Patents by Inventor Hironobu MOROFUJI

Hironobu MOROFUJI 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: 10359881
    Abstract: There is provided a control device. An operation detecting unit configured to detect an operation of a user on an operation surface of a panel. A drive unit configured to drive a vibrating element attached to the panel, thereby vibrating the panel. If the operation detecting unit detects the operation, the drive unit drives the vibrating element while switching between a first vibration mode and a second mode different in at least some vibration frequencies, thereby sequentially giving different types of vibration different in at least some frequencies to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Hironobu Morofuji, Tatsuya Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190012030
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes an operation panel, a vibrator, and a holding part. The operation panel includes an operation surface. The vibrator is attached to the operation panel, and vibrates the operation panel in a plurality of modes having different vibration frequencies. The holding part holds the operation panel. The holding part includes a first holding part, and a second holding part that has a higher hardness than the first holding part, and is arranged to be laminated on the first holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Hironobu MOROFUJI, Yutaka MATSUNAMI
  • Publication number: 20180224939
    Abstract: There is provided a control device. An operation detecting unit configured to detect an operation of a user on an operation surface of a panel. A drive unit configured to drive a vibrating element attached to the panel, thereby vibrating the panel. If the operation is detected by the operation detecting unit, the drive unit drives the vibrating element while simultaneously performing a haptical vibration mode for giving a feeling to the user by vibration and a sound output mode for outputting a sound from the panel or performing so as to switch between both modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: DENSO TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hironobu MOROFUJI, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180224998
    Abstract: There is provided a control device. An operation detecting unit configured to detect an operation of a user on an operation surface of a panel. A drive unit configured to drive a vibrating element attached to the panel, thereby vibrating the panel. If the operation detecting unit detects the operation, the drive unit drives the vibrating element while switching between a first vibration mode and a second mode different in at least some vibration frequencies, thereby sequentially giving different types of vibration different in at least some frequencies to the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: DENSO TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hironobu MOROFUJI, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180081443
    Abstract: To provide a technique for giving a tactual sensation such that a user can clearly perceive that an operation position has reached a predetermined position. A display control unit that causes the display unit to display the object, an operation acceptance unit that accepts an operation for the object on the display surface on the basis of a detection result from a detection unit that detects contact with the operation surface, and a vibration control unit that controls a vibration unit that vibrates the operation surface if the operation accepted by the operation acceptance unit is a slide operation from an outside of a predetermined range defined on the display surface to an inside of the predetermined range and vibrates the operation surface in a predetermined vibrational state when the slide operation reaches the inside of the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Hironobu MOROFUJI