Patents by Inventor Takayuki Shinozaki
Takayuki Shinozaki 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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Patent number: 9256287Abstract: The tactile sensation providing apparatus 1 includes a contact detection unit 40, a tactile sensation providing unit 50 for providing a tactile sensation to the contacting object contacting the contact detection unit 40, a display unit 30 for displaying an input area and a cursor, and a control unit 10 for controlling the display unit 30. The cursor is moved based on the detected contact and the portion of the displayed input area is displaced based on the movement of the cursor. The control unit 10 controls to cause a first tactile sensation to be provided when the portion of the input area is displaced as the cursor is moved, and a second tactile sensation to be provided when the edge of the input area is displayed as the portion of the input area is displaced, thereby notifying the operator of the results of the operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Makoto Tomizu
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Patent number: 9170651Abstract: By dual chips exchanging a signal indicating a pressing load detected for providing the tactile sensation, application process based thereon is performed. A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit for detecting the pressing load on the sensor for providing the sensation, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating a surface the sensor, a provision control unit for controlling drive of the providing unit, and a main control unit for controlling an application. The main control unit determines whether a predetermined area of the surface is touched based on an output of the sensor and, when touched, transmits an instruction to the provision control unit. The provision control unit, upon receiving the instruction from the main control unit, detects the pressing load and transmits the detected load to the main control unit. The main control unit, based on the load, performs the application process.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Kenji Kono, Takashi Miyake, Takayuki Shinozaki, Megumi Kuwabara, Jun Takeda
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Patent number: 9158377Abstract: An electronic device (1) is provided with a contact detection unit (40) that detects contact by a contacting object, a vibration unit (50) that vibrates the contact detection unit (40), and a control unit (10) that controls the vibration unit (50) to vibrate. The control unit (10) treats a position of the contact detected by the contact detection unit (40) before the control unit (10) controls the vibration unit (50) to vibrate as a position of the contact being detected by the contact detection unit (40) while the control unit (10) controls the vibration unit (50) to vibrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Takayuki Shinozaki
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Patent number: 9075470Abstract: An electronic information device that does not start an operation unintended by an operator when a display of an object is changed while a contact to a touch sensor is detected, is provided. An electronic information device 1 includes a touch sensor 11, a display unit 14 configured to display the object, and a control unit 15 configured to, when deleting the object while the touch sensor 11 is detecting a contact at a position corresponding to a predetermined object area displayed on the display unit 14, control to disregard detection of the contact by the touch sensor 11 after deletion of the object until the contact is released.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Makoto Tomizu
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Publication number: 20150160727Abstract: An electronic device includes a tactile sensation providing unit 30 configured to provide a tactile sensation to a contact object being in contact with a panel 10 and a controller 50 configured to control the tactile sensation providing unit 30 on the basis of data based on press to the panel 10, in which the controller 50 determines, after the tactile sensation providing unit 30 provides a tactile sensation, a press pattern on the basis of the data based on press to the panel 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Takashi Miyake
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Publication number: 20150042461Abstract: An electronic device includes a tactile sensation providing unit 30 configured to provide a tactile sensation to a contact object being in contact with a panel 10 and a controller 50 configured to control the tactile sensation providing unit 30 based on an amount of change of data based on press to the panel 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Takashi Miyake
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Publication number: 20150009164Abstract: An electronic device includes a tactile sensation providing unit 30 configured to provide a tactile sensation to a contact object being in contact with a panel 10 and a controller 50 configured to control the tactile sensation providing unit 30 on the basis of data based on press to the panel 10 and data threshold corresponding to the data. After the tactile sensation providing unit 30 provides a tactile sensation, the controller 50 changes the data threshold in response to the data based on press to the panel 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Takashi Miyake
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Publication number: 20140300571Abstract: An input device includes a touch sensor, a pressure detection unit configured to detect pressure on the touch sensor, and a control unit that performs control to execute predetermined processing when, in a state such that the touch sensor detects contact inside a predetermined region, data based on pressure detected by the pressure detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard, and performs control not to execute the predetermined processing when, in a state such that the data based on pressure detected by the pressure detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard, the touch sensor detects contact that transitions from outside the predetermined region to inside the predetermined region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Makoto Tomizu, Takayuki Shinozaki
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Publication number: 20140225831Abstract: The tactile sensation providing apparatus 1 includes a contact detection unit 40, a tactile sensation providing unit 50 for providing a tactile sensation to the contacting object contacting the contact detection unit 40, a display unit 30 for displaying an input area and a cursor, and a control unit 10 for controlling the display unit 30. The cursor is moved based on the detected contact and the portion of the displayed input area is displaced based on the movement of the cursor. The control unit 10 controls to cause a first tactile sensation to be provided when the portion of the input area is displaced as the cursor is moved, and a second tactile sensation to be provided when the edge of the input area is displayed as the portion of the input area is displaced, thereby notifying the operator of the results of the operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Makoto Tomizu
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Publication number: 20130307807Abstract: An electronic device (1) is provided with a contact detection unit (40) that detects contact by a contacting object, a vibration unit (50) that vibrates the contact detection unit (40), and a control unit (10) that controls the vibration unit (50) to vibrate. The control unit (10), while controlling the vibration unit (50) to vibrate, determines a position of the contact based on a plurality of positions of contact detected by the contact detection unit (40) during a predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Shinozaki
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Publication number: 20130307808Abstract: An electronic device (1) is provided with a contact detection unit (40) that detects contact by a contacting object, a vibration unit (50) that vibrates the contact detection unit (40), and a control unit (10) that controls the vibration unit (50) to vibrate. The control unit (10) treats a position of the contact detected by the contact detection unit (40) before the control unit (10) controls the vibration unit (50) to vibrate as a position of the contact being detected by the contact detection unit (40) while the control unit (10) controls the vibration unit (50) to vibrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Shinozaki
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Publication number: 20130207919Abstract: Dual chips exchange a signal indicating a pressing load detected for providing the tactile sensation such that application process based on the pressing load is performed. A tactile sensation providing apparatus according to the present invention includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit configured to detect the pressing load on the touch sensor for providing the tactile sensation, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation provision control unit configured to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit, and a main control unit configured to control an application. The tactile sensation provision control unit transmits the pressing load to the main control unit. The main control unit, based on an output of the touch sensor and the pressing load received from the tactile sensation provision control unit, performs the application process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kono, Takashi Miyake, Takayuki Shinozaki, Megumi Kuwabara, Jun Takeda
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Publication number: 20130207918Abstract: A tactile sensation is provided without exchanging a signal indicating a pressing load between a dual chip. A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit for detecting a pressing load on the sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating a face of the sensor, a tactile sensation provision control unit for controlling drive of the providing unit, and a main control unit for controlling an operation of the provision control unit based on an output of the sensor. The main control unit determines whether a predetermined area of the touch face is touched based on the output of the sensor and, when the area is touched, transmits a tactile sensation control instruction to the provision control unit. The provision control unit, upon receiving the instruction from the main control unit, controls drive of the providing unit based on the instruction and the pressing load.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kono, Takashi Miyaje, Takayuki Shinozaki, Megumi Kuwabara, Jun Takeda
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Publication number: 20130201138Abstract: Dual chips exchange a signal indicating a pressing load detected for providing the tactile sensation such that application processing based on the load is performed. A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit for detecting the load on the sensor for providing the tactile sensation, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating a touch face of the sensor, a tactile sensation provision control unit for controlling drive of the providing unit, and a main control unit for controlling performing an operation corresponding to the load. The main control unit transmits, to the provision control unit, a load detection instruction in activation of the application and a load stop instruction in closing the application. The provision control unit starts detecting the load upon receiving the detection instruction and stops detecting the load upon receiving the stop instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kono, Takashi Miyake, Takayuki Shinozaki, Megumi Kuwabara, Jun Takeda
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Publication number: 20130201137Abstract: By dual chips exchanging a signal indicating a pressing load detected for providing the tactile sensation, application process based thereon is performed. A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit for detecting the pressing load on the sensor for providing the sensation, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating a surface the sensor, a provision control unit for controlling drive of the providing unit, and a main control unit for controlling an application. The main control unit determines whether a predetermined area of the surface is touched based on an output of the sensor and, when touched, transmits an instruction to the provision control unit. The provision control unit, upon receiving the instruction from the main control unit, detects the pressing load and transmits the detected load to the main control unit. The main control unit, based on the load, performs the application process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kono, Takashi Miyake, Takayuki Shinozaki, Megumi Kuwabara, Jun Takeda
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Publication number: 20130181932Abstract: An electronic information device that does not start an operation unintended by an operator when a display of an object is changed while a contact to a touch sensor is detected, is provided. An electronic information device 1 includes a touch sensor 11, a display unit 14 configured to display the object, and a control unit 15 configured to, when deleting the object while the touch sensor 11 is detecting a contact at a position corresponding to a predetermined object area displayed on the display unit 14, control to disregard detection of the contact by the touch sensor 11 after deletion of the object until the contact is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Makoto Tomizu
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Publication number: 20130106756Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 13 configured to vibrate a touch face of the touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation provision control unit 14 configured to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit 13, and a main control unit 17 configured to control an operation of the tactile sensation provision control unit 14 based on an output of the touch sensor 11. The main control unit 17 determines whether an object is touching a predetermined area of the touch face based on the output of the touch sensor 11, and starts the operation of the tactile sensation provision control unit 14 when determining that the object is touching the predetermined area, or stops the operation of the tactile sensation provision control unit 14 when determining that the object is not touching the predetermined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kono, Megumi Kuwabara, Jun Takeda, Takashi Miyake, Takayuki Shinozaki
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Publication number: 20130016056Abstract: An electronic device for receiving an input based on a pressure load that reduces a risk of ending a drag operation despite a user's intention is provided. The electronic device includes a touch sensor configured to detect a touch by a touch object, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, and a control unit configured to enter or cancel an input receiving state for receiving an input based on the pressure load detected by the load detection unit. The control unit, in the input receiving state, controls to make a standard load for canceling the input receiving state when a slide of the touch object touching the touch face is detected and a standard load for canceling the input receiving state when the slide of the touch object touching the touch face is not detected different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Shinozaki, Makoto Tomizu
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Publication number: 20120154329Abstract: An input apparatus capable of informing an operator of an execution state of a motion, executed based on pressing of keys and buttons after a predetermined period, through the keys and buttons pressed is provided. An input apparatus 1 has a touch sensor 11 configured to detect a contact, a load detection unit 12 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 13 configured to vibrate the touch face, and a control unit 15 configured to control the tactile sensation providing unit 13 when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit 12 continuously satisfies a predetermined standard for a predetermined period such that a tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Shinozaki