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).
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Patent number: 11813518Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Tsubasa Umeki, Masaaki Tonogai, Isao Okuyama, Takuro Sawada
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Patent number: 11714488Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Publication number: 20220305377Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Isao Okuyama, Masaaki Tonogai, Kiyotaka Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11429187Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada
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Publication number: 20210405748Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada
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Publication number: 20210379486Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Takeshi Igarashi, Tsubasa Umeki, Masaaki Tonogai, Isao Okuyama, Takuro Sawada
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Publication number: 20200341549Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Patent number: 8339387Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaki Murase, Daisuke Ito, Masaaki Tonogai, Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima
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Patent number: 7961167Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Masaki Murase, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Kazuya Nomura, Masaaki Tonogai, Daisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20090273593Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaaki Tonogai, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Yoshitoshi Kida, Masaki Murase, Daisuke Ito
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Publication number: 20090213101Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2007Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaki Murase, Daisuke Ito, Masaaki Tonogai, Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima
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Publication number: 20060139286Abstract: A display device and mobile terminal are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Masaki Murase, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Kazuya Nomura, Masaaki Tonogai, Daisuke Ito