Patents by Inventor Maiko Nakagawa

Maiko Nakagawa 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: 20200378103
    Abstract: A drain socket includes a first connection part connected to a drain pipe of a toilet bowl; a second connection part connected to a drain piping in a floor or the like; and a drain channel body connecting the first connection part and the second connection part. The drain channel body includes an inclined part inclined to one side in the front-back direction toward a lower side. A restriction part is provided at an upstream end portion of the drain channel body. A surface of the restriction part located on the one side where the inclined part is inclined has a portion where a horizontal distance from a center C of the first connection part increases from the center of the surface in the left-right direction toward an end side of the surface in the left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Maiko NAKAGAWA, Takamasa INA, Hidekazu MIYAKE, Naoto YONEDU
  • Publication number: 20200340229
    Abstract: Provided is a toilet bowl comprising an upper forming body having an upper surface part that forms an upper surface of the toilet bowl in an installed state; and a lower forming body having an inner wall part joined to an inner edge part of the upper surface part, and an outer wall part joined to an outer edge part of the upper surface part. A space part is formed between the inner wall part and the outer wall part. A dimension in an up-down direction from a lower end of the space part to an upper surface of the inner wall part is larger than a dimension in the up-down direction from an upper end of the space part to the upper surface of the inner wall part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa INA, Kazuki HATTORI, Masamitsu KAKO, Maiko NAKAGAWA, Yu KUROKI, Hiraku KAWAZU
  • Publication number: 20200048888
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet bowl part structured to have a bowl-like waste receiving surface, a rim part structured to form an upper end side portion of the toilet bowl part, and a water discharge part structured to discharge flush water into the toilet bowl part to form a swirling flow, wherein one surface part out of a front surface part and a rear surface part of the toilet bowl part is provided with one end part of a front-rear direction of the toilet bowl part, and the flush toilet further comprises an upper guide part structured to be provided on a flush water path from the water discharge part to the one end part and guide at least a part of the flush water upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa INA, Takuma SATO, Naoto YONEDU, Maiko NAKAGAWA, Hidekazu MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 10222950
    Abstract: A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit increases the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Maiko Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10185462
    Abstract: A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit changes the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Maiko Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20160224200
    Abstract: A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit increases the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Maiko NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9348485
    Abstract: A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit increases the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Maiko Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20130318480
    Abstract: A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit increases the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Maiko Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20130311952
    Abstract: A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit changes the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Maiko Nakagawa