Patents by Inventor Yoshisato Ono

Yoshisato Ono 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).

  • User interface device that zooms image in response to operation that presses screen, image zoom method, and program
    Patent number: 9389722
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of controlling a user interface device for displaying on a display screen a plurality of objects, and for enabling a user to perform an input action by touching the display screen with the user's finger. This method includes: upon the user's touch to the display screen at a region of one of the plurality of objects being displayed, selecting the one object as a zoom target; upon an event occurring in which an intensity of the finger's touch on the display screen exceeds a predetermined threshold, determining a magnification ratio of the zoom target or a change rate of the magnification ratio, based on the intensity of the finger's touch; and zooming in the zoom target on the display screen with the determined magnification ratio or the determined change rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Matsuki, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Yoshisato Ono
  • USER INTERFACE DEVICE THAT ZOOMS IMAGE IN RESPONSE TO OPERATION THAT PRESSES SCREEN, IMAGE ZOOM METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140300569
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of controlling a user interface device for displaying on a display screen a plurality of objects, and for enabling a user to perform an input action by touching the display screen with the user's finger. This method includes: upon the user's touch to the display screen at a region of one of the plurality of objects being displayed, selecting the one object as a zoom target; upon an event occurring in which an intensity of the finger's touch on the display screen exceeds a predetermined threshold, determining a magnification ratio of the zoom target or a change rate of the magnification ratio, based on the intensity of the finger's touch; and zooming in the zoom target on the display screen with the determined magnification ratio or the determined change rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Matsuki, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Yoshisato Ono