Patents by Inventor Shuuji Hirano

Shuuji Hirano 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: 5691511
    Abstract: A cordless digitizer includes a tablet including position detecting elements formed of loop coils, error compensating elements formed of loop coils, and an auxiliary element formed of a coil which is arranged around a reading range of the tablet; and a position indicator including a position indicating element; and an error compensating unit which, when the position indicator is set at a position on the tablet, obtains first outputs according to interactions between the position detecting elements and the auxiliary element of the tablet and the position indicating element of the position indicator, and second outputs according to interactions between the error compensating elements, the auxiliary element of the tablet and the position indicating element of the position indicator to produce third outputs according to the first and second outputs from which error output components due to direct actions between the elements of the tablet have been eliminated; a position detecting loop coil assembly provided on t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Graphtec Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Matsushima, Shuuji Hirano
  • Patent number: 5220354
    Abstract: The voltage drop in the power supply common conductor of a thermal printing head deteriorates the quality of printing. In order to compensate this voltage drop, the power supply common conductor is provided with multiple feed points. Each feed point is connected through a V-shaped connecting conductor to the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Graphtec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Toyosawa, Shuuji Hirano