Patents by Inventor Katsutoshi HATA

Katsutoshi HATA 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: 10890977
    Abstract: A haptic feedback device for virtual objects includes a head-mounted display unit, an HMD control unit, a haptic feedback unit, and a haptic information DB for storing haptic information in association with each type of virtual object. The HMD control unit includes a display controller that causes a virtual object and a user focus to appear on a display, and a haptic information transmitter that reads, when the user focus is placed over a selectable virtual object, haptic information associated with the type of the selected virtual object from the haptic information DB, and transmits the haptic information to the haptic feedback unit. The haptic feedback unit includes a movable portion movable with a user operation, a movement resistance generator that applies movement resistance to the movable portion, and a power feed controller (movement resistance controller).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Kurimoto, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Ueshima, Keisuke Kinoi, Shuichi Akaiwa, Hitoshi Tsuji, Katsutoshi Hata
  • Publication number: 20200033948
    Abstract: haptic feedback device for virtual objects includes a head-mounted display unit, an HIVID control unit, a haptic feedback unit-4, and a haptic information DB for storing haptic information in association with each type of virtual object. The HMD control unit includes a display controller that causes a virtual object and a user focus to appear on a display, and a haptic information transmitter that reads, when the user focus is placed over a selectable virtual object, haptic information associated with the type of the selected virtual object from the haptic information DB, and transmits the haptic information to the haptic feedback unit. The haptic feedback unit includes a movable portion movable with a user operation, a movement resistance generator that applies movement resistance to the movable portion, and a power feed controller (movement resistance controller).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuya UESHIMA, Keisuke KINOI, Shuichi AKAIWA, Hitoshi TSUJI, Katsutoshi HATA