Patents by Inventor Ryo OKUMURA
Ryo OKUMURA 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).
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Patent number: 9116547Abstract: A traffic information presentation system according to an embodiment is a system for presenting a tactile sensation to a user based on traffic information, including: a touch section; a tactile presentation section; an input section for receiving traffic information; and a control section for controlling the tactile presentation section based on the traffic information. The control section monitors a status of touch with respect to the touch section, and accepts an instruction from the user that corresponds to the touch input operation when detecting that an amount of change in touched position equals to or exceeds a certain amount. When detecting that the amount of change in touched position is less than the certain amount and that the touch duration equals to or exceeds a certain length, the control section causes the tactile presentation section to present a tactile sensation based on the traffic information.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumio Muramatsu, Ryo Okumura, Yusuke Adachi
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Patent number: 9069384Abstract: An electronic device 10 according to an embodiment includes: a display section 12 for displaying an operation area 40; a touch panel 11 disposed on a display surface side of the display section 12; a vibration section 13 for vibrating the touch panel 11; a vibration control section 33 for controlling a vibration pattern of the vibration section 13; and a detection section 20 for detecting whether an operation to the touch panel 11 has been made with a has been made with a finger of a user or a pen. The vibration control section 33 varies the vibration pattern of the vibration section 13 depending on whether a finger or a pen is detected by the detection section 20.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Koga, Naoto Yumiki, Yusuke Adachi, Masahiro Inata, Ryo Okumura
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Publication number: 20150173110Abstract: When the first connection is established with a slave, the master determines one channel selected from three advertising channels, as a channel used for establishment of the subsequent connection with the slave, and notifies the slave of the one channel. When the first connection is established with the master, the slave transmits an advertise in the three advertising channels. Further, when the second or subsequent connection is established with the master, the slave transmits the advertise in the one channel notified of from the master.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro TAKAHASHI, Takahiro TOMIDA, Tsutomu TERAZAKI, Ryo OKUMURA
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Patent number: 9046949Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes a display unit 165 including a display part 160 having a display region 160a on which to display an image, a panel member 130 to be touched by a user, and a first adhesive part 150 which is provided so as to cover the display region 160a and which bonds the panel member 130 and the display part 160 together; a vibration part 140 which causes flexural vibration of the display unit 165; and a second adhesive part 155 which bonds the vibration part to the display unit. The rigidity of the first adhesive part 150 is lower than the rigidity of the second adhesive part 155.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Adachi, Masahiro Inata, Ryo Okumura
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Patent number: 8976139Abstract: An electronic device 10 includes a casing 14, a display section 12 for displaying information, a touch panel 11 to be touched by the user, a connecting portion 16 for connecting together the casing 14 and the touch panel 11, a vibrating section 13 for vibrating the touch panel 11, and a vibration control section 33 for controlling the vibration of the vibrating section 13. The vibration control section 33 controls the vibration so as to generate a greater vibration when the touch panel 11 is supported only by the connecting portion 16 than when the touch panel 11 is supported by the connecting portion 16 and another point of support other than the connecting portion 16.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Koga, Ryo Okumura
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Patent number: 8970534Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including: a base; a panel; a support for supporting the panel with respect to the base; and a vibrator for causing the panel to vibrate at a given frequency. The support includes a first region located at a part corresponding to a node of vibration of the panel, and a second region located at a part other than the node of the vibration of the panel. The support has a rigidity that is smaller in the first region than in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Adachi, Ryo Okumura
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Publication number: 20150009176Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes a display part 160, a panel member 130, a vibration part 140, and an adhesive part 150. The panel member 130 is a member arranged so as to face the display part 160 and touched by a user. The vibration part 140 is attached to a face of the panel member 130 facing the display part 160, and causes the panel member 130 to vibrate. The adhesive part 150 is provided between the display part 160 and the panel member 130 so as to cover the vibration part 140, and bonds the display part 160 and the panel member 130 together.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Masahiro INATA, Yusuke ADACHI, Ryo OKUMURA
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Patent number: 8884908Abstract: An electronic apparatus 10 includes a touch pad 11 for accepting a touch operation of a user, a support section 12 for supporting the touch pad 11, and a vibrating section 13 attached to the touch pad 11 for flexurally deforming the touch pad 11. As flexural vibration of the touch pad 11 is transmitted to the support section 12, the support section 12 deforms to vibrate in displacement vibration. An amplitude of the displacement vibration of the support section 12 is greater than an amplitude of the flexural vibration of the touch pad 11.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryo Okumura, Yusuke Adachi, Masahiro Inata
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Publication number: 20140320432Abstract: A traffic information presentation system according to an embodiment is a system for presenting a tactile sensation to a user based on traffic information, including: a touch section; a tactile presentation section; an input section for receiving traffic information; and a control section for controlling the tactile presentation section based on the traffic information. The control section monitors a status of touch with respect to the touch section, and accepts an instruction from the user that corresponds to the touch input operation when detecting that an amount of change in touched position equals to or exceeds a certain amount. When detecting that the amount of change in touched position is less than the certain amount and that the touch duration equals to or exceeds a certain length, the control section causes the tactile presentation section to present a tactile sensation based on the traffic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Fumio MURAMATSU, Ryo OKUMURA, Yusuke ADACHI
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Publication number: 20140317498Abstract: A method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a method of notifying a specific option among plural options to a user by using an electronic device 1, including a step of detecting plural touches made by the user on the touch pad 10. The plural options including the specific option are determined according to a situation of use of the electronic device 1. The plurality of touched positions on the touch pad 10 are associated with the plural options. There is further included a step of presenting a tactile sensation at a touched position among the plurality of touched positions that is associated with the specific option, the tactile sensation being distinct from that for any other touched position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryo OKUMURA, Yusuke ADACHI
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Publication number: 20140300567Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes: a touch panel 130 to be touched by a user; a panel vibrating section 140 for vibrating the touch panel 130; a tactile control section 33 for controlling the panel vibrating section 140; a display section 160 for presenting reference information indicating a reference timing with which the user is to make a touch operation on the touch panel 130; and a microcomputer 20 for detecting an amount of deviation between an input timing of the user's touch operation on the touch panel 130 and the reference timing. Based on the detected amount of deviation, the tactile control section 33 varies the vibration of the touch panel 130 to give the user a tactile sensation through the vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Masahiro INATA, Yusuke ADACHI, Akira KOGA, Ryo OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20140132547Abstract: An electronic device includes: a reproduction section for reproducing a content item; a touch panel for detecting a user operation for changing a reproduction position of the content item; and a vibrating section for vibrating the touch panel. The vibrating section varies the vibration of the touch panel depending on whether or not the reproduction position which has been changed through the user operation detected by the touch panel is a specified reproduction position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Hiroyuki UENAKA, Ryo OKUMURA, Naoto YUMIKI
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Publication number: 20140104203Abstract: An electronic device 10 includes a touch panel 11, a vibration section 13 configured to vibrate a touch panel 11, and a control sections 20 and 33 configured to control the vibration section 13 based on an existence state of persons other than an operator of the electronic device 10 and being near to the electronic device 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20140104216Abstract: An electronic device 100 includes a display unit 165 including a display part 160 having a display region 160a on which to display an image, a panel member 130 to be touched by a user, and a first adhesive part 150 which is provided so as to cover the display region 160a and which bonds the panel member 130 and the display part 160 together; a vibration part 140 which causes flexural vibration of the display unit 165; and a second adhesive part 155 which bonds the vibration part to the display unit. The rigidity of the first adhesive part 150 is lower than the rigidity of the second adhesive part 155.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20140043272Abstract: An electronic apparatus 10 includes a touch pad 11 for accepting a touch operation of a user, a support section 12 for supporting the touch pad 11, and a vibrating section 13 attached to the touch pad 11 for flexurally deforming the touch pad 11. As flexural vibration of the touch pad 11 is transmitted to the support section 12, the support section 12 deforms to vibrate in displacement vibration. An amplitude of the displacement vibration of the support section 12 is greater than an amplitude of the flexural vibration of the touch pad 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryo OKUMURA, Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA
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Publication number: 20140028157Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including: a base; a panel; a support for supporting the panel with respect to the base; and a vibrator for causing the panel to vibrate at a given frequency. The support includes a first region located at a part corresponding to a node of vibration of the panel, and a second region located at a part other than the node of the vibration of the panel. The support has a rigidity that is smaller in the first region than in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Ryo OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20140025300Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a moisture measuring apparatus which, when the body of the apparatus for measuring a state of moisture in a measurement target object is mounted into the measurement target object, provides a user with a mounting state as to whether the moisture measuring apparatus has been appropriately mounted. In the present invention, the CPU of a moisture measuring apparatus determines the mounting state of the moisture measuring apparatus in soil that is a measurement target object (judges whether or not there is a gap between a sensor electrode and soil) based on the state of moisture (moisture amount) measured by a soil moisture amount sensor, and informs a result of the judgment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Ryo OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20130314355Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes: a housing; a display configured to display an operation area; a touch screen panel configured to detect at least an input operation made by a user to the operation area; a first vibrator configured to vibrate at least one of the display and the touch screen panel; a second vibrator configured to vibrate the housing; and a vibration controller configured to control vibration of the first vibrator and the second vibrator in accordance with the input operation of the user to the touch screen panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masahiro INATA, Yusuke ADACHI, Akira KOGA, Ryo OKUMURA, Naoto YUMIKI
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Publication number: 20130307803Abstract: An electronic device 10 according to an embodiment includes: a display section 12 for displaying an operation area 40; a touch panel 11 disposed on a display surface side of the display section 12; a vibration section 13 for vibrating the touch panel 11; a vibration control section 33 for controlling a vibration pattern of the vibration section 13; and a detection section 20 for detecting whether an operation to the touch panel 11 has been made with a has been made with a finger of a user or a pen. The vibration control section 33 varies the vibration pattern of the vibration section 13 depending on whether a finger or a pen is detected by the detection section 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akira KOGA, Naoto YUMIKI, Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20130307804Abstract: An electronic device 10 according to an embodiment includes: a display section 12 for displaying an operation area 45 including a reference area 41 and a non-reference area 42; a touch panel 11 provided on a display surface side of the display section 12; an informing section 13 for informing a user of an operation status of the user; a control section 33 and 20 for controlling the operation of the informing section 13; and a distinction section 16 for distinguishing between a first operation where the user searches for the reference area 41 on the touch panel 11 and a second operation which is a key input operation to the operation area 45. The control section 33 and 20 controls the operation of the informing section 13 based on a result of distinction by the distinction section 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Akira KOGA, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA, Naoto YUMIKI