Inventors list

Assignees list

Classification tree browser

Top 100 Inventors

Top 100 Assignees


Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Matsudo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110106490CONVEYOR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND CONVEYOR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a conveyor diagnostic device diagnoses an abnormal state of a cyclically moving conveyor. The conveyor diagnostic device includes a first tilt sensor, a second tilt sensor, a table, and a processing unit. The first and second tilt sensors are attached to a predetermined position of the conveyor and detect tilt angles of the conveyor in a vertical direction and horizontal direction, respectively. The table indicates a relationship between a tilt angle which changes in the vertical direction and sections included in one revolution of the conveyor. The processing unit specifies an abnormality occurrence position of the conveyor based on a tilt angle in the vertical direction, the table, and an elapsed time after ingression for a section corresponding to the tilt angle in the vertical direction, when a tilt angle in the horizontal direction exceeds a predetermined management limit value.05-05-2011
20110202312OPERATION SOUND COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a system includes a first operation sound collector, a second operation sound collector, a database, a receiver, and controller. The first operation sound collector is provided in a movable part of equipment, and transmits first data including inclination angle data and first operation sound data. The second operation sound collector is provided in a fixed part of the equipment, and transmits second data including second operation sound data being collected simultaneously with the first operation sound data. The database stores operation sound data in normal operation. The receiver simultaneously receives the first data and the second data. The controller determines whether an operation sound is abnormal based on the first data, the second data, and the operation sound data of the database.08-18-2011

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yamagata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100108433ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER DIAPHRAGM - A method for manufacturing an electroacoustic transducer diaphragm of a multilayered structure which includes a first diaphragm layer made from a synthetic resin material and molded into a predetermined shape through injection molding, and a second diaphragm layer laminated in close contact with the first diaphragm layer and made from a material differing from that of the first diaphragm layer, the method includes inserting the second diaphragm layer into a mold for injection molding, and forming the first diaphragm layer integrally with the second diaphragm layer by injection foam-molding within the injection mold.05-06-2010
20110069859SPEAKER DEVICE - A flat speaker device capable of emitting loud reproduced sound with a relatively simple configuration is provided. The speaker device includes a diaphragm, a frame supporting the diaphragm vibratably in the vibration direction, a magnetic circuit disposed in the frame, and a driving member for driving the diaphragm. The driving member includes a voice coil movably disposed in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit, a driving part formed movably in a direction different from the vibration direction of the diaphragm, and an angle conversion and transmission part, one end of which is angle-variably joined to the driving part and another end of which is angle-variably joined to the diaphragm. The angle conversion and transmission part has rigidity and is obliquely disposed with respect to each of the vibration direction of the diaphragm and the moving direction of the driving part.03-24-2011
20110116662SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes a vibrating body including a diaphragm and a voice coil supported by a part of the diaphragm and a magnetic circuit including a first magnetic pole part having a magnet and a second magnetic pole part different from the first magnetic pole part and arranged spaced apart from the first magnetic pole part. The voice coil is arranged between the first magnetic pole part and the second magnetic pole part, the vibrating body includes a conducting part formed at a part or whole of the diaphragm, in the proximity of the voice coil, and the conducting part is arranged between the first magnetic pole part and the second magnetic pole part.05-19-2011
20110164781MAGNETIC CIRCUIT FOR SPEAKER DEVICE AND SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes a diaphragm (07-07-2011
20110176703SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes a speaker unit and a cabinet on or in which the speaker unit is mounted. The speaker unit includes a diaphragm, a static part supporting the diaphragm vibratably in a vibration direction, and a driving part provided at the static part to vibrate the diaphragm in response to an audio signal. The driving part includes a magnetic circuit forming a magnetic gap, a voice coil vibrating in a direction different from the vibration direction of the diaphragm upon the inputted audio signal, and a rigid vibration direction converter part configured to convert the vibration direction of the voice coil and transmit the vibration to the diaphragm.07-21-2011
20110232990VIBRATING BODY FOR SPEAKER AND SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker vibrating body vibrated by a driving part includes a plurality of diaphragms vibratably supported by a static part supporting said driving part and a diaphragm connecting part, provided between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm among said plurality of diaphragms, coupling said first diaphragm and said second diaphragm and synchronously moving said first diaphragm and said second diaphragm toward or away from each other.09-29-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yamagata JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110057100Transmission Electron Microscope, and Method of Observing Specimen - Provided is means which enables observation of the shape of a specimen as it is without deforming the specimen. Observation is made by allowing a specimen-holding member having an opening (for example, microgrid and mesh) to hold an ionic liquid and charging a specimen thereto, to allow the specimen to suspend in the ionic liquid. Furthermore, in the proximity of the specimen-holding member, a mechanism of injecting an ionic liquid (ionic liquid introduction mechanism) and/or an electrode are provided. When a voltage is applied to the electrode, the specimen moves or deforms in the ionic liquid. How the specimen moves or deforms can be observed. Furthermore, in the proximity of specimen-holding member, an evaporation apparatus is provided to enable charge of the specimen into the ionic liquid while evaporating. Furthermore, in the proximity of the specimen-holding member, a microcapillary is provided to charge a liquid-state specimen into the ionic liquid. Note that the specimen-holding member is designed to be rotatable.03-10-2011

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100071211LIQUID EJECTING HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid supplied from a liquid storing member through a liquid supply path. The method includes positioning a filter to a first or second supply member by using positioning pins upon disposing the filter between first and second liquid supply paths. The first supply member has the first liquid supply path. The second supply member has the second liquid supply path on the side of one surface of the first supply member to communicate with the first liquid supply path. At least the first supply member and the second supply member are integrated such that a fixed portion is molded by injecting a resin material from an injection portion of a mold at a position where the first and second liquid supply paths are interposed between the positioning pins.03-25-2010
20100214379MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A manufacturing method produces a liquid ejecting head including first and second flow path members having liquid flow paths that communicate with each other. An integrally-molded member is surrounds the second flow path member on the second flow path member side of the first flow path member to join the first and second flow path members together. A holding process defines a space portion for forming the integrally-molded member in a frame section. The frame section is brought into contact with a contact surface of a recessed portion in the face of the second flow path member opposite the first flow path member, with the first and second flow path members contacting each other such that the liquid flow paths communicate with each other. A molding process fills the space portion with resin, thereby molding the integrally-molded member, and joins the first and second flow path members together.08-26-2010
20110030216METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - There is provided a method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head which includes a head main body having nozzles ejecting a liquid supplied via a liquid supply passage, a first supply member having a first liquid supply passage forming a part of the liquid supply passage, a second supply member disposed on a downstream side of the first supply member and having a second liquid supply passage communicating with the first liquid supply passage and forming a part of the liquid supply passage, a filter disposed between the first and second supply members so as to cross the liquid supply passage, and an integrally molded member fixing the first and second supply members by a resin in a state where the filter is nipped between the first and second supply members. The method includes: disposing the filter in one of the first and second supply members; nipping the filter by the first and second supply members in a state where the filter is sucked, adsorbed, and positioned via a suction hole of the first or second supply member; and forming the integrally molded member in the state where the filter is nipped between the first and second supply members.02-10-2011
20110031641METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - There is provided a method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head which includes a head main body having nozzles ejecting a liquid supplied via a liquid supply passage, a first supply member having a first liquid supply passage forming a part of the liquid supply passage, a second supply member disposed on a downstream side of the first supply member and having a second liquid supply passage communicating with the first liquid supply passage and forming a part of the liquid supply passage, a filter disposed between the first and second supply members so as to cross the liquid supply passage, and an integrally molded member fixing the first and second supply members by a resin in a state where the filter is nipped between the first and second supply members. The method includes: forming a supporting protrusion protruding toward the filter and supporting the filter on an inner wall surface of at least one of the first and second supply members; and forming the integrally molded member in the state where the filter is nipped between the first and second supply members and a pressure difference is caused between the first and second supply members on both sides of the filter so that a pressure is lower on the side of the supporting protrusion.02-10-2011
20110050821LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body that has a nozzle opening for ejecting liquid supplied via a liquid supply path. A first supply member for the liquid supply path has an introduction port for introducing the liquid. A second supply member is positioned on a downstream side of the first supply member. A filter between the first and second supply members crosses the liquid supply path. An integrated molding portion fixes the first and second supply members by resin in a state where the filter is pinched between the first and second supply members. The first and second supply members have pinching portions for pinching the filter therebetween. A wall surface is positioned on one of the first and second supply members and between the filter and the resin to surround an outer periphery of the filter.03-03-2011
20110228021LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a head body which ejects a liquid supplied from a liquid storing member via a liquid supply path; a first supply member which is provided with a first liquid supply path forming a part of the liquid supply path; a second supply member which is provided with a second liquid supply path communicating with the first liquid supply path and forming a part of the liquid supply path, and which supplies the liquid to the head body; and a filter which is sandwiched between the first and second liquid supply paths, wherein a sandwiching portion including the first and second supply members and sandwiching the filter includes an inclination portion that is inclined to the downstream side so as to face the outside of the liquid supply path. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes the liquid ejecting head.09-22-2011
20110234700LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of head bodies each having a nozzle plate, a flow channel forming substrate having a plurality of pressure generating chambers that communicate with the plurality of nozzles and a manifold that communicates with the plurality of pressure generating chambers, and pressure generating, and a fixation plate having an exposure aperture formed so that the plurality of nozzles are exposed therethrough and on which the plurality of head bodies are fixedly positioned, wherein the edges of the exposure aperture formed on the fixation plate are located in a region opposite the manifold, and a depression is formed on a side of the fixation plate facing the nozzle plate by depressing the edges of the exposure aperture in the region opposite the manifold.09-29-2011
20110316943LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The flow path unit includes a flow path unit main body to which the liquid supply needle is attached on the upstream side and including a flow path portion with the liquid flow path formed therein, the flow path portion projecting from a lower face of the flow path unit main body, and a cover member fixed to the flow path unit main body and including a wall portion formed so as to surround the flow path portion, the wall portion having a height that reaches the case member.12-29-2011
20120013683LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A connector connected to an external wiring is fixed on the circuit board by opening a connection port toward the channel member side, the external wiring is inserted into or released from the connection port, and the channel member has a deformation restricting portion protruding from a region, which is opposite the circuit board, toward the circuit board, and substantially abuts against a surface of the circuit board to restrict deformation of the circuit board to the channel member side.01-19-2012

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080246882NONLINEAR PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A nonlinearly processed (gamma-corrected) video signal is subjected to three-dimensional signal level correction using three-dimensional correction values and corresponding to a position in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of a pixel on a display screen of an image display unit and the signal level of the pixel data. Thereby, accurate gamma correction is made possible, and horizontal and vertical area information (grid block) can be disposed in an optimum positional relation according to resolution of the screen.10-09-2008
20090120261DIE AND DIE DEVICE - A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports.05-14-2009
20100074434Echo cancelling device, communication device, and echo cancelling method having the error signal generating circuit - Provided is an echo canceller capable of realizing an excellent echo cancellation performance even in a double talk state. An echo canceller (03-25-2010
20100295590TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A time to digital converter includes: a delay circuit having a plurality of delay stages that delay an input clock signal in multiple stages, at least one of the delay stages being a variable delay stage; a plurality of flip flops that capture outputs of the delay stages corresponding thereto in a one-to-one relation in response to input of a reference signal; an edge detecting circuit that detects changing edges of respective outputs of the flip flops; a counter circuit that counts a number of edges detected by the edge detecting circuit; and a control circuit that controls a delay amount of the variable delay stage according to the number of edges counted by the counter circuit.11-25-2010
20110012684LOCAL OSCILLATOR - Equal numbers of variable capacitance elements, capacitance values of which are separately controlled according to a logic value of a corresponding bit of a delay control signal that is in a one-to-one relation with an oscillation frequency, are connected in parallel among differential outputs of all delay circuits excluding a differential non-inverting delay circuit at the end, which extracts a frequency signal to the outside. Bits of the delay control signal are connected in a one-to-one relation to the equal numbers of variable capacitance elements arranged on output sides of all the delay circuits, in a relation in which delay control signals continuous in terms of frequency are not connected to the equal number of variable capacitance elements arranged on an output side of one of the delay circuits.01-20-2011
20110033720TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE SHEET AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An object of the present disclosure is to provide a transparent adhesive sheet in which the occurrence of display unevenness, bubbles and peeling is prevented. The transparent adhesive sheet contains a copolymer of a monomer comprising (A) an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group of 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a polar monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50 C or higher (B), and (C) a (meth)acrylate ester, wherein the copolymer exhibits tan of 0.13 or more at 140 C and 1.0 Hz, and also exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 8.9 104 Pa or less at 25 C and 1.0 Hz.02-10-2011
20110186102PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - A photoelectric conversion element includes a substrate with an insulation layer having a metallic substrate and an electrical insulation layer formed on a surface of the metallic substrate, a diffusion prevention layer made of nitride and formed on the electrical insulation layer, an alkali supply layer containing an alkali metal element and formed on the diffusion prevention layer, a lower electrode formed on the alkali supply layer, a photoelectric conversion layer including a compound semiconductor layer and formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer. The electrical insulation layer includes an anodized film of aluminum, and the diffusion prevention layer prevents at least diffusion of the alkali metal element from the alkali supply layer to the substrate with the insulation layer.08-04-2011
20110186103PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - A photoelectric conversion element includes a substrate with an insulation layer having a metallic substrate and an electrical insulation layer formed on a surface of the metallic substrate, a diffusion prevention layer formed on the electrical insulation layer, an alkali supply layer being electrically conductive and formed on the diffusion prevention layer, a lower electrode formed on the alkali supply layer, a photoelectric conversion layer comprising a compound semiconductor layer and formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer. The diffusion prevention layer prevents at least diffusion of alkali metal from the alkali supply layer to the substrate with the insulation layer.08-04-2011
20110205071ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: a temperature measurement section that measures a temperature of a heat generation source generating heat by consuming power or a temperature of an inner position of a casing of which the temperature changes due to the heat generation of the heat generation source; and an environmental temperature calculation section that calculates a temperature which is calculated using a predetermined relational equation that is different in accordance with a model from a difference between a first temperature measured by the temperature measurement section at a point in time when the heat generation source starts consuming a predetermined amount of power and a second temperature measured by the temperature measurement section at a point in time after the passage of a predetermined period from the start of consumption of a predetermined amount of power by the heat generation source as an environmental temperature in an environment where the casing is placed.08-25-2011
20110234270LOCAL OSCILLATOR AND PHASE ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a local oscillator includes a digitally-controlled oscillator that outputs an oscillating signal having a frequency N times as large as an oscillating frequency according to an oscillator tuning word; a frequency divider that performs a 1/N frequency division of the oscillating signal, and outputs a 2N phase clock; a counter that counts the clock and outputs the count value as integer oscillator phase data based upon a reference signal; a first flip-flop that latches the clock with the reference signal, and outputs the resultant as first phase information; a variable delay circuit that delays the reference signal and outputs the resultant as a delay reference signal; a second flip-flop that latches the clock with the delay reference signal, and outputs the resultant as second phase information; a delay control unit that controls a delay amount of the variable delay circuit; a data conversion unit that outputs fractional oscillator phase data based upon the first and second phase information; an adder that adds the integer oscillator phase data and the fractional oscillator phase data, and outputs the added value as third phase information; and a filter that smoothes the difference between a reference phase for setting the oscillating frequency of the digitally-controlled oscillator and the third phase information so as to output the oscillator tuning word.09-29-2011
20110234326DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND OSCILLATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a digitally controlled oscillator outputs an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency according to an oscillator tuning word. The digitally controlled oscillator includes a control unit and an oscillator. The control unit divides the oscillator tuning word of N bits into upper (N−A) (A≧1 and N>A) bits and lower A bits, converts the upper (N−A) bits into a first code to perform Binary control of (N−A) bits and converts the lower A bits into a second code to perform Unary control of (2̂(A+1)−2) bits, and outputs the conversion results, and the oscillator outputs oscillation signals having oscillation frequencies according to the first and second codes output from the control unit.09-29-2011
20110234327LOCAL OSCILLATOR AND PHASE ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a local oscillator includes: an adder that adds an oscillator integer phase and an oscillator fraction phase and outputs the addition value as first phase information; a delayer that outputs an addition output of a frequency command word at one clock before and second phase information as estimated oscillator phase data; a correcting unit that outputs an addition of compensation information to the first phase information as the second phase information when |the first phase information−the estimated oscillator phase data|>|the first phase information+the compensation information−the estimated oscillator phase data| is satisfied and otherwise outputs the first phase information as the second phase information.09-29-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080278038PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric film, and electrodes through which an electric field can be applied to the piezoelectric film along the thickness direction of the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film contains a ferroelectric phase in which the thickness direction and a normal of a plane determined by the spontaneous-polarization axis and the [010] axis makes an angle θm satisfying the condition that −45 degrees<θm<+45 degrees and θm≠0 degrees. Further, the spontaneous-polarization axis or the [010] axis may be perpendicular to the thickness direction of the piezoelectric film.11-13-2008
20090085445PEROVSKITE-OXIDE LAMINATION, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A perovskite-oxide lamination constituted by a substrate and one or tore first films of a first oxide of a perovskite type and one or more second films of a second oxide which are alternately formed over the substrate. The first oxide has a composition expressed as ABO04-02-2009
20090230211PEROVSKITE OXIDE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE PEROVSKITE OXIDE, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A process for producing a piezoelectric oxide having a composition (Ba, Bi, A)(Ti, Fe, M)O09-17-2009
20090295876FERROELECTRIC OXIDE STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE STRUCTURE, AND LIQUID-DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A ferroelectric oxide structure includes a substrate and a ferroelectric thin-film deposited on the substrate. The ferroelectric thin-film has a thickness of greater than or equal to 200 nm and a tetragonal crystal system. The ferroelectric thin-film has (100) single-orientation crystal orientation.12-03-2009
20100236606PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND SOLAR CELL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device wherein a lower electrode, a photoelectric-conversion semiconductor layer of a compound semiconductor material, and an upper electrode are formed in this order on an anodized substrate in which an anodized oxide film as an insulating film is formed on an aluminum base arranged at at least one surface of a metal substrate. The lower electrode is formed on the anodized oxide film. The main component of the photoelectric-conversion semiconductor layer is a compound semiconductor material with a chalcopyrite structure of Group Ib, IIIb and VIb elements. The photoelectric conversion device includes at least one insulative alkali supply layer formed between the anodized substrate and the lower electrode, and at least one insulative antidiffusion layer being formed between the anodized substrate and the at least one alkali supply layer, and suppressing diffusion, toward the anodized substrate, of one or more alkali and/or alkaline earth metal elements.09-23-2010
20110006243PEROVSKITE OXIDE, OXIDE COMPOSITION, OXIDE BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A perovskite oxide represented by a general expression,01-13-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100308692PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR HAVING THE SAME, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND POWER GENERATING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric device which includes a piezoelectric body having piezoelectricity and a pair of electrodes for applying an electric field to the piezoelectric body in a predetermined direction in which a piezoelectric strain constant d12-09-2010
20110007115PEROVSKITE OXIDE MATERIAL, FERROELECTRIC COMPOUND, PIEZOELECTRIC BODY, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A perovskite oxide material containing: BiFeO01-13-2011

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080308134Substrate Processing Apparatus - The invention provides a substrate processing apparatus capable of removing unnecessary deposition films attached to a bevel portion of a substrate to be processed with high efficiency and at low cost without causing damage to the inner areas of the substrate to be processed having patterns formed thereto and without causing heavy metal contamination. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a rotary stage 12-18-2008
20090004871PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE - A plasma processing method using plasma includes steps of applying current to a coil and introducing gas into a processing chamber, applying a bias power that does not generate plasma, applying a source power to generate plasma so that a plasma density distribution is high above an outer circumference of a semiconductor wafer and low above a center of the semiconductor wafer, and forming a shape of a sheath layer having a positive ion space charge directly above the semiconductor wafer so as to be convex in an upper direction from the semiconductor wafer, thereby eliminating foreign particles trapped in a boundary of the sheath layer having a positive ion space charge directly above the semiconductor wafer, generating plasma for processing the semiconductor wafer under a condition different from the conditions of the previous steps.01-01-2009
20090194235PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The object of the invention is to provide a plasma processing apparatus having enhanced plasma processing uniformity. The plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber 08-06-2009
20090306059CYCLIC AMINE DERIVATIVE HAVING SUBSTITUTED ALKYL GROUP - A compound having the general formula (I), pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof or prodrugs thereof:12-10-2009
20100006225Plasma processing apparatus - To make it possible to suppress deterioration of processing properties of a sample to be processed due to the distortion of ion sheath at the end portion of the sample to be processed or possible to maintain the condition for suppressing the deterioration, so that the acquisition rate of acceptable products can be increased, so as to thereby improve the yield. In a plasma processing apparatus, a minute hole 01-14-2010
20100128539SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A semiconductor memory is provided which includes: a first pad; a second pad disposed adjacent to the first pad; a first output buffer coupled to the first pad; and a second output buffer coupled to the second pad. The first pad is coupled to the second pad by metal.05-27-2010
20100327975SIGNAL AMPLIFIER - A signal amplifier controls an output amplitude of a differential transmitted from an amplifier circuit to two output terminals via each of 2N number of MOS transistors that operate as a switch by switching a control value n, and includes an amplitude-control-word switching unit that multiplies the control value n by a value 1 or a value −1 and switches between an amplitude control word of a value (N+n) and an amplitude control word of a value (N−n) of a complementary 2N-bit amplitude control word.12-30-2010
20120040436 TYPE MILK-CLOTTING PROTEASE DERIVED FROM A MICROORGANISM - The present invention provides an improved type protease which comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 75% identical to SEQ ID NO:3, said improved type protease has at least one mutation selected from the group consisting of: (A) replacement of glutamine corresponding to glutamine at position 265 in SEQ ID NO: 3 with an acidic amino acid; and (B) replacement of glutamine at position 266 in SEQ ID NO: 3 with an acidic amino acid, and wherein said improved type protease has milk-clotting activity.02-16-2012

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tokyo JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tsukuigun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100302654FRESNEL LENS - To provide a Fresnel lens wherein changes in focal length due to temperature dependence of the refractive index can be compensated. By introducing a fractal structure into prisms in a peripheral region in which the prism angle is large and therefore the aspect ratio h/p of the prisms is large, the aspect ratio is reduced from h/p to h′/p and the slope of the envelope 12-02-2010

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090160572COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus has a local oscillator which performs phase modulation based on a phase component of a baseband signal and outputs a phase modulated signal, a controlling circuit which is supplied with an integer portion included in an amplitude component of the baseband signal and generates and outputs a controlling signal based on a size of the integer portion, a subtractor which is supplied with the integer portion and the controlling signal, subtracts a value of the controlling signal from the integer portion, and outputs a result, a MASH (Multi-stAge-noise-Shaping) circuit which is a second-order delta-sigma modulation means supplied with a fractional portion of the amplitude component, an order of the MASH circuit being switchable between a first order and a second order based on the controlling signal, and an amplifier which sets a voltage value based on an output of the MASH circuit and an output of the subtractor, multiplies the voltage value and the phase modulated signal, and outputs a result.06-25-2009
20090190694COMMUNICATION SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A communication semiconductor integrated circuit, has: a first computing element which adds the count value and the phase difference value and outputs a first computed value as an addition result; a second computing element which adds set frequency data obtained by dividing a carrier frequency by a reference frequency of the reference signal and modulation frequency data obtained by dividing a modulation frequency by the reference frequency, and outputs a second computed value as an addition result; a third computing element which subtracts the second computed value from the first computed value and outputs a third computed value as a subtraction result, the third computed value being a phase error; and a fourth computing element which adds the carrier frequency control value and the modulation frequency control value, and outputs the oscillator tuning word as an addition result.07-30-2009
20090212876OSCILLATOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An oscillation controlling apparatus has a digitally-controlled oscillator configured to output an oscillating signal with an oscillation frequency according to an oscillator adjustment signal, and include a variable current source which supplies operation current based on an operation current control signal, a phase difference calculating unit configured to calculate a phase difference between the oscillating signal and a reference signal to output a phase difference signal, a filter configured to smooth a difference between a phase instruction signal setting the oscillation frequency of the digitally-controlled oscillator and the phase difference signal to output the oscillator adjustment signal, and a controlling unit configured to obtain the oscillator adjustment signal, output the operation current control signal so as to vary a value of the operation current, extract the value of the operation current at which the oscillator adjustment signal becomes the maximum value, and output the operation current control signal so that the operation current supplied by the variable current source becomes the extracted value.08-27-2009
20100214028OSCILLATOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An oscillator control apparatus has a digitally-controlled oscillator which outputs an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency in response to an oscillator adjusting signal, a counter which counts the oscillation signal and outputs a count in response to a reference signal in synchronism with the oscillation signal, a time-to-digital converter which calculates a phase difference between the oscillation signal and the reference signal, an adder which adds the count and the phase difference and outputs the added value as first phase information, a corrector which corrects the first phase information in response to a phase control signal for setting an oscillation frequency of the digitally-controlled oscillator when a time difference between a rising-up timing of the oscillation signal and a rising-up timing of the reference signal is less than a predetermined time, and outputs second phase information, and a filter for smoothing a difference between the phase control signal and the second phase information, to output the oscillator adjusting signal.08-26-2010
20110215872SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: digitally controlled oscillators; a phase-data output unit; an integration processing unit; a filter unit; a multiplier (a first multiplier) that outputs, as an oscillator tuning word, a value obtained by multiplying an output signal subjected to time division from the filter unit with a predetermined coefficient; and an output selector (a tuning-word separating unit) that allocates the oscillator tuning word to the digitally controlled oscillators in synchronization with a reference frequency.09-08-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yokohama-Shi JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090265924Electronic Component Mounting Head, and Apparatus and Method for Mounting Electronic Component - In an electronic component mounting apparatus including an electronic component mounting head for holding an electronic component and an up/down device for pressing the electronic component against a circuit board, the electronic component is pressed against the circuit board while ultrasonic vibrations are applied from an ultrasonic transducer of the electronic component mounting head to the electronic component via a component holding unit, so that the electronic component is mounted onto the circuit board. In the electronic component mounting apparatus, the electronic component is heated via the component holding unit by radiant heat from a heater fixed to the component holding unit in a noncontact state, so that even under the condition that the electrothermal heater is replaceably attached, characteristics of the ultrasonic vibrations applied to the electronic component can be maintained constant.10-29-2009
20090277951ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD - There is provided an electronic component mounting apparatus including: a component holder which holds an electronic component; a pressing unit which applies pressure to the held electronic component through the component holder; and an ultrasonic transducer which applies ultrasonic vibration to the held electronic component through the component holder. The component holder includes a horn at one end of which is mounted the ultrasonic transducer and a holding tool which is fixed to the other end of the horn by using bolts and holds the electronic component. The horn has a surface A11-12-2009
20100065613ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD - In a direction parallel to a direction 03-18-2010
20100108497WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - A water softening module has a case body which includes cover members secured to their respective ends of a cylindrical case. A pair of electrodes are provided in the case body. A fibrous medium is located in contact with a water-outlet-side face of the electrodes. The fibrous medium has a stacked structure constituted of a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer, which are electrically conductive. The first fiber layer is positioned in contact with the upstream side of the second fiber layer, and the first fiber layer is positioned in contact with the downstream-side face of the electrodes. The specific surface area of the first layer is smaller than that of the second fiber layer.05-06-2010
20100190501MOBILE TERMINAL, SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile terminal is configured to perform a hard handover process to switch a base station to which the mobile terminal is connected from among a plurality of base stations and to perform wireless communication with the base station to which the mobile terminal is connected. A terminal-side counting section is configured to perform a counting process for counting time until a session established for wireless communication with the base station is timed out. A terminal-side application processing section is configured to perform a predetermined application process for the mobile terminal. A start signal transmitting section is configured to transmit a handover start signal indicating the start of the hard handover process. An end signal transmitting section is configured to transmit a handover end signal indicating the end of the hard handover process. A terminal-side counting process controlling section controls the progress of the counting process by the terminal-side counting section such that the timeout does not occur during a period from receiving the handover start signal to receiving the handover end signal. The terminal-side application process controlling section interrupts the application process by the terminal-side application processing section during the period.07-29-2010

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Osaka JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kawaski JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100046307SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND SYSTEM - A word driver supplies a high level voltage to a word line when a memory cell is accessed and supplies low level voltage which is a negative voltage to the word line when the memory cell isn't accessed. A precharge circuit lowers a precharge voltage-supplying capacity to a bit line at least during a standby period when the memory cell is not accessed. A substrate voltage of an nMOS transistor with source or drain connected to the bit line is set to the low level voltage or lower of the word line. Therefore, when the word line and the bit line fails short and the voltage of the bit line changes to the low level voltage of the word line during the standby period, a substrate current can be prevented from flowing between the source of the nMOS transistor and a substrate or the drain and the substrate.02-25-2010
20100146201MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Provided is a memory device in which the decrease of the effective bandwidth caused by the refresh operation of the memory device has been solved, a memory controller of the memory device, and a memory system thereof. A memory device that is operated in response to a command from a memory controller has a plurality of banks that respectively have memory cores including memory cell arrays and decoders and are selected by bank addresses; and a control circuit, which, in response to a background refresh command, causes the memory cores within refresh target banks set by the memory controller to successively execute refresh operation a number of times corresponding to refresh burst length that is set by the memory controller, and, in response to a normal operation command, further causes the memory cores within banks other than the refresh target banks and selected by the bank addresses to execute normal memory operation corresponding to the normal operation command, during the refresh operation executed by the memory cores within the refresh target banks.06-10-2010
20100172200MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Provided is a memory device in which the decrease of the effective bandwidth caused by the refresh operation of the memory device has been solved, a memory controller of the memory device, and a memory system thereof. A memory device that is operated in response to a command from a memory controller has a plurality of banks that respectively have memory cores including memory cell arrays and decoders and are selected by bank addresses; and a control circuit, which, in response to a background refresh command, causes the memory cores within refresh target banks set by the memory controller to successively execute refresh operation a number of times corresponding to refresh burst length that is set by the memory controller, and, in response to a normal operation command, further causes the memory cores within banks other than the refresh target banks and selected by the bank addresses to execute normal memory operation corresponding to the normal operation command, during the refresh operation executed by the memory cores within the refresh target banks.07-08-2010

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100172222INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, SERVO ADJUSTING METHOD, AND THE LIKE - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus, a servo adjustment method, and the like realizing reduced time required for servo adjustment.07-08-2010

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090087601Coated base fabric for airbags - The present invention provides a coated base fabric for airbags including: a cloth obtained by weaving polyamide (PA) fiber yarns; and a PA elastomer coating film formed on one surface or both surfaces of the cloth, wherein the coated base fabric has predetermined air tightness and flexibility, is easily converted to a PA reproduced material, and is obtained by fusing a coating film (04-02-2009
20090236830Airbag - An airbag includes on an area of a circumferential wall encircling mounting holes a reinforced area that has a laminated structure of base cloths, i.e. a body cloth and a plurality of reinforcing cloths overlaid on the body cloth. Each of the base cloths has an adhesive layer on one surface and, the reinforced area includes in between the base cloths an adhesion area that bonds the base cloths together by heat sealing. The adhesion area is formed between two of the base cloths immediately adjoining each other or between two of the base cloths that has at least one other base cloth placed in between and at an area of the other base cloth where there is no cloth. All the base cloths are bonded together by the adhesion area without slippage from one another in a direction orthogonal to a layering direction of the base cloths.09-24-2009
20090290398POWER CONVERTER - A power converter includes a switching device composed of parallel-connected semiconductor chips evenly divided into two groups. The power converter includes a positive conductor, a capacitor and an output electrode. The positive conductor includes first and second terminal portions. The output electrode includes an end portion joined to a base portion having first and second connecting portions. The output electrode is formed so as to reduce or cancel a difference existing between an inductance L11-26-2009
20100078919Airbag - An airbag includes a body cloth made of polyamide woven fabric and constituting a circumferential wall of the airbag. The body cloth includes on the inner surface a bond area having a coating layer of polyamide elastomer and to which a supplementary cloth made of polyamide woven fabric is bonded, an extended area having a same coating layer of polyamide elastomer as on the bond area, and an uncoated area that has no coating layer. The coating layer on the bond area is used as heat sealable adhesive that adheres the supplementary cloth to the body cloth whereas that on the extend area is arranged in such a manner as to be exposed to inflation gas upon airbag inflation so as to act as a protective membrane for preventing gas leakage.04-01-2010

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Aichi-Ken JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ora-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090248208INDOOR UNIT, AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING INDOOR UNIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER - An in-ceiling embedded type air conditioner including an indoor unit having an air blower and an indoor heat exchanger accommodated in a housing a substantially box-shape, and a filtering unit including a gas-liquid contact member that is disposed at the downstream side of the indoor heat exchanger on an air blowing passage through which air sucked by the air blower flows in the indoor unit and infiltrated with electrolytic water generated by electrolyzing water, the air and the electrolytic water being brought into contact with each other in the gas-liquid contact member, whereby the air cooled or heated in the indoor heat exchanger is filtered, that is, virus, etc. contained in the air is inactivated, sterilized or the like and then blown out to a room to be air-conditioned.10-01-2009
20090293527ELECTROLYTIC WATER GENERATING DEVICE, AIR FILTERING SYSTEM, AIR CONDITIONING AND FILTERING APPARATUS, AND AIR CONDITIONING AND FILTERING SYSTEM - An air filtering apparatus for filtering air includes a chamber having an air flow passage through which air flows, the chamber being connected through an air supply duct to a plurality of air blow-out ports opened to a large space, an air filtering portion that is disposed in the chamber and has a plurality of gas-liquid contact members for bringing air into contact with electrolytic water to filter the air, a water tank that is connected through a water feeding pump to a supply pipe for supplying the electrolytic water to each of the gas-liquid contact members of the air filtering portion, an electrolytic unit for generating the electrolytic water, and a mechanism for leading to the electrolytic unit a part of electrolytic water in the water tank which is sucked by the water feeding pump and supplied to the plurality of gas-liquid contact members through the supply pipe, electrolyzing the part of the electrolytic water in the electrolytic unit to further generate electrolytic water and returning the generated electrolytic water into the water tank.12-03-2009

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Mito JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080283750Sample Observation Method and Transmission Electron Microscope - There is provided a transmission electron microscope capable of a capturing continuous field-of-view image without having an influence of aberration. In order to obtain an electron beam image of the whole of a predetermined range of a sample, the transmission electron microscope specifies a region with little aberration in a field of view of an image pickup device, moves a sample stage in units of the specified regions, captures the whole of the predetermined range as a plurality of continuous field-of-view images.11-20-2008
20090218507CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE - The present invention provides a charged particle beam device which can effectively restrain misalignment of an optical axis even if a position of an anode is changed. The present invention is a charged particle beam device comprising a cathode provided with a charged particle source which emits a charged particle, an anode which applies an electric field to the emitted charged particle, a charged particle beam deflector which deflects an orbit of a charged particle beam having passed the anode, and a charged particle beam detector which detects the charged particle beam from a sample to which the charged particle is irradiated, wherein a distance changing mechanism which changes a distance between the cathode and the anode, corresponding to a charged particle amount emitted from the charged particle source and a deflection amount control mechanism which detects a condition of the deflector under which the charged particle dose detected from the sample scanned by deflecting the charged particle beam in the changed distance becomes a desired size and controls deflection of the deflector at sample measurement on the basis of the condition are provided.09-03-2009
20090274359SPECIMEN OBSERVATION METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a specimen observation method, an image processing device, and a charged-particle beam device which are preferable for selecting, based on an image acquired by an optical microscope, an image area that should be acquired in a charged-particle beam device the representative of which is an electron microscope. In the present invention, in order to accomplish the above-described object, there are provided a method and a device for determining the position for detection of charged particles by making the comparison between a stained optical microscope image and an elemental mapping image formed based on X-rays detected by irradiation with the charged-particle beam.11-05-2009
20110205353METHOD FOR OBSERVING SAMPLE AND ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPE - A sample observation method of the present invention comprises a step of defining, with respect to an electron microscope image, an outline of an observation object with respect to a sample (08-25-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Mito JP

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090237904Power Converter Apparatus - A power converter apparatus includes a substrate 09-24-2009

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Nagano-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090056112ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK MEMBER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK DEVICE - A plurality of protruded portions is formed through embossing and is distributed and arranged regularly or irregularly on an electrostatic chuck surface, and has a circular or almost circular top surface shape and a roundness (R) of 0.01 mm or more is applied to an edge part defined by an intersection of the top surface and a side surface and a portion to which the roundness is applied occupies a quarter of a height h of the protruded portion or more.03-05-2009

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ogaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090019693PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solder resist comprising a thermosetting resin is printed on a surface of an insulating board (01-22-2009

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080257025CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine can detect knocking of the engine even when an extraction frequency band is switched in accordance with an operating state of the engine. The apparatus includes a knock sensor for detecting vibrations generated in the engine and outputting a vibration detection signal, a rotation sensor for detecting the engine operating state, a SCF circuit for extracting a signal of a specific frequency band from the vibration detection signal and outputting an extracted vibration signal, a filter frequency switching section for switching an extraction frequency band of the filter section in accordance with the engine operating state, and a knocking detection section for detecting knocking of the engine based on the extracted vibration signal. The filter frequency switching section inhibits switching of the extraction frequency band until a switching inhibition period elapses after the switching of the extraction frequency band.10-23-2008
20110127444PARTICLE ANALYZING APPARATUS AND PARTICLE IMAGING METHOD - A particle analyzing apparatus, comprising: a flow cell which forms a specimen flow including particles; first and second light sources; an irradiation optical system which applies lights emitted from the first and second light sources so that the lights are applied to the specimen flow; a detector which detects forward scattered light, the forward scattered light being emitted from the first light and scattered by the particle in the specimen flow, and generates a signal according to the detected scattered light; a light blocking member disposed between the flow cell and the detector; a controller which obtains characteristic parameters of the particle based on the signal from the detector; and an imaging device which captures an image of the particle in the specimen flow using the light from the second light source is disclosed. Particle imaging method is also disclosed.06-02-2011

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ibi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080237428HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE MOUNTING BASE AND HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE INSPECTION APPARATUS - A honeycomb structure mounting base includes a mounting member having a structure mounting surface configured to contact an entire end face of a honeycomb structure including a periphery of the honeycomb structure; a preliminary mounting member having a preliminary mounting surface configured to have the honeycomb structure placed thereon before placement of the honeycomb structure on the mounting member; and an elevating mechanism configured to move the preliminary mounting member up and down in relation to the mounting member. The preliminary mounting surface is parallel to the structure mounting surface. The preliminary mounting surface has a shape allowing an entire periphery of the preliminary mounting surface to exist inside a periphery of the end face of the honeycomb structure in a case of superimposing the preliminary mounting surface onto an end face of the honeycomb structure.10-02-2008

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Chiba-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110246799DATA-COLLECTION APPARATUS AND DATA-COLLECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Embodiments relate to a data-collection apparatus and a data-collection system using the same. The data-collection apparatus includes a battery, a wireless unit to communicate wirelessly to an external device, a measurement unit to measure a measurement target, a power-supply circuit unit to control power supply to the wireless unit and the measurement unit, and a controller. In response to a data-collection start command from the external device, the controller performs a control such that the power-supply circuit unit supplies power to the measurement unit and wireless unit, and that the data measured by the measurement unit is transmitted via the wireless unit to the external device. In response to a power-saving command from the external device, the controller performs a control such that the power-supply circuit unit stops supplying power to the measurement unit and wireless unit for a predetermined period.10-06-2011

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tendo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120045073SPEAKER DEVICE - A flat speaker device capable of emitting loud reproduced sound with a relatively simple configuration is provided. The speaker device includes a diaphragm, a frame supporting the diaphragm vibratably in the vibration direction, a magnetic circuit disposed in the frame, and a driving member for driving the diaphragm. The driving member includes a voice coil movably disposed in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit, a driving part formed movably in a direction different from the vibration direction of the diaphragm, and an angle conversion and transmission part, one end of which is angle-variably joined to the driving part and another end of which is angle-variably joined to the diaphragm. The angle conversion and transmission part has rigidity and is obliquely disposed with respect to each of the vibration direction of the diaphragm and the moving direction of the driving part.02-23-2012