Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

Yoshiyuki 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: 11412713
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of livestock-farming-related information related to livestock farming, a prediction unit that predicts a future value of an arbitrary parameter related to livestock farming on a basis of a prediction model generated on a basis of the livestock-farming-related information; and a prediction result presentation unit that presents a prediction result obtained by the prediction unit at a predetermined timing related to livestock farming. According to this configuration, it is possible to perform prediction in accordance with actual situations of livestock farms and the like and present users with the prediction result at optimum timings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Katsu, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Bunichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11406788
    Abstract: The present technology relates to information processing apparatus and method, and a program that make a stress level controllable depending on circumstances. A stress level measuring unit measures a stress level of a user on the basis of a result of detection by various types of sensors included in an input unit. A stress factor specifying unit specifies a factor causing an increase or decrease in the stress level on the basis of an action of the user in a period in which the stress level is increased or decreased. The present technology is applicable to a stress control system, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sato, Atsushi Iwamura, Ryoji Miyazaki, Shigeru Sugaya, Masakazu Ukita, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220235765
    Abstract: An aspect of an electric pump of the present invention is an electric pump attached to a predetermined object. The electric pump includes a motor having a rotor rotatable about a center axis extending in an axial direction, a pump mechanism coupled to the rotor, a circuit board located radially outside the motor and having a plate face directed in a radial direction, an electrolytic capacitor attached to the plate face of the circuit board, and a housing that houses the motor, the pump mechanism, the circuit board, and the electrolytic capacitor therein. The housing has a mounting face attached to a predetermined object. The mounting face is a face directed radially outward. The plate face of the circuit board is disposed along a direction intersecting the mounting face. The electrolytic capacitor is disposed at a position closer to the mounting face than the center axis in the direction orthogonal to the mounting face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro SAKATA, Yuzo NAGAI, Hideo NAGAI
  • Patent number: 11398762
    Abstract: An electric pump device is provided. The electric pump device includes a motor, an inverter substrate electrically connected to the motor, a housing for housing the motor and the inverter substrate, and a pump portion driven by power of the motor. The housing includes a motor housing portion for housing the motor and an inverter housing portion for housing the inverter substrate. The motor housing portion has strut portions which extend inside the inverter housing portion and fixed to the inverter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Tomohiro Sakata, Chisato Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20220224980
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence information processing device that generates information about a scene according to artificial intelligence is provided. The artificial intelligence information processing device includes a gaze degree estimation unit configured to estimate a degree of gaze of a user who is watching content according to artificial intelligence on the basis of sensor information, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a video of a scene at which the user gazes in the content and information about the content on the basis of an estimation result of the gaze degree estimation unit, and a scene information estimation unit configured to estimate information about the scene at which the user gazes according to artificial intelligence on the basis of the video of the scene at which the user gazes and the information about the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: GORO TAKAKI, YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11339780
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor including a shaft, a pump driven with the shaft therebetween, and an inverter fixed to a rear side of the motor. The motor includes a motor housing. The inverter includes an inverter housing including a circuit board accommodation portion. The inverter housing includes bus bars that connect coil ends inside the circuit board accommodation portion and extending from the motor and a circuit board to each other. The motor housing includes a bottomed cylindrical shape including a bottom portion on the inverter side. The inverter housing includes a fixed portion that is fixed to the bottom portion. The fixed portion is fixed to the bottom portion using fixing members, and the fixing members are disposed within a region surrounded by bus bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11333050
    Abstract: In an electric oil pump, a motor includes a main body including a coil, bus bars electrically connected to lead wires of the coil, and a shaft including a portion on one side in an axial direction protruding from an end of the main body on the one side in the axial direction and connected to a pump, a control board includes a power supply input portion and a power supply output portion and is disposed in a posture in which any one of a first surface and a second surface of the control board lies in the axial direction, the power supply input portion is at an end portion of the control board on the other side in the axial direction, and bus bar terminals are disposed on one side of the main body in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shigehiro Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20220144784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel azole derivative as an apelin receptor agonist and a method for treating cardiovascular disease, diabetic disease, renal disease, hypertension, and arteriosclerosis, etc., using the same. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof wherein X1 represents —N? or —CH?, X2 represents —CH? or —N?, R1 and R2 each represent a C1 to C6 alkoxy group or the like, R3 represents a heteroaryl group (the heteroaryl group is optionally substituted by a methyl group or the like) or the like, and R4 represents a C1 to C6 alkylthio group or a C2 to C6 alkenyl group (the C1 to C6 alkylthio group and the C2 to C6 alkenyl group are each optionally substituted by one carboxy group or the like) or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya IKEDA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Naoki MIYOSHI, Osamu SUZUKI, Takahiro NAGAYAMA, Takashi TSUJI, Layton H. SMITH, Anthony B. PINKERTON
  • Patent number: 11328905
    Abstract: There is provision of a thermal spraying method of a component for a plasma processing apparatus performed by a plasma spraying apparatus including a nozzle and a plasma generating unit having a common axis with the nozzle. The method includes a step of injecting, with a plasma generating gas, feedstock powder having a particle diameter of 15 ?m or less from a tip of the nozzle to the plasma generating unit, a step of generating a plasma from the plasma generating gas in the plasma generating unit, by using electric power not more than 50 kW, and a step of thermal spraying the feedstock powder liquefied by the plasma at the component through a mask, such that a surface of a resin layer of the component is covered with the feedstock powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220124419
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a receiving unit (251) that receives a segment file having a plurality of segments and a setting file in which a group to which the segment file belongs is set; an extraction unit (271) that extracts one or more MP4 samples included in the segment of the segment file received by the receiving unit (251) and adds attribute information including a reproduction start time of the MP4 sample to the MP4 sample; a determination unit (26) that determines a switching position at which the segment file belonging to the group after switching is output in units of the MP4 samples on the basis of an accepted switching operation of the group and the attribute information; and an output unit (2735) that outputs an output signal generated from the segment file belonging to the group after the switching from the switching position to an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI, TOSHIYA HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220122616
    Abstract: An audio reproduction with a realistic feeling is achieved while suppressing incongruity and discomfort given to a user. The information processing device (1, 2) according to an embodiment includes an acquisition section (11) configured to acquire content data including a plurality of objects; an execution timing decision section (134) configured to decide an execution timing for each of the objects; a rendering processing section (151, 152, 153) configured to render each of the objects on the basis of line-of-sight information of a user that has been input immediately before the execution timing of rendering each of the objects; and an output synthesis section (154) configured to synthesize output data for every object that has been generated by the rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI, TOSHIYA HAMADA, MITSUHIRO HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220113778
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program with which it is easy for a user to predict a future remaining battery amount. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control to calculate a future prediction value of remaining battery amount on the basis of a use history of an information processing apparatus by a user and to present prediction value related information related to the prediction value to the user. According to the present disclosure, the user can easily predict the future remaining battery amount. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Noriaki SAKAMOTO, Tomonobu TSUJIKAWA, Shota KAWARAZAKI, Ryo NAKAGAWA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11300127
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft; a pump part that is driven by the motor part via the shaft and discharges oil; and a control part configured to control an operation of the motor part. The motor part includes a rotor, a stator, and a motor housing in which the rotor and the stator are accommodated. The pump part includes a pump rotor attached to the shaft and a pump housing having a housing part in which the pump rotor is accommodated. The control part includes an electronic component and a board having a surface on which the electronic component is mounted. The board is disposed outside the stator in a radial direction and within a range of the motor part in the axial direction, and the surface of the board is disposed to face the stator and extends in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11295143
    Abstract: The object is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately handling a difference between detection results of sensors. The solution is an information processing apparatus including: a detection section configured to detect first information regarding a mobile object; an acquisition section configured to acquire second information regarding the mobile object, the second information being detected by an external apparatus; and a control section configured to control processing based on a comparison result of the first information and the second information detected for the same mobile object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Takamatsu, Kenta Kawamoto, Naoki Ide, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11286927
    Abstract: The pump device includes a motor portion that includes a shaft rotating about a central axis and a pump portion that is driven by a motor portion via the shaft. The pump portion includes a pump rotor that rotates along with the shaft and a pump housing that includes an accommodation portion that accommodates the pump rotor. The pump housing includes a pump body that includes a first bearing portion that supports the shaft and a pump cover with an accommodation portion disposed between the pump cover and the pump body. The pump cover includes a flow path through which oil is discharged and suctioned, and includes a second bearing portion that rotatably supports the shaft and that communicates with the flow path. An end portion of the shaft on one side in the axial direction is disposed at the second bearing portion or inside the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamitsu Eto, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Koji Higuchi, Yutaka Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11225708
    Abstract: There is provision of a plasma spraying device including a supplying section configured to convey feedstock powder with a plasma generating gas, and to inject the feedstock powder and the plasma generating gas from an opening of a tip; a plasma generating section configured to generate a plasma by decomposing the injected plasma generating gas using electric power of 500 W to 10 kW; and a chamber causing the supplying section and the plasma generating section to be an enclosed region, which is configured to deposit the feedstock powder on a workpiece by melting the feedstock powder by the plasma generated in the enclosed region. The feedstock powder is any one of lithium (Li), aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), silver (Ag), and gold (Au). A particle diameter of the feedstock powder is between 1 ?m and 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Naoki Yoshii, Katsuji Kadosawa, Kimitomo Kaji
  • Patent number: 11227786
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an electrostatic chuck configured to attract a substrate by applying a voltage to a first electrode layer. The method includes forming the first electrode layer on a first resin layer on a base and thermally spraying ceramics or a ceramics-containing material on the first electrode layer. The thermally spraying the ceramic or the ceramics-containing material includes transporting powder of a thermal spray material, introduced into a nozzle from a feeder, by a plasma generation gas and spraying the powder from an opening in a tip end portion of the nozzle, dissociating the sprayed plasma generation gas by electric power of 500 W to 10 kW to generate plasma having a common axis with the nozzle, and forming the powder of the thermal spray material into a liquid phase by the generated plasma to form a film on the first electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Taga, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Kazuya Nagaseki
  • Patent number: 11209884
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program with which it is easy for a user to predict a future remaining battery amount. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control to calculate a future prediction value of remaining battery amount on the basis of a use history of an information processing apparatus by a user and to present prediction value related information related to the prediction value to the user. According to the present disclosure, the user can easily predict the Future remaining battery amount. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Mizukami, Noriaki Sakamoto, Tomonobu Tsujikawa, Shota Kawarazaki, Ryo Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210394751
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing more useful information to a driver. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a prediction section configured to predict accident probability of a vehicle driven by a user; and an output control section configured to cause information to be output to the user, the information corresponding to a factor that increases the accident probability predicted by the prediction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo TAKAMATSU, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Naoki IDE, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210399656
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a first operation section configured to receive a push operation, a second operation section configured to receive a push operation, a first pivot member configured to pivot, a second pivot member configured to pivot, a first switch, a second switch, and a power generation device. The power generation device is configured to generate electric power when the first pivot member pivots. When the first operation section is pushed, the first switch is turned ON and the first pivot member directly receives force from the first operation section to pivot. When the second operation section is pushed, the second switch is turned ON and the first pivot member indirectly receives force from the second operation section via the second pivot member to pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Takaya NAKAMURA, Kohei FUDO, Tsubasa HOSHINO