Patents by Inventor Masayuki Miyamoto
Masayuki Miyamoto 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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Publication number: 20140139482Abstract: The touch sensor system (1) includes: a touch panel (2) having a two-dimensional region (12) made up of a hand placing region (13) and a remainder region (14); a hand placing region processing section (3) for carrying out a process related to the hand placing region in accordance with a hand placing region touch signal corresponding to a touch to the hand placing region (13); and a plot input processing section (4) for carrying out a plot input process in accordance with a remainder region touch signal corresponding to a touch to the remainder region (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Shinichi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140139483Abstract: A capacitance distribution detection circuit (2) includes a multiplexer (4), a driver (5), and a sense amplifier (6), and the multiplexer (4) switches states between a first connection state in which first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) are connected to the driver (5) and second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) are connected to the sense amplifier (6), and a second connection state in which the first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) are connected to the sense amplifier (6) and the second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) are connected to the driver (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Iizuka
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Patent number: 8730197Abstract: A touch panel controller (1), which can accurately detect changes in capacitance values of respective first and second electrostatic capacitors which are touched, includes: a driving section (4) for driving drive lines (DL1 through DL4) on the basis of a code sequence so as to drive (i) electrostatic capacitors (C31 through C34) provided between the respective drive lines (DL1 through DL4) and a sense line (SL3) and (ii) electrostatic capacitors (C41 through C44) provided between the respective drive lines (DL1 through DL4) and a sense line (SL4) so that (i) a first linear sum of first capacitance values of the respective electrostatic capacitors (C31 through C34) is outputted from the sense line (SL3) and (ii) a second linear sum of second capacitance values of the respective electrostatic capacitors (C41 through C44) is outputted from the sense line (SL4); a differential amplifier (5) for amplifying a difference between the first linear sum and the second linear sum; and a saturation prevention control sectType: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mutsumi Hamaguchi, Masayuki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Iizuka
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Publication number: 20140132541Abstract: A touch panel system (71a) includes a capacitance value distribution detection circuit (72). The capacitance value distribution detection circuit (72) switches a connection state between a first connection state and a second connection state, which first connection state makes first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) serve as drive lines (DL1 to DLM) and second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) serve as sense lines (SL1 to SLM), and which second connection state makes the second signal lines (VL1 to VLM) serve as the drive lines (DL1 to DLM) and the first signal lines (HL1 to HLM) serve as the sense lines (SL1 to SLM).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Iizuka, Manabu Yumoto, Shinichi Yoshida, Kengo Takahama
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Publication number: 20140132562Abstract: A touch panel system (611) includes a touch invalidating section (609) which, in a case where a specific point of the sensor panel (601) is continuously touched for a predetermined period of time, invalidates an instruction given, in accordance with the touch, to a host computer (610). Furthermore, the touch invalidating section (609) invalidates an instruction corresponding to a next touch on the point.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Manabu Yumoto, Shunsuke Nagasawa, Masayuki Ehiro, Shinsuke Anzai
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Publication number: 20140132561Abstract: The touch sensor system (1p) includes: a touch panel (202) having a two-dimensional region (212) made up of a hand placing region (213) and a remainder region (214); a hand placing region processing section (203) for carrying out a process related to the hand placing region in accordance with a hand placing region touch signal corresponding to a touch to the hand placing region (213); and a drawing input processing section (214) for carrying out a drawing input process in accordance with a remainder region touch signal corresponding to a touch to the remainder region (214).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Shinichi Yoshida, Manabu Yumoto, Kengo Takahama
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Publication number: 20140125629Abstract: A touch sensor system includes a driver which drives on the basis of code sequences which are orthogonal to one another and include +1 or ?1 and each of which has a length N. A decoding section estimates on the basis of a first inner product operation of the outputs and the code sequences a first capacitance value and on the basis of a second inner product operation of the outputs and the code sequences a second capacitance value. A touch panel has a two-dimensional region including a hand placing region and a remainder region and processing sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Shinichi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140118287Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear device column value estimating method for use in a touch sensor panel, the touch sensor panel including: a plurality of vertical electrodes (106) (i) each including a repeat of first basic shapes connected to one another in a vertical direction, the first basic shapes each including a fine wire, (ii) provided on a vertical electrode surface, and (iii) arranged at a predetermined interval in a horizontal direction; a plurality of horizontal electrodes (107) (i) each including a repeat of second basic shapes connected to one another in the horizontal direction, the second basic shapes each including a fine wire, (ii) provided on a horizontal electrode surface parallel to the vertical electrode surface, and (iii) arranged at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction; and a plurality of linear devices provided at respective intersections of the plurality of vertical electrodes (106) with the plurality of horizontal electrodes (107), the plurality of vertical electrodes (106)Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20140104236Abstract: A touch panel controller (1), which can accurately detect changes in capacitance values of respective first and second electrostatic capacitors which are touched, includes: a driving section (4) for driving drive lines (DL1 through DL4) on the basis of a code sequence so as to drive (i) electrostatic capacitors (C31 through C34) provided between the respective drive lines (DL1 through DL4) and a sense line (SL3) and (ii) electrostatic capacitors (C41 through C44) provided between the respective drive lines (DL1 through DL4) and a sense line (SL4) so that (i) a first linear sum of first capacitance values of the respective electrostatic capacitors (C31 through C34) is outputted from the sense line (SL3) and (ii) a second linear sum of second capacitance values of the respective electrostatic capacitors (C41 through C44) is outputted from the sense line (SL4); a differential amplifier (5) for amplifying a difference between the first linear sum and the second linear sum; and a saturation prevention control sectType: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mutsumi Hamaguchi, Masayuki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Iizuka
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Publication number: 20140041677Abstract: An artificial nail (1) has a member made of a material having electrical conductivity. The artificial nail (1) is given electrical conductivity by mixing an electrically conductive material into plastic serving as a base material. As the electrically conductive material, a carbon-based material, such as carbon black, carbon fiber, or black lead, or a metal-based material, such as a fine metal powder, a metal oxide, metal fiber, or a whisker, is used. Alternatively, the base material for the artificial nail (1) per se is an electrically conductive resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Manabu Yumoto, Masayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20130321343Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel having sense lines, and drive lines which intersect the sense lines and form capacitance with the sense lines, a touch panel controller for processing signals of the sense lines, and a drive line driving circuit for driving the drive lines in parallel. The touch panel controller includes a subtracting section for finding differences in signals between the sense lines adjacent to each other, a decoding section for calculating a distribution of differences between the capacitances by calculating an inner product of code sequences for driving the drive lines in parallel and difference output sequences which correspond to the code sequences, a touch detecting section for obtaining touch information based on the distribution of differences between the capacitances calculated by the decoding section, and a region setting section for setting an effective region in the touch panel based on the touch information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Shinichi Yoshida, Akira Nishioka, Manabu Yumoto, Kengo Takahama
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Publication number: 20130271426Abstract: Provided is a touch panel system (1) capable of reliably removing a wide variety of noises. The touch panel system (1) includes a main sensor (31) which detects a touch operation, a sub sensor (32) which does not detect a touch operation but detects a noise component, and a subtracting section (41) which subtracts, from an output signal of the main sensor (31), an output signal of the sub sensor (32). The subtracting section (41) performs a subtracting operation to remove a noise component from the output signal of the main sensor (31), thereby extracting a signal derived from the touch operation itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Manabu Yumoto, Masayuki Miyamoto, Shinichi Yoshida, Kengo Takahama
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Patent number: 8523538Abstract: A piezoelectric pump is capable of reliably discharging gas and reliably transporting liquid even when intermittently driven. The piezoelectric pump includes a piezoelectric vibrator, a diaphragm deflected and deformed by the piezoelectric vibrator, a pump chamber including at least one wall surface defined by the diaphragm, an inlet through which liquid, gas, or a mixture of liquid and gas flows into the pump chamber, an outlet through which the fluid is discharged, and a liquid holding member arranged to provide a gap between the liquid holding member and the inner surface of the pump chamber and to maintain the liquid in the gap using capillary effect or surface tension. A flow passage plate includes a flow passage groove provided therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Kawamura, Masayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20130211757Abstract: A capacitance detecting method disclosed herein, which achieves a good detection accuracy, a good resolution, and a high-speed operation, (A)(a) drives, on the basis of code sequences (di (=di1, . . . , diN, where i=1, . . . , M)) which are orthogonal to one another, drive lines (DL1, . . . , DLM) in parallel for each of (I) a first capacitance column (Ci1) between the drive lines and a first sense line (SL1) and (II) a second capacitance column (Ci2) between the drive lines and a second sense line (SL2) and (b) outputs (sFirst=(s11, . . . , s1N)) from the column (Ci1) and outputs (sSecond=(s21, . . . , s2N)) from the column (Ci2), and (B) estimates (a) on the basis of inner product operation of the outputs (sFirst) and the code sequences (di), a first capacitance value in the column (Ci1) and (b) on the basis of inner product operation of the outputs (sSecond) and the code sequences (di), a second capacitance value in the column (Ci2).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masayuki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 8205640Abstract: A check valve is housed in a valve chamber and includes a support portion and a flexible portion. The support portion extends along a principal axis thereof. The flexible portion is supported by the support portion in a manner extending from the principal axis. A diaphragm defines a lower wall of the valve chamber, and includes an inflow port for fluid at a position that is closed with the flexible portion when the flexible portion is displaced. A bottom plate defines an upper wall of the valve chamber, and faces the diaphragm with the flexible portion arranged therebetween. An uneven portion is provided in at least one of mutually facing areas of an upper principal surface, which is one of two principal surfaces of the flexible portion and faces the bottom plate, and a lower principal surface of the bottom plate, the uneven portion being partially uneven.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro Kawamura, Masayuki Miyamoto, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Sasai
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Publication number: 20110171050Abstract: A piezoelectric pump is capable of reliably discharging gas and reliably transporting liquid even when intermittently driven. The piezoelectric pump includes a piezoelectric vibrator, a diaphragm deflected and deformed by the piezoelectric vibrator, a pump chamber including at least one wall surface defined by the diaphragm, an inlet through which liquid, gas, or a mixture of liquid and gas flows into the pump chamber, an outlet through which the fluid is discharged, and a liquid holding member arranged to provide a gap between the liquid holding member and the inner surface of the pump chamber and to maintain the liquid in the gap using capillary effect or surface tension. A flow passage plate includes a flow passage groove provided therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro KAWAMURA, Masayuki MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20110111712Abstract: Provided is a broadcasting receiver (A), which includes: a tuner unit (2) for receiving and demodulating a broadcast signal of a given broadcast system; a signal processing circuit (3) for processing a signal output from the tuner unit (2); and a circuit board (1) which has the tuner unit (2) and the signal processing circuit (3) mounted on a surface thereof. The broadcasting receiver (A) further includes connection units (25, 10) for connecting the tuner unit (2) and the circuit board (3) to each other so that the signal output from the tuner unit (2) is properly input to the signal processing circuit (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventor: Masayuki MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20100215522Abstract: A check valve is housed in a valve chamber and includes a support portion and a flexible portion. The support portion extends along a principal axis thereof. The flexible portion is supported by the support portion in a manner extending from the principal axis. A diaphragm defines a lower wall of the valve chamber, and includes an inflow port for fluid at a position that is closed with the flexible portion when the flexible portion is displaced. A bottom plate defines an upper wall of the valve chamber, and faces the diaphragm with the flexible portion arranged therebetween. An uneven portion is provided in at least one of mutually facing areas of an upper principal surface, which is one of two principal surfaces of the flexible portion and faces the bottom plate, and a lower principal surface of the bottom plate, the uneven portion being partially uneven.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro KAWAMURA, Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hidekazu SASAI
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Publication number: 20100097530Abstract: A display device includes: a monitor and receiving set having a video signal receiving section, a display section, an image quality control section, a first control signal transceiver, and a first control section; and a control and transmission set having a television broadcast receiving section, a video signal input section, a video signal transmitting section, a second control signal transceiver, a key input section, and a second control section. The Power consumption of a first radio transmission path formed by the video signal transmitting section and the video signal receiving section is larger than that of a second radio transmission path formed by the first and second control signal transceivers. A control signal for a user interface is communicated by the first and second control signal transceivers. Only the second radio transmission path of the first and second radio transmission paths is communicable in a standby state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki HASEGAWA, Yoshinori Ota, Kaoru Kamiyama, Masanobu Kimoto, Hiroshige Hayakawa, Hideyuki Yoshimura, Masayuki Miyamoto, Takeshi Ono, Atsuro Hirakawa, Mari Sasaki, Akihiro Shironouchi, Kazuya Shimomura, Yuji Anami, Masato Hirose
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Patent number: 7483684Abstract: To realize a mixer with a charge subsampling circuit with which a base band signal can be readily obtained without being affected by noise from wide bandwidth signals or undesired signals. A current generating circuit 8 outputs a current in proportion to the input signal voltage. In response to a control signal from the timing generating block 6, a charge subsampling circuit 7 samples the current at the same sampling frequency as the carrier frequency. In a charge-integrating process accompanying the sampling, weighting is carried out on terms in the transfer function of the FIR filter using a set of selected weights.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Pascal Lore, Yoshihisa Fujimoto, Masayuki Miyamoto