Patents by Inventor KOHICHI SUGIYAMA

KOHICHI SUGIYAMA 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: 11537211
    Abstract: A display apparatus that includes a movement amount acquirer, a movement amount corrector, and an input processor is provided. The display apparatus acquires a first movement amount of a user's finger in a vertical direction with respect to a virtual operation surface and a second movement amount thereof in a horizontal direction. The display apparatus corrects the first movement amount or the second movement amount when it determines that the input operation is a predetermined operation, and inputs an input operation based on the first movement amount and the second movement amount. When it is determined that the input operation is to move the user's finger in the vertical direction with respect to the virtual operation surface, the display apparatus corrects the second movement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Miyano, Takashi Yamamoto, Kohichi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20220197395
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a movement amount acquirer acquiring a first movement amount of a user's finger in a vertical direction with respect to the virtual operation surface and a second movement amount thereof in a horizontal direction; a movement amount corrector executing correction processing to correct the first movement amount or the second movement amount when it is determined that the input operation is a predetermined operation; and an input processor executing input processing corresponding to the input operation on the basis of the first movement amount and the second movement amount, one of which has been subjected to the correction processing. When it is determined that the input operation is a first operation to move the user's finger in the vertical direction with respect to the virtual operation surface, the movement amount corrector executes the correction processing to reduce or ignore the second movement amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YASUHIRO MIYANO, TAKASHI YAMAMOTO, KOHICHI SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10921928
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a coordinate detector that detects position coordinates of an input on an input screen by an input tool, an image-capturing device that captures an image of a marker disposed on the input tool and indicating information on an attribute of the input tool, an input-tool identifier that identifies the attribute on the basis of the image of the marker captured by the image-capturing device, and an input-data generator that generates input data of the input tool on the basis of the position coordinates detected by the coordinate detector and the attribute identified by the input-tool identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohichi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20200272298
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a coordinate detector that detects position coordinates of an input on an input screen by an input tool, an image-capturing device that captures an image of a marker disposed on the input tool and indicating information on an attribute of the input tool, an input-tool identifier that identifies the attribute on the basis of the image of the marker captured by the image-capturing device, and an input-data generator that generates input data of the input tool on the basis of the position coordinates detected by the coordinate detector and the attribute identified by the input-tool identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: KOHICHI SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10712872
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a touch-operation detecting unit, a touch-state determining unit, a setting unit, an input-mode determining unit, and a process executing unit. The touch-operation detecting unit detects a touch operation. The touch-state determining unit determines a touch state in the touch operation. The setting unit sets a plurality of input modes in accordance with the touch state, the input modes including at least a first input mode and a second input mode. The input-mode determining unit determines any one input mode from among the set input modes on the basis of the determined touch state. The process executing unit executes an input process on the basis of the detected touch operation in the determined input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohichi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20190121494
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a touch-operation detecting unit, a touch-state determining unit, a setting unit, an input-mode determining unit, and a process executing unit. The touch-operation detecting unit detects a touch operation. The touch-state determining unit determines a touch state in the touch operation. The setting unit sets a plurality of input modes in accordance with the touch state, the input modes including at least a first input mode and a second input mode. The input-mode determining unit determines any one input mode from among the set input modes on the basis of the determined touch state. The process executing unit executes an input process on the basis of the detected touch operation in the determined input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: KOHICHI SUGIYAMA