189525Abstract: A ferroelectric memory is intended to reduce an applied voltage required at the times of writing and reading. A ferroelectric capacitor includes a ferroelectric film and a top electrode and a bottom electrode including materials with different work functions formed above and below the ferroelectric film. The transistor is connected to either the top electrode or the bottom electrode to select the ferroelectric capacitor. A drive control unit applies, at the times of writing and reading, a voltage lower than that at the time of erasing by a predetermined potential difference to the ferroelectric film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicants: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Jun OKUNO, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11307215Abstract: An acceleration sensor core unit 1 includes a circuit board 3 and metallic plates 4, 5. The circuit board 3 is made of an epoxy resin, and an acceleration sensor 11 for detecting vibration acceleration in an arrow 105 direction is mounted thereon. The circuit board 3 is sandwiched between the metallic plates 4, 5. Ring-shaped metallic spacers 7a to 7c and ring-shaped metallic spacers 8a to 8c are respectively interposed between the circuit board 3 and the metallic plate 4 and between the circuit board 3 and the metallic plate 5. The circuit board 3 is screwed to each of the metallic plates 4, 5 at three positions. Thus, it is possible to reliably fix the circuit board 3 to the metallic plates 4, 5 with a small attachment space. In this way, rigidity as the acceleration sensor core unit 1 can be secured.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: IMV CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Takao Kawahira
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Publication number: 20220055653Abstract: An information processing device is configured to manage a plurality of vehicle platforms, and a plurality of vehicle cabin units that are connectable to and separable from the vehicle platforms, respectively. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to execute: acquiring demand data indicating a demand for each of the vehicle platforms and the vehicle cabin units; and determining a combination of a first vehicle platform and a first vehicle cabin unit out of the vehicle platforms and the vehicle cabin units based on the demand data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Akihiro ITO, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO
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Publication number: 20220034535Abstract: A heat exchange unit that performs at least one of a cooling and a heating of a liquid medium that is sent to a utilization side equipment includes: a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a flammable refrigerant and the liquid medium; an electric component as an ignition source; a casing that accommodates the heat exchanger and the electric component; and a gas detection sensor with a detection element that is disposed below the electric component and that detects a gas from the flammable refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Momono