Patents by Inventor Shingo HIGASHIYAMA

Shingo HIGASHIYAMA 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).

  • Trackball device and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
    Patent number: 9261986
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a trackball device provided for an operation panel of a predetermined computer, the device includes a first casing including a housing portion, a ball rotatably housed in the housing portion, a detector provided in the housing portion and configured to detect input information based on rotation of the ball, and a second casing including an opening portion and mounted on the first casing to restrain the ball in the housing portion while part of the ball is exposed from the opening portion, wherein the second casing further comprises a ring portion which is provided along the opening portion and exposed from the operation panel when the trackball device is provided on the operation panel, and is configured to be detachable from the first casing upon application of a dynamic action to the ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tamagawa Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kumazawa, Shinichiro Kikuchi, Shingo Higashiyama
  • TRACKBALL DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110241994
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a trackball device provided for an operation panel of a predetermined computer, the device includes a first casing including a housing portion, a ball rotatably housed in the housing portion, a detector provided in the housing portion and configured to detect input information based on rotation of the ball, and a second casing including an opening portion and mounted on the first casing to restrain the ball in the housing portion while part of the ball is exposed from the opening portion, wherein the second casing further comprises a ring portion which is provided along the opening portion and exposed from the operation panel when the trackball device is provided on the operation panel, and is configured to be detachable from the first casing upon application of a dynamic action to the ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Takashi KUMAZAWA, Shinichiro KIKUCHI, Shingo HIGASHIYAMA