Patents by Inventor Junichi Ieda

Junichi Ieda 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: 20260125101
    Abstract: A conductive cloth is used for a steering wheel mounted on a moving body. The conductive cloth has a fabric having conductivity and made of yarn including crimped yarn. In a state where the conductive cloth is attached to a rim body of the steering wheel, a density of the fabric at a position corresponding to a seam portion of a skin of the steering wheel is higher than a density of the fabric at a position corresponding to a portion of the skin excluding the seam portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Masaaki IEDA, Shintaro NAKAMURA, Junichi IEDA, Arata NAKAYAMA, Toshinori SASAJI
  • Publication number: 20250108856
    Abstract: The steering device includes a rotation part, and a gripping part for being gripped by an occupant; the gripping part includes a core metal part, and a covering part covering the core metal part and including a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer; the first layer is positioned closer to the core metal part, compared to the second and third layers, and has conductivity; the second layer is arranged between the first and third layers, and is formed of a flexible non-conductive material; the third layer is exposed to outside, and is formed of a non-conductive material; and the steering device further includes a detector for detecting a change in capacitance generated between the occupant gripping the gripping part and the first layer, and a control unit for determining gripping condition of the gripping part based on the change in capacitance detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Arata NAKAYAMA, Shintaro NAKAMURA, Masaaki IEDA, Junichi IEDA, Yuichi TSUNEKAWA, Tatsuhide HOTTA
  • Patent number: 7822337
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus for capturing a first image of a subject may include a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a display control unit. The detecting unit detects a user's operation for instructing activation of a function. The determining unit determines whether or not an instruction of capturing the first image is given on the basis of the detected instruction. The display control unit controls, when the instruction of capturing the first image is determined to be given, displaying of a third image among second images so that the third image is not superimposed on the first image. The second images allow the user to instruct activation of various functions. The third image allows the user to instruct activation of a function that is not operable by the user during the image capturing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Ieda
  • Publication number: 20080138040
    Abstract: An imaging device has at least an imaging function and a playback function of playing back captured video signals. The imaging device includes a display controller configured to detect occurrence of a problem relating to the imaging function or the playback function, and to display a button together with a message indicating a kind of the problem when the problem detected is a problem solvable by changing setting, the button being a button that is operated when changing setting to solve the problem; and a setting unit configured to change setting according to an operation of the button displayed by the display controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi IEDA
  • Publication number: 20070206944
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus for capturing a first image of a subject may include a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a display control unit. The detecting unit detects a user's operation for instructing activation of a function. The determining unit determines whether or not an instruction of capturing the first image is given on the basis of the detected instruction. The display control unit controls, when the instruction of capturing the first image is determined to be given, displaying of a third image among second images so that the third image is not superimposed on the first image. The second images allow the user to instruct activation of various functions. The third image allows the user to instruct activation of a function that is not operable by the user during the image capturing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Ieda