Patents by Inventor Kunihisa Chida

Kunihisa Chida 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: 20090073145
    Abstract: Provided are an input device capable of a variety of operations with a simple configuration, and an electronic apparatus using the same. A rotary operation portion 2 includes ring magnets 4 securely attached at opposite ends of a roller 3, each ring magnet 4 being magnetized with the S- and N-poles alternating at a predetermined angular pitch, and magnetic sensing elements 13 and stationary magnets 7 disposed so as to face their respective ring magnets 4. The rotary operation portion 2 is covered by an operation plate 16 having formed at its center a roller insertion hole 16a for projecting a part of the outer circumferential surface of the roller 3. The rotation of the roller 3 is magnetically sensed, and switches 9 and 11 are provided so as to be turned “ON”/“OFF” in accordance with operations of pressing the roller 3 and rocking the operation plate 16 in the “front”, “back”, “left”, and “right” directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroto Inoue, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Koichi Izawa, Kunihisa Chida