Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Sako

Nobuyuki Sako 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: 20100271340
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotary input device including: a rotary operation device; a detection section; a display control section; a rotation driving section to apply a rotary force to the rotary operation device; a first force sense presenting section to present a first force sense by a combination of at least any two of applying a rotary force in a normal rotation direction, applying a rotary force in a reverse rotation direction, and stopping applying when the detected rotation angle reaches a predetermined switching angle corresponding to the displayed predetermined display information; a second force sense presenting section to present a second force sense different from the first force sense by applying the rotary force in the normal rotation direction when the rotation angle detected by the detection section is within a first range, and in the reverse rotation direction when the angle is within a second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicants: Funai Electric Co., Ltd., PRO-TECH DESIGN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Nagashima, Hirono Tsubota, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Takahiko Suzuki, Nobuyuki Sako, Takeshi Kodaira