Patents by Inventor Junji Hashida
Junji Hashida 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: 11275477Abstract: In an input device capable of reliably detecting, when an operator brings an operating body close to or into contact with an operation plane, absolute position information irrespective of a contact area size, third electrode arrays are disposed closer to the operation plane relative to second electrode arrays in a normal direction of the operation plane, the second electrode arrays have a portion protruding from the corresponding third electrode arrays when viewed in the normal direction, and assuming that a change amount of electrostatic capacitance between first and third electrode arrays occurred by an operation of the operating body is denoted by ?C1 and a change amount of electrostatic capacitance between the first and second electrode arrays occurred by an operation of the operating body is denoted by ?C2, a position of the operating body in the normal direction is calculated based on a ratio ?C1/?C2.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Junji Hashida, Toru Takahashi, Toru Sawada, Yoshifumi Masumoto, Shinichi Higuchi, Koji Tsukamoto, Tomoyuki Yamai, Akihiro Takeda, Sadakazu Shiga
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Publication number: 20210255739Abstract: In an input device capable of reliably detecting, when an operator brings an operating body close to or into contact with an operation plane, absolute position information irrespective of a contact area size, third electrode arrays are disposed closer to the operation plane relative to second electrode arrays in a normal direction of the operation plane, the second electrode arrays have a portion protruding from the corresponding third electrode arrays when viewed in the normal direction, and assuming that a change amount of electrostatic capacitance between first and third electrode arrays occurred by an operation of the operating body is denoted by ?C1 and a change amount of electrostatic capacitance between the first and second electrode arrays occurred by an operation of the operating body is denoted by ?C2, a position of the operating body in the normal direction is calculated based on a ratio ?C1/?C2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Junji HASHIDA, Toru TAKAHASHI, Toru SAWADA, Yoshifumi MASUMOTO, Shinichi HIGUCHI, Koji TSUKAMOTO, Tomoyuki YAMAI, Akihiro TAKEDA, Sadakazu SHIGA
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Patent number: 10949043Abstract: An input device manufacturing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a lamination step of preparing a first substrate formed from a flat plate of a translucent synthetic resin, a second substrate formed from a flat plate of a translucent synthetic resin, and a sensor film formed from a translucent resin film on which a translucent electrode is disposed, and holding the sensor film between the first substrate and the second substrate to form a flat multilayer body; and a bending step of bending the flat multilayer body into a curved multilayer body retaining a curved shape. Thus, the input device can secure sufficient adhesion between the substrates and the sensor film, and can retain high detection accuracy with the sensor film.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., LtdInventor: Junji Hashida
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Patent number: 10761663Abstract: An input device includes a translucent base material having flexibility, translucent first electrode parts arranged in a sensing region on the base material in a first direction, translucent second electrode parts arranged in the sensing region on the base material in a second direction crossing the first direction, and lead wires that are electrically continuous to the first electrode parts and second electrode parts, the lead wires extending from the sensing region on the base material to a peripheral region allocated outside the sensing region. A bent portion is provided in the peripheral region on the base material. Each lead wire has a flexible conductive member on the bent portion. A covering material is provided so as cover at least part of the flexible conductive member on the base material.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Suguru Wada, Toru Sawada, Junji Hashida, Yoshifumi Masumoto, Takenobu Horino, Atsushi Matsuda, Akihiro Takeda, Koji Tsukamoto, Toru Takahashi, Minoru Sato
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Patent number: 10712890Abstract: An input apparatus includes a sensor film having a first curved surface and a second curved surface, the first curved surface being light-transmissive and provided in a detection area in which a sensor is formed, the second curved surface being provided in a non-detection area other than the detection area and having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of the first curved surface; a resin layer provided on the sensor film and formed of a material containing a light-transmissive resin; and an extension-suppression layer provided in the detection area in the sensor film, the extension-suppression layer suppressing an extension amount of the detection area in the sensor film to be smaller than an extension amount of the non-detection area in the sensor film.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Hashida
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Patent number: 10649604Abstract: An input device manufacturing method includes: a first process in which, in a state in which a sensor film is inserted into a die, the sensor film having a detection area and a non-detection area other than the detection area, the detection area and the non-detection area constituting the sensor, as well as a first surface formed into a curved surface and a second surface positioned opposite to the first surface, a material that includes a synthetic resin having a translucent property is poured into the die to form a resin layer on the same side as the second surface; and a second process in which a decorative film having a decorative area that covers the non-detection area is pasted to the first surface with an adhesive layer intervening between the decorative film and the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Hashida
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Patent number: 10649594Abstract: First and second substrates are disposed to face each other and allowed to approach each other. A plurality of first electrodes are formed on the first substrate. A plurality of second electrodes are formed on the second substrate and face the respective first electrodes. A facing electrode pair is constituted by each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes. A switching unit causes each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes to be connected to a driving unit or a detecting unit and switches between a first detection state in which a distance change between each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes is detected and a second detection state in which the coordinates of a position that an operating body approaches or touches are determined in accordance with detection outputs from the facing electrode pairs.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Hashida
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Publication number: 20200081578Abstract: An input device manufacturing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a lamination step of preparing a first substrate formed from a flat plate of a translucent synthetic resin, a second substrate formed from a flat plate of a translucent synthetic resin, and a sensor film formed from a translucent resin film on which a translucent electrode is disposed, and holding the sensor film between the first substrate and the second substrate to form a flat multilayer body; and a bending step of bending the flat multilayer body into a curved multilayer body retaining a curved shape. Thus, the input device can secure sufficient adhesion between the substrates and the sensor film, and can retain high detection accuracy with the sensor film.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventor: Junji HASHIDA
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Patent number: 10514804Abstract: As an input device capable of suppressing the occurrence of an optical issue and of achieving sufficient strength even if the input device is thin, an input device is provided which includes a first substrate formed into a light-transmissive curved surface and having optical isotropy or uniform optical uniaxial anisotropy in plane, a first electrode layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate, a second electrode layer opposing the first electrode layer, and a space adjusting resin layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, being light-transmissive, and having optical isotropy.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Hashida
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Publication number: 20190369774Abstract: An input apparatus includes a sensor film having a first curved surface and a second curved surface, the first curved surface being light-transmissive and provided in a detection area in which a sensor is formed, the second curved surface being provided in a non-detection area other than the detection area and having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of the first curved surface; a resin layer provided on the sensor film and formed of a material containing a light-transmissive resin; and an extension-suppression layer provided in the detection area in the sensor film, the extension-suppression layer suppressing an extension amount of the detection area in the sensor film to be smaller than an extension amount of the non-detection area in the sensor film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: Junji HASHIDA
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Patent number: 10459531Abstract: A light-transmitting substrate configuring an input device has a light-transmitting region where electrode parts and light-transmitting wiring parts are formed, and a light-non-transmitting region where light-non-transmitting wiring parts are formed. The light-transmitting region surrounded by an upper end side, both lateral sides, and a bonding boundary part (bend part) is bonded to a panel. The light-non-transmitting region of the substrate is bent inward of a housing from the bonding boundary part (bend part) as a start point, and is connected to a circuit board. The light-transmitting wiring parts are formed of a flexible light-transmitting conductive material layer, and hence the substrate can be bent in the light-transmitting region.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Hashida
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Patent number: 10409435Abstract: An input device that enables wires to be bent together with a base material without deteriorating translucency and conductivity of the wires has: a base material having translucency and flexibility; first electrode parts and second electrode parts, both having translucency, that are provided in a sensing region on the base material; and lead wires that are electrically continuous to the first electrode parts and second electrode parts, the lead wires extending, on the base material, from the sensing region to a peripheral region. A bent portion is provided in the peripheral region on the base material. Each lead wire has a flexible laminated body provided on the bent portion. The flexible laminated body has a first amorphous ITO layer provided on the base material, a conductive layer provided on the first amorphous ITO layer, and a second amorphous ITO layer provided on the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Suguru Wada, Junji Hashida, Toru Sawada, Atsushi Matsuda, Toru Takahashi, Minoru Sato
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Patent number: 10402032Abstract: An input apparatus includes a sensor film having a first curved surface and a second curved surface, the first curved surface being light-transmissive and provided in a detection area in which a sensor is formed, the second curved surface being provided in a non-detection area other than the detection area and having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of the first curved surface; a resin layer provided on the sensor film and formed of a material containing a light-transmissive resin; and an extension-suppression layer provided in the detection area in the sensor film, the extension-suppression layer suppressing an extension amount of the detection area in the sensor film to be smaller than an extension amount of the non-detection area in the sensor film.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junji Hashida
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Publication number: 20190220119Abstract: An input device manufacturing method includes: a first process in which, in a state in which a sensor film is inserted into a die, the sensor film having a detection area and a non-detection area other than the detection area, the detection area and the non-detection area constituting the sensor, as well as a first surface formed into a curved surface and a second surface positioned opposite to the first surface, a material that includes a synthetic resin having a translucent property is poured into the die to form a resin layer on the same side as the second surface; and a second process in which a decorative film having a decorative area that covers the non-detection area is pasted to the first surface with an adhesive layer intervening between the decorative film and the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventor: Junji HASHIDA
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Patent number: 10310654Abstract: An input device includes a light-transmissive panel made of synthetic resin, an electrode layer, a decorative layer disposed on an inner surface of the panel, and an inner resin layer disposed on a surface of the decorative layer. The inner resin layer has a connection pattern on a surface thereof. The connection pattern is in electrical communication with the electrode layer. The input device further includes a flexible printed circuit board joined to the surface of the inner resin layer by thermocompression bonding.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Hashida, Toru Sawada, Yoshifumi Masumoto, Atsushi Matsuda, Toru Takahashi
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Publication number: 20190050083Abstract: An input device includes a translucent base material having flexibility, translucent first electrode parts arranged in a sensing region on the base material in a first direction, translucent second electrode parts arranged in the sensing region on the base material in a second direction crossing the first direction, and lead wires that are electrically continuous to the first electrode parts and second electrode parts, the lead wires extending from the sensing region on the base material to a peripheral region allocated outside the sensing region. A bent portion is provided in the peripheral region on the base material. Each lead wire has a flexible conductive member on the bent portion. A covering material is provided so as cover at least part of the flexible conductive member on the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Suguru WADA, Toru SAWADA, Junji HASHIDA, Yoshifumi MASUMOTO, Takenobu HORINO, Atsushi MATSUDA, Akihiro TAKEDA, Koji TSUKAMOTO, Toru TAKAHASHI, Minoru SATO
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Publication number: 20180217702Abstract: An input apparatus includes a sensor film having a first curved surface and a second curved surface, the first curved surface being light-transmissive and provided in a detection area in which a sensor is formed, the second curved surface being provided in a non-detection area other than the detection area and having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of the first curved surface; a resin layer provided on the sensor film and formed of a material containing a light-transmissive resin; and an extension-suppression layer provided in the detection area in the sensor film, the extension-suppression layer suppressing an extension amount of the detection area in the sensor film to be smaller than an extension amount of the non-detection area in the sensor film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: Junji HASHIDA
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Publication number: 20180210573Abstract: As an input device capable of suppressing the occurrence of an optical issue and of achieving sufficient strength even if the input device is thin, an input device is provided which includes a first substrate formed into a light-transmissive curved surface and having optical isotropy or uniform optical uniaxial anisotropy in plane, a first electrode layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate, a second electrode layer opposing the first electrode layer, and a space adjusting resin layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, being light-transmissive, and having optical isotropy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Junji HASHIDA
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Publication number: 20180095562Abstract: First and second substrates are disposed to face each other and allowed to approach each other. A plurality of first electrodes are formed on the first substrate. A plurality of second electrodes are formed on the second substrate and face the respective first electrodes. A facing electrode pair is constituted by each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes. A switching unit causes each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes to be connected to a driving unit or a detecting unit and switches between a first detection state in which a distance change between each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes is detected and a second detection state in which the coordinates of a position that an operating body approaches or touches are determined in accordance with detection outputs from the facing electrode pairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventor: Junji HASHIDA
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Publication number: 20180074631Abstract: An input device includes a light-transmissive panel made of synthetic resin, an electrode layer, a decorative layer disposed on an inner surface of the panel, and an inner resin layer disposed on a surface of the decorative layer. The inner resin layer has a connection pattern on a surface thereof. The connection pattern is in electrical communication with the electrode layer. The input device further includes a flexible printed circuit board joined to the surface of the inner resin layer by thermocompression bonding.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Junji HASHIDA, Toru SAWADA, Yoshifumi MASUMOTO, Atsushi MATSUDA, Toru TAKAHASHI