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).

  • Patent number: 9116547
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Muramatsu, Ryo Okumura, Yusuke Adachi
  • Patent number: 9069384
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Koga, Naoto Yumiki, Yusuke Adachi, Masahiro Inata, Ryo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150173110
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro TAKAHASHI, Takahiro TOMIDA, Tsutomu TERAZAKI, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 9046949
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Adachi, Masahiro Inata, Ryo Okumura
  • Patent number: 8976139
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Koga, Ryo Okumura
  • Patent number: 8970534
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Adachi, Ryo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150009176
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro INATA, Yusuke ADACHI, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 8884908
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Okumura, Yusuke Adachi, Masahiro Inata
  • Publication number: 20140320432
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Fumio MURAMATSU, Ryo OKUMURA, Yusuke ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20140317498
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo OKUMURA, Yusuke ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20140300567
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiro INATA, Yusuke ADACHI, Akira KOGA, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20140132547
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Hiroyuki UENAKA, Ryo OKUMURA, Naoto YUMIKI
  • Publication number: 20140104203
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20140104216
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20140043272
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo OKUMURA, Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA
  • Publication number: 20140028157
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20140025300
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Ryo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20130314355
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro INATA, Yusuke ADACHI, Akira KOGA, Ryo OKUMURA, Naoto YUMIKI
  • Publication number: 20130307803
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KOGA, Naoto YUMIKI, Yusuke ADACHI, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20130307804
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke ADACHI, Akira KOGA, Masahiro INATA, Ryo OKUMURA, Naoto YUMIKI