Patents by Inventor Rikizo Tabe

Rikizo Tabe 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: 20120023450
    Abstract: A user interface device includes: a display unit on which plural buttons are displayed; a touch panel integrally formed with the display unit and detecting input in plural input areas corresponding to respective display areas of the plural buttons; a pressure detection means for detecting water pressure; and a layout control means for changing a layout of the buttons and the input areas so as to reduce the number of the buttons and the input areas corresponding to the buttons in accordance with detected magnitude of water pressure when the water pressure detected by the pressure detection means is equal to or higher than a previously set threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Noto, Rikizo Tabe, Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5446879
    Abstract: An electronic system having a function to output history information of error. A microprocessor assembled in the electronic system stores, into a memory unit, every occurrence of error, error information indicating the contents of errors of various controlled units constituting a mechanical deck unit controlled by the microcomputer, and accepts or receives a command of an operation unit to read out error information indicating those error contents from the memory unit to display history information of error on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Tamiya Tanaka, Hirotaka Yamamoto, Rikizo Tabe