Patents by Inventor Masako Ohta

Masako Ohta 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).

  • Patent number: 9069453
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of an image and an input of an image, a vibration sensor (a proximity sensor 12) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, a vibration correcting unit 304 for making a vibration correction when the vibration of the object to be detected which is detected by the vibration sensor has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and a control unit 3 for carrying out a process of transforming an image in a display area having a fixed range displayed on the above-mentioned touch panel according to the position of the object to be detected to which the above-mentioned vibration correction has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8963849
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 in a noncontact manner, and a control unit 3 for, when the proximity sensor 12 detects an approach of the object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from the touch panel 1, moving a specific display object displayed on the touch panel 1 close to a stop position of the object to be detected to display the specific display object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8890819
    Abstract: A display input device includes a control unit for correcting horizontal coordinates of an object to be detected on an xy coordinate plane extending on a touch panel 1, which are acquired by a proximity sensor 12, according to an angle of elevation ?, an angle of deviation ? and a vertical distance z between the object to be detected and a surface of the touch panel, ? being the angle of a straight line OC with respect to the surface of the touch panel, the straight line OC extending between a predetermined point O positioned on the touch panel and a predetermined point C positioned outside the touch panel, and ? being the angle between a straight line which is an orthogonal projection of the line OC onto the xy coordinate plane, and an x axis on the xy coordinate plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 8677287
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a vibration detection sensor (proximity sensors 12 or an acceleration sensor 23) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, and a control unit 3 for, when it is determined that a relative vibration between the touch panel and the object to be detected, which is detected by the vibration detection sensor, has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, carrying out a process of enlarging an image in a display area having a fixed range, which is displayed on the touch panel 1, to display the enlarged image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20110285657
    Abstract: A display input device includes a control unit for correcting horizontal coordinates of an object to be detected on an xy coordinate plane extending on a touch panel 1, which are acquired by a proximity sensor 12, according to an angle of elevation ?, an angle of deviation ? and a vertical distance z between the object to be detected and a surface of the touch panel, ? being the angle of a straight line OC with respect to the surface of the touch panel, the straight line OC extending between a predetermined point O positioned on the touch panel and a predetermined point C positioned outside the touch panel, and ? being the angle between a straight line which is an orthogonal projection of the line OC onto the xy coordinate plane, and an x axis on the xy coordinate plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20110234639
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a vibration detection sensor (proximity sensors 12 or an acceleration sensor 23) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, and a control unit 3 for, when it is determined that a relative vibration between the touch panel and the object to be detected, which is detected by the vibration detection sensor, has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, carrying out a process of enlarging an image in a display area having a fixed range, which is displayed on the touch panel 1, to display the enlarged image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20110221776
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of an image and an input of an image, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 in a non-contact manner, and a control unit 3 for, when the proximity sensor 12 detects an approach of the object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from the touch panel 1, processing an image around a display area having a fixed range on the touch panel 1 in a vicinity of the object to be detected, and displaying the image in distinction from an image in the display area having the fixed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20110164063
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 in a noncontact manner, and a control unit 3 for, when the proximity sensor 12 detects an approach of the object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from the touch panel 1, moving a specific display object displayed on the touch panel 1 close to a stop position of the object to be detected to display the specific display object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Publication number: 20110141066
    Abstract: A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of an image and an input of an image, a vibration sensor (a proximity sensor 12) for detecting a vibration of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1, a vibration correcting unit 304 for making a vibration correction when the vibration of the object to be detected which is detected by the vibration sensor has an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and a control unit 3 for carrying out a process of transforming an image in a display area having a fixed range displayed on the above-mentioned touch panel according to the position of the object to be detected to which the above-mentioned vibration correction has been made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuo Shimotani, Tsutomu Matsubara, Takashi Sadahiro, Masako Ohta, Yuichi Okano, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 7208779
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active layer, an element region provided in the active layer, a P-type semiconductor region provided in the element region, and first and second N-type semiconductor regions provided in the element region, located on the sides of the P-type semiconductor region, respectively and spaced in a first direction. The device has an N-type MOS transistor and first and second P-type MOS transistors. The N-type MOS transistor has a first gate electrode provided on the P-type semiconductor region. The first P-type MOS transistor has a second gate electrode provided on the first N-type semiconductor region. The second P-type MOS transistor has a third gate electrode provided on the second N-type semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masako Ohta, Tsuneaki Fuse
  • Publication number: 20050230751
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active layer, an element region provided in the active layer, a P-type semiconductor region provided in the element region, and first and second N-type semiconductor regions provided in the element region, located on the sides of the P-type semiconductor region, respectively and spaced in a first direction. The device has an N-type MOS transistor and first and second P-type MOS transistors. The N-type MOS transistor has a first gate electrode provided on the P-type semiconductor region. The first P-type MOS transistor has a second gate electrode provided on the first N-type semiconductor region. The second P-type MOS transistor has a third gate electrode provided on the second N-type semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Masako Ohta, Tsuneaki Fuse
  • Patent number: 6859149
    Abstract: A vehicle information display device has a vehicle information receiving means for receiving a vehicle information, a present position detecting means for detecting the present position of a driver's own vehicle, and a display means which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiving means receives a vehicle information based on image data, the vehicle information based on image data is displayed, and the present position of the driver's own vehicle is displayed by means of characters or a present position indicating mark on a displayed map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masako Ohta, Tatsuy Mitsugi, Kei Gomita
  • Patent number: 6295241
    Abstract: Here is disclosed a dynamic semiconductor memory of high integration density, which has parallel word lines and parallel bit lines formed on a substrate. The bit lines include a pair of bit lines. A memory cell is coupled to a word line and to one bit line of the bit-line pair. The memory cell is composed of MOSFETs of a submicron size. A sense amplifier section is connected to the pair of bit lines, and senses and amplifies the potential difference between the pair of bit lines in a data readout mode. The amplifier section has a BIMOS structure, having MOSFETs and bipolar transistors. It has a driver section comprised of bipolar transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Watanabe, Tsuneaki Fuse, Koji Sakui, Masako Ohta, Yukihito Oowaki, Kenji Numata, Fujio Masuoka
  • Patent number: 5982301
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus capable of outputting the guide information concerning a necessary point input by a driver in response to a request of the driver previously stores map information, specifies an automobile position on the map information by detecting signals such as GPS signals, gyroscopic signals and speed pulse signals, etc., retrieves a point to be guided from the map information on the basis of the present position of the automobile, produces the guide information concerning the point to be guided by processing the map information, and displays the guide information concerning the point to be guided. Further, a guide switch (a touch panel key) as a display mark, a distance to a target destination point and an azimuth toward the target destination point, and a running direction to go at or near the target destination point are also displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masako Ohta, Hisatsugu Itoh, Hiroaki Ideno, Masatsugu Norimoto
  • Patent number: 5864508
    Abstract: A random-access memory includes an array of rows and columns of memory cells. Word lines are associated with rows of memory cells, bit lines lines are with columns of memory cells. A row decoder and a core control circuit are connected to the word lines. A column decoder and a sense amplifier circuit are connected to the bit lines. An individual cell may be addressed by addressing an individual column through a column decoder controlling the voltage on each word line, and through a row decoder controlling the voltage on each word line in response to specified row and column addresses input via row and column address buffers. A booster circuit provides the row decoder with a boosted voltage as a word-line drive voltage. This voltage has been transmitted to a pre-decoder section in the core control circuit before the row address is acquired in the row decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Daisaburo Takashima, Yukihito Oowaki, Kenji Tsuchida, Masako Ohta
  • Patent number: 5862510
    Abstract: A navigation device comprises a traffic information receiving means (103) for receiving traffic information, and a display form controlling unit (107) for displaying a traffic-jam indicating line along a road in a traffic jam on a road map displayed on a display device (106), and for changing display forms, such as the colors or widths, of either roads or traffic-jam indicating lines on the road map on-screen when the display form controlling unit determines from the traffic information received that a number of links each of which are respectively connecting two nodes such as intersections and includes a congested road section is equal to or more than a predetermined number or when the scale of the road map displayed on the display device is smaller than a predetermined scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ikuo Saga, Shigeki Nakane, Masako Ohta, Kazuhiro Yokouchi
  • Patent number: 5499209
    Abstract: A word-line drive voltage generation circuit for use in a dynamic random-access memory is disclosed which is connected to a word line via a row decoder including MOS transistors. The circuit includes a charge-bootstrap capacitor having insulated electrodes, one of which is connected to a first reference voltage generator via a switching MOS transistor, and the other of which is connected via a MOS transistor to a second reference voltage generator. These voltage generators provide the capacitor with the constant d.c. voltage that are essentially insensitive to variation in the power supply voltage for the memory. The resultant word-line drive voltage may thus be free from variation in the power supply voltage during the operation modes of the memory. This enables the word-line voltage to be high enough to allow successful "H" level writing at a selected memory cell without creation of any unwantedly increased dielectric breakdown therein, in the entire allowable range of the power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yukihito Oowaki, Daisaburo Takashima, Masako Ohta
  • Patent number: 5307315
    Abstract: A word-line drive voltage generation circuit for use in a dynamic random-access memory is disclosed which is connected to a word line via a row decoder including MOS transistors. The circuit includes a charge-bootstrap capacitor having insulated electrodes, one of which is connected to a first reference voltage generator via a switching MOS transistor, and the other of which is connected via a MOS transistor to a second reference voltage generator. These voltage generators provide the capacitor with the constant d.c. voltage that are essentially insensitive to variation in the power supply voltage for the memory. The resultant word-line drive voltage may thus be free from variation in the power supply voltage during the operation modes of the memory. This enables the word-line voltage to be high enough to allow successful "H" level writing at a selected memory cell without creation of any unwantedly increased dielectric breakdown therein, in the entire allowable range of the power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yukihito Oowaki, Daisaburo Takashima, Masako Ohta
  • Patent number: 5289572
    Abstract: A system allowing both map data and service-related data to be displayed on request for users' reference. Locations of candidate service-offering establishments are displayed in the map covering a specific geographical region. When one of these establishments is selected, detailed service-related information on that establishment is provided on the display screen. This allows the users to quickly obtain and process necessary service-related information wherever they are and to take action accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruto Yano, Yoshiaki Hirasa, Toshimichi Tokunaga, Chisato Yoshida, Katsuaki Matsumoto, Masako Ohta
  • Patent number: D344349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Inventor: Masako Ohta