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).

  • Publication number: 20190333380
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of efficiently using information regarding a user evaluation of a target vehicle. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a recognition section configured to automatically recognize information of a target vehicle from environment information of a user; an acquisition section configured to acquire a user evaluation of the recognized target vehicle; and a generation section configured to generate information for issuing a notification of the acquired user evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Naoki IDE, Shingo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190327425
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device and a method and a program capable of suppressing disharmony during switching of moving images more easily. An image processing device includes: a moving image generating unit that generates moving image data of a transition moving image in which display transitions from a prescribed frame to a second moving image on the basis of the prescribed frame that forms a first moving image and moving image data of the second moving image in a case where display is switched from the first moving image to the second moving image. The present technology can be applied to a client apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: YOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI, TOSHIYA HAMADA
  • Patent number: 10445353
    Abstract: Sentence polarity determination is used to assess whether a sentence is an affirmative expression or a negative expression, and is applied for reputation analysis, etc. Polarity determination determines whether an input sentence is affirmative or negative. When some subject is being talked about, it is sometimes desired to determine whether what is being referred to in the sentence is affirmative or negative, rather than the polarity of the sentence per se. The present invention provides a method for determining the polarity of the sentence by applying a recursive polarity rule based on a dependency structure of the sentence, taking into consideration the portion of the sentence that is being referred to. Use of a recursive rule makes it possible to prevent the number of rules from becoming huge, and thereby to perform efficient polarity determination in terms of memory amount and calculation amount. The length of the dependency needed for polarity determination can also be efficiently controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Miyoshi, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190308317
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable agents with different skills to cooperate with each other to efficiently execute a task, the information processing apparatus including: an allocation section configured to assign at least a part of a task to two or more agents on the basis of a skill model indicating a skill of each of the agents. An information processing method includes an allocation step of assigning at least a part of a task to two or more agents on the basis of a skill model indicating a skill of each of the agents. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an agent system in which a plurality of agents cooperates with each other to execute a task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi NODA, Yasufumi TANAKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Shingo TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190301468
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft, a pump part located on a front side of the motor part and driven via the shaft, and a control part which controls the motor part. The motor part includes a rotor, a stator, and a motor housing having a cylindrical portion which accommodates the rotor and the stator. The pump part includes a pump rotor, and a pump housing which accommodates the pump rotor. The control part includes a substrate having a surface on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted. The surface of the substrate is disposed to face the cylindrical portion and extends in the axial direction. A coil, which is provided on the stator, and the substrate are electrically connected via a connecting bus bar assembly. The connecting bus bar assembly is disposed between the cylindrical portion and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Yutaka OMORI
  • Publication number: 20190301596
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft, a pump part located on a front side of the motor part and driven via the shaft, and a control part controlling the motor part. The motor part includes a rotor, a stator, and a motor housing accommodating the rotor and the stator. The pump part includes a pump rotor mounted on the shaft protruding from the motor part, and a pump housing accommodating the pump rotor. The control part includes a substrate having a surface on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted. The surface of the substrate is disposed to face the cylindrical portion of the motor housing and extends in the axial direction. The substrate has an axial length shorter than an axial length of an assembly of the motor part and the pump part and is disposed within an axial range of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yutaka OMORI
  • Patent number: 10417576
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: evaluation information extracting means extracting evaluation information from evaluation of every user for an item; preference information creating means for creating preference information indicating a preference of every user on the basis of the evaluation information extracted by the evaluation information extracting means and an item characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of the item; space creating means for creating a space in which the user is located, according to the preference information; and display control means for controlling display of the user located in the space, according to the space created by the space creating means and the preference information. The apparatus may be applied to, for example, an image display apparatus which displays server images for providing a variety of items and information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Tateno, Shinya Ohtani, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Mari Saito
  • Publication number: 20190275672
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method each enabling a transmission apparatus which transmits observation information to be used in prediction to be readily selected from a plurality of transmission apparatuses. A selection section selects a sensor which transmits observation information to be used in prediction as a use sensor from a plurality of sensors on the basis of pieces of information associated with the plurality of sensors, respectively. The present disclosure, for example, can be applied to an information processing apparatus or the like which performs prediction of failure probability of an industrial robot by using observation information which is transmitted from a predetermined sensor of a plurality of sensors installed in an industrial robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo TAKAMATSU, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi NODA, Yasufumi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10408626
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processing circuit configured to obtain activity recognition information which is determined on the basis of sensing information of a plurality of users, the activity recognition information indicating recognized activities of the plurality of users based on location information of the plurality of users, and generate information for displaying representations of the recognized activities of the plurality of users in relation to a map by using specified criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Masatomo Kurata, Tomohisa Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20190271309
    Abstract: An electric pump includes a motor, a pump, an electric pump case, a pressure sensor device to measure a pressure of fluid, and a circuit board. The pump includes a pump gear to rotate along with rotation of a shaft, and a pump body including a pump chamber recessed from a surface and housing the pump gear, and a through-hole with openings at two ends in an axial direction, one of the openings being opened to the pump chamber. The pressure sensor device includes a pressure sensor device body between the pump and the motor, and an electrical connection cable electrically connecting the pressure sensor device body and the circuit board. The electrical connection cable is routed from the pressure sensor device body to the circuit board inside of the electric pump case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20190271307
    Abstract: A pressure sensor device for an electrically powered pump includes a pressure sensor that measures a pressure of a fluid inside the electrically powered pump, first and second terminals that project from the pressure sensor in a first direction extending toward one side in the horizontal direction, a third terminal that projects from the pressure sensor in a second direction extending toward another side in the horizontal direction, a fourth terminal that projects from the pressure sensor in the second direction and that is electrically connected to the second terminal; a first capacitor that is located on one side, in the horizontal direction, of the pressure sensor and that is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a second capacitor that is located on another side, in the horizontal direction, of the pressure sensor and that is connected between the third terminal and the fourth terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAMIMURA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20190265120
    Abstract: A sensor case of pressure sensor device includes a sensor housing portion, a first terminal housing portion that extends from the sensor housing portion in a first direction, and a second terminal housing portion that extends from the sensor housing portion in a second direction. The first terminal housing portion includes a first upper-side opening that opens upward, and a first lower-side opening that opens downward. The second terminal housing portion includes a second upper-side opening that opens upward, and a second lower-side opening that opens downward. A first terminal part includes a first exposed portion including an upper surface exposed to outside of the first terminal housing portion through the first upper-side opening and a lower surface exposed to outside of the first terminal housing portion through the first lower-side opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAMIMURA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20190256962
    Abstract: A plasma spraying apparatus includes a supplier configured to carry powder of a spray material by a plasma generation gas and jet the powder of the spray material and the plasma generation gas from an opening at a leading end thereof; a plasma generator configured to form, by using the jetted plasma generation gas, a plasma having an axis center shared by the supplier; a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field in a space where the plasma is formed; and a controller configured to control the magnetic field generator to control a deflection of the plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shinji Himori, Naokazu Furuya
  • Patent number: 10380888
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of efficiently using information regarding a user evaluation of a target vehicle. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a recognition section configured to automatically recognize information of a target vehicle from environment information of a user; an acquisition section configured to acquire a user evaluation of the recognized target vehicle; and a generation section configured to generate information for issuing a notification of the acquired user evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Kenta Kawamoto, Naoki Ide, Shingo Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20190210123
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a rake face, a flank surface, and a cutting edge, the cutting edge includes a bottom cutting edge that is positioned at a front end in a central axis direction and forms a convex arc shape and an outer peripheral cutting edge aligned with a radial-direction outer end of the bottom cutting edge and forms a convex arc shape of which a curvature radius is larger than that of the bottom cutting edge, an angle formed between a tangent line to a boundary point between the bottom cutting edge and the outer peripheral cutting edge and the central axis is less than 45°, a curvature radius R1 of the bottom cutting edge is 0.3 to 10 mm, and a ratio (R2/R1) of a curvature radius R2 of the outer peripheral cutting edge to the curvature radius R1 of the bottom cutting edge is 3.6 to 333.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190195345
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft; a pump part that is positioned on one side of the motor part and 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, wherein the motor part includes a rotor, a stator disposed to face the rotor, and a motor housing, wherein the pump part includes a pump rotor and a pump housing having a housing part, wherein the control part includes a plurality of electronic components and a board, the plurality of electronic components include a heat generating component, wherein the motor housing has a cylindrical part and a plurality of heat dissipating fins that extend from the cylindrical part, wherein the board has a first surface and a second surface, and the heat generating component is mounted on the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190195346
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft; a pump part that is positioned on one side of the motor part and 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 disposed to face the rotor, 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. The control part includes a plurality of electronic components and a board on which the electronic components are mounted. The motor housing has a cylindrical part. An end of the board is disposed at a position overlapping the cylindrical part in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yutaka OMORI
  • Publication number: 20190195349
    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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190195348
    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. The pump part includes a pump rotor and a pump housing having a housing part. The control part includes a plurality of electronic components and a board. The motor housing has a cylindrical part in which the rotor and the stator are accommodated, a plurality of heat dissipating fins that extend from the cylindrical part, and a fin support that supports the heat dissipating fins. The heat dissipating fins are disposed at intervals in the axial direction. The fin support has an inter-fin through-hole between a pair of heat dissipating fins adjacent in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190195347
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft; and a pump part that is driven by the motor part via the shaft and discharges oil. The motor part includes a rotor, a stator disposed to face the rotor, a coil provided in the stator, and a motor housing having a cylindrical part 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 motor housing includes a bearing that supports the shaft, a tubular bearing housing that holds the bearing, and a bus bar assembly connected to a coil end of the coil that extends from the stator. In this feature, the stator, the bus bar assembly, and the bearing housing are sequentially disposed from the pump part to the motor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI