Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Sempuku

Tsuyoshi Sempuku 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: 11972053
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a tactile presentation control apparatus that can provide an operation feeling of a dial knob that allows intuitive operation by a tactile sense of the user, and is user-friendly. A tactile presentation control apparatus according to the present disclosure that has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to the user via the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation control apparatus includes a tactile control unit that performs control to present different tactile senses to each of a plurality of operation regions on the operation surface when the tactile presentation knob is rotationally operated. When the tactile presentation knob is present in one of the operation regions, the tactile control unit performs control to present, as the tactile sense, a frictional force generated in the tactile presentation knob to the operation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Orita, Yoshinori Ueno, Mitsuru Sakai, Naoki Numata, Yuki Furumoto, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11789538
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a tactile presentation control apparatus that can provide an operation feeling of a dial knob that allows intuitive operation by a tactile sense of the user, and is user-friendly. A tactile presentation control apparatus according to the present disclosure that has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation control apparatus includes a tactile determination unit that determines the tactile sense according to a state of an apparatus operated with the tactile presentation knob, and a tactile control unit that performs control to present, as the tactile sense determined by the tactile determination unit, a frictional force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface in a state where the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface have contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Orita, Akira Yamashita, Yoshinori Ueno, Mitsuru Sakai, Naoki Numata, Yuki Furumoto, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11747907
    Abstract: In relation to a tactile presentation panel, a tactile presentation panel has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob, and includes a control circuit that divides the operation surface into a plurality of regions, assigns a control target to each of divided regions, and sets a tactile sense to be presented for each of the divided regions, a tactile control circuit that generates a tactile sense set by the control circuit for each of the divided regions by changing a frictional force between the operation surface and the tactile presentation knob, and a touch detection circuit that detects a position on the tactile presentation panel of the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation knob is placed in the divided region so that the control target is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Orita, Yoshinori Ueno, Mitsuru Sakai, Naoki Numata, Yuki Furumoto, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11685395
    Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes: a determination unit for determining whether or not a driver of a vehicle needs a rest on the basis of detection information of a state of the driver; and a control unit for causing an output device of the vehicle to output a pattern that prompts the driver to sleep through at least one of sight, hearing, or touch during a period in which the vehicle has started moving to a parking area and is parked at the parking area in a case where the determination unit has determined that the driver needs a rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misato Yuasa, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Akiko Imaishi, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20230010984
    Abstract: Regarding a tactile presentation panel, a tactile presentation panel that has a tactile presentation knob having a conductive member placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob includes a movement amount calculation circuit that calculates a movement amount of the tactile presentation knob from current coordinates on the tactile presentation panel of the tactile presentation knob and past coordinates of the tactile presentation knob, a tactile strength calculation circuit that calculates a tactile strength to be applied to the user based on the movement amount, and a tactile presentation circuit that sets a voltage signal waveform based on the tactile strength. The movement amount is at least one of a rotation angle and a rotation speed of the tactile presentation knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masami HAYASHI, Tae ORITA, Yoshinori UENO, Mitsuru SAKAI, Naoki NUMATA, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Yuichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230004225
    Abstract: In relation to a tactile presentation panel, a tactile presentation panel has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob, and includes a control circuit that divides the operation surface into a plurality of regions, assigns a control target to each of divided regions, and sets a tactile sense to be presented for each of the divided regions, a tactile control circuit that generates a tactile sense set by the control circuit for each of the divided regions by changing a frictional force between the operation surface and the tactile presentation knob, and a touch detection circuit that detects a position on the tactile presentation panel of the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation knob is placed in the divided region so that the control target is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae ORITA, Yoshinori UENO, Mitsuru SAKAI, Naoki NUMATA, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Yuichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230004224
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a tactile presentation control apparatus that can provide an operation feeling of a dial knob that allows intuitive operation by a tactile sense of the user, and is user-friendly. A tactile presentation control apparatus according to the present disclosure that has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to the user via the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation control apparatus includes a tactile control unit that performs control to present different tactile senses to each of a plurality of operation regions on the operation surface when the tactile presentation knob is rotationally operated. When the tactile presentation knob is present in one of the operation regions, the tactile control unit performs control to present, as the tactile sense, a frictional force generated in the tactile presentation knob to the operation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae ORITA, Yoshinori UENO, Mitsuru SAKAI, Naoki NUMATA, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Yuichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220404912
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a tactile presentation control apparatus that can provide an operation feeling of a dial knob that allows intuitive operation by a tactile sense of the user, and is user-friendly. A tactile presentation control apparatus according to the present disclosure that has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation control apparatus includes a tactile determination unit that determines the tactile sense according to a state of an apparatus operated with the tactile presentation knob, and a tactile control unit that performs control to present, as the tactile sense determined by the tactile determination unit, a frictional force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface in a state where the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface have contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tae ORITA, Akira YAMASHITA, Yoshinori UENO, Mitsuru SAKAI, Naoki NUMATA, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Yuichi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220306151
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes: a determination processing unit to determine whether or not a vehicle is present around a target vehicle on the basis of detection information around the target vehicle; and a notification processing unit to notify information to a driver of the target vehicle, in which the notification processing unit notifies reference information of manual driving in a case where the determination processing unit determines that there is no vehicle ahead of the target vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU, Akiko IMAISHI, Misato YUASA, Munetaka NISHIHIRA
  • Patent number: 11277743
    Abstract: A pass determination device includes: a receiving unit for receiving authentication information from an authentication device of a user; a determining unit for determining whether or not to permit the user to pass on the basis of the authentication information received by the receiving unit; and a display unit for displaying a position of an authentication area in a first display mode from before the user enters the authentication area, the authentication area being an area through which the user having the authentication device is to pass so that an authentication process based on the authentication information of the authentication device is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yoshinori Saikawa, Hisataka Kizu
  • Publication number: 20220073092
    Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes: a determination unit for determining whether or not a driver of a vehicle needs a rest on the basis of detection information of a state of the driver; and a control unit for causing an output device of the vehicle to output a pattern that prompts the driver to sleep through at least one of sight, hearing, or touch during a period in which the vehicle has started moving to a parking area and is parked at the parking area in a case where the determination unit has determined that the driver needs a rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Misato YUASA, Shinsaku FUKUTAKA, Munetaka NISHIHIRA, Akiko IMAISHI, Tsuyoshi SEMPUKU
  • Patent number: D946618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Suzuki, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Akiko Imaishi, Misato Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: D947235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Suzuki, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Akiko Imaishi, Misato Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: D951991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D951994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D960192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D960193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D967182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa
  • Patent number: D968455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa, Reiko Sakata
  • Patent number: D969158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Shuhei Suzuki, Misato Yuasa