Patents by Inventor Masaki Sawada
Masaki Sawada 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: 12189873Abstract: An input device includes a contact board, a rotary click cam, and fixed electrodes. The contact board is placed on a front surface of a touchscreen panel. The rotary click cam is provided rotatably around a rotational axis with respect to the contact board. The fixed electrodes are arranged on a lower surface of the contact board. The fixed electrodes are configured to, as the rotary click cam is operated, be switched from an electrically conductive state into an electrically non-conductive state, or vice versa. The fixed electrode includes a first shifted portion shifted by a first predetermined distance with respect to the fixed electrode. The fixed electrode includes a second shifted portion shifted by a second predetermined distance with respect to the fixed electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Sawada, Hiroaki Nishiono, Satoshi Yoshihara, Kota Araki
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Publication number: 20240025268Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle-body frame, a seat, wheels, a power source to generate a force to drive one of the wheels, a controller, and an inclination sensor to detect an inclination, in at least one of pitch or roll of the vehicle-body frame. The controller is configured or programmed to control a vehicle speed in at least one of a direction of advancing or reversing of the vehicle generated by driving the one wheel by the force from the power source depending on the inclination of the vehicle-body frame detected by the inclination sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Masanori YOSHIHARA, Masaki SAWADA
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Patent number: 11676783Abstract: A press-type input device includes a first pressing member, a second pressing member, a base, and a holding member. The first pressing member has a pressure receiving surface and a first axis and is tiltable around the first axis. The second pressing member has a second axis and is tiltable around the second axis. The base includes a detection unit configured to detect a tilt of the second pressing member. The holding member is configured to hold, together with the base, the first pressing member and the second pressing member. A location of at least one of the first axis or the second axis is variable in accordance with a pushed location on the pressure receiving surface. When viewed in a direction vertical to the pressure receiving surface, the second axis and the detection unit do not overlap each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Yoshihara, Mitsuru Satou, Masaki Sawada
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Publication number: 20230082659Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a door portion that is arranged so as to be capable of opening and closing an opening portion from inside a second container and is configured to airtightly seal a first container, and the door portion includes a peripheral area that includes a surface facing a side wall of the second container around the opening portion while the door portion is in a closed state, an inside area that is an area surrounded by the peripheral area and includes a surface facing the opening portion while the door portion is in the closed state, a groove portion that is provided in the peripheral area to surround at least part of the inside area and includes a first step and a second step, the second step being positioned closer to the inside area than the first step, and a sealing member that continuously surrounds the inside area at a position closer to the inside area than the first step.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Masaki SAWADA
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Publication number: 20230017248Abstract: An information providing system 100 of the present invention includes an acquisition means 121 for acquiring disaster information and acquiring user information that is information related to a user, a generation means 122 for, on the basis of the disaster information and the user information, generating provided information including a captured image that is an image obtained by capturing a predetermined place, and a providing means 123 for providing an information processing device of the user with the provided information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Daisuke Ikefuji, Shigeki Shinoda, Mikiko Makise, Norifumi Yamazaki, Tetsuo Nakagawa, Akiko Tashiro, Masaki Sawada, Shinichiro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20220253155Abstract: An input device includes a contact board, a rotary click cam, and fixed electrodes. The contact board is placed on a front surface of a touchscreen panel. The rotary click cam is provided rotatably around a rotational axis with respect to the contact board. The fixed electrodes are arranged on a lower surface of the contact board. The fixed electrodes are configured to, as the rotary click cam is operated, be switched from an electrically conductive state into an electrically non-conductive state, or vice versa. The fixed electrode includes a first shifted portion shifted by a first predetermined distance with respect to the fixed electrode. The fixed electrode includes a second shifted portion shifted by a second predetermined distance with respect to the fixed electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Masaki SAWADA, Hiroaki NISHIONO, Satoshi YOSHIHARA, Kota ARAKI
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Publication number: 20210350987Abstract: A press-type input device includes a first pressing member, a second pressing member, a base, and a holding member. The first pressing member has a pressure receiving surface and a first axis and is tiltable around the first axis. The second pressing member has a second axis and is tiltable around the second axis. The base includes a detection unit configured to detect a tilt of the second pressing member. The holding member is configured to hold, together with the base, the first pressing member and the second pressing member. A location of at least one of the first axis or the second axis is variable in accordance with a pushed location on the pressure receiving surface. When viewed in a direction vertical to the pressure receiving surface, the second axis and the detection unit do not overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIHARA, Mitsuru SATOU, Masaki SAWADA
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Patent number: 10620723Abstract: An input device includes a housing, an operation unit, a vibrating body, a piezoelectric element, a picker, and a signal processing unit. The operation unit is movable relative to the housing. The vibrating body has elasticity. The vibrating body includes a first end partially fixed to the housing, and a second end provided so as to be vibratable. The piezoelectric element is provided to the vibrating body. The piezoelectric element is configured to convert vibration energy of the vibrating body into electrical energy as the vibrating body vibrates. The picker flicks the vibrating body to allow the vibrating body to vibrate in conjunction with the operation unit. The signal processing unit is configured to receive power generated by the piezoelectric element to operate and transmit, through wireless communications, detection information to be generated as the operation unit moves.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Konishi, Hidenori Katsumura, Masahisa Niwa, Takefumi Inoue, Hideki Takahashi, Masaki Sawada
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Patent number: 10483057Abstract: An input device has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The second electrode opposes to the first electrode while being spaced apart therefrom. The third electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode and rotatably or slidably provided relative to the second electrode. By the third electrode being brought into contact with or spaced apart from the second electrode, an electrical state between the first electrode and the second electrode changes. Based on this electrical change, a rotary manipulation or a slide manipulation is detected.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Sawada, Hideki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Takashi Aoki
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Publication number: 20190260312Abstract: A power generation device of the present disclosure has a start-up unit that has an attraction body and moves from a start point toward an end point, and a power generation unit that generates electricity by being vibrated and has a cantilever shape. Then, the attraction body attracts the power generation unit when the start-up unit moves from the start point toward the end point, the power generation unit deflects and inclines due to movement of the attraction body of the start-up unit and the power generation unit toward the end point while the power generation unit is attracted to the attraction body, the power generation unit starts to vibrate by separation of the attraction body from the power generation unit, and the attraction body inclines in a direction along an inclination of the power generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: KOHEI FUDO, MASAKI SAWADA, TAKAYA NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20190113985Abstract: An input device includes a housing, an operation unit, an attaching portion, a photovoltaic unit, and a signal processor. The operation unit is movable relative to the housing. The attaching portion is used for attaching the housing. The photovoltaic unit is held by the housing, and generates electric power with use of light incident from a side where the attaching portion is disposed in the housing. The signal processor operates by receiving the electric power generated by the photovoltaic unit, and transmits detection information generated in response to movement of the operation unit via wireless communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: MASAKI SAWADA, MASAHISA NIWA, TAKEFUMI INOUE, HIDEKI TAKAHASHI, TOSHIHIRO KONISHI
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Publication number: 20190080864Abstract: An input device has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The second electrode opposes to the first electrode while being spaced apart therefrom. The third electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode and rotatably or slidably provided relative to the second electrode. By the third electrode being brought into contact with or spaced apart from the second electrode, an electrical state between the first electrode and the second electrode changes. Based on this electrical change, a rotary manipulation or a slide manipulation is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Masaki SAWADA, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki HOSHINO, Takashi AOKI
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Publication number: 20190025944Abstract: An input device includes a housing, an operation unit, a vibrating body, a piezoelectric element, a picker, and a signal processing unit. The operation unit is movable relative to the housing. The vibrating body has elasticity. The vibrating body includes a first end partially fixed to the housing, and a second end provided so as to be vibratable. The piezoelectric element is provided to the vibrating body. The piezoelectric element is configured to convert vibration energy of the vibrating body into electrical energy as the vibrating body vibrates. The picker flicks the vibrating body to allow the vibrating body to vibrate in conjunction with the operation unit. The signal processing unit is configured to receive power generated by the piezoelectric element to operate and transmit, through wireless communications, detection information to be generated as the operation unit moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Toshihiro KONISHI, Hidenori KATSUMURA, Masahisa NIWA, Takefumi INOUE, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Masaki SAWADA
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Publication number: 20180373351Abstract: An input device of the present disclosure has a stationary part, an operation input part that is provided above the stationary part, and is movable with respect to the stationary part, a detector configured to detect information regarding operation of the operation input part, and an attachment part provided in the stationary part so as to project downward from a second surface of the stationary part. The attachment part has a holder and a coupler configured to couple to the stationary part. A holding force maintaining a state where the holder is attached to an object is smaller than a coupling force between the coupler and the stationary part. When a force is applied to the holder from above, the holding force of the holder allows the holder to be fixed to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Masaki SAWADA, Masahisa NIWA, Takefumi INOUE, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Toshihiro KONISHI
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Publication number: 20170316901Abstract: An input device has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The second electrode opposes to the first electrode while being spaced apart therefrom. The third electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode and rotatably or slidably provided relative to the second electrode. By the third electrode being brought into contact with or spaced apart from the second electrode, an electrical state between the first electrode and the second electrode changes. Based on this electrical change, a rotary manipulation or a slide manipulation is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Masaki SAWADA, Hideki TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki HOSHINO, Takashi AOKI
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Patent number: 9161024Abstract: A display device includes a telephone communication signal reception antenna that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication; a reception intensity measurement unit that measures an intensity of the radio waves received by the communication signal reception antenna; a determination unit that determines, based on the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves; and a display control unit that controls the display unit based on the display mode determined by the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Masaki Sawada
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Patent number: 9042943Abstract: Wireless circuit 201 performs transmission and reception of communication data. Cameras 204 and 205 take two moving images with different parallaxes and output two pieces of moving image data. Voice input/output section 202 acquires voice and outputs voice data. CPU 206 transmits multiple pieces of moving image data and voice data via wireless circuit 201, and, when the reception quality of communication data becomes equal to or below a reference value, stops at least one of cameras 204 and 205 to stop transmission of at least one of the multiple pieces of moving image data.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.Inventor: Masaki Sawada
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Publication number: 20140225975Abstract: Wireless circuit 201 performs transmission and reception of communication data. Cameras 204 and 205 take two moving images with different parallaxes and output two pieces of moving image data. Voice input/output section 202 acquires voice and outputs voice data. CPU 206 transmits multiple pieces of moving image data and voice data via wireless circuit 201, and, when the reception quality of communication data becomes equal to or below a reference value, stops at least one of cameras 204 and 205 to stop transmission of at least one of the multiple pieces of moving image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventor: Masaki SAWADA
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Publication number: 20140135072Abstract: A display device includes a telephone communication signal reception antenna that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication; a reception intensity measurement unit that measures an intensity of the radio waves received by the communication signal reception antenna; a determination unit that determines, based on the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves; and a display control unit that controls the display unit based on the display mode determined by the determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventor: Masaki Sawada
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Patent number: 8552981Abstract: A multidirectional input device includes ring-shaped resistance element layer 18, first conductive layer 22 and second conductive layer 23 shaping in arcs corresponding to resistance element layer 18, and knob 14 having ring-shaped protruded section 14D. Resistance element layer 18 has at least a pair of electrodes and is formed on flexible insulating substrate 16. Protruded section 14D brings resistance element layer 18 into contact with first conductive layer 22 or second conductive layer 23 when the knob is tilted. When a given voltage is applied to the electrodes and the knob is tilted, resistance element layer 18 comes in contact with first conductive layer 22 or second conductive layer 23, so that an output signal of a high resolution concerning a tilt angle can be obtained. The output signal is supplied to a microprocessor and calculated, then an angle or a direction is detected and recognized.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2004Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hiroto Inoue, Hiroyasu Okada, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Masaki Sawada, Keiji Kaizaki