Patents by Inventor Sohei Niwa

Sohei Niwa 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: 20140111455
    Abstract: An input device according to the present invention includes a touch panel that has an input region that detects contact by input means, the input region having a friction area, a friction coefficient of the friction area being different from that of other areas of the input region, and outputs a signal corresponding to a position of a contact point of the input means; a storage section that stores processing amounts corresponding to amounts by which the contact point has moved on the friction area; and a control section that performs a process corresponding to a processing amount that is stored in the storage section and that corresponds to an amount by which the contact point has moved, when the position of the contact point represented by a signal that is output from the touch panel has been moved on the friction area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Sohei Niwa