Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Sakakura

Yoshiaki Sakakura 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: 20190107447
    Abstract: A sensor includes a base layer and a pressing unit protruding with respect to the base layer. The pressing unit includes a first structure unit and a hollow second structure unit disposed on the first structure unit and having a bottom side opened. The second structure unit has a shape portion on a surface facing the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: AKIRA EBISUI, HIROSHI MIZUNO, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, TAIZO NISHIMURA, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, TOSHIO KANO, TOSHIYUKI ONODERA, TAKESHI TAKAHASHI, TORU TAKAHASHI, TATSUO SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10234959
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a capacitance-type sensor layer having a plurality of detection units, and a structure layer having a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount. The structure layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the sensor layer. The two or more structures are disposed in an operation area corresponding to the detection units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yoshiaki Sakakura
  • Patent number: 10175782
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount, a capacitance-type sensor layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the plurality of structures and the sensor layer. The intermediate layer has a plurality of hole portions into which the plurality of structures is pressed, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Katsuhara, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yoshiaki Sakakura
  • Publication number: 20170351339
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a capacitance-type sensor layer having a plurality of detection units, and a structure layer having a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount. The structure layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the sensor layer. The two or more structures are disposed in an operation area corresponding to the detection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: HIROTO KAWAGUCHI, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, AKIRA EBISUI, TAIZO NISHIMURA, HIROSHI MIZUNO, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20170322647
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount, a capacitance-type sensor layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the plurality of structures and the sensor layer. The intermediate layer has a plurality of hole portions into which the plurality of structures is pressed, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: TOMOKO KATSUHARA, HIROTO KAWAGUCHI, AKIRA EBISUI, TAIZO NISHIMURA, HIROSHI MIZUNO, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20140044940
    Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a first transparent film layer, a second transparent film layer, and a recording material layer sandwiched between the first transparent film layer and the second transparent film layer. The recording material layer includes a hologram recording material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Ikuta, Fumisada Maeda, Kimihiro Saito, Takashi Nakao, Takahiro Miura, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Yojiro Sumi
  • Publication number: 20090192670
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a recommended operation determination section, a user interface section, and a control section. The recommended operation determination section uses a first probability model to determine a second operation associated with a first operation having been performed for an onboard device. The user interface section displays the second operation for an occupant and is supplied from the occupant with a response operation indicating whether to accept or reject the second operation. The control section performs the second operation on an onboard device when a response operation to accept the second operation is supplied via the user interface section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hara, Kousuke Hara, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Hirotoshi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20090082967
    Abstract: A route length calculation apparatus comprises: a location detection unit for acquiring current location of a mobile object; an event detection unit for detecting the occurrence of an applicable event; a route history information storage unit for storing, upon occurrence of a first event, past route information containing at least the point of occurrence of the first event; and a distance calculation unit for calculating, when occurrence of a second event is detected by the event detection unit, the shortest route length between the point of occurrence of the second event acquired by the location detection unit and the point of occurrence of the first event along a route that the mobile object has traveled before.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke Hara, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Hiroshi Takeda, Yasufumi Kojima, Tetsuya Hara