Patents by Inventor Yutaka Kobayashi

Yutaka 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: 8820900
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a downstream filter chamber that is disposed at an inlet opening of an ink introduction path and is provided with a filter disposed therein, and a flexible film that is disposed on an inner wall of the filter chamber at a position downstream of the filter, wherein the flexible film is configured to deform in accordance with the pressure changes in the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8787956
    Abstract: In response to receiving second transmission timing adjustment information during connection processing while the user equipment is performing the connection processing to the base station based on first transmission timing adjustment information, the first transmission timing adjustment information is applied to transmission timing adjustment for transmission processing until a valid term of the first transmission timing adjustment information; and the second transmission timing adjustment information is applied to transmission timing adjustment for transmission processing after the valid term of the first transmission timing adjustment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ohta, Yoshiharu Tajima, Yutaka Kobayashi, Kazuhisa Obuchi
  • Patent number: 8779325
    Abstract: A laser beam processing machine includes a laser beam application device and a controller. The controller controls deflecting of the optical axis of a pulse laser beam from the laser beam application device in the processing-feed direction according to a plurality of processing position coordinates, and according to the frequency of the beam, to ensure that there is a predetermined time interval between pulses applied to the same processing position coordinates. One pulse is applied at a time to each of the plurality of processing position coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Nomaru, Yutaka Kobayashi, Hiroshi Morikazu
  • Patent number: 8768392
    Abstract: A timing adjustment method in a mobile communication system having a user equipment and a base station, that performs transmission processing based on transmission timing adjustment information in the user equipment and allocates a plurality of parameters related to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource used for transmission processing, between the user equipment and the base station. Additionally, if a valid term of first transmission timing adjustment information expires before transmission processing of a signal including identification information of the user equipment is performed during connection processing while the user equipment is performing the connection processing to the base station based on the first transmission timing adjustment information, aborting the connection processing and releasing at least one of the allocated plurality of parameters related to the PUCCH resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ohta, Yoshiharu Tajima, Yutaka Kobayashi, Kazuhisa Obuchi
  • Publication number: 20140108053
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus that acquires a medical image and additional information associated with the medical image. The medical image processing apparatus reduces a display size of the medical image using a first size-reduction rate, and reduces a display size of the additional information using a second size-reduction rate. The medical image processes apparatus then combines the size-reduced medical image and the size-reduced additional information into a thumbnail composite image, and displays the thumbnail composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuya AKAKI, Masaru OGASAWARA, Takayuki GUNJI, Satoshi MATSUNAGA, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140054275
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for manufacturing cutting tools that is capable of providing cutting tools that have a cut surface whose surface is uniformly smooth and that have a stable performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakamae, Hiroyuki Murase, Katsuko Yamamoto, Mamoru Ono, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Toshimitsu Sakata, Teruhiro Enami, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140043408
    Abstract: A liquid container includes an ink chamber containing an ink to be supplied via a tube to a liquid ejecting head consuming the ink; an outlet port from which the ink contained in the ink chamber flows to the tube side; an injection port through which the ink can be injected into the ink chamber; and an air intake port taking air into the ink chamber from a further vertically upper position than a liquid level of the ink when the ink is contained in the ink chamber. If the ink equal to 5% of containing capacity containable in the ink chamber flows from the outlet port, the liquid container has an area where a fluctuation range of the liquid level of the ink inside the ink chamber becomes 5% or less of the cubic root of the containing capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoma Kudo, Takashi Koase, Toshiya Okada, Yasunori Koike, Tetsuya Takamoto, Nobutaka Suzuki, Satoshi Tamai, Toru Nakazawa, Katsutomo Tsukahara, Masayuki Kanazawa, Naofumi Mimura, Keigo Iizawa, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8646894
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid ejecting head in which a liquid introducing portion includes a liquid introducing flow passage which introduces a liquid from a liquid storage member having the liquid stored therein, a bubble chamber which accommodates a bubble entrained into the liquid introducing flow passage and a filter that is provided at a bottom of the bubble chamber, and a liquid ejecting head main body which introduces the liquid from the liquid introducing portion to a pressure chamber through a liquid flow passage and is able to discharge the liquid in the pressure chamber from nozzles as liquid droplets, wherein a lyophobic region having a lyophobic property is provided on a surface of the filter facing the bubble chamber side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8631112
    Abstract: A management system includes: plural management apparatuses each of which includes a first transmitting unit that, when processing devices connected to a communication unit are searched with reference to a first management table in which information of a processing device managed by the management apparatus is registered and a processing device which is not managed by the management apparatus is detected, transmits detection information of the processing device to the communication unit, and a first registration unit, when a processing device management request corresponding to the detection information of the processing device is received from the communication unit, registers information of the processing device related to the processing device management request in the first management table; and an information management server including a change unit that changes information of the management apparatus and a second transmitting unit that transmits the processing device management request to the communica
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8616925
    Abstract: A multi-contact terminal fitting (T) has a plurality of resilient contact pieces (40) that extend from a rectangular tubular base (25) and can be brought into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a flat plate-shaped tab (11). The resilient contact pieces (40) extending from parts of the base (25) that have relatively high rigidity are narrow and those extending from less rigid parts of the base (25) are wider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kobayashi, Hikaru Ito
  • Patent number: 8566611
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic device capable of automatically unlocking a lock of an external storage device using a password without adding a function to the external storage device. An electronic device 100 includes a memory card connection unit 108 connecting a memory card 200 capable of being locked using the password, a password retention unit 101 retaining the password of the memory card 200, a lock state determination unit 106 determining whether or not the memory card 200 connected to the memory card connection unit 108 is in a locked state, and a setting cancellation unit 105 transmitting an unlocking signal for unlocking the locked state of the memory card 200 on the basis of the password when it is determined that the memory card 200 is in the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kobayashi, Kazuya Fujimura, Osamu Uchida
  • Patent number: 8549311
    Abstract: An electronic device that can automatically unlock an external storage device with a password without adding a function to the external storage device is provided. An electronic device 100B has memory card connection means 108 for connecting a memory card 200 that can be locked with a password, password holding means 101 for holding card unique ID and a password, card unique ID acquisition means 104 for acquiring connection identification information indicating the card unique ID of the memory card 20 connected to the memory card connection means 108, and password deletion means 109 for deleting connection identification information and the password corresponding to the connection identification information stored in the password holding means 101 if the connection identification information is contained in the password holding means 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Fujimura, Osamu Uchida, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130230002
    Abstract: A base station in a mobile communication system containing a user equipment and the base station that includes an uplink (UL) resource management unit that allocates a plurality of parameters related to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource used for transmission processing, between the user equipment and the base station; a reception processing unit that receives a signal sent from the user equipment including a transmission processing unit that performs transmission processing based on transmission timing adjustment information; and a control unit that, if a valid term of first transmission timing adjustment information expires before transmission processing of a signal including identification information of the user equipment is performed during connection processing while performing the connection processing to the base station based on the first transmission timing adjustment information, aborts the connection processing and releases at least one of the allocated plurality of parameters rela
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OHTA, Yoshiharu TAJIMA, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Kazuhisa OBUCHI
  • Patent number: 8511797
    Abstract: An ink introducing port is provided on the upstream side of the center of a row of pressure chambers in the direction of gravity g, the pressure due to ink introduction is applied to a region where the influence by the head is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8487208
    Abstract: A laser beam irradiation apparatus includes a laser beam oscillation unit including a pulse laser beam oscillator for oscillating a pulse laser beam and a cycle frequency setting unit for setting the cycle frequency, an acousto-optic deflection unit for deflecting the optical axis of the pulse laser beam oscillated from the laser beam oscillation section, and a control unit for controlling the acousto-optic deflection unit. The control unit outputs a driving pulse signal having a predetermined time width including a pulse width of the pulse laser beam oscillated from the pulse laser beam oscillator to the acousto-optic deflection unit based on the cycle frequency setting signal from the cycle frequency setting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kobayashi, Kouichi Nehashi, Keiji Nomaru, Yasuomi Kaneuchi
  • Publication number: 20130088201
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery units mutually connected in parallel, each including a cell group in which one or two or more secondary cells are connected in series, and a first current control element that is connected in series with this cell group, a first control means that controls the charging/discharging current for each battery unit by controlling the operation of the first current control element included in each of the battery unit; a voltage measurement means that measures the voltage of the cell group or cells included in each of the battery unit, and a diagnosis means that diagnoses a deterioration level or a fault of each battery unit on the basis of the voltage of the cell group or cells measured by the voltage measurement means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwasawa, Akihiko Emori, Yutaka Kobayashi, Ko Takahashi, Akihiko Kanouda
  • Patent number: 8398313
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is provided. The liquid injecting head includes two reservoirs. The reservoirs include expansion chambers arranged in parallel in a direction in which pressure chambers are arranged. Each reservoir includes multiple expansion chambers formed so that an inner wall surface of one of the reservoirs protrudes toward the other reservoir. Each expansion chamber having a liquid introduction opening. Constriction portions are formed so that the inner wall surface of one reservoir protrudes at locations that oppose the expansion chambers of the other reservoir. The constriction portions narrow the flow channel width in the direction intersecting with the direction in which the pressure chambers are arranged. The liquid introduction openings provided in the expansion chambers disposed on either side of the constriction portion are formed in locations that are at different distances from the constriction portion and have different cross-sectional areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Ihara, Isamu Togashi, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8351398
    Abstract: Included are a system information receiving unit for receiving, from a first base station or a second base station, system information including a PI within a PICH and a PCH, and a cell reselecting unit for executing a cell reselection process for switching from a wireless communication with the first base station to that with the second base station if a mobile communication terminal fails to obtain local incoming information due to unsuccessful reception of the PCH, which is made by the system information receiving unit, after receiving a notification that incoming data exists by receiving the PI within the system information received by the system information receiving unit within the first service area. Consequently, the mobile communication terminal and incoming data detecting method and program, which can securely receive incoming data even if the mobile communication terminal fails to receive the PCH although receiving incoming information with the PI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130007072
    Abstract: Provided is a playing/recording apparatus that has both a content playing function and a content recording function, even when the number of playing capability files that can be stored in an external memory is just one, and the number of playing capability information that can be written on the playing capability file is prescribed to be just one. The playing/recording apparatus can record content in accordance with the playing capability of other playing apparatuses. In the playing/recording apparatus (100), a retaining unit (103) reads the playing capability file stored in the inserted external memory, and retains the playing capability information of a playing apparatus other than the playing/recording apparatus (100), and a recording unit (102) records the content into the external memory on the basis of the playing capability information of the other playing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8338744
    Abstract: A condensing optical system having a condensed light spot with a small size and a large focal depth without causing a problem of a decrease in intensity of the condensed light spot or discontinuity of an intensity distribution in front and rear areas of a focal position is provided. The condensing optical system that condenses a laser beam generated by a laser source at a predetermined focal length is designed to satisfy Expressions (a) to (d), thereby producing 3rd and 5th spherical aberrations: |Z8|?0.1? or |Z15|?0.05?,??(a) Z8/Z15?3 or Z8/Z15<1,??(b) |Z8|<1.4?, and??(c) |Z15|<0.5?,??(d) where ? is a wavelength, Z8 is an 8th coefficient of coefficients of the Zernike fringe polynomial of wavefront aberration corresponding to a 3rd order spherical aberration, and Z15 is a 15th coefficient of the coefficients of the Zernike fringe polynomial of wavefront aberration corresponding to a 5th spherical aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Watatani, Keiji Fuse, Yutaka Kobayashi