Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro TANIHATA

Mitsuhiro TANIHATA 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).

  • Touch panel device and portable information terminal including touch panel device
    Patent number: 9519382
    Abstract: A touch panel device including an electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor in which a plurality of transparent electrode units are arranged in X and Y directions; a conductive layer that is connected to predetermined transparent electrode units among the plurality of transparent electrode units forming the electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor unit and that extends outward from an arrangement area of the plurality of transparent electrode units; a position detection unit that detects a position at which an external object contacts a surface near the electronic capacitance type touch sensor or the conductive layer; and a processor that executes a predetermined application program based on the position detected by the IC unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichiro Takashima, Mitsuhiro Tanihata, Fumiyuki Ito
  • TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130181938
    Abstract: A touch panel device including an electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor in which a plurality of transparent electrode units are arranged in X and Y directions; a conductive layer that is connected to predetermined transparent electrode units among the plurality of transparent electrode units forming the electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor unit and that extends outward from an arrangement area of the plurality of transparent electrode units; a position detection unit that detects a position at which an external object contacts a surface near the electronic capacitance type touch sensor or the conductive layer; and a processor that executes a predetermined application program based on the position detected by the IC unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichiro TAKASHIMA, Mitsuhiro TANIHATA, Fumiyuki ITO