Patents by Inventor Munehiko Sato

Munehiko Sato 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: 11984050
    Abstract: The present invention provides a product with incorporated operation display panel that further improves visibility at the time of light emission. The product with incorporated operation display panel includes a transparent conductive sheet, a display panel with a touch sensor furnished at least with light emitting elements consisting of light emitting elements arranged in two dimensions and being the product with incorporated operation display panel furnished with a thin layer that covers the total or a part of the front surface of a display panel, and a transparent substrate that forms a light guiding path is disposed at an opening between a transparent conductive sheet and a thin layer, or at an opening between a transparent conductive sheet and a light emitting device array substrate. The transparent base has micropores provided in a resin base material made of a transparent resin, and the micropores are formed by a lattice-like louver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Mui Lab, Inc.
    Inventor: Munehiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11830356
    Abstract: An interactive cord system can include sensing circuitry coupled to a system ground and an interactive cord. The interactive cord can include a plurality of non-conductive lines a plurality of conductive sensing lines at least partially woven with one or more of the plurality of non-conductive lines to form at least one touch-sensitive area along the interactive cord and one or more conductive grounding lines electrically connected with the system ground and extending at least partially along an outer portion of the interactive cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Tong Wu, Munehiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11809666
    Abstract: An interactive cord includes one or more touch-sensitive areas configured to detect user input and one or more non-touch-sensitive areas. An outer cover of the interactive cord includes a set of conductive lines braided together with one or more of a plurality of non-conductive lines at the touch-sensitive area. The set of conductive lines defines a plurality of intersections that each form a capacitive touchpoint at the touch-sensitive area. An inner core of the interactive cord includes at least the set of conductive lines and at least one of the plurality of non-conductive lines at the non-touch-sensitive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Munehiko Sato, Ivan Poupyrev, Shozo Harada, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20230290293
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and an operation display panel which improve visibility when emitting light in order to cope even with a higher-definition display while reducing the thickness of a device and which can be manufactured at low cost. The present invention comprises: a light emitting element array substrate in which light emitting elements containing no fluorescent body are two-dimensionally arranged; a fluorescent sheet or fluorescent resin base material laminated on the light emitting element array substrate; a light guide path-forming base material that is laminated on the fluorescent sheet or fluorescent resin base material and forms a light guide path in an optical axis direction of the light emitting element; and an opaque thin layer that covers an exit surface side of the light guide path-forming base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Munehiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20230130821
    Abstract: An interactive cord includes one or more touch-sensitive areas configured to detect user input and one or more non-touch-sensitive areas. An outer cover of the interactive cord includes a set of conductive lines braided together with one or more of a plurality of non-conductive lines at the touch-sensitive area. The set of conductive lines defines a plurality of intersections that each form a capacitive touchpoint at the touch-sensitive area. An inner core of the interactive cord includes at least the set of conductive lines and at least one of the plurality of non-conductive lines at the non-touch-sensitive area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Munehiko Sato, Ivan Poupyrev, Shozo Harada, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 11567616
    Abstract: An interactive cord includes one or more touch-sensitive areas configured to detect user input and one or more non-touch-sensitive areas. An outer cover of the interactive cord includes a set of conductive lines braided together with one or more of a plurality of non-conductive lines at the touch-sensitive area. The set of conductive lines defines a plurality of intersections that each form a capacitive touchpoint at the touch-sensitive area. An inner core of the interactive cord includes at least the set of conductive lines and at least one of the plurality of non-conductive lines at the non-touch-sensitive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Munehiko Sato, Ivan Poupyrev, Shozo Harada, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20220406227
    Abstract: The present invention provides a product with incorporated operation display panel that further improves visibility at the time of light emission. The product with incorporated operation display panel includes a transparent conductive sheet, a display panel with a touch sensor furnished at least with light emitting elements consisting of light emitting elements arranged in two dimensions and being the product with incorporated operation display panel furnished with a thin layer that covers the total or a part of the front surface of a display panel, and a transparent substrate that forms a light guiding path is disposed at an opening between a transparent conductive sheet and a thin layer, or at an opening between a transparent conductive sheet and a light emitting device array substrate. The transparent base has micropores provided in a resin base material made of a transparent resin, and the micropores are formed by a lattice-like louver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Munehiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20220179518
    Abstract: An interactive cord includes one or more touch-sensitive areas configured to detect user input and one or more non-touch-sensitive areas. An outer cover of the interactive cord includes a set of conductive lines braided together with one or more of a plurality of non-conductive lines at the touch-sensitive area. The set of conductive lines defines a plurality of intersections that each form a capacitive touchpoint at the touch-sensitive area. An inner core of the interactive cord includes at least the set of conductive lines and at least one of the plurality of non-conductive lines at the non-touch-sensitive area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Munehiko Sato, Ivan Poupyrev, Shozo Harada, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20220068119
    Abstract: An interactive cord system can include sensing circuitry coupled to a system ground and an interactive cord. The interactive cord can include a plurality of non-conductive lines a plurality of conductive sensing lines at least partially woven with one or more of the plurality of non-conductive lines to form at least one touch-sensitive area along the interactive cord and one or more conductive grounding lines electrically connected with the system ground and extending at least partially along an outer portion of the interactive cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tong Wu, Munehiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11262873
    Abstract: Systems and methods for interactive textiles including conductive fibers are provided. An interactive textile may comprise a flexible substrate, an embroidered thread-pattern defining an ornamental feature on a first surface of the flexible substrate, and a touch input sensor comprising a set of conductive threads coupled to a second surface of the flexible substrate at a corresponding area of at least a portion of the embroidered thread pattern. The set of conductive threads form a conductive thread-pattern on the second surface that is conformal to the ornamental feature on the first surface at the portion of the embroidered thread pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shiho Tremmel, Ivan Poupyrev, Munehiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11222436
    Abstract: Methods for presenting an image indicating a position for a person are disclosed. A method includes: determining, by a computing device, at least one free space in a location using at least one camera; determining, using the computing device, a new position for a first person in the location based upon the determined at least one free space in the location; and presenting an image to indicate the determined new position for the first person in the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoka Mochizuki, Wen Lianzi, Munehiko Sato, Tomonori Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11196835
    Abstract: Group chat communication can include receiving, using a processor, a first message in a group chat having members, wherein the first message is from a first member of the group chat and specifies a second member of the group chat, distributing, using the processor, the first message to the members of the group chat, and, in response to receiving the first message and using the processor, causing a group chat window of the second member to display a first callout. The group chat window of the second member is configured to display a plurality of chronologically ordered messages posted by the members of the group chat. The first callout identifies the first member and indicates a position of the first message within the plurality of chronologically ordered messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nishimura, Munehiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11151857
    Abstract: Systems and methods of determining an ergonomic assessment for a user are provided. For instance, sensor data can be received from one or more sensors implemented with an ergonomic assessment garment worn by a user. Corporeal data associated with at least one body segment of the user can be determined based at least in part on the sensor data. The corporeal data is associated with a bend angle associated with the at least one body segment. An ergonomic assessment associated with the user can be determined based at least in part on the corporeal data. The ergonomic assessment can include an indication of one or more ergonomic zones associated with the user, the one or more ergonomic zones being determined based at least in part on the bend angle associated with the at least one body segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Poupyrev, Antonio Xavier Cerruto, Mustafa Emre Karagozler, David Scott Allmon, Munehiko Sato, Susan Jane Wilhite, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20200258366
    Abstract: Systems and methods of determining an ergonomic assessment for a user are provided. For instance, sensor data can be received from one or more sensors implemented with an ergonomic assessment garment worn by a user. Corporeal data associated with at least one body segment of the user can be determined based at least in part on the sensor data. The corporeal data is associated with a bend angle associated with the at least one body segment. An ergonomic assessment associated with the user can be determined based at least in part on the corporeal data. The ergonomic assessment can include an indication of one or more ergonomic zones associated with the user, the one or more ergonomic zones being determined based at least in part on the bend angle associated with the at least one body segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ivan Poupyrev, Antonio Xavier Cerruto, Mustafa Emre Karagozler, David Scott Allmon, Munehiko Sato, Susan Jane Wilhite, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 10692238
    Abstract: Methods for presenting an image indicating a position for a person are disclosed. A method includes: determining, by a computing device, at least one free space in a location using at least one camera; determining, using the computing device, a new position for a first person in the location based upon the determined at least one free space in the location; and presenting an image to indicate the determined new position for the first person in the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoka Mochizuki, Wen Lianzi, Munehiko Sato, Tomonori Sugiura
  • Patent number: 10650813
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for analyzing content written on a board, on which a text and/or a drawing are made, is disclosed. The method includes obtaining content data including a series of images, which captures content being written on the board. The method also includes obtaining utterance data representing a series of utterances, which is associated with the series of the images. The method further includes extracting a section from the series of the utterances based on a change in topics and recognizing a content block for the section from the content data. The content block includes one or more content parts written during the section. The method includes further calculating evaluation value for the content block by using one or more utterances included in the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Sugiura, Tomoka Mochizuki, Lianzi Wen, Munehiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20200125195
    Abstract: Systems and methods for interactive textiles including conductive fibers are provided. An interactive textile may comprise a flexible substrate, an embroidered thread-pattern defining an ornamental feature on a first surface of the flexible substrate, and a touch input sensor comprising a set of conductive threads coupled to a second surface of the flexible substrate at a corresponding area of at least a portion of the embroidered thread pattern. The set of conductive threads form a conductive thread-pattern on the second surface that is conformal to the ornamental feature on the first surface at the portion of the embroidered thread pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shiho Tremmel, Ivan Poupyrev, Munehiko Sato
  • Patent number: 10607365
    Abstract: Systems for presenting an image indicating a position for a person are disclosed. A system includes: a hardware processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computer device; at least one camera; program instructions of a free space determiner configured to determine at least one free space in a location using the at least one camera; program instructions of a new position determiner configured to determine, for a first person in the location, a new position based upon the at least one free space in the location determined by the free space determiner; and program instructions of an image presenter configured to present an image in the location to indicate the new position for the first person in the location determined by the new position determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoka Mochizuki, Wen Lianzi, Munehiko Sato, Tomonori Sugiura
  • Patent number: 10600304
    Abstract: Systems and methods of determining an ergonomic assessment for a user are provided. For instance, sensor data can be received from one or more sensors implemented with an ergonomic assessment garment worn by a user. Corporeal data associated with at least one body segment of the user can be determined based at least in part on the sensor data. The corporeal data is associated with a bend angle associated with the at least one body segment. An ergonomic assessment associated with the user can be determined based at least in part on the corporeal data. The ergonomic assessment can include an indication of one or more ergonomic zones associated with the user, the one or more ergonomic zones being determined based at least in part on the bend angle associated with the at least one body segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Poupyrev, Antonio Xavier Cerruto, Mustafa Emre Karagozler, David Scott Allmon, Munehiko Sato, Susan Jane Wilhite, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Publication number: 20200090363
    Abstract: Methods for presenting an image indicating a position for a person are disclosed. A method includes: determining, by a computing device, at least one free space in a location using at least one camera; determining, using the computing device, a new position for a first person in the location based upon the determined at least one free space in the location; and presenting an image to indicate the determined new position for the first person in the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoka MOCHIZUKI, Wen LIANZI, Munehiko SATO, Tomonori SUGIURA