Patents by Inventor Masaaki Tonogai

Masaaki Tonogai 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: 11813518
    Abstract: Provided is a controller apparatus mounted on a hand of a user, the controller apparatus including a controller body, first sensors arranged at positions on the controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors; buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Tsubasa Umeki, Masaaki Tonogai, Isao Okuyama, Takuro Sawada
  • Patent number: 11714488
    Abstract: A controller apparatus attached to a hand of a user and having a plurality of sensors, the controller apparatus includes: a determination section configured to determine whether or not each of the sensors meets a predetermined condition specifying that a finger of the user is not touching the sensor; and a calibration section configured to calibrate the sensor found to meet the predetermined condition as a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20220305377
    Abstract: Provided is an inputting device including an operation button that is pressed in a first direction, a switch that is located in the first direction with respect to the operation button and is pushed by the operation button, a circuit board including a conductor pad located on an outside with respect to an external shape of the operation button when the operation button is viewed in the first direction, and a detection conductor provided on the operation button, in which the detection conductor includes a movable portion attached to the operation button, an elastic portion extending from the movable portion in a direction intersecting with the first direction, and a fixation portion connected to the elastic portion and attached to the conductor pad, and movement of the movable portion in the first direction is permitted by elastic deformation of the elastic portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Isao Okuyama, Masaaki Tonogai, Kiyotaka Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11429187
    Abstract: Provided is a controller apparatus worn on a user's hand that includes a first sensor disposed at a position on a controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user come into contact with the controller body when the user grips the controller body and detects spatial positional displacement between the plurality of respective fingers of the user and itself and a second sensor disposed in an area on the controller body that comes into contact with the plurality of fingers of the user when the user grips the controller body, the area being different from the area where the first sensor is disposed, and detects spatial positional displacement between the plurality of respective fingers of the user and itself, in which the first sensor has a higher sensitivity setting than the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada
  • Publication number: 20210405748
    Abstract: Provided is a controller apparatus worn on a user's hand that includes a first sensor disposed at a position on a controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user come into contact with the controller body when the user grips the controller body and detects spatial positional displacement between the plurality of respective fingers of the user and itself and a second sensor disposed in an area on the controller body that comes into contact with the plurality of fingers of the user when the user grips the controller body, the area being different from the area where the first sensor is disposed, and detects spatial positional displacement between the plurality of respective fingers of the user and itself, in which the first sensor has a higher sensitivity setting than the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada
  • Publication number: 20210379486
    Abstract: Provided is a controller apparatus mounted on a hand of a user, the controller apparatus including a controller body, first sensors arranged at positions on the controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors; buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Tsubasa Umeki, Masaaki Tonogai, Isao Okuyama, Takuro Sawada
  • Publication number: 20200341549
    Abstract: A controller apparatus attached to a hand of a user and having a plurality of sensors, the controller apparatus includes: a determination section configured to determine whether or not each of the sensors meets a predetermined condition specifying that a finger of the user is not touching the sensor; and a calibration section configured to calibrate the sensor found to meet the predetermined condition as a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 8339387
    Abstract: A display device able to amplify the same input as a power supply voltage of IC by using low temperature polysilicon having high threshold voltage and large variation and an electronic apparatus using the same, including MCK use level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 of a type where a reset operation is periodically necessary, a logic circuit 173 for using a level shift horizontal synchronization signal Hsync to input reset pulses for the MCK level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 having a period of N horizontal periods shifted in phase by M horizontal periods (note, M<N) to the level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 and outputting the resultant signals, and a function of selecting the circuit not performing the reset operation among outputs of the L number of level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 for each M horizontal periods and outputting a level shift master clock LSMCK as a last output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Murase, Daisuke Ito, Masaaki Tonogai, Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7961167
    Abstract: A display device and mobile terminal are provided. The display device can narrow the pitch, narrow the frame, and further reduce power consumption. The display device includes a display area; a vertical drive circuit; a first horizontal drive circuit converting input first and second digital image data to analog image signals, and supplying the same to a data line selected by the vertical drive circuit; and a second horizontal drive circuit converting input third digital image data to an analog image signal, and supplying the same to a data line selected by the vertical drive circuit. The first horizontal drive circuit includes a sampling latch circuit, a second latch circuit, a digital/analog conversion circuit, and a line selector for selecting the first and second digital image data in a time division manner in a predetermined period and outputting the same to the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Masaki Murase, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Kazuya Nomura, Masaaki Tonogai, Daisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20090273593
    Abstract: A display device of a type capable of narrowing the pitch, realizing narrowing of the frame, and further lowering the power consumption and an electronic device using the device, wherein two horizontal drive circuits 13U and 13D employ an RGB selector scheme by storing three digital data in sampling and latch circuits, performing conversion processing to analog data three times by a common digital-to-analog conversion circuit during one horizontal period (H), selecting three analog data in the horizontal period in a time division manner, and outputting the same to data lines (signal lines).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Tonogai, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Yoshitoshi Kida, Masaki Murase, Daisuke Ito
  • Publication number: 20090213101
    Abstract: A display device able to amplify the same input as a power supply voltage of IC by using low temperature polysilicon having high threshold voltage and large variation and an electronic apparatus using the same, including MCK use level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 of a type where a reset operation is periodically necessary, a logic circuit 173 for using a level shift horizontal synchronization signal Hsync to input reset pulses for the MCK level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 having a period of N horizontal periods shifted in phase by M horizontal periods (note, M<N) to the level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 and outputting the resultant signals, and a function of selecting the circuit not performing the reset operation among outputs of the L number of level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 for each M horizontal periods and outputting a level shift master clock LSMCK as a last output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Murase, Daisuke Ito, Masaaki Tonogai, Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20060139286
    Abstract: A display device and mobile terminal are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Masaki Murase, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Kazuya Nomura, Masaaki Tonogai, Daisuke Ito