Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Yamazaki

Mitsuhiro Yamazaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240319793
    Abstract: An input-information acquisition unit acquires input information indicating pressure acting on an input device and a moving state of the input device, a vibration control unit controls vibration characteristics of a vibration source signal acquired from a vibration source based on the input information, and controls the vibration characteristics using a delayed speed that is obtained by delaying a speed indicating the moving state, the input device includes a vibration generator that vibrates in accordance with a drive signal, and the drive signal includes the vibration signal that has vibration characteristics controlled by the vibration control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yoshitomi, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240319803
    Abstract: A pen-shaped input device includes: an elongated rod-shaped housing having a tip end and extending in an axial direction that extends in the longitudinal direction; a pen-tip section that protrudes from the tip end of the housing; and a vibration generator that is supported inside the housing and generates vibrations along the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Keiichi Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20240309523
    Abstract: An electrode of an embodiment includes a porous titanium support and a catalyst layer for electrolysis provided on the porous titanium support and stacked sheet layers and gap layers alternately. A first covering layer including titanium oxide is provided on the porous titanium support on the catalyst layer side. A second covering layer including titanium oxide is provided on the porous titanium support on an opposite side of the catalyst layer. An average thickness of the first covering layer is denoted as D1. An average thickness of the second covering layer is denoted as D2. D1 and D2 satisfies 1 [nm]?D2?D1?20 [nm].
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro YOSHINAGA, Mutsuki YAMAZAKI, Keisuke SHIINO, Taishi FUKAZAWA, Yoshihiko NAKANO, Koji MIZUGUCHI, Yoshitsune SUGANO, Masahiko YOSHIKI, Asato KONDO, Mitsuhiro OKI
  • Publication number: 20240310931
    Abstract: An input device is a pen-shaped input device, and includes: a rod-shaped housing having a tip end and extending in an axial direction; a pen-tip section that protrudes from the tip end of the housing; a sound source disposed inside the housing; and a cavity having an opening at the tip end and extending along the axial direction of the housing, thus outputting sound generated by the sound source from the opening to outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yoshitomi, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12056294
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a pen having a vibration generator; a display unit with a screen; a touch sensor unit to detect a contact position of the pen on the screen of the display unit; an angle detector to detect a pen angle, which indicates a direction on the screen in which the pen in contact with the screen is tilted; and a pen vibration control unit to generate a vibration waveform signal based on the pen angle detected by the angle detector and a movement direction of the pen to vibrate the vibration generator based on the generated vibration waveform signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yoshitomi, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12050731
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus and an input device, where the input device includes a vibrating unit, the information processing apparatus includes a touch sensor and a display unit, and the touch sensor and the display unit are superimposed on each other. A controller of the information processing apparatus or the input device monitors input operation of the input device to the touch sensor to enable a sound mode when detecting a sound output request, and to enable a vibration mode when detecting the input operation, the sound mode is a drive mode to cause the vibrating unit to present sound, and the vibration mode is a drive mode to vibrate the vibrating unit in response to contact of the input device with the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Keiichi Yoshitomi, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Kazunori Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20240111477
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus and an input device, where the input device includes a vibrating unit, the information processing apparatus includes a touch sensor and a display unit, and the touch sensor and the display unit are superimposed on each other. A controller of the information processing apparatus or the input device supplies, to the vibrating unit, a drive signal obtained by synthesizing a vibration component and a sound component in response to contact of the input device with the touch sensor, and determines output characteristics of the sound component based on an acoustic environment of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yoshitomi, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240094820
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus and an input device, where the input device includes a vibrating unit, the information processing apparatus includes a touch sensor and a display unit, and the touch sensor and the display unit are superimposed on each other. A controller of the information processing apparatus or the input device monitors input operation of the input device to the touch sensor to enable a sound mode when detecting a sound output request, and to enable a vibration mode when detecting the input operation, the sound mode is a drive mode to cause the vibrating unit to present sound, and the vibration mode is a drive mode to vibrate the vibrating unit in response to contact of the input device with the touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Keiichi Yoshitomi, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Kazunori Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20230409128
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a pen having a vibration generator; a display unit with a screen; a touch sensor unit to detect a contact position of the pen on the screen of the display unit; an angle detector to detect a pen angle, which indicates a direction on the screen in which the pen in contact with the screen is tilted; and a pen vibration control unit to generate a vibration waveform signal based on the pen angle detected by the angle detector and a movement direction of the pen to vibrate the vibration generator based on the generated vibration waveform signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yoshitomi, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11768561
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a touchscreen display that detects, as a detection position, contact of an object on a screen of the touchscreen display and a processor coupled to the touchscreen display. The processor is programmed to acquire a plurality of first detection positions on the screen, calculate a movement parameter representing a movement of the object during the detection of the plurality of first detection positions, and select based on the movement parameter a first smoothing algorithm or a second smoothing algorithm. The first smoothing algorithm and the second smoothing algorithm are different from each other in a processing delay between detecting a particular detection position and output a smoothed detection position corresponding to that particular detecting position. The touchscreen display displays a movement locus on the screen based on the selected smoothing algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Yao, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Keiichi Yoshitomi, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Seiichi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20230045137
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a touchscreen display that detects, as a detection position, contact of an object on a screen of the touchscreen display, and a processor coupled to the touchscreen display, the processor being programmed to acquire a plurality of first detection positions on the screen, calculate a movement parameter representing movement of the object during detection of the plurality of first detection positions, and select, based on the movement parameter, a first smoothing algorithm or a second smoothing algorithm, the first smoothing algorithm and the second smoothing algorithm differing from each other in a processing delay between detecting a particular detection position and outputting a smoothed detection position corresponding to that particular detecting position, wherein the touchscreen display displays a movement locus on the screen based on the selected smoothing algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Yao, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Keiichi Yoshitomi, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Seiichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11513680
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a touch sensor disposed on the display unit and detects contact with an object on the display unit, a main system, and an embedded system. The embedded system generates image data of an input area for a virtual input device, output image data of the input area to the main system by using a first general-purpose interface protected by the main system, and output input information, which is based on detection information detected in the input area by the touch sensor, via the virtual input device to the main system by using a second general-purpose interface protected by the main system. The main system displays, on the display unit, the image data of the input area output by the embedded system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Imanishi, Seiichi Kawano, Kazunori Yamamura, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Ryohta Nomura
  • Patent number: 11392952
    Abstract: A fraud detection system that converts personal identification information into an irreversible code, acquires transaction information that includes transaction terminal identification information, stores the acquired transaction information in a transaction information storage unit, and calculates a respective transaction estimation value for a future transaction for each transaction terminal and each irreversible code, on the basis of the transaction information stored in the transaction information storage unit. When new transaction information is acquired the fraud detection system calculates a degree of deviation for the new transaction information on the basis of the transaction estimation value for the irreversible code and the transaction estimation value for the transaction terminal which are in accordance with the transaction terminal identification information included in the new transaction information, and outputs alert information when the degree of deviation is large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Masaki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20220113865
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a touch sensor disposed on the display unit and detects contact with an object on the display unit, a main system, and an embedded system. The embedded system generates image data of an input area for a virtual input device, output image data of the input area to the main system by using a first general-purpose interface protected by the main system, and output input information, which is based on detection information detected in the input area by the touch sensor, via the virtual input device to the main system by using a second general-purpose interface protected by the main system. The main system displays, on the display unit, the image data of the input area output by the embedded system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Imanishi, Seiichi Kawano, Kazunori Yamamura, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Ryohta Nomura
  • Patent number: 11106353
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display; a touch sensor on the display that detects a contact with an object on the display; a main system that executes processing in accordance with an operating system (OS); and an embedded system different from and independent of the main system. The embedded system causes the display to display third image data obtained by synthesizing first image data output from the main system and second image data that is image data in an input area for a virtual input device, and to output input information based on detection information detected by the touch sensor in the input area to the main system as input information accepted by the virtual input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Seiichi Kawano, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Ryohta Nomura
  • Patent number: 11061444
    Abstract: A portable information device is disclosed. The portable information device includes a first chassis having a first display, a second chassis having a second display, and a hinge mechanism rotatably couples the first chassis to the second chassis. The hinge mechanism includes a set of hinge shafts with axial directions provided along an aligning direction of the first and second chassis, a slide support part supported by the first chassis to be slidable along the aligning direction to support a first one of the hinge shafts closest to the first chassis in a manner to be relatively rotatable, and a fixed support part fixed to the second chassis to support a second one of the hinge shafts closest to the second chassis in a manner to be relatively rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Hiroshi Itoh, Atsushi Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20210132786
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a result of detection by a first detection sensor that detects a first touch operation relative to a first panel and a result of detection by a second detection sensor that detects a second touch operation relative to a second panel; and an integration unit configured to integrate, based on the results of detection obtained by the obtaining unit, the result of detection of the first touch operation relative to the first panel and the result of detection of the second touch operation relative to the second panel as a result of detection of a touch operation relative to a panel resulting from integration of the first panel and the second panel into one panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Seiichi Kawano, Ryohta Nomura, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210110398
    Abstract: A fraud detection system that converts personal identification information into an irreversible code, acquires transaction information that includes transaction terminal identification information, stores the acquired transaction information in a transaction information storage unit, and calculates a respective transaction estimation value for a future transaction for each transaction terminal and each irreversible code, on the basis of the transaction information stored in the transaction information storage unit. When new transaction information is acquired the fraud detection system calculates a degree of deviation for the new transaction information on the basis of the transaction estimation value for the irreversible code and the transaction estimation value for the transaction terminal which are in accordance with the transaction terminal identification information included in the new transaction information, and outputs alert information when the degree of deviation is large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kousuke OKAZAKI, Keiko HASHIZUME, Masanobu MIWA, Mitsuhiro YAMAZAKI, Masaki FUKUI
  • Patent number: 10901299
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus equipped with a camera includes a shutter mechanism which includes: a plate that is installed so as to be able to move between a first position shielding a lens of a camera from light and a second position not shielding the lens of the camera from light; and a control unit that controls electric power from a power unit that causes a first wire or a second wire to thermally shrink. The plate is moved from the first position to the second position by the first operation lever, and, when the plate is in the second position, causes the second wire to thermally shrink to thereby drive a second operation lever, so that the plate is moved from the second position to the first position by a biasing force of a first spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Hiroshi Itoh, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Atsushi Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20200371734
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for multiple display region management are disclosed herein. One method includes detecting a physical amount in accordance with a posture of a chassis. The method also includes determining a display mode to show a screen region for the channel in accordance with the posture. Apparatus, and computer program products that include and/or perform the methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Seiichi Kawano, Ryohta Nomura, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki