Patents by Inventor Shigeki Hirukawa

Shigeki Hirukawa 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).

  • Electronic device and control method for electronic device
    Patent number: 9158378
    Abstract: An electronic device (10) according to the present invention is provided with a display unit (102) that displays an object with which a predetermined function is associated, a touch sensor (103), a tactile sensation providing unit (104) that provides a tactile sensation to a touch face of the touch sensor, and a control unit (106) that controls the tactile sensation providing unit (104) to provide a first tactile sensation when contact on a display surface of the object is detected and furthermore to execute the predetermined function associated with the object when data based on pressure of the contact satisfies a predetermined threshold, the electronic device thereby preventing an erroneous operation due to unintentional contact and allows for operation without confirmation of the screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki Hirukawa
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130321317
    Abstract: An electronic device (10) according to the present invention is provided with a display unit (102) that displays an object with which a predetermined function is associated, a touch sensor (103), a tactile sensation providing unit (104) that provides a tactile sensation to a touch face of the touch sensor, and a control unit (106) that controls the tactile sensation providing unit (104) to provide a first tactile sensation when contact on a display surface of the object is detected and furthermore to execute the predetermined function associated with the object when data based on pressure of the contact satisfies a predetermined threshold, the electronic device thereby preventing an erroneous operation due to unintentional contact and allows for operation without confirmation of the screen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeki Hirukawa