Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Kobayashi

Tsutomu 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: 20240114797
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate, a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film have spontaneous polarizations aligned in a film thickness direction and directions of the spontaneous polarizations are the same, and in a case where in a hysteresis curve of one piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcf+, a coercive voltage Vcf?, |Vcf+?Vcf?|=?Vcf, and the larger of an absolute value of Vcf+ and an absolute value of Vcf? is denoted by Vcf, and in a hysteresis curve of the other piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcr+, a coercive voltage Vcr?, |Vcr+?Vcr?|=?Vcr, and the larger of an absolute value of Vcr+ and an absolute value Vcr? is denoted by Vcr, ?Vcr<?Vcf?0.2 and Vcr<Vcf?0.2 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Seigo NAKAMURA, Shinya SUGIMOTO, Tsutomu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240114796
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate; and a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode which are provided on the substrate in this order, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film contain a perovskite-type oxide containing Pb Zr, Ti, and M, as a main component, Pb composition ratios in the perovskite-type oxides contained in the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film are different from each other, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the first piezoelectric film with the first electrode grounded and the second electrode as a drive electrode, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the second piezoelectric film with the second electrode grounded and the third electrode as a drive electrode are shifted in the same electric field direction with respect to origins thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Shinya SUGIMOTO, Tsutomu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240114801
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate; and a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode which are provided on the substrate in this order, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film contain a perovskite-type oxide containing Pb at an A site and containing Zr, Ti, and M at a B site as a main component, an M composition ratio in the first piezoelectric film is different from an M composition ratio in the second piezoelectric film, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the first piezoelectric film with the first electrode grounded and the second electrode as a drive electrode, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the second piezoelectric film with the second electrode grounded and the third electrode as a drive electrode are shifted in the same electric field direction with respect to origins thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Shinya SUGIMOTO, Tsutomu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240114793
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate; and a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode which are provided on the substrate in this order, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film contain PZT having a metal element M doped thereto, as a main component, one piezoelectric film of the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film has a spontaneous polarization aligned in a film thickness direction, and in a case where in a hysteresis curve showing polarization-voltage characteristics of the one piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcf+ on a positive side and a coercive voltage Vcf? on a negative side, and in polarization-voltage characteristics of the other piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcr+ on a positive side and a coercive voltage Vcr? on a negative sid, |Vcr++Vcr?|<|Vcf++Vcf?|?0.2 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Seigo NAKAMURA, Shinya SUGIMOTO, Tsutomu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240085874
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes acquiring a first controller model, the first controller model including information indicating a control condition based on a measurement value, and information indicating a control action defining an action of a control target when the control condition is satisfied; and outputting a second controller model, the second controller model being capable of tolerating a measurement value including a measurement error, wherein the second controller model includes information indicating a control condition based on the information indicating the control condition included in the first controller model, and information indicating a control action based on the information indicating the control condition and the information indicating the control action included in the first controller model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Rick Salay, Ichiro Hasuo, Krzysztof Czarnecki, Fuyuki Ishikawa, Shinya Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20240075899
    Abstract: To prevent outward gas leakage between the airbag cushion and inflator during expansion and deployment with a simple configuration. The present invention provides an airbag device including: an airbag cushion having at least two panels; an inflator that discharges gas inside the airbag cushion; a first piece extending from an edge of a first panel of the two panels that is folded in the middle into the airbag cushion; a second piece provided on a portion near the edge of a second panel facing the first piece inside the airbag cushion and sewn to the folded part of the folded first piece; and an insertion passage for the inflator formed from sewing the folded part and the second piece, and extending from inside the airbag cushion to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yuto KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20240039503
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block on one endmost side in an axial direction of the winding core part, a second winding block on other endmost side in the axial direction of the winding core part, and a third winding block positioned between the first and second winding blocks. The second winding block is a winding block at an odd-numbered position counted from the first winding block. The first and second wires cross each other in an area between the first and third winding blocks and in an area between the second and third winding blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yugo ASAI, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Daisuke URABE, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Emi ITO, Toshio TOMONARI
  • Patent number: 11817844
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block on one endmost side in an axial direction of the winding core part, a second winding block on other endmost side in the axial direction of the winding core part, and a third winding block positioned between the first and second winding blocks. The second winding block is a winding block at an odd-numbered position counted from the first winding block. The first and second wires cross each other in an area between the first and third winding blocks and in an area between the second and third winding blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Asai, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Daisuke Urabe, Hiroshi Suzuki, Emi Ito, Toshio Tomonari
  • Publication number: 20230262346
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer converting incident light into electric charge; voltage application circuitry that supplies a first voltage and a second voltage less than the first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode such that the first voltage is applied at least one time in a frame; and a controller that derives a total length of at least one period in which the first voltage is applied in the frame, the total length corresponding to an attenuation ratio set for the frame, and causes the voltage supply circuitry to supply the first voltage in the at least one period having the total length in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Kazuko NISHIMURA, Yasuo MIYAKE, Sanshiro SHISHIDO
  • Publication number: 20230223180
    Abstract: A device includes a core having a first end and a second end, and first and second wires wound around the core, where the core has first, second, and third sections, the second section being arranged between the first and third sections. Each of the first and second wires includes an ith turn located on the first section, a jth turn located on the second section, and a kth turn located on the third section. The ith turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the ith turn of the second wire, the jth turn of the first wire is closer to the second end than the jth turn of the second wire, and the kth turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the kth turn of the second wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio TOMONARI, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Kazunori ARIMITSU, Yuma KOMAYA
  • Patent number: 11665436
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer converting incident light into electric charge; voltage application circuitry; and a controller that derives a duty cycle corresponding to an attenuation ratio set for a first frame and that causes the voltage application circuitry to apply a pulse voltage having the duty cycle between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazuko Nishimura, Yasuo Miyake, Sanshiro Shishido
  • Publication number: 20230136361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block on one endmost side in an axial direction of the winding core part, a second winding block on other endmost side in the axial direction of the winding core part, and a third winding block positioned between the first and second winding blocks. The second winding block is a winding block at an odd-numbered position counted from the first winding block. The first and second wires cross each other in an area between the first and third winding blocks and in an area between the second and third winding blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yugo ASAI, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Daisuke URABE, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Emi ITO, Toshio TOMONARI
  • Patent number: 11636973
    Abstract: A device includes a core having a first end and a second end, and first and second wires wound around the core, each of the first and second wires having 1st to Nth turns counting from the first end to the second end, the 1st to Nth turns including an i?1th turn, an ith turn, a jth turn, and a j+1th turn, where j is greater than i. The ith turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the ith turn of the second wire, the i?1th turn of the second wire is closer to the first end than the ith turn of the first wire, and the i?1th turn of the first wire is closer to the first end than the i?1th turn of the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu, Yuma Komaya
  • Publication number: 20230095851
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that comprises a drum core including a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion, and first and second wires wound around the winding core portion so as to form a pair-wire for each turn. The first and second wires includes one or a plurality of sparsely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires spaced from each other, and one or a plurality of closely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires in close contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Toshio TOMONARI, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Kazunori ARIMITSU
  • Publication number: 20230085674
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a first photoelectric converter, and a second photoelectric converter. The semiconductor substrate has an electric-charge storage region. The second photoelectric converter is located between the first photoelectric converter and the semiconductor substrate. The first photoelectric converter includes a first counter electrode, a first pixel electrode, and a first photoelectric conversion layer. The first photoelectric conversion layer is located between the first counter electrode and the first pixel electrode. The second photoelectric converter includes a second counter electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a second photoelectric conversion layer. The second photoelectric conversion layer is located between the second counter electrode and the second pixel electrode. The electric-charge storage region is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI NISHITANI, SOGO OTA, YASUO MIYAKE, YOSHIHIRO SATO, KAZUKO NISHIMURA, TSUTOMU KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11605485
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes: a winding core part including first and second winding areas and a third winding area positioned between the first and second winding areas; and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block wound in the first winding area and a second winding block wound in the second winding area. The first and second wires cross each other in the third winding area. Each of the first and second winding blocks has first and second winding layers. The difference in a number of turns between the first winding layer and the second winding layer is larger in the first winding block than in the second winding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Asai, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Daisuke Urabe, Hiroshi Suzuki, Emi Ito, Toshio Tomonari
  • Patent number: 11563415
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute a first winding block on one endmost side in an axial direction of the winding core part, a second winding block on other endmost side in the axial direction of the winding core part, and a third winding block positioned between the first and second winding blocks. The second winding block is a winding block at an odd-numbered position counted from the first winding block. The first and second wires cross each other in an area between the first and third winding blocks and in an area between the second and third winding blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Asai, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Daisuke Urabe, Hiroshi Suzuki, Emi Ito, Toshio Tomonari
  • Patent number: 11553147
    Abstract: An imaging device including pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the pixels arranged in rows and columns, the first pixel belonging to a first column, the second pixel belonging to a second column adjacent the first column; a first signal path through which a signal from the first pixel flows; and a second signal path through which a signal from the second pixel flows, a first circuit including first and second lines, a first voltage being applied to the first lines, a second voltage different from the first voltage applied to the second lines. The first signal path is located in a region closer to one of the first lines than any of the second lines in a plan view, and the second signal path is located in a region closer to one of the second lines than any of the first lines in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nishitani, Tsutomu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11545296
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that comprises a drum core including a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion, and first and second wires wound around the winding core portion so as to form a pair-wire for each turn. The first and second wires includes one or a plurality of sparsely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires spaced from each other, and one or a plurality of closely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires in close contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kazunori Arimitsu
  • Publication number: 20220174223
    Abstract: A camera system includes: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer converting incident light into electric charge; voltage application circuitry; and a controller that derives a duty cycle corresponding to an attenuation ratio set for a first frame and that causes the voltage application circuitry to apply a pulse voltage having the duty cycle between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Kazuko NISHIMURA, Yasuo MIYAKE, Sanshiro SHISHIDO