Patents by Inventor Sigeo Kawasima

Sigeo Kawasima 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).

  • Programmable operator's console
    Patent number: 4991077
    Abstract: A programmable operator's console adapted to control an external apparatus comprises a display panel, having a display screen and a plurality of transparent touch-sensitive switches disposed in the display screen, and a central processing unit, connected with the external apparatus and the display panel. The display panel displays an image of a plurality of switch regions superimposed on the touch-sensitive switches, and displays labels, each of which indicates the function of each of the touch-sensitive switches in its respective switch regions, indicates control data based upon which operation of the external apparatus is controlled, and indicates apparatus data indicative of the result of the control and the operational status of the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kikuo Kawasaki, Sigeo Kawasima, Takasi Miyata, Kenji Fujita