Patents by Inventor Manami Miyawaki
Manami Miyawaki 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: 11885695Abstract: A sensor includes a sensor electrode layer including a capacitive sensing unit, a first reference electrode layer provided to face a first surface of the sensor electrode layer, and a first elastic layer that is provided between the first reference electrode layer and the sensor electrode layer, and is configured to be elastically deformed by shear force added in an in-plane direction. At least one of the first reference electrode layer or the first elastic layer includes a first probe portion that is displaced in an in-plane direction in accordance with elastic deformation of the first elastic layer, and changes an electrostatic capacitance of the sensing unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoko Katsuhara, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Manami Miyawaki
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Patent number: 11867580Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Kei Tsukamoto, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
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Patent number: 11725992Abstract: A sensor includes a capacitive sensor electrode layer, a reference electrode layer, and an elastic layer provided between the sensor electrode layer and the reference electrode layer. A thickness of the elastic layer is 100 ?m or less, and a weight per unit area of the elastic layer is less than 3 mg/cm2.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Kobayashi, Akira Ebisui, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Tomoko Katsuhara, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
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Patent number: 11592941Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a pressed body as either a housing or a display, a pressure-sensitive sensor, a support configured to support the pressure-sensitive sensor such that the pressure-sensitive sensor is opposed to the pressed body, and a filler provided between the pressed body and the pressure-sensitive sensor. The filler has a thickness that changes with distance between the pressed body and the pressure-sensitive sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Ebisui, Ken Kobayashi, Hayato Hasegawa, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Manami Miyawaki
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Publication number: 20220390303Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoko KATSUHARA, Akira EBISUI, Taizo NISHIMURA, Ken KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro GOTO, Yoshiaki SAKAKURA, Kei TSUKAMOTO, Hayato HASEGAWA, Manami MIYAWAKI
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Patent number: 11402283Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Kei Tsukamoto, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
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Patent number: 11397499Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology such as a pressure-sensitive sensor that can sufficiently ensure tolerances. [Solving Means] A pressure-sensitive sensor according to the present technology includes a sensor section, a clearance layer, and a push-in layer. The sensor section includes a sensor electrode layer, a first reference electrode layer, and a first deformable layer that is situated between the sensor electrode layer and the first reference electrode layer. The clearance layer is situated outside of the sensor section to face the first reference electrode layer. The push-in layer is situated between the first reference electrode layer and the clearance layer, and pushes the first reference electrode layer toward the sensor electrode layer in response to an external force to deform the first deformable layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Ebisui, Ken Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
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Publication number: 20220034728Abstract: A sensor includes a sensor electrode layer including a capacitive sensing unit, a first reference electrode layer provided to face a first surface of the sensor electrode layer, and a first elastic layer that is provided between the first reference electrode layer and the sensor electrode layer, and is configured to be elastically deformed by shear force added in an in-plane direction. At least one of the first reference electrode layer or the first elastic layer includes a first probe portion that is displaced in an in-plane direction in accordance with elastic deformation of the first elastic layer, and changes an electrostatic capacitance of the sensing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Tomoko KATSUHARA, Yoshiaki SAKAKURA, Manami MIYAWAKI
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Publication number: 20220027017Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology such as a pressure-sensitive sensor that can sufficiently ensure tolerances. [Solving Means] A pressure-sensitive sensor according to the present technology includes a sensor section, a clearance layer, and a push-in layer. The sensor section includes a sensor electrode layer, a first reference electrode layer, and a first deformable layer that is situated between the sensor electrode layer and the first reference electrode layer. The clearance layer is situated outside of the sensor section to face the first reference electrode layer. The push-in layer is situated between the first reference electrode layer and the clearance layer, and pushes the first reference electrode layer toward the sensor electrode layer in response to an external force to deform the first deformable layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: AKIRA EBISUI, KEN KOBAYASHI, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, HAYATO HASEGAWA, MANAMI MIYAWAKI
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Publication number: 20210181897Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoko KATSUHARA, Akira EBISUI, Taizo NISHIMURA, Ken KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro GOTO, Yoshiaki SAKAKURA, Kei TSUKAMOTO, Hayato HASEGAWA, Manami MIYAWAKI
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Publication number: 20210041973Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a pressed body as either a housing or a display, a pressure-sensitive sensor, a support configured to support the pressure-sensitive sensor such that the pressure-sensitive sensor is opposed to the pressed body, and a filler provided between the pressed body and the pressure-sensitive sensor. The filler has a thickness that changes with distance between the pressed body and the pressure-sensitive sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: AKIRA EBISUI, KEN KOBAYASHI, HAYATO HASEGAWA, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, MANAMI MIYAWAKI
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Publication number: 20200348191Abstract: A sensor includes a capacitive sensor electrode layer, a reference electrode layer, and an elastic layer provided between the sensor electrode layer and the reference electrode layer. A thickness of the elastic layer is 100 ?m or less, and a weight per unit area of the elastic layer is less than 3 mg/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: KEN KOBAYASHI, AKIRA EBISUI, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, HAYATO HASEGAWA, MANAMI MIYAWAKI
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Patent number: 10204652Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a light-receiving surface that receives incident light and at least three information signal layers on which information signals are to be optically recorded. Among the at least three information signal layers, the information signal layer closest to the light-receiving surface has a reflectance in a range of 4% to 11%.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yo Ota, Kensaku Takahashi, Manami Miyawaki
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Publication number: 20180197572Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a plurality of information signal layers on which information signals are to be optically recorded. Among the plurality of information signal layers, the information signal layer closest to the light-receiving surface has a reflectance of more than 4%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: YO OTA, KENSAKU TAKAHASHI, MANAMI MIYAWAKI
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Patent number: 9911451Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a plurality of information signal layers on which information signals are to be optically recorded. Among the plurality of information signal layers, the information signal layer closest to the light-receiving surface has a reflectance of more than 4%.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yo Ota, Kensaku Takahashi, Manami Miyawaki
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Publication number: 20170011767Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a plurality of information signal layers on which information signals are to be optically recorded. Among the plurality of information signal layers, the information signal layer closest to the light-receiving surface has a reflectance of more than 4%.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Yo OTA, Kensaku TAKAHASHI, Manami MIYAWAKI
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Patent number: 8758980Abstract: An optical information recording medium 1 is constructed by sequentially layering a reflective layer 11, a protective layer 12, a recording layer 13, a protective layer 14, and a light transmissive protective layer 15 on a substrate 10. As the recording layer 13, a recording layer containing ZnS, SiO2, and Sb as principal components, or preferably, a recording layer expressed by a compositional formula [(ZnS)x(SiO2)1-x]y(SbzX1-z)1-y (where 0<x?1.0, 0.3?y?0.7, and 0.8<z?1.0 are met and X denotes at least one element selected from a group of Ga, Te, V, Si, Zn, Ta, and Tb) is adopted.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Manami Miyawaki, Yuji Kuroda
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Patent number: 8685517Abstract: [Object] To provide an optical recording medium that can be applied to a write-once optical recording medium having a high capacity of about 25 GB per one layer, and has good recording properties when a multilayered recording layer configuration is provided. [Solving Means] It includes a substrate 21 and two to four recording layers 221 and 222. At least one or more of these recording layers 221 and 222 are specific recording layers with a composition containing PdO and PdO2 as well as at least one of completely oxidized In, Zn, Al and Sn (in other words, In2O3, ZnO, Al2O3 and SnO2). Adjacent to the specific recording layers, dielectric layers 232a and 232b of In/Al oxide layers containing at least either of In or Al as a main component are disposed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko ShoInventors: Takeshi Miki, Manami Miyawaki, Yuki Tauchi
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Patent number: 8409686Abstract: An optical recording medium having three or more information recording layers reduces crosstalk caused by multi-reflected beams and improves signal quality. In the optical recording medium having three or more information recording layers, the refractive index of a plurality of intermediate layers disposed between adjacent information recording layers is greater than the refractive index of a cover layer disposed between a light incident surface and an information recording layer being the closest from the light incident surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignees: TDK Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroyasu Inoue, Takashi Kikukawa, Koji Mishima, Yoshiaki Komma, Joji Anzai, Jun Nakano, Manami Miyawaki, Shigeki Takagawa
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Patent number: 8389098Abstract: An optical information recording medium in which recorded information is stably stored for long time in the initial state, signals are not deteriorated by a laser beam for reproduction at the time of signal reproduction, the quality does not change in normal long-term storage, the write characteristic is held, a manufacturing cost is reduced, a margin in the manufacture process is assured, and excellent recording/reproducing characteristics are obtained in the wide range of linear speeds and recording powers is provided. An optical information recording medium 1 is formed by sequentially stacking a first information recording layer 11, an intermediate layer 12, a second information recording layer 13, and a protection layer 14 on a substrate 10. As a material of a recording layer 13b of the second information recording layer 13, a material having a composition expressed by [(ZnS)x(SiO2)1-x]y(SbzX1-z)1-y (where 0<x?1.0, 0.3?y?0.7, 0.8?z?1.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Manami Miyawaki, Yuji Kuroda, Takashi Shimouma