Patents by Inventor Jun Kadowaki

Jun Kadowaki 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: 11977701
    Abstract: A sensor panel includes a detection area and is coupleable to an integrated circuit (IC) for detecting a position of an active stylus in the detection area. The sensor panel includes a plurality of first electrodes which are elongated and extending along a first direction in the detection area, wherein the plurality of first electrodes are arrayed along a second direction that is transverse to the first direction; a plurality of first routing traces associated respectively with the first electrodes and connected respectively to the first electrodes; and a plurality of first terminals associated respectively with the first routing traces and connecting the first routing traces to the IC. The first routing traces include extension lines formed in an area farther distanced from the first terminals along the second direction, than locations of junctions between the first routing traces and the first electrodes relative to the first terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11972991
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an inner frame that surrounds an outer circumference of a semiconductor chip; and an outer frame that surrounds an outer circumference of the inner frame; wherein the outer frame is configured with an exterior wall that surrounds the outer circumference of the inner frame, and a fibrous reinforcing member that is wound on an outer circumference of the exterior wall. This prevents the broken pieces of a component that constitutes the semiconductor device from being scattered outside the semiconductor device, thereby not only to achieve improvement in the reliability of the entire system, but also to achieve downsizing of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiota, Tetsuo Motomiya, Kunihiko Tajiri, Jun Okada, Hiroumi Yamada, Kazutake Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11921951
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a display panel that includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each provided in a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels, and a common electrode shared by the plurality of pixels. The touch sensor also includes a touch panel that detects a position of at least either a finger or a pen. The display panel and the touch panel are superimposed on each other in a vertical direction. The common electrode includes a conductor-area-reduction portion that reduces an area of the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20240053837
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coordinate output device that outputs absolute coordinates indicating a position in a predetermined region or relative coordinates, according to a position indicated by a position indicator. The coordinate output device continues to output the relative coordinates while the absolute coordinates are not acquired, and starts output of the absolute coordinates and stops the output of the relative coordinates in response to acquisition of the absolute coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gen IGARASHI, Jun KADOWAKI, Masayuki MIYAMOTO, Hideki FUJIMAKI, Tsukasa NOMI
  • Publication number: 20240045518
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method executed by a device that is configured to be able to detect a pointed position of a stylus on an operation plane being superimposed on a displaying part. The method includes receiving feedback information relating to a display position of a predetermined pattern on the displaying part from a host processor, updating at least some of plural position calibration values stored in a correction table that stores therein the position calibration value for each of plural positions arranged on the operation plane, on a basis of the received feedback information, detecting a tentative pointed position of the stylus, reading the position calibration value that corresponds to the tentative pointed position from the correction table and deriving an output position by correcting the tentative pointed position on a basis of the position calibration value, and reporting the output position to the host processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunya Saito, Shigeyuki Sano, Igor Karsuntsev, JuiMin Liu, Jun Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20240045550
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sensor panel which overlaps a display device and is connected to an integrated circuit that detects a position of an active pen at least in an active area of the display device, the sensor panel including a plurality of first electrodes that each extend in a first direction and are juxtaposed in a second direction different from the first direction, the plurality of first electrodes being connected to the integrated circuit by first routing lines different from each other, in which the plurality of first electrodes includes first and second outside electrodes located at respective ends the plurality of first electrodes in the second direction, and a plurality of first inside electrodes that are different from the first and second outside electrodes, each of the first and second outside electrodes is a solid conductor, and each the plurality of first inside electrodes is a mesh conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230418395
    Abstract: A touch pad is configured to receive input operations using objects including a finger and a stylus. The touch pad includes a touch screen including a touch detection surface that serves as a button and as a position detection region for detecting positions of the objects. The touch pad includes an integrated circuit having an object detection function of detecting the positions of the objects on the touch detection surface and a button function of detecting a press state of the button based on a force applied to the touch detection surface. The touch pad includes a button function stop unit configured to cause, according to an operation state of the stylus or according to a setting related to an input operation of the stylus, the integrated circuit to stop outputting a button press state value indicative of the press state detected by the button function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230403794
    Abstract: Provided is a board assembly including a first board including a first signal line group including signal lines extended in a first direction and lined up in a direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a second board including a second signal line group including signal lines extended in a second direction and lined up in a direction orthogonal to the second direction. The first board and the second board are fixed such that the signal lines included in the first signal line group and the second signal line group are connected in line, and the second board includes an additional signal line separated from the second signal line group in a thickness direction of the second board and extended across a second connection terminal group including a plurality of connection terminals connected to the second signal line group or the first signal line group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Haruhiko HISANO, Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230400949
    Abstract: A cover film used together with a pen sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a sensor controller which detects a position of an active pen in reference to a distribution of signal levels each corresponding to an amount of electric charge induced in an individual one of the plurality of sensor electrodes by a pen signal transmitted from a pen tip electrode disposed at a tip of the active pen. The cover film includes a conductive resin that covers an effective area formed by the sensor electrodes for detection of the position of the active pen and that includes a substantially uniform resistance component at least within a range of the effective area. The cover film is arranged, without via a cover glass, on an upper surface of a sensor electrode group including the plurality of sensor electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230394721
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing apparatus to: acquire learning information representing a result of learning on a spatial relation between adjacent objects, perform a recognition process on stroke data representing a collection of strokes to recognize a first object and a second object that has been inputted via a writing input after the first object, and perform an adjustment process on the stroke data based on the learning information such that a position or size of the second object is adjusted with the first object being fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Jun KADOWAKI
  • Patent number: 11836303
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method executed by a device that is configured to be able to detect a pointed position of a stylus on an operation plane being superimposed on a displaying part. The method includes receiving feedback information relating to a display position of a predetermined pattern on the displaying part from a host processor, updating at least some of plural position calibration values stored in a correction table that stores therein the position calibration value for each of plural positions arranged on the operation plane, on a basis of the received feedback information, detecting a tentative pointed position of the stylus, reading the position calibration value that corresponds to the tentative pointed position from the correction table and deriving an output position by correcting the tentative pointed position on a basis of the position calibration value, and reporting the output position to the host processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunya Saito, Shigeyuki Sano, Igor Karsuntsev, JuiMin Liu, Jun Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20230376145
    Abstract: A sensor system includes first sensor electrode groups and a first integrated circuit, and second sensor electrode groups and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit are controlled such that a first uplink signal, which is transmitted from the first integrated circuit via the first sensor electrode groups, and a second uplink signal, which is transmitted from the second integrated circuit via the second sensor electrode groups, are not transmitted at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Haruhiko HISANO, Sadao YAMAMOTO, Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230367435
    Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a touch sensor including a plurality of electrodes arranged in a plane shape and separated from each other in an array direction, a differential amplifier that amplifies a difference between a positive-side signal and a negative-side signal selectively output from the plurality of electrodes and that outputs the difference, a position detection unit that detects a touch position in a sensor area that is formed by the touch sensor, based on an output signal from the differential amplifier, and a conductive part that is a part made of a conductive material or contains a conductive material and that is arranged to partially overlap the sensor area in plan view. The conductive part is arranged such that an outermost end point thereof in the array direction is positioned on one of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230359310
    Abstract: Provided is a wire mesh sensor including one or more wire meshes provided in a planar shape. Each of the one or more wire meshes includes a plurality of effective elements forming a band-shaped electrode extending in one direction by a combination of a plurality of line elements or a plurality of point elements, and a plurality of dummy elements isolated from the effective elements. At least the effective elements have a pattern shape that is asymmetric with respect to a first center line along the direction in which the band-shaped electrode extends, as viewed in a plan view. A line symmetry degree of the pattern shape with respect to the first center line is greater than or equal to 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Jun KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230359302
    Abstract: A position detection device includes first and second sensor electrodes that are adjacent to each other, connection wires connected to the respective sensor electrodes and including first and second connection wires connected to the first and second sensor electrodes, respectively, a sensor controller connected to the connection wires, and a first extension line; and a second extension line. Some of the plurality of connection wires, including the first connection wire, extend at regular intervals in a first region. The connection wires, including the second connection wire, are arranged to extend at regular intervals in a second region different from the first region. The first extension line extends along the second connection wire in the second region and is electrically connected to the first sensor electrode. The second extension line extends along the first connection wire in the first region and is electrically connected to the second sensor electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jun KADOWAKI, Ryutaro NITOBE
  • Patent number: 11782530
    Abstract: A touch pad is configured to receive input operations using objects including a finger and a stylus. The touch pad includes a touch screen including a touch detection surface that serves as a button and as a position detection region for detecting positions of the objects. The touch pad includes an integrated circuit having an object detection function of detecting the positions of the objects on the touch detection surface and a button function of detecting a press state of the button based on a force applied to the touch detection surface. The touch pad includes a button function stop unit configured to cause, according to an operation state of the stylus or according to a setting related to an input operation of the stylus, the integrated circuit to stop outputting a button press state value indicative of the press state detected by the button function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20230315221
    Abstract: A sensor panel is overlaid on a display apparatus and connected to an integrated circuit that detects a position of an active pen in an active region of the display apparatus. The sensor panel includes first electrodes that extend in a first direction. The sensor panel also includes second electrodes that extend in a second direction. The first electrodes include first and second outer electrodes that are located at the outermost edges of the first electrodes and first inner electrodes disposed between the first and second outer electrodes. A width of at least one of the first and second outer electrodes in the second direction is smaller than a width of each of the first inner electrodes in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11775105
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode adjacent to the first sensor electrode, first and second connection wires connected to the first and second sensor electrodes, respectively, a sensor controller connected to the connection wires, and a first extension line; and a second extension line. Some of the plurality of connection wires, including the first connection wire, extend at regular intervals in a first region. The connection wires, including the second connection wire, are arranged to extend at regular intervals in a second region different from the first region. The first extension line extends along the second connection wire in the second region and is electrically connected to the first sensor electrode. The second extension line extends along the first connection wire in the first region and is electrically connected to the second sensor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Kadowaki, Ryutaro Nitobe
  • Patent number: 11768565
    Abstract: A cover film used together with a pen sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a sensor controller which detects a position of an active pen in reference to a distribution of signal levels each corresponding to an amount of electric charge induced in an individual one of the plurality of sensor electrodes by a pen signal transmitted from a pen tip electrode disposed at a tip of the active pen. The cover film includes a conductive resin that covers an effective area formed by the sensor electrodes for detection of the position of the active pen and that includes a substantially uniform resistance component at least within a range of the effective area. The cover film is arranged, without via a cover glass, on an upper surface of a sensor electrode group including the plurality of sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11755144
    Abstract: A sensor system includes first sensor electrode groups and a first integrated circuit, and second sensor electrode groups and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit are controlled such that a first uplink signal, which is transmitted from the first integrated circuit via the first sensor electrode groups, and a second uplink signal, which is transmitted from the second integrated circuit via the second sensor electrode groups, are not transmitted at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Hisano, Sadao Yamamoto, Jun Kadowaki