Patents by Inventor Seiji Sugahara

Seiji Sugahara 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: 20130285967
    Abstract: An input apparatus (for example, a mobile terminal apparatus (100)) includes a display unit (60) that displays a plurality of operation position displays (for example, operation position displays (61 to 66)) ; and a detection unit that contactlessly detects an operation which corresponds to an operation position set in a specific space of a front of the input apparatus in correspondence to each of the plurality of operation position displays. The detection unit includes a first piezoelectric element (an oscillation piezoelectric element (31)) that oscillates ultrasound toward the front space of the input apparatus; a second piezoelectric element (a reception piezoelectric element (21)) that detects the ultrasound which is oscillated by the first piezoelectric element; and a determination unit that determines whether or not an operation is performed on a certain operation position based on a result of detection performed by the second piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kitatani, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yumi Katou, Ayumu Yagihashi, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara