Patents by Inventor Seiko Kono

Seiko Kono 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: 10048728
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, which recognizes an operation input using a pointed position, includes a position acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one pointed position pointed on a display screen; a pressure acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to pressure corresponding to each pointed position, acquired by the position acquisition unit; and a recognition unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of pointed positions pointed on the display screen exist at a same point-in-time, use a pointed position of the plurality of pointed positions excluding a pointed position regarding which a decision is made based on information relating to pressure acquired by the pressure acquisition unit that the pointed position does not make up input used for an operation of the information processing apparatus, recognize the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hikaru Ito, Seiko Kono, Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9430089
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus configured to recognize a touch operation. The information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of touch positions touched on a display screen; a specifying unit configured to specify an object displayed at a position corresponding to each of the touch positions obtained by the obtaining unit on the display screen when at least one of the touch positions obtained by the obtaining unit is included in a predetermined range on the display screen; and a determination unit configured to determine, among the touch positions obtained by the obtaining unit, a touch position included in the predetermined range as an invalid input for a touch operation to the information processing apparatus when the object specified by the specifying unit is not a plurality of objects associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hikaru Ito, Seiko Kono, Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9377849
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of multi-touch operation useful for preventing a false operation despite a user's intention recognizes a touch operation and includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch point in a target area of the touch operation, a detection unit configured to detect a movement of the information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine that, among a plurality of touch points detected by the touch detection unit, a touch point which begins to be detected before the apparatus moves and is being detected when the movement is detected, as not valid, and a recognition unit configured to recognize the touch operation based on, among the plurality of touch points detected by the touch detection unit, based on a touch point excluding the touch point determined as not valid by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hikaru Ito, Seiko Kono, Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150169125
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, which recognizes an operation input using a pointed position, includes a position acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one pointed position pointed on a display screen; a pressure acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to pressure corresponding to each pointed position, acquired by the position acquisition unit; and a recognition unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of pointed positions pointed on the display screen exist at a same point-in-time, use a pointed position of the plurality of pointed positions excluding a pointed position regarding which a decision is made based on information relating to pressure acquired by the pressure acquisition unit that the pointed position does not make up input used for an operation of the information processing apparatus, recognize the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Hikaru Ito, Seiko Kono, Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20140184572
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus configured to recognize a touch operation. The information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of touch positions touched on a display screen; a specifying unit configured to specify an object displayed at a position corresponding to each of the touch positions obtained by the obtaining unit on the display screen when at least one of the touch positions obtained by the obtaining unit is included in a predetermined range on the display screen; and a determination unit configured to determine, among the touch positions obtained by the obtaining unit, a touch position included in the predetermined range as an invalid input for a touch operation to the information processing apparatus when the object specified by the specifying unit is not a plurality of objects associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hikaru Ito, Seiko Kono, Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20140002395
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of multi-touch operation useful for preventing a false operation despite a user's intention recognizes a touch operation and includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch point in a target area of the touch operation, a detection unit configured to detect a movement of the information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine that, among a plurality of touch points detected by the touch detection unit, a touch point which begins to be detected before the apparatus moves and is being detected when the movement is detected, as not valid, and a recognition unit configured to recognize the touch operation based on, among the plurality of touch points detected by the touch detection unit, based on a touch point excluding the touch point determined as not valid by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Hikaru Ito, Seiko Kono, Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6345499
    Abstract: A catalyst light-off device for a direct injection engine comprises a temperature state identifier (31) for judging the temperature state of a catalyst (22) for converting exhaust gases, a fuel injection controller (33) for controlling fuel injection from an injector (11), and an ignition timing controller (35). When the catalyst is in its unheated state in which its temperature is lower than its activation temperature, the fuel injection controller (33) causes the injector (11) to make split injection during a period from an intake stroke to an ignition point including a later injection cycle which produces a mixture having local unevenness and an earlier injection cycle which produces a uniform and lean mixture, and the ignition timing controller (35) retards the ignition point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nishimura, Youichi Kuji, Seiko Kono, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Keiji Araki
  • Patent number: 6330796
    Abstract: To reduce the amounts of HC, NOx and other emissions from a direct injection engine when a catalyst is still in its unheated state, and to promote catalyst quick light-off operation by increasing the temperature of exhaust gases, a control device comprises a temperature state identifier (31) for judging the temperature state of a catalyst (22) and a fuel injection controller (33) for controlling fuel injection from an injector (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nishimura, Youichi Kuji, Seiko Kono, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Keiji Araki
  • Patent number: 6318074
    Abstract: A control device for a direct injection engine includes an identifier for judging whether a catalyst is in its unheated state in which its temperature is lower than its activation temperature, an engine temperature state detector for sensing the temperature state of the engine, and a fuel injection controller for controlling fuel injection from the injector. The fuel injection controller controls an injector in such a way that it makes at least two-step split injection including an earlier injection cycle performed during an intake stroke and a later injection cycle performed in a middle portion of a compression stroke or later when the catalyst is in its unheated state, and the later injection cycle is retarded when the catalyst is still in its unheated state but the engine temperature has become higher than a specified temperature compared to a case where the temperature of the engine is equal to or lower than the specified temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nishimura, Youichi Kuji, Seiko Kono, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Keiji Araki