Patents by Inventor Masato Hirai

Masato Hirai 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: 11393230
    Abstract: An input display control device includes: a curve information acquisition unit for acquiring curve information indicating a curve; a character string acquisition unit for acquiring a character string; and a display control unit for generating display information for displaying the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit along the curve indicated by the curve information acquired by the curve information acquisition unit, in which when a part of the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit protrudes out of a display area of a display since a length of the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit is long, the display control unit disposes the part of the character string in a virtual area that is an area surrounding the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hirai
  • Publication number: 20220161435
    Abstract: In a mobile interaction robot, a plurality of self-propelled robots is connected to each other by a long object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki TSUKITANI, Yusuke YOKOSUKA, Masato HIRAI, Hirofumi FUKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210264681
    Abstract: An input display control device includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a three-dimensional space, a curve information acquisition unit for acquiring curve information indicating a three-dimensional curve, and a character string acquisition unit for acquiring a character string. Further, there is a display control unit for generating display information for superimposing character objects that are objects indicating characters included in the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, along a curve indicated by the curve information acquired by the curve information acquisition unit. The display control unit arranges some of the character objects for the characters in a surrounding three-dimensional space of a three-dimensional space indicated by the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenshiro KITAMURA, Masato HIRAI, Daichi MAMADA, Takumi AKIYAMA, Akiko IMAISHI, Rin TOGO
  • Publication number: 20210248407
    Abstract: An input display control device includes: a curve information acquisition unit for acquiring curve information indicating a curve; a character string acquisition unit for acquiring a character string; and a display control unit for generating display information for displaying the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit along the curve indicated by the curve information acquired by the curve information acquisition unit, in which when a part of the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit protrudes out of a display area of a display since a length of the character string acquired by the character string acquisition unit is long, the display control unit disposes the part of the character string in a virtual area that is an area surrounding the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masato HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11009409
    Abstract: To improve the efficiency of pressure detection, a driver applies a positive-phase signal to a capacitance element from an opposite side to a coupling point in a control device. Another driver applies a reverse-phase signal to another capacitance element from an opposite side to the coupling point. A control unit detects pressures applied to the capacitance elements based on a potential fluctuation at the coupling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Takeshi Yoshizawa, Takeshi Kuwano
  • Patent number: 10942595
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of first sensors that is arranged at predetermined intervals; a first measurement circuit that measures the added value of two or more first detection signals among those output from all the first sensors and outputs a first measurement result; a second measurement circuit that measures the added value of two or more first detection signals that are different from those measured by the first measurement circuit among the first detection signals and outputs a second measurement result; and an analysis circuit that analyzes the position of a detection target on the basis of the first and second measurement results, wherein the first sensors and the first and second measurement circuits are coupled to each other so that combinations of the first and second measurement results differ from each other depending on the position of the detection target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hirai
  • Publication number: 20210035584
    Abstract: Included are: an apparatus function information acquiring unit for acquiring apparatus function information in which a target apparatus and one or more target functions to be executed by the target apparatus, which are determined on the basis of uttered speech, are associated with each other; a procedure determining unit for determining one or more manual operations for executing the one or more target functions and an order of the one or more manual operations on the basis of the apparatus function information acquired by the apparatus function information acquiring unit; and an operation command transmission controlling unit for sequentially transmitting, to the target apparatus, operation commands for outputting operation response output control information corresponding to each of the one or more manual operations in accordance with the order of the one or more manual operations determined by the procedure determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Kenshiro Kitamura, Miho Ishikawa, Daisuke Iizawa
  • Patent number: 10884612
    Abstract: A display control unit determines, in a case of determining that a part of a character string acquired by a character string acquiring unit cannot be displayed along a curve indicated by curve information acquired by a curve information acquiring unit because the length of the curve is short, a shape of an extended part of the curve from a shape of the curve indicated by the curve information acquired by the curve information acquiring unit, extends the curve, and generates display information for displaying the part of the character string along the curve of the extended part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Akiko Imaishi
  • Patent number: 10748506
    Abstract: An input display device includes: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps including: acquiring a character string; receiving a touch drawing operation; detecting a state of the touch drawing operation; generating a track image showing the track, the track image having a line width corresponding to the state of the touch drawing operation; displaying the generated track image on a display; and superimposing the acquired character string on the displayed track image in accordance with a character size corresponding to the line width of the track image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Akiko Imaishi, Yoshimichi Umeki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Naoki Tsuru, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Takanori Hikima, Takashi Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20200066232
    Abstract: An input display device includes: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps including: acquiring a character string; receiving a touch drawing operation; detecting a state of the touch drawing operation; generating a track image showing the track, the track image having a line width corresponding to the state of the touch drawing operation; displaying the generated track image on a display; and superimposing the acquired character string on the displayed track image in accordance with a character size corresponding to the line width of the track image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato HIRAI, Akiko IMAISHI, Yoshimichi UMEKI, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Naoki TSURU, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Takanori HIKIMA, Takashi YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10539600
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: an AC voltage generation unit that generates an AC voltage having an amplitude according to a control signal; a resistance element provided in series with a measurement target, the AC voltage being applied to the resistance element; a voltage detecting unit that detects that a difference voltage between two ends of the resistance element has reached a specified voltage; and a control unit that outputs the control signal to the AC voltage generation unit to cause the AC voltage generation unit to generate the AC voltage so that the difference voltage reaches the specified voltage, based on a detection result of the voltage detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Siewling Lim
  • Patent number: 10510322
    Abstract: An input display device includes: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps including: receiving an input of a track by a receiving unit; generating a track image showing the track; acquiring a character string; and displaying the character string acquired in the acquiring to be superimposed on the track image. When the character string is acquired in the acquiring before the track image is generated, the displaying the character string is stood by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Akiko Imaishi, Yoshimichi Umeki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Naoki Tsuru, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Takanori Hikima, Takashi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10488973
    Abstract: A reception unit (13) sequentially selects a plurality of sensor coils and receives a signal from a position indicator via the sensor coil that has been selected, and an operational circuit (14) detects, using an amplitude value and a phase value of the signal received by the reception unit (13) via each of the plurality of sensor coils, coordinates of a position indicated by the position indicator and a writing force of the position indicator. When the sensor (20) includes a sensor capacitor, a transmission unit (12) outputs a signal to the sensor capacitor, the reception unit (13) receives a signal generated at a connecting point between the sensor capacitor and the transmission unit (12), and the operational circuit (14) detects whether a touch key corresponding to the sensor capacitor has been touched using a phase value of the signal received by the reception unit (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Kosuke Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20190302956
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of first sensors that is arranged at predetermined intervals; a first measurement circuit that measures the added value of two or more first detection signals among those output from all the first sensors and outputs a first measurement result; a second measurement circuit that measures the added value of two or more first detection signals that are different from those measured by the first measurement circuit among the first detection signals and outputs a second measurement result; and an analysis circuit that analyzes the position of a detection target on the basis of the first and second measurement results, wherein the first sensors and the first and second measurement circuits are coupled to each other so that combinations of the first and second measurement results differ from each other depending on the position of the detection target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Masato HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20190248623
    Abstract: A guiding device according to the present invention generates and displays guidance information for displaying a sequence of operation states of an elevator on a three-sided frame corresponding to the car responding to a call for the elevator or the periphery of the three-sided frame. The sequence of operation state of the elevator includes the position of the lobby corresponding to the car number of the car selected from among a plurality of cars in response to the call for the elevator, the movement of the car of the elevator, the arrival direction of the car, a situation where the car arrives at the calling floor and the door opens, a situation where the door is fully open and starts closing, and a situation where the door is closing. Thus, a user in the lobby can intuitively determine the complicated sequence of operation states of the elevator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi YOSHIZAWA, Masato HIRAI
  • Patent number: 10338383
    Abstract: According to an instruction of a display control device, a head-up display displays display information of individual types in a displayable region of a windshield. The display control device includes a type deciding unit for deciding the types of display information; and a display controller for causing the head-up display to display the display information with the types decided by the type deciding unit in the display areas of the displayable region, the display areas being provided for the individual types of display information, and to display the display guides indicating the display areas regardless of the presence or absence of the display information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyo Ieda, Masahiro Kosakada, Masato Hirai
  • Publication number: 20190195703
    Abstract: To improve the efficiency of pressure detection, a driver applies a positive-phase signal to a capacitance element from an opposite side to a coupling point in a control device. Another driver applies a reverse-phase signal to another capacitance element from an opposite side to the coupling point. A control unit detects pressures applied to the capacitance elements based on a potential fluctuation at the coupling point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Masato HIRAI, Takeshi YOSHIZAWA, Takeshi KUWANO
  • Patent number: 10215580
    Abstract: A configuration includes: a search unit to access to a map database storing map information to search for a destination corresponding to an input linguistic expression, using a plurality of search criteria provided with orders of priority; and a destination setting unit to set a first destination corresponding to the input linguistic expression, in accordance with the orders of priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hirai
  • Patent number: 10216482
    Abstract: The speed of pen position detection is improved without increasing the circuit area and the current consumption. A sampling circuit samples a signal and outputs sampling data. A arithmetic circuit calculates a real part and an imaginary part of the sampling data. The arithmetic circuit classifies the real part of the sampling data into one of a plurality of groups and classifies the imaginary part of the sampling data into one of the groups according to an order of output of the sampling data from the sampling circuit. Then, the arithmetic circuit adds together real parts of sampling data belonging to a group and adds together imaginary parts of sampling data belonging to a group for each of the groups, and calculates amplitude and phase of the signal by using an addition result of the real parts and an addition result of the imaginary parts of each of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Hirai, Yuki Higuchi, Takeshi Kuwano, Kosuke Fuwa
  • Patent number: D920373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenshiro Kitamura, Masato Hirai