Patents by Inventor Masashi Ohhora

Masashi Ohhora 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: 9727220
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a display unit, a detector, and a controller. The display unit displays an image (nautical chart) on a display screen. The detector detects touches at two positions on the display screen and touched positions thereof. The controller displays a distance and azimuths between the touched positions, based on the two touched positions that are detected by the detector and either one of coordinates on the image corresponding to the touched positions and information associated with the coordinates (positional information).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsumoto, Tatsuya Asahara, Masashi Ohhora
  • Patent number: 9354809
    Abstract: A touch panel device (display device) acquires a first sensor image, a second sensor image, and a third sensor image. The touch panel device displays acquired images in respective divided areas of a display screen. The touch panel device detects a predetermined touch gesture and detects an operated location of the touch gesture. The touch panel device identifies which image the operated location indicates. The touch panel device performing processing corresponding to the identified touch gesture (scrolling or zooming of a display image), and changes a direction or a motion range of the processing according to the identified sensor image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Asahara, Masashi Ohhora
  • Publication number: 20150035772
    Abstract: A touch panel device (display device) acquires a first sensor image, a second sensor image, and a third sensor image. The touch panel device displays acquired images in respective divided areas of a display screen. The touch panel device detects a predetermined touch gesture and detects an operated location of the touch gesture. The touch panel device identifies which image the operated location indicates. The touch panel device performing processing corresponding to the identified touch gesture (scrolling or zooming of a display image), and changes a direction or a motion range of the processing according to the identified sensor image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Asahara, Masashi Ohhora
  • Publication number: 20140250401
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a display unit, a detector, and a controller. The display unit displays an image (nautical chart) on a display screen. The detector detects touches at two positions on the display screen and touched positions thereof. The controller displays a distance and azimuths between the touched positions, based on the two touched positions that are detected by the detector and either one of coordinates on the image corresponding to the touched positions and information associated with the coordinates (positional information).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsumoto, Tatsuya Asahara, Masashi Ohhora
  • Patent number: 7916069
    Abstract: A radar device is provided in this disclosure. The radar device includes an area determination module for performing a determination of a noise superior area or a target-echo superior area for each divided area of a radar-search area defined in advance, a noise-level calculation module for calculating a noise level for a divided area based on received signals from the divided area that is determined as the noise superior area, and an interpolation module for interpolating or extrapolating the calculated noise level for the divided area that is determined as the noise superior area, to obtain a noise level for a divided area that is determined as the target-echo superior area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Okunishi, Masahiro Nakahama, Masashi Ohhora
  • Publication number: 20090058713
    Abstract: A radar device is provided in this disclosure. The radar device includes an area determination module for performing a determination of a noise superior area or a target-echo superior area for each divided area of a radar-search area defined in advance, a noise-level calculation module for calculating a noise level for a divided area based on received signals from the divided area that is determined as the noise superior area, and an interpolation module for interpolating or extrapolating the calculated noise level for the divided area that is determined as the noise superior area, to obtain a noise level for a divided area that is determined as the target-echo superior area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Akira Okunishi, Masahiro Nakahama, Masashi Ohhora