Patents by Inventor Hiromi TACHIBANA

Hiromi TACHIBANA 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: 11181636
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus for detecting information about a target object by using an ultrasound wave. The electronic apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to emit an ultrasound wave modulated based on a predetermined code signal; a receiver configured to receive a reflected signal corresponding to the emitted ultrasound wave reflected from a target object; and a controller configured to acquire a reception signal from the received reflected signal and detect information about the target object based on a difference between correlation values corresponding to a plurality of predetermined periods of the reception signal and the predetermined code signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi Tachibana, Atsuya Yokoi
  • Patent number: 11094273
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image in a first direction, a sensor disposed in a direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the display panel and comprising a sensor head configured to transmit ultrasonic waves in a second direction or receive the ultrasonic waves in a direction opposite to the second direction, and a guide comprising a first opening into which the sensor head is inserted, a second opening opened in the second direction, a channel connecting the first opening and the second opening, and a guide portion provided inside the channel to guide the ultrasonic waves to change a traveling direction of the ultrasonic waves passing through the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kwang Seo, Atsuya Yokoi, Hiromi Tachibana, Eun Seok Choi
  • Publication number: 20200243031
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image in a first direction, a sensor disposed in a direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the display panel and comprising a sensor head configured to transmit ultrasonic waves in a second direction or receive the ultrasonic waves in a direction opposite to the second direction, and a guide comprising a first opening into which the sensor head is inserted, a second opening opened in the second direction, a channel connecting the first opening and the second opening, and a guide portion provided inside the channel to guide the ultrasonic waves to change a traveling direction of the ultrasonic waves passing through the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kwang SEO, Atsuya YOKOI, Hiromi TACHIBANA, Eun Seok CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180113212
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus for detecting information about a target object by using an ultrasound wave. The electronic apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to emit an ultrasound wave modulated based on a predetermined code signal; a receiver configured to receive a reflected signal corresponding to the emitted ultrasound wave reflected from a target object; and a controller configured to acquire a reception signal from the received reflected signal and detect information about the target object based on a difference between correlation values corresponding to a plurality of predetermined periods of the reception signal and the predetermined code signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi TACHIBANA, Atsuya YOKOI