Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Sugita

Yasuhiro Sugita 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).

  • Publication number: 20190317641
    Abstract: The present invention simultaneously detects a location of an electric conductor and pressure that is applied by the electric conductor. A touch panel (1) includes a plurality of sensing electrodes (2) that extend in a first direction for detecting a touch location based on an electrostatic capacitance; and pressure detecting electrodes (4) each of which extends in the first direction and is provided between adjacent two of the plurality of sensing electrodes (2). Each of the pressure detecting electrodes (4) has a width smaller than that of each of the sensing electrodes (2) and has resistance that changes in response to applied pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TAKENORI MARUYAMA, YASUHIRO SUGITA, KAZUTOSHI KIDA, SHINJI YAMAGISHI, KENSHI TADA, JEAN MUGIRANEZA, HIDETSUGU KAWAMORI
  • Patent number: 10416820
    Abstract: A display device is provided in which a configuration of first electrodes (4) in a first area (R1) that overlaps a display area (AA) of a touch panel (2), and a configuration of first electrodes (6) in a second area (R2) outside the first area, are different from each other. In the second area (R2), at least one electrode pad (6-1a, 6-2a) of the first electrodes (6) is arranged so as to be opposed to one second electrode (7a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jean Mugiraneza, Yasuhiro Sugita, Kazutoshi Kida, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Tomohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 10411353
    Abstract: Included is an antenna wire 21, formed by a reticulated metal film in a shape of a ring, which generates a magnetic field on a center side thereof. The antenna wire 21 has a first extension part 23 extending along a direction of extension of the antenna wire 21 and a second extension part 24 extending along a direction intersecting with the direction of extension. The antenna wire 21 is configured such that a per unit length area of the first extension part 23 is larger than a per unit length area of the second extension part 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Tomohiro Kimura, Yuhji Yashiro
  • Patent number: 10386964
    Abstract: A crystal display device 10 includes TFTs, pixel electrodes, common electrodes, an array board, a CF board, detection electrodes, drive electrodes , a driver, a row control circuit, and a touch controller. The detection electrodes are included in the CF board. The drive electrodes are included in the CF board. The driver and the row control circuit are included in a display driver portion for supplying scan signals and data signals to the TFTs for display driving. The touch controller supplies drive signals to the drive electrodes and detects position detection signals output by the detection electrodes to perform position detection control. The touch controller supplies the drive signals to the drive electrodes to drive the drive electrodes in a scan writing period in which the scan signals are supplied to the TFTs by at least the row control circuit in the display driver portion to drive the TFTs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Kenshi Tada, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Takenori Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20190235686
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first ferroelectric layer connected to the first electrode and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a second ferroelectric layer connected to the second electrode and disposed between the first ferroelectric layer and the second electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first ferroelectric layer and the second ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Jean MUGIRANEZA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Yukio MIZUNO, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA, Hidetsugu KAWAMORI
  • Publication number: 20190237875
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention has a decreased antenna resistance so as to conform to the EMV specification. An NFC antenna includes: a mesh antenna pattern line (10) being transparent and formed in a netlike form in a display region (R1); and a non-mesh antenna pattern line (13) being formed in a form having no mesh in a non-display region (R2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: SHINJI YAMAGISHI, YASUHIRO SUGITA, JEAN MUGIRANEZA
  • Publication number: 20190227660
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the width of a frame region. A touchscreen (5) includes: M sense lines 6; pad electrodes (7) that are arranged in N rows×M columns; (N×M) switching elements 8; N multiplexers (9); N sets of M drive lines (10), each of the M drive lines (10) connecting between a multiplexer (9) and one of M pad electrodes (7) in a row that corresponds to the multiplexer (9); and a driving circuit (11) that is connected to the N multiplexers (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jean MUGIRANEZA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190227762
    Abstract: The present disclosure executes various types of processing by means of simple operations and processing. An information processing device includes a terminal information acquisition circuit acquiring identification information from an NFC terminal via an NFC antenna; a position determination circuit determining whether or not a terminal position corresponds to at least one prescribed position determined in advance; and a processing permission circuit permitting prescribed processing in a case where the identification information satisfies a prescribed condition and the terminal position is determined to correspond to the prescribed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: MASAAKI MORIYA, MASAFUMI UENO, NAOKI SHIOBARA, YASUHIRO SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190212864
    Abstract: Each transistor, which is provided for a corresponding sensor electrode, has a gate electrode, a source electrode connected to a power supply line, and a drain electrode connected to the sensor electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SUGITA, Jean MUGIRANEZA, Kazutoshi KIDA
  • Publication number: 20190196865
    Abstract: There is a need to provide a semiconductor device that improves an interrupt capability of a virtual machine. A semiconductor device includes a memory to store a plurality of virtual machines and a virtual machine manager to manage the virtual machines and a CPU to perform the virtual machines and the virtual machine manager. The CPU causes an active virtual machine to perform an interrupt process when information (first information) about an interrupt-processing virtual machine is equal to information (second information) about the active virtual machine. When the first information differs from the second information, the CPU causes the virtual machine manager to stop the active virtual machine and operates the interrupt-processing virtual machine to perform an interrupt process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190114007
    Abstract: A touch panel (1) includes: a drive/readout circuit (6) which measures, during a first measurement period, a self-capacitance between each of a plurality of pad electrodes (2a/2b) and a touching object; and a readout circuit (5) which measures, during a second measurement period, a mutual capacitance between pad electrodes (2a) and a pad electrodes (2b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jean MUGIRANEZA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190114002
    Abstract: A touch on a housing that accommodates a liquid crystal panel is excellently detected. A capacitive touch panel for operating the liquid crystal panel includes a transmitting electrode (T) driven by a drive voltage, a receiving electrode (R) to read a signal based on a capacitance in between the receiving electrode (R) and the transmitting electrode (T), and a housing transmitting electrode (HT) disposed on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: JEAN MUGIRANEZA, TOMOHIRO KIMURA, YASUHIRO SUGITA, HISASHI WATANABE, MASAFUMI UENO
  • Publication number: 20190114019
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a. plurality of electrodes arranged in an electrode array, wherein the plurality of electrodes includes a plurality of touch panel elements. A controller is configured to measure a charge that flows into or out of an electrode of the electrode array when the electrode is charged or discharged to a particular voltage, and configured to connect neighboring electrodes in the electrode array to a reference potential and to a voltage waveform. A sensing system makes a first measurement of the charge flowing into or out of the electrode while a set of neighboring electrodes are driven with the voltage waveform, and makes a second measurement while the set of neighboring electrodes are connected to the reference potential. The controller further is configured to distinguish conductive from non-conductive objects, based on a comparison of the two measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Sean Thomas George MAGUIRE, Diego GALLARDO, Biregeya Jean de Dieu MUGIRANEZA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190107905
    Abstract: A touch panel includes electrode sections in an electrode layer and mainly includes electric wire sections in a bridge layer. The electrode sections are arranged in unit lattices alternately provided in the touch panel, and the electric wire sections are alternately arranged in unit lattices in which the electrode sections are not arranged. The electrode sections and the electric wire sections are electrically connected by connection sections penetrating through an insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Jean MUGIRANEZA, Yukio MIZUNO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA, Hidetsugu KAWAMORI
  • Publication number: 20190095008
    Abstract: In order to achieve an electronic device with a high display quality while preventing a wiring pattern of a touch panel from being visually recognized in a display region, the present invention includes: a touch panel electrode (20) provided so as to surround a display region (41); and a control section (10) connected to the touch panel electrode (20) and configured to sense, in accordance with a change in capacitance of the touch panel electrode (20), a touch operation carried out by an object coming into contact with or coming closer to at least one of the display region (41) and a frame region (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuo MURATA, Tomohiro KIMURA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Ryuzo YUKI
  • Publication number: 20190095660
    Abstract: Near field radio communication with a communication device located at or near a housing is enabled in a simple configuration. A housing defining at least part of a space having a prescribed shape includes an NFC antenna. In addition, the NFC antenna is disposed along a surface of the housing for performing the near field radio communication with an NFC card located inside the space having the prescribed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MASAFUMI UENO, MASAAKI MORIYA, NAOKI SHIOBARA, MITSURU HINENO, TOMOHIRO OMATSU, HIROYUKI FURUKAWA, YASUHIRO SUGITA, SHINJI YAMAGISHI, JEAN MUGIRANEZA
  • Publication number: 20190042811
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device that performs the reading of information via near field wireless communication by using a plurality of antenna patterns, and that has no insensitive area on the touch surface. An antenna device that reads information via near field wireless communication includes an antenna layer 20 that includes a plurality of antenna patterns 21a to 21l arrayed in parallel with one another, wherein at least a part of the antenna patterns 21a to 21l are arranged so as to overlap with one another when the antenna layer 20 is viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAGISHI, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Jean MUGIRANEZA, Yuki OWASHI, Yoshitaka KAWANABE
  • Publication number: 20190036208
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna built-in touch panel that includes an antenna that reads information via near field wireless communication, and that has a small thickness. An antenna built-in touch panel includes: a touch panel; and an antenna that reads information via near field wireless communication, wherein the touch panel includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, and antenna patterns 21a to 21c are provided in at least one of a sensing electrode layer and a drive electrode layer of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: SHINJI YAMAGISHI, YASUHIRO SUGITA, JEAN MUGIRANEZA
  • Patent number: 10180761
    Abstract: Provided is a touch-panel-equipped display device that is capable of detecting a touch on a side surface of a case (1) at a high accuracy by a simple controlling operation, without any hardware such as expensive sensors being provided additionally. In the touch-panel-equipped display device, a side surface electrode part can be electrically connected by capacitive coupling with a Y-direction electrode part. A change in capacitive coupling when the side surface electrode part is touched by a finger or the like, therefore, is reflected in a sense signal acquired by the Y-direction electrode part. In other words, in the touch-panel-equipped display device, a touch on the side surface electrode part can be detected using the sense signal. The touch-panel-equipped display device, therefore, is capable of detecting a touch on the side surface electrode part by using hardware and signal processing for touch detection in a conventional touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Tomohiro Kimura, Jean Mugiraneza, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Patent number: 10175836
    Abstract: A touch panel is realized that is able to decrease the amount of dead space at the periphery of the touch panel and that has highly accurate touch panel sensitivity. In a touch panel, Y direction conductive patterns are arranged so as to be separated from wiring patterns in Y direction conductive pattern regions between electrode units of X direction conductive patterns. As a result, in this conductive sheet, it is possible to appropriately prevent the occurrence of parasitic capacitance resulting from the Y direction conductive patterns and the wiring patterns. Therefore, in a touch panel device or the like that uses such a touch panel, it is possible to effectively prevent the generation of noise that overlaps sense signals as a result of the above-mentioned parasitic capacitance, thereby making it possible to realize highly accurate touch panel sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Makino, Mikihiro Noma, Tomotoshi Tsujioka, Daiji Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Yasuhiro Sugita