Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kataya

Hiroyuki Kataya 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: 20240118768
    Abstract: A diagnosis device according to one embodiment determines the state of a touch panel, on the basis of: a first signal intensity detected at each of a plurality of coordinates provided on the touch panel in a self-capacitance manner; and a second signal intensity detected at each of the plurality of coordinates in a mutual capacitance manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYA, Yasumichi SAKODA
  • Publication number: 20240078166
    Abstract: A diagnosis device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a signal strength acquisition unit that acquires the signal strength of each of a plurality of nodes that divide a touch panel; and a noise level determination unit that determines a noise level on the basis of the state of the signal strengths under a touch detection threshold, among the acquired signal strengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYA, Yasumichi SAKODA
  • Patent number: 10949023
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes: an operation position obtaining unit for obtaining operation positions touched by operating members, the positions being determined based on signals outputted from a touch panel; an intersection determination unit for, when input is given by multi-touch operation, determining whether a first path and a second path intersect each other, the first path being a path of the operation position of one of the operating members, the second path being a path of the operation position of the other operating member; and a correction unit for, when the determination that the first path and the second path intersect each other is made, substituting the operation position of the one operating member for the operation position of the other operating member, and substituting the operation position of the other operating member for the operation position of the one operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasumichi Sakoda, Hiroyuki Kataya
  • Patent number: 10949033
    Abstract: A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a driving unit for sending drive pulse signals to the touch panel; a receiving unit for receiving sense signals based on an operated position on the touch panel; a driving control unit for controlling the driving unit to send the drive pulse signals; a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining strengths of the sense signals received by the receiving unit; a signal strength adjusting unit that adjusts the sense signal strength that is equal to or greater than a threshold, to a first adjustment value, and adjusts the strength that is less than the threshold, to a second adjustment value; and an operated position obtaining unit for obtaining the operated position based on sense signals in which an average of the adjusted strengths corresponding to the respective drive pulses is equal to or greater than a given average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kataya, Yasumichi Sakoda, Kouji Hada
  • Patent number: 10895935
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes: a switching unit configured to switch between a first state where first electrodes operate as drive electrodes and second electrodes operate as sense electrodes and a second state where the second electrodes operate as drive electrodes and the first electrodes operate as sense electrodes; and an operation position obtaining unit configured to, if the sense signals are not determined to contain noise, obtain as an operation position touched by an operating member, a section whose signal strength in the first state is a first threshold or more, and if the sense signals are determined to contain noise, obtain as the operation position by the operating member, one section whose signal strength in the first state is the first threshold or more and the signal strength in the second state is the first threshold or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasumichi Sakoda, Hiroyuki Kataya
  • Patent number: 10877594
    Abstract: A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining the strength of signal at each node on the touch panel; an invalid node setting unit, wherein, among nodes located in an uppermost portion of the touch panel, if the number of nodes where the time for which the strength of the signal is maintained at a level equal to or greater than a threshold is equal to or longer than a first given time is equal to or greater than a first given number, the invalid node setting unit sets those nodes as invalid nodes; and an operated position obtaining unit, wherein, among nodes where the strength of the signal is equal to or greater than the threshold, the operated position obtaining unit obtains the position of a node other than the invalid nodes, as the operated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kataya, Yasumichi Sakoda, Kouji Hada
  • Patent number: 10860158
    Abstract: A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a driving unit for sending drive pulse signals to the touch panel; a receiving unit for receiving sense signals based on an operated position on the touch panel; a driving control unit for controlling the driving unit to send the drive pulse signal; a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining strengths of the sense signals received by the receiving unit; and an operated position obtaining unit for obtaining the operated position based on sense signals, of the sense signals, in which an average of the strengths of the sense signals corresponding to the respective pulses of the drive pulse signal is equal to or greater than a given average and a variance of the strengths of the sense signals corresponding to the respective pulses of the drive pulse signal is less than a given variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kataya, Yasumichi Sakoda, Kouji Hada
  • Publication number: 20200192503
    Abstract: A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a driving unit for sending a drive pulse signal to the touch panel; a receiving unit for receiving sense signals based on an operated position on the touch panel; a driving control unit for controlling the driving unit to send a given number of pulses of the drive pulse signal at a given frequency; a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining strengths of the sense signals received by the receiving unit; and an operated position obtaining unit for obtaining the operated position based on sense signals in which an average of the sense signal strengths corresponding to the respective pulses of the drive pulse signal is equal to or greater than a given average and the number of times that the sense signal strength is less than a threshold is less than a given number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYA, Yasumichi SAKODA, Kouji HADA
  • Publication number: 20200192526
    Abstract: A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a driving unit for sending drive pulse signals to the touch panel; a receiving unit for receiving sense signals based on an operated position on the touch panel; a driving control unit for controlling the driving unit to send the drive pulse signal; a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining strengths of the sense signals received by the receiving unit; and an operated position obtaining unit for obtaining the operated position based on sense signals, of the sense signals, in which an average of the strengths of the sense signals corresponding to the respective pulses of the drive pulse signal is equal to or greater than a given average and a variance of the strengths of the sense signals corresponding to the respective pulses of the drive pulse signal is less than a given variance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kataya, Yasumichi Sakoda, Kouji Hada
  • Publication number: 20200192502
    Abstract: A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a driving unit for sending drive pulse signals to the touch panel; a receiving unit for receiving sense signals based on an operated position on the touch panel; a driving control unit for controlling the driving unit to send the drive pulse signals; a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining strengths of the sense signals received by the receiving unit; a signal strength adjusting unit that adjusts the sense signal strength that is equal to or greater than a threshold, to a first adjustment value, and adjusts the strength that is less than the threshold, to a second adjustment value; and an operated position obtaining unit for obtaining the operated position based on sense signals in which an average of the adjusted strengths corresponding to the respective drive pulses is equal to or greater than a given average.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYA, Yasumichi SAKODA, Kouji HADA
  • Publication number: 20200192518
    Abstract: A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining the strength of signal at each node on the touch panel; an invalid node setting unit, wherein, among nodes located in an uppermost portion of the touch panel, if the number of nodes where the time for which the strength of the signal is maintained at a level equal to or greater than a threshold is equal to or longer than a first given time is equal to or greater than a first given number, the invalid node setting unit sets those nodes as invalid nodes; and an operated position obtaining unit, wherein, among nodes where the strength of the signal is equal to or greater than the threshold, the operated position obtaining unit obtains the position of a node other than the invalid nodes, as the operated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYA, Yasumichi SAKODA, Kouji HADA
  • Publication number: 20200125231
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes: a switching unit configured to switch between a first state where first electrodes operate as drive electrodes and second electrodes operate as sense electrodes and a second state where the second electrodes operate as drive electrodes and the first electrodes operate as sense electrodes; and an operation position obtaining unit configured to, if the sense signals are not determined to contain noise, obtain as an operation position touched by an operating member, a section whose signal strength in the first state is a first threshold or more, and if the sense signals are determined to contain noise, obtain as the operation position by the operating member, one section whose signal strength in the first state is the first threshold or more and the signal strength in the second state is the first threshold or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yasumichi SAKODA, Hiroyuki KATAYA
  • Publication number: 20200125232
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes: an operation position obtaining unit for obtaining operation positions touched by operating members, the positions being determined based on signals outputted from a touch panel; an intersection determination unit for, when input is given by multi-touch operation, determining whether a first path and a second path intersect each other, the first path being a path of the operation position of one of the operating members, the second path being a path of the operation position of the other operating member; and a correction unit for, when the determination that the first path and the second path intersect each other is made, substituting the operation position of the one operating member for the operation position of the other operating member, and substituting the operation position of the other operating member for the operation position of the one operating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yasumichi SAKODA, Hiroyuki KATAYA
  • Publication number: 20190227527
    Abstract: A numerical control device that is integrated with a display unit or is separated from and connected with a display unit includes: a control board including a control processor configured to perform numerical control; and a slot configured to allow for selective insertion of either a graphic board provided with an image processor to control the display unit that is integrated with the numerical control device, or an interface board connected with a communication cable for communication with the display unit that is separated from and connected to the numerical control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Akira KOIZUMI, Hiroyuki KATAYA
  • Publication number: 20190029130
    Abstract: A display device includes: a sheet attached to a display panel and a display surface side of a housing; an opening formed on the display surface side of the housing so as to allow access to an interface terminal provided in the housing; and a lid covering the opening. The display panel and the display surface side of the housing are sectioned into a first region to which the sheet is attached and a second region with no sheet attached, with respect to a longitudinal direction of the display panel. The first region is an area including the display panel and part of the housing. The opening is arranged in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasumichi Sakoda, Hiroyuki Kataya