Patents by Inventor Masaya NIDAIRA

Masaya NIDAIRA 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: 11928302
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a cover panel having a front surface including an operation region on which a touch operation is performed and a back surface as a surface on a side opposite to the front surface, a first adhesive material provided on the back surface, a touch panel unit that includes a base substrate and a plurality of touch sensor electrodes provided on a region of the base substrate corresponding to the operation region and is arranged to face the back surface via the first adhesive material, a first displacement detection electrode provided on a part of the back surface outside a region of the back surface corresponding to the operation region, and a second displacement detection electrode provided on a part of the base substrate outside the region of the base substrate corresponding to the operation region to face the first displacement detection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Tae Orita, Seiichiro Mori, Yusuke Shimasaki, Yuichi Sasaki, Masaya Nidaira
  • Patent number: 11868563
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a cover panel that has an operation surface and bends corresponding to a depressing force applied to the operation surface; a touch sensor unit including touch sensor electrodes that output touch sensor signals; an elastic member that has a dielectric constant changing corresponding to a temperature and deforms due to the bending of the cover panel, the elastic member including an adhesive agent provided between the cover panel and the touch sensor unit; a first sensor unit that detects a capacitance changing depending on the dielectric constant and a thickness of the elastic member; and processing circuitry to estimate the temperature based on the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; to detect the depressing force based on the estimated temperature and the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; and to execute processing of the touch sensor signals based on the detected depressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nidaira, Yuichi Sasaki, Takeshi Ono, Seiichiro Mori
  • Patent number: 11537246
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover panel, a touch sensor substrate in which a sensor electrode for detecting a position of a pointing object is disposed in a detection region, an adhesive agent being disposed between the cover panel and the touch sensor substrate, a first electrode being disposed in an outer region of a region corresponding to the detection region of a second surface of the cover panel, and a second electrode being disposed to overlap a part of the first electrode in plan view in an outer region of the detection region of a third surface of the touch sensor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Mori, Takeshi Ono, Tae Orita, Yuichi Sasaki, Masaya Nidaira, Yusuke Shimasaki
  • Publication number: 20220291784
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a cover panel having a front surface including an operation region on which a touch operation is performed and a back surface as a surface on a side opposite to the front surface, a first adhesive material provided on the back surface, a touch panel unit that includes a base substrate and a plurality of touch sensor electrodes provided on a region of the base substrate corresponding to the operation region and is arranged to face the back surface via the first adhesive material, a first displacement detection electrode provided on a part of the back surface outside a region of the back surface corresponding to the operation region, and a second displacement detection electrode provided on a part of the base substrate outside the region of the base substrate corresponding to the operation region to face the first displacement detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi ONO, Tae ORITA, Seiichiro MORI, Yusuke SHIMASAKI, Yuichi SASAKI, Masaya NIDAIRA
  • Publication number: 20220179515
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a cover panel that has an operation surface and bends corresponding to a depressing force applied to the operation surface; a touch sensor unit including touch sensor electrodes that output touch sensor signals; an elastic member that has a dielectric constant changing corresponding to a temperature and deforms due to the bending of the cover panel, the elastic member including an adhesive agent provided between the cover panel and the touch sensor unit; a first sensor unit that detects a capacitance changing depending on the dielectric constant and a thickness of the elastic member; and processing circuitry to estimate the temperature based on the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; to detect the depressing force based on the estimated temperature and the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; and to execute processing of the touch sensor signals based on the detected depressing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya NIDAIRA, Yuichi SASAKI, Takeshi ONO, Seiichiro MORI
  • Publication number: 20210041985
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover panel, a touch sensor substrate in which a sensor electrode for detecting a position of a pointing object is disposed in a detection region, an adhesive agent being disposed between the cover panel and the touch sensor substrate, a first electrode being disposed in an outer region of a region corresponding to the detection region of a second surface of the cover panel, and a second electrode being disposed to overlap a part of the first electrode in plan view in an outer region of the detection region of a third surface of the touch sensor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro MORI, Takeshi ONO, Tae ORITA, Yuichi SASAKI, Masaya NIDAIRA, Yusuke SHIMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200402310
    Abstract: A virtual object display control device includes a recognition unit to receive real space information; a viewpoint position judgment unit to judge a position of a viewpoint of an observer; a real object judgment unit to judge a position and a shape of a real object; an image control unit to generate image information for displaying an animation of a virtual object; a display setting unit to judge whether to display the animation of the virtual object or not, based on the position of the viewpoint, the position and the shape of the real object, and the image information on the virtual object and to set image information including the image information on the virtual object or the image information for displaying the animation of the virtual object as display image information based on a result of the judgment; and a drawing unit to output the display image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya NIDAIRA, Satoshi SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20200394845
    Abstract: A virtual object display control device includes a recognition unit to receive real space information, a viewpoint position judgment unit to judge a position of a viewpoint of an observer, a real object judgment unit to judge a position and a shape of a real object, a virtual object display setting unit to set image information on a virtual object based on the position of the viewpoint and the position and the shape of the real object, a guidance display control unit to judge whether a guidance display is necessary based on the position of the viewpoint, the position and the shape of the real object, and the image information on the virtual object and to set image information on the guidance display when the guidance display is necessary, and a drawing unit to output the image information on the virtual object and the image information on the guidance display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fengyi JIN, Masaya NIDAIRA