Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Fukushima

Hiroshi Fukushima 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: 12282621
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressure detection electrode, and a controller configured to impart a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire a signal value from each of the position detection electrode and the pressure detection electrode. The controller is configured to detect a touch range by a pointer based on the signal value obtained from the position detection electrode, determine a pressure detection range corresponding to the touch range, of the signal value obtained from the pressure detection electrode, and calculate a magnitude of a pressure by the pointer based on the signal value in the pressure detection range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 12204711
    Abstract: An attachment is attachable to and detachable from a touch panel of an input device including the touch panel, and supports user operation on the input device by being attached to the touch panel. The attachment includes one or more operation units that receive user operation and transmit the user operation to a corresponding position of the touch panel when attached to the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 12118164
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a capacitive touch panel and a controller that controls the touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of floating island electrodes located on a first substrate and a plurality of pressure detection electrodes and a plurality of position detection electrodes located on a second substrate. The controller provides a drive signal to the drive electrodes and corrects a pressure detection signal obtained from each of the pressure detection electrodes by using a position detection signal obtained from the position detection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20240302923
    Abstract: Provided is a touch panel system including a touch panel and a controller. The controller includes a signal acquisition unit that acquires a signal value from a position detection electrode and acquires a signal value from a pressing force detection electrode, a position detection unit that detects a position of a pointer, based on a position signal value acquired by the signal acquisition unit, and a pressing force determination unit that determines a presence or absence of a pressing operation at a pointed position. The pressing force determination unit acquires a second derivative value of a pressing force value and determines the presence or absence of the pressing operation at the pointed position, based on the second derivative value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Takuma YAMAMOTO, Takenori MARUYAMA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240272737
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressure detection electrode, and a controller configured to impart a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire a signal value from each of the position detection electrode and the pressure detection electrode. The controller is configured to detect a touch range by a pointer based on the signal value obtained from the position detection electrode, determine a pressure detection range corresponding to the touch range, of the signal value obtained from the pressure detection electrode, and calculate a magnitude of a pressure by the pointer based on the signal value in the pressure detection range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240264687
    Abstract: An attachment is attachable to and detachable from a touch panel of an input device including the touch panel, and supports user operation on the input device by being attached to the touch panel. The attachment includes one or more operation units that receive user operation and transmit the user operation to a corresponding position of the touch panel when attached to the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240202660
    Abstract: A production management system includes a server device and production line devices that are a weighing scale, a filling machine, a packaging machine, a printing machine, a printing inspection machine, an appearance inspection machine, a weight sorting machine, a metal detector, an X-ray inspection machine, and a caser. Each production line device and the server device are configured to communicate via a network. Each production line device transmits event data regarding a running status and an abnormal state to the server device. The server device displays the running status and the abnormal state of each production line device in a chronological order based on the received event data, and displays the display which is displayed in the chronological order for each production line device, in a direction intersecting a direction along the chronological order, in an order of arranging the production line devices on the production line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Jyunki KAWAMATA, Koji KOIZUMI, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA, Kanto AMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11972084
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel, a cover member overlapping the touch panel, and a controller. The controller includes a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a pointer, based on a signal value obtained from a position detection electrode, an amplification processing unit configured to perform amplification processing on at least one signal value in a pressing force detection range corresponding to the position of the pointer detected by the position detection unit among signal values obtained from a pressing force detection electrode, and a pressing force detection unit configured to calculate magnitude of a pressing force generated by the pointer, based on a signal value after the amplification processing being a signal value in the pressing force detection range including a signal value obtained by amplification by the amplification processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Yamagishi, Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20240028168
    Abstract: A touch panel includes: a drive electrode supplied with a drive signal; a position detecting electrode detecting a position included in a touch surface and touched with a pointing object, and a pressure detecting electrode detecting pressure applied on the touch surface with the pointing object, the position detecting electrode and the pressure detecting electrode being disposed across the drive electrode from the touch surface; and a floating electrode having a floating potential. The position detecting electrode, the pressure detecting electrode, and the floating electrode are formed in a layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11842023
    Abstract: A touch panel include a cover member, a drive electrode, a pressure detecting electrode, and a position detecting electrode. The pressure detecting electrode and the position detecting electrode are alternately arranged in a first direction. The pressure detecting electrode includes a plurality of pressure detecting sections, arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, that each independently detect a pressure. The position detecting electrode includes a plurality of position detecting sections, arranged side by side in the second direction, that each independently detect a touched position. The area of a pressure detecting section is larger than the area of a position detecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11789564
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressing force detection electrode; and a controller configured to provide a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire a position signal value from the position detection electrode and a pressing force signal value from the pressing force detection electrode. The controller detects a position of a pointer based on the position signal value, and acquires a pressing force generated by the pointer based on a rate of change of a smoothed value of the pressing force value based on the pressing force signal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuma Yamamoto, Hiroshi Fukushima, Kazutoshi Kida, Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Sugita
  • Publication number: 20230315233
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a capacitive touch panel and a controller that controls the touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of floating island electrodes located on a first substrate and a plurality of pressure detection electrodes and a plurality of position detection electrodes located on a second substrate. The controller provides a drive signal to the drive electrodes and corrects a pressure detection signal obtained from each of the pressure detection electrodes by using a position detection signal obtained from the position detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11693510
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressing detection electrode, and a controller configured to impart a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire signal values from each of the position detection electrode and the pressing detection electrode. The controller detects a position of an indicator on the basis of the signal values obtained from the position detection electrode and calculates a magnitude of pressing of the indicator on the basis of signal values in a pressing detection range corresponding to the detected position of the indicator among the signal values obtained from the pressing detection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230205386
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel, a cover member overlapping the touch panel, and a controller. The controller includes a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a pointer, based on a signal value obtained from a position detection electrode, an amplification processing unit configured to perform amplification processing on at least one signal value in a pressing force detection range corresponding to the position of the pointer detected by the position detection unit among signal values obtained from a pressing force detection electrode, and a pressing force detection unit configured to calculate magnitude of a pressing force generated by the pointer, based on a signal value after the amplification processing being a signal value in the pressing force detection range including a signal value obtained by amplification by the amplification processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11630542
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a transmission electrode layer that includes a transmission electrode to which a drive signal is supplied, a reception electrode layer that includes a position detection electrode and a pressing force detection electrode that form capacitance between the transmission electrode layer and themselves, in accordance with the capacitance, at least one of touching and pressing force is detected. The touch panel further includes a pressure-sensitive layer interposed between the transmission electrode layer and the reception electrode layer. The pressure-sensitive layer includes a first dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits negative temperature properties in a predetermined temperature range, and a second dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits positive temperature properties in the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Yamamoto, Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230096398
    Abstract: A touch panel include a cover member, a drive electrode, a pressure detecting electrode, and a position detecting electrode. The pressure detecting electrode and the position detecting electrode are alternately arranged in a first direction. The pressure detecting electrode includes a plurality of pressure detecting sections, arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, that each independently detect a pressure. The position detecting electrode includes a plurality of position detecting sections, arranged side by side in the second direction, that each independently detect a touched position. The area of a pressure detecting section is larger than the area of a position detecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takenori MARUYAMA, Kazutoshi KIDA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11614843
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The touch panel includes a drive electrode formed on a surface of the first substrate, a position sensor electrode and a pressing force sensor electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate, a position sensor wiring line that connects the position sensor electrode to a terminal portion, a pressing force sensor wiring line that connects the pressing force sensor electrode to the terminal portion, and a shield wiring line disposed between the position sensor wiring line and the pressing force sensor wiring line in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20230073370
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a transmission electrode layer that includes a transmission electrode to which a drive signal is supplied, a reception electrode layer that includes a position detection electrode and a pressing force detection electrode that form capacitance between the transmission electrode layer and themselves, in accordance with the capacitance, at least one of touching and pressing force is detected. The touch panel further includes a pressure-sensitive layer interposed between the transmission electrode layer and the reception electrode layer. The pressure-sensitive layer includes a first dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits negative temperature properties in a predetermined temperature range, and a second dielectric layer of which dielectric constant exhibits positive temperature properties in the predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Takuma YAMAMOTO, Takenori MARUYAMA, Shinji YAMAGISHI, Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Hiroshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11507241
    Abstract: A touch panel including a sense electrode having a rectangular shape extending in a first direction and including a first sense electrode and a second sense electrode, and a drive electrode having a rectangular shape extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction on the sense electrode and including a first drive electrode having a shielding property against electric field components. The first drive electrode is positioned covering at least a part of the first sense electrode in a planar view in which the sense electrode is viewed from the drive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220342540
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressing detection electrode, and a controller configured to impart a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire signal values from each of the position detection electrode and the pressing detection electrode. The controller detects a position of an indicator on the basis of the signal values obtained from the position detection electrode and calculates a magnitude of pressing of the indicator on the basis of signal values in a pressing detection range corresponding to the detected position of the indicator among the signal values obtained from the pressing detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima