Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Kobayashi

Tsuyoshi 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: 12182753
    Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, a stopping location for a vehicle used for delivery, based on vehicle classification data on the vehicle, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro Nakamura, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Yosuke Togami, Yusuke Kobayashi, Seii Sai, Tsuyoshi Okada, Naoko Yokoyama, Keishi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 12158510
    Abstract: A method of designing a magnetic sensor that can easily accommodate various design conditions is provided. The method has: preparing magnetic sensors, wherein, for each magnetic sensor, magnetization directions of the first to fourth magnetically pinned layers form first to fourth angles ?1 to ?4 relative to a specific reference angle, respectively, and ?1=?3, ?2=?4, ?1??2, and each magnetic sensor has a value of ?1??2 that is different from values of ?1??2 of remaining magnetic sensors, for each magnetic sensor, obtaining a relationship between an angular range of the magnetization direction of the first to fourth magnetically free layers and an output range of the magnetic sensor, wherein the angular range satisfies a specific linear relationship between the magnetization direction and the output of the magnetic sensor, and selecting a magnetic sensor that satisfies required conditions for the angular range and the output range from among the magnetic sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Umehara, Kentaro Harada, Takafumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240394849
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to apply image processing to a moving image including a plurality of frames of radiation images is provided that includes: a selecting unit configured to select a learned model used for the image processing of a frame to be processed from among a plurality of learned models which differ in the number of frames to be input, based on the number of frames which have been obtained; and an inference processing unit configured to perform inference processing using the selected learned model in the image processing of the frame to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12131734
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication data log processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor receives communication data contained in a communication data log as a log of the communication data containing a speech sentence and meta information. The processor determines a section to which the received communication data should belong based on the speech sentence and the meta information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kushima, Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Yuka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12132061
    Abstract: An improvement in heat radiation efficiency is achieved. A semiconductor device according to the present technology includes a substrate portion on which a semiconductor chip is mounted and in which an external connection terminal for performing electrical connection to the outside is formed on a rear surface on a side opposite to a front surface which is a surface on a side where the semiconductor chip is mounted, an outer wall portion that protrudes toward the front surface side in an outer circumferential portion of the substrate portion, a lid portion which is supported by the outer wall portion and covers the semiconductor chip, and a heat storage member which is disposed at a position further inside than the outer wall portion between the rear surface of the substrate portion and a rear surface of the lid portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Hirokazu Nakayama, Hiroyuki Shigeta, Hitoshi Shibue, Hirotaka Kobayashi, Kosuke Hareyama
  • Patent number: 12118313
    Abstract: An information processing device includes at least one hardware processor. The hardware processor selects one or more pieces of partial document data from document data. The hardware processor extracts, from the partial document data, first information being a word or a phrase for specifying a first attribute of the partial document data. The hardware processor extracts, from the partial document data, second information being a word or a phrase for specifying a second attribute of the partial document data. The hardware processor calculates a first feature value representing a feature of the first information. The hardware processor calculates a second feature value representing a feature of the second information. The hardware processor analyzes the document data on the basis of the first feature value and the second feature value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka Kobayashi, Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Tsuyoshi Kushima, Hisayoshi Nagae
  • Patent number: 12114490
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate; a memory cell region provided over the substrate; a peripheral region provided over the substrate and adjacent to the memory cell region; and a plurality of word-lines extending in parallel across the memory cell region and the peripheral region; a first insulating film covering top surfaces of the plurality of word-lines in each of the memory cell region and the peripheral region and covering side surfaces of upper portions of the plurality of word-lines in the peripheral region without covering side surfaces of the upper portions of the plurality of word-lines in the memory cell region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Naoyoshi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Tomoyama
  • Patent number: 12107159
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, a conductive member, a semiconductor member, and an insulating member. The conductive member includes a conductive member end portion and a conductive member other-end portion. The conductive member end portion is between the first electrode and the conductive member other-end portion. The conductive member is electrically connected with one of the second electrode or the third electrode. The semiconductor member includes first to third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes first and second partial regions. The first partial region is between the first and second electrodes. The second semiconductor region is between the first partial region and the third semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is electrically connected with the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kobayashi, Tomoaki Inokuchi, Hiro Gangi, Hiroki Nemoto, Akihiro Goryu, Ryohei Gejo, Tsuyoshi Kachi, Tatsuya Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20240308558
    Abstract: An operation plan change assistance system includes a determination model generation unit configured to generate an operation plan change determination model that receives information about a train operation content before a certain point in time and information about a change in an operation plan executed before the point in time and outputs information about a change in operation plan to be executed next; and an operation plan change proposal creation unit configured to input information about a train operation content before a point in time designated by a user and information about a change in an operation plan executed before the designated point in time, create change candidates that are candidates for each change in an operation plan to be executed in stages after the designated point in time, specify a change candidate that satisfies a predetermined condition, and create the specified change candidate as an operation plan change proposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuko YAMASHITA, Yuichi KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi MINAKAWA, Yasuhide MORI, Yumiko ISHIDO, Kazumasa TOKUHASHI, Atsushi TOYAMA, Hirotake YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 12092471
    Abstract: A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit sends, to a terminal device, information on a comfort level in a vehicle cabin of a shared vehicle that is determined based on a detection result of detecting an effect of a passenger on a vehicle body or equipment of the shared vehicle to present the information to another passenger before boarding the shared vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Andou, Akitoshi Jikumaru, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Tomokazu Maya, Masatoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12084842
    Abstract: An evaluation system for a work machine includes a work implement, a support unit for the work implement, a cylinder that causes the work implement to move with respect to the support unit, and an evaluation unit that evaluates a degree of fatigue of the support unit based on an axial force of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Miyoshi, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240270005
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the medium; a winding unit configured to wind up the medium after printing; and a stopping unit configured to stop conveyance of the medium by the conveyance unit in response to a break of a printed image reaching a printing position in the printing unit in a state where a leading end of the medium is located in a fixing work range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HIMENO, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Daisuke SHINOHARA, Ayako KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240270004
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the medium; a winding unit configured to wind up the medium after printing; and a prompting unit configured to prompt a user to fix a leading end of the medium to a winding core material in response to the leading end of the medium reaching a prompting position located downstream of the printing position in the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HIMENO, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Daisuke SHINOHARA, Ayako KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12062181
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to extract an irradiation field from an image obtained through radiation imaging, comprises: an inference unit configured to obtain an irradiation field candidate in the image based on inference processing; a contour extracting unit configured to extract a contour of the irradiation field based on contour extraction processing performed on the irradiation field candidate; and a field extracting unit configured to extract the irradiation field based on the contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12046815
    Abstract: An FSS unit element includes: multiple conductors extending outward from the central portion of the FSS unit element; and at least one circuit element connected to the multiple conductors at the central portion of the FSS unit element, and disposed with fewer than the number of the multiple conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Furuya, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12031947
    Abstract: A sonic inspection device according to an embodiment includes: a sonic probe that includes a transducer configured to perform at least one of transmitting a sound wave and receiving a sound wave and has a sonic function surface constituting at least one of a transmitting surface of the sound wave and a receiving surface of the sound wave; a contact member that includes a couplant and a sheet-shaped member, the couplant having a first surface, which is in contact with the sonic function surface of the sonic probe directly or while interposing an intermediate member, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, and containing an elastomer, and the sheet-shaped member laminated with the couplant to be in contact with the second surface and containing a polymer; and a loading mechanism configured to apply a load to the contact member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko Yamamoto, Akiko Hirao, Tomio Ono, Yutaka Nakai, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240119135
    Abstract: An individual determination device for target equipment, includes: a coupling circuit electrically connected to an interface in target equipment, and to detect a signal showing an electromagnetic characteristic from target equipment, to extract an electromagnetic characteristic signal showing an individual characteristic of the target equipment, from the conduction noise detected thereby, and to output the electromagnetic characteristic signal; a characteristic measurement device to receive the electromagnetic characteristic signal from the coupling circuit, and to output individual characteristic data showing the individual characteristic of the target equipment on a basis of the electromagnetic characteristic signal; a storage device to store individual characteristic data showing an electromagnetic individual characteristic of original target equipment; and a comparison and determination device to compare the individual characteristic data from the characteristic measurement device and the individual chara
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI, Koichi FURUYA
  • Patent number: 11867665
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic probe includes a first member and a first vibrating element. The first member includes at least one selected from the group consisting of metal and ceramic. The first vibrating element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer provided between the first electrode and the first member, and a second electrode provided between the piezoelectric layer and the first member and being in contact with the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Tomio Ono, Norihiko Tanaka, Tomonori Abe
  • Publication number: 20230384464
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a conversion element, and a shielding layer covering the conversion element, wherein the shielding layer is provided to cover at least a part of an aperture of the conversion element so that an aperture modulated transfer function (MTF) at a predetermined frequency of a signal obtained from the conversion element becomes less than or equal to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI KOBAYASHI, TAKANORI TAYA, JUN KAWANABE
  • Patent number: 11823441
    Abstract: A machine learning apparatus for extracting a region from an input image, comprises: an inference unit configured to output the region by inference processing for the input image; and an augmentation unit configured to, in learning when learning of the inference unit is performed based on training data, perform data augmentation by increasing the number of input images constituting the training data, wherein the augmentation unit performs the data augmentation such that a region where image information held by the input image is defective is not included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi