Patents by Inventor Kunikazu Shimamura

Kunikazu Shimamura 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: 20150301684
    Abstract: An information input device that obtains information based on a touch position of an operation member on a touch panel includes a pressing-force detecting unit that detects pressing force of the operation member applied to the touch panel; an information acquisition unit that obtains information based on the touch position of the operation member on the touch panel when the pressing force of the operation member applied to the touch panel detected by the pressing-force detecting unit is equal to or greater than a determination reference value; and a determination-reference-value changing unit that changes the determination reference value from a first value to a second value smaller than the first value when the pressing force of the operation member applied to the touch panel detected by the pressing-force detecting unit becomes equal to or greater than the first value set as the determination reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Kunikazu Shimamura