Patents by Inventor Hirotake Sano
Hirotake Sano 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).
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Patent number: 10809872Abstract: A display control device includes a receiving portion configured to receive operation information input to a touch input portion, the touch input portion being located away from a display portion; and a processing portion configured to control display on the display portion in accordance with the operation information that is received by the receiving portion. The processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display an image in which a cursor is disposed inside a plurality of icons that are circumferentially disposed, and the processing portion is configured to move the cursor to an icon among the plurality of icons, the icon being located in a direction of a slide operation received by the receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoji Kakinuma, Hirotake Sano, Tatsuya Tanizawa, Akihiro Ueda, Koshi Ito
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Publication number: 20190107934Abstract: A display control device includes a receiving portion configured to receive operation information input to a touch input portion, the touch input portion being located away from a display portion; and a processing portion configured to control display on the display portion in accordance with the operation information that is received by the receiving portion. The processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display an image in which a cursor is disposed inside a plurality of icons that are circumferentially disposed, and the processing portion is configured to move the cursor to an icon among the plurality of icons, the icon being located in a direction of a slide operation received by the receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoji KAKINUMA, Hirotake SANO, Tatsuya TANIZAWA, Akihiro UEDA, Koshi ITO
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Publication number: 20190102050Abstract: A display control device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive operation information input into a touch input portion placed at a position distanced from a display portion; and a processing unit configured to control display of the display portion according to the operation information received by the receiving unit. The processing unit is configured to display a plurality of first options belonging to a first hierarchy, a plurality of second options belonging to a second hierarchy as a hierarchy subsequent to the first hierarchy, and a cursor placed at one of the plurality of second options on the display portion when the receiving unit receives a selection operation in a state where the cursor is placed at one of the plurality of first options.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoji KAKINUMA, Hirotake SANO, Tatsuya TANIZAWA, Akihiro UEDA, Koshi ITO
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Publication number: 20090066474Abstract: A vehicle input device includes an operating part arranged within a passenger compartment and a signal processing part that processes signals input through the operating part. The device includes a movable support mechanism that supports the operating part to move between a distant position away from an operator and a nearby position close to the operator, a motor for generating a drive force to displace the operating part, a control part for controlling the motor, and an operation intention detector for detecting an operator's intention to operate the operating part. The control part controls the motor to displace the operating part into the nearby position if the operator's operation intention is detected by the operation intention detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: GToyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Kawachi, Hirotake Sano
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Publication number: 20080238874Abstract: A display device is provided in a central position of an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment, and an operation device is provided in a center console. The operation device is formed with a case body having a palm rest, with is provided with a pointing device and four finalizing switches. A menu display window showing an array of multiple function selection items or a list display screen is displayed on a screen of the display device. The user selects a desired function selection item by moving a cursor by operation of an operation knob of the pointing device. In this state, the user ON operates any one of the finalizing switches, thereby performing finalize-designation. A user can thus operate the operation device from any one of multiple directions without uncomfortable feeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norio Yamamoto, Nozomi Kitagawa, Hiroaki Sasaki, Takeshi Haruyama, Motohiro Fukumoto, Hirotake Sano, Haruyuki Kodera, Kenji Mori, Kazuhiro Kawachi
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Patent number: 6837727Abstract: The switch includes a base body side connector and a movable body side connector for connecting electrical circuits provided in a base body side and a movable body side of a motor vehicle. One of the base body side connector and the movable body side connector has a receptacle terminal while the other has a pin tab terminal. The other connector has a terminal cover piece for receiving an electrical contact portion provided in a free end side of the pin tab terminal. The terminal cover piece is slidable in engagement and disengage directions of the terminals. The terminal cover piece is urged by a resilient member parallel to an extended direction of the pin tab terminal. The resilient member is positioned between a flange of the terminal cover piece and a bottom surface of a housing of the movable body side connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yuji Migimatsu, Katsuaki Kawahata, Hirotake Sano
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Publication number: 20020088695Abstract: The switch includes a base body side connector and a movable body side connector for connecting electrical circuits provided in a base body side and a movable body side of a motor vehicle. One of the base body side connector and the movable body side connector has a receptacle terminal while the other has a pin tab terminal. The other connector has a terminal cover piece for receiving an electrical contact portion provided in a free end side of the pin tab terminal. The terminal cover piece is slidable in engagement and disengage directions of the terminals. The terminal cover piece is urged by a resilient member parallel to an extended direction of the pin tab terminal. The resilient member is positioned between a flange of the terminal cover piece and a bottom surface of a housing of the movable body side connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Inventors: Yuji Migimatsu, Katsuaki Kawahata, Hirotake Sano