Patents by Inventor Takashi Itaya
Takashi Itaya 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).
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Patent number: 10671180Abstract: Provided are an input device and an electronic apparatus each including capacitive elements and being capable of allowing a plurality of information items to be separately input by simple operations. The input device includes: a capacitive element; a conductor that can be electrostatically coupled to the capacitive element; an operation portion that allows a load to be applied to the conductor; and a retaining portion that retains the conductor apart from the capacitive element. The retaining portion is capable of displacing the conductor with respect to the capacitive element in a stepwise manner in accordance with the load that is applied to the conductor through intermediation of the operation portion, and is capable of retaining the conductor at a plurality of positions with respect to the capacitive element.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Taizo Nishimura, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Mizuno, Takashi Itaya, Akira Ebisui, Tomoko Katsuhara, Yoshiteru Taka
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Patent number: 10540017Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a capacitance variation detection unit configured to detect an operation input to each of a plurality of key regions as a capacitance variation amount of a capacitive element, the key region being provided on a sheet-like operation member, the capacitive element being provided in association with each of the key regions, the capacitance variation amount being dependent on a change in a distance between the key region and the capacitive element, and an input state determination unit configured to determine whether an input state of the key region is an ON state based on the detected capacitance variation amount, the ON state being a state in which the operation input to the key region is decided to be valid. The input state determination unit determines an end of the ON state based on a differential value of the capacitance variation amount.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Goto, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Takashi Itaya, Toshio Kano, Akira Ebisui
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Publication number: 20180348889Abstract: Provided are an input device and an electronic apparatus each including capacitive elements and being capable of allowing a plurality of information items to be separately input by simple operations. The input device includes: a capacitive element; a conductor that can be electrostatically coupled to the capacitive element; an operation portion that allows a load to be applied to the conductor; and a retaining portion that retains the conductor apart from the capacitive element. The retaining portion is capable of displacing the conductor with respect to the capacitive element in a stepwise manner in accordance with the load that is applied to the conductor through intermediation of the operation portion, and is capable of retaining the conductor at a plurality of positions with respect to the capacitive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: TAIZO NISHIMURA, HIROTO KAWAGUCHI, HIROSHI MIZUNO, TAKASHI ITAYA, AKIRA EBISUI, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, YOSHITERU TAKA
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Publication number: 20180088709Abstract: There is provided a sensor device includes a sheet-like first conductor layer and an electrode substrate. The electrode substrate includes a plurality of first electrode wires, a plurality of second electrode wires, capacity sensors being formed at paired portions of the first and second electrode wires, and a sheet substrate that supports the first and second electrode wires. The sensor device also includes a first supporting body including a plurality of first structures that connect the first conductor layer and the electrode substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Itaya, Shogo Shinkai, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Fumihiko Iida, Hayato Hasegawa, Kei Tsukamoto, Takayuki Tanaka, Tomoko Katsuhara, Tomoaki Suzuki, Taizo Nishimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yasuyuki Abe
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Patent number: 9811226Abstract: There is provided a sensor device that includes a flexible first conductor layer and an electrode substrate. The electrode substrate includes a plurality of first electrode wires, a plurality of second electrode wires, capacity sensors being formed at capacitively coupled portions of the first and second electrode wires, and a flexible substrate that supports the first and second electrode wires. The sensor device also includes a first supporting body including a plurality of first structures that connect the first conductor layer and the electrode substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Itaya, Shogo Shinkai, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Fumihiko Iida, Hayato Hasegawa, Kei Tsukamoto, Takayuki Tanaka, Tomoko Katsuhara, Tomoaki Suzuki, Taizo Nishimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yasuyuki Abe
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Patent number: 9760183Abstract: An input apparatus including a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Tetsuro Goto, Toshio Kano, Hideo Tanaka, Hayato Hasegawa, Takashi Itaya, Takayuki Tanaka, Fumihiko Iida, Tomoaki Suzuki, Taizo Nishimura, Yuji Takahashi, Yasushi Itoshiro, Shogo Shinkai
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Publication number: 20160202800Abstract: There is provided a sensor device that includes a flexible first conductor layer and an electrode substrate. The electrode substrate includes a plurality of first electrode wires, a plurality of second electrode wires, capacity sensors being formed at capacitively coupled portions of the first and second electrode wires, and a flexible substrate that supports the first and second electrode wires. The sensor device also includes a first supporting body including a plurality of first structures that connect the first conductor layer and the electrode substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Itaya, Shogo Shinkai, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Fumihiko Iida, Hayato Hasegawa, Kei Tsukamoto, Takayuki Tanaka, Tomoko Katsuhara, Tomoaki Suzuki, Taizo Nishimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yasuyuki Abe
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Publication number: 20150346839Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus including a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas; an electrode substrate having a plurality of first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines disposed facing to a plurality of the first electrode lines and crossing with a plurality of the first electrode lines, being capable of electrostatically detecting a change in a distance to each of a plurality of the key areas; and a support having a plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member, first spaces formed between a plurality of the structures corresponding to each of a plurality of the key areas, and second spaces formed between a plurality of the structures common to a predetermined plurality of the key areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Tetsuro Goto, Toshio Kano, Hideo Tanaka, Hayato Hasegawa, Takashi Itaya, Takayuki Tanaka, Fumihiko lida, Tomoaki Suzuki, Taizo Nishimura, Yuji Takahashi, Yasushi Itoshiro, Shogo Shinkai
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Patent number: 9201105Abstract: A sensor unit is provided and includes a first substrate, first and second electrodes, an input portion disposed so that a gap exists between the substrate and the input portion, a plurality of first structures disposed in the gap and extending at least partially between the first substrate and the input portion, and a second insulating structure disposed on a side of the first structures that is away from the input portion, or between adjacent first structures. The sensor unit is configured to detect a change in capacitance between the first and second electrodes upon a change in position of the input portion relative to the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Fumihiko Iida, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Hayato Hasegawa, Takashi Itaya, Toshio Kano, Takayuki Tanaka, Kei Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20150280708Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a temperature compensation unit configured to correct an operation input value indicating an operation input to each of a plurality of key regions provided on a sheet-like operation member based on ambient temperature of an input device in which the operation input to each of the key regions is detected as a capacitance variation amount of a capacitive element depending on a change in a distance between the key region and the capacitive element, the capacitive element being provided in a manner that the capacitive element corresponds to each of the key regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Goto, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Takashi Itaya, Toshio Kano, Akira Ebisui
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Publication number: 20150261309Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a capacitance variation detection unit configured to detect an operation input to each of a plurality of key regions as a capacitance variation amount of a capacitive element, the key region being provided on a sheet-like operation member, the capacitive element being provided in association with each of the key regions, the capacitance variation amount being dependent on a change in a distance between the key region and the capacitive element, and an input state determination unit configured to determine whether an input state of the key region is an ON state based on the detected capacitance variation amount, the ON state being a state in which the operation input to the key region is decided to be valid. The input state determination unit determines an end of the ON state based on a differential value of the capacitance variation amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Goto, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Takashi Itaya, Toshio Kano, Akira Ebisui
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Patent number: 8711122Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes: a sensor panel that includes an input operation surface and is configured to detect positional coordinates of a detection object that comes into contact with the input operation surface; a casing; and a pressure-sensitive sensor that includes a first electrode fixed on the sensor panel side, a second electrode fixed on the casing side, and an elastic member that is provided between the sensor panel and the casing and elastically supports the sensor panel with respect to the casing, includes, between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first area formed with a first capacitance and a second area formed with a second capacitance larger than the first capacitance, and is configured to detect a pressing force input to the input operation surface as a change in a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yutaka Wada, Naohiro Takahashi, Takashi Itaya
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Publication number: 20130234734Abstract: A sensor unit is provided and includes a first substrate, first and second electrodes, an input portion disposed so that a gap exists between the substrate and the input portion, a plurality of first structures disposed in the gap and extending at least partially between the first substrate and the input portion, and a second insulating structure disposed on a side of the first structures that is away from the input portion, or between adjacent first structures. The sensor unit is configured to detect a change in capacitance between the first and second electrodes upon a change in position of the input portion relative to the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fumihiko Iida, Hiroto Kawaguchi, Hayato Hasegawa, Takashi Itaya, Toshio Kano, Takayuki Tanaka, Kei Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 8466900Abstract: Provided is a capacitance sensor including: a first electrode including a first region gradually larger in height with respect to a width direction parallel to a first direction in parallel with a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a second region gradually smaller in height with respect to the width direction, and a third region causing the first and second regions to be opposed; a second electrode opposed to the first region in the second direction, and gradually smaller in height with respect to the first direction in parallel with the second direction; a third electrode opposed to the second region in the second direction and gradually larger in height with respect to the first direction in parallel with the second direction; and a support body supporting electrode groups including the first to third electrodes while connected via the third region, and arranging those groups along the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Ryota Kitamura, Takashi Itaya
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Publication number: 20120068965Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes: a sensor panel that includes an input operation surface and is configured to detect positional coordinates of a detection object that comes into contact with the input operation surface; a casing; and a pressure-sensitive sensor that includes a first electrode fixed on the sensor panel side, a second electrode fixed on the casing side, and an elastic member that is provided between the sensor panel and the casing and elastically supports the sensor panel with respect to the casing, includes, between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first area formed with a first capacitance and a second area formed with a second capacitance larger than the first capacitance, and is configured to detect a pressing force input to the input operation surface as a change in a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaka Wada, Naohiro Takahashi, Takashi Itaya
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Publication number: 20120001867Abstract: Provided is a capacitance sensor including: a first electrode including a first region gradually larger in height with respect to a width direction parallel to a first direction in parallel with a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a second region gradually smaller in height with respect to the width direction, and a third region causing the first and second regions to be opposed; a second electrode opposed to the first region in the second direction, and gradually smaller in height with respect to the first direction in parallel with the second direction; a third electrode opposed to the second region in the second direction and gradually larger in height with respect to the first direction in parallel with the second direction; and a support body supporting electrode groups including the first to third electrodes while connected via the third region, and arranging those groups along the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Ryota Kitamura, Takashi Itaya
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Publication number: 20110279406Abstract: A capacitance sensor is provided and includes at least one electrode group positioned within a sensor area. The electrode group including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The capacitance sensor also includes a drive section configured to measure capacitances of the first, second and third electrodes, and configured to determine position information of at least one object based on the measured capacitances. At least one of the electrodes includes a portion that both increases and decreases in height along a width direction of the sensor area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Ryota Kitamura, Takashi Itaya
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Patent number: 7831618Abstract: A database management system is provided for protecting data from being malicious update or deleted. The system is arranged to hold as a table attribute an insert-only attribute and a row deletion prohibition period, and as an access right attribute a row insertion date and time holding column name and to specify a row insertion date and time when a row was inserted, for disabling said date and time data. When requesting a table data update or a row deletion, the table attribute and the row insertion date and time are checked for preventing the malicious update and deletion.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeto Hiraga, Takashi Itaya
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Patent number: 7194575Abstract: A disk volume access controlling method includes the steps of setting a threshold number of times of accesses from a computer to a predetermined disk volume per time unit, acquiring a number of times of accesses to the predetermined disk volume per time unit, seeking whether or not the number of times of accesses acquired exceeds the threshold number of times, creating a mirror volume for the predetermined disk volume in case that the number of times of accesses acquired exceeds the threshold number of times, and changing an access pass between the computer and the predetermined disk volume to another access pass between the computer and the newly created mirror volume. It then becomes possible to distribute accesses to a certain disk volume, and further to make the accesses to a plurality of volumes even.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshifumi Nakanishi, Nobuo Kawamura, Takashi Itaya
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Publication number: 20070038631Abstract: A database management system is provided for protecting data from being malicious update or deleted. The system is arranged to hold as a table attribute an insert-only attribute and a row deletion prohibition period, and as an access right attribute a row insertion date and time holding column name and to specify a row insertion date and time when a row was inserted, for disabling said date and time data. When requesting a table data update or a row deletion, the table attribute and the row insertion date and time are checked for preventing the malicious update and deletion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Shigeto Hiraga, Takashi Itaya