Patents by Inventor Takeru Miki

Takeru Miki 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: 11073923
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus reduces necessary electric power for moving a touch pad of an input device to a predetermined height and maintaining the touch pad at the height, the touch panel creating a sense of touch when operated. The input device includes: a contact member to be in contact with a contact body; a housing for supporting the contact member in a movable manner; and a drive device for moving the contact member with respect to the housing, wherein the drive device is equipped with a rotatable rotary body, first magnets disposed on the rotary body, and second magnets disposed on the contact member, and wherein the first magnets and the second magnets are arranged so as to be able to face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Abe, Takeru Miki, Atsushi Kudo, Masakazu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200209994
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus reduces necessary electric power for moving a touch pad of an input device to a predetermined height and maintaining the touch pad at the height, the touch panel creating a sense of touch when operated. The input device includes: a contact member to be in contact with a contact body; a housing for supporting the contact member in a movable manner; and a drive device for moving the contact member with respect to the housing, wherein the drive device is equipped with a rotatable rotary body, first magnets disposed on the rotary body, and second magnets disposed on the contact member, and wherein the first magnets and the second magnets are arranged so as to be able to face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto ABE, Takeru MIKI, Atsushi KUDO, Masakazu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10178470
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine including a speaker unit; a housing; and a rotating device. The rotating device rotates the speaker unit with respect to the housing, wherein the speaker unit is provided with an opening portion and a member which is supported by the housing and extends substantially in parallel to a rotational axis of the speaker unit is adapted to passing through the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Nobuyuki Sato, Takeru Miki, Toshiya Kosaka, Eitaro Unno, Takahiro Kudo, Yoshihiko Takeda
  • Publication number: 20180253200
    Abstract: To provide an electronic apparatus capable of easily and accurately performing an operation of changing a display. A navigation system displays standard map information in small scale on a liquid crystal display device, and displays status information on movement speed of a vehicle or guidance information on distance and direction to a cross point to turn next on a head-up display device. Only while a contact of a contact body on a surface of a touchpad continues to be detected, first scaled-up map information as the scaled-up standard map information continues to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device instead of the standard map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto ABE, Koji SASAHARA, Takeru MIKI
  • Patent number: 9971475
    Abstract: To provide an electronic apparatus capable of easily and accurately performing an operation of changing a display. A navigation system displays standard map information in small scale on a liquid crystal display device, and displays status information on movement speed of a vehicle or guidance information on distance and direction to a cross point to turn next on a head-up display device. Only while a contact of a contact body on a surface of a touchpad continues to be detected, first scaled-up map information as the scaled-up standard map information continues to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device instead of the standard map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Abe, Koji Sasahara, Takeru Miki
  • Publication number: 20170162181
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine including a speaker unit; a housing; and a rotating device. The rotating device rotates the speaker unit with respect to the housing, wherein the speaker unit is provided with an opening portion and a member which is supported by the housing and extends substantially in parallel to a rotational axis of the speaker unit is adapted to passing through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki WATANABE, Nobuyuki SATO, Takeru MIKI, Toshiya KOSAKA, Eitaro UNNO, Takahiro KUDO, Yoshihiko TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 9615166
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine that is provided with a speaker and that enables a direction of the speaker to be appropriately and arbitrarily changed. The electronic machine includes a speaker unit, housings, and a rotating device. The speaker unit is supported by the housing. The rotating device includes a first rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about a direction intersecting with an axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis, and a second rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about the axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Nobuyuki Sato, Takeru Miki, Toshiya Kosaka, Eitaro Unno, Takahiro Kudo, Yoshihiko Takeda
  • Publication number: 20160282960
    Abstract: A movable device has a moving portion causing a movable object to move when a motion of a detected object is detected. A shutter of a cup holder is slidably provided in a front and rear direction of a vehicle. A moving unit causes the shutter to move. A detecting sensor is provided on a surface of the shutter. When a person traces the surface of the shutter with a human finger, the detecting sensor detects the human finger at a plurality of positions. At this time, a CPU detects a motion of the human finger and controls the moving unit, and when the human finger moves to a rear side, the moving unit causes the shutter to be slid to the rear side and when the human finger moves to a front side, the moving unit causes the shutter to be slid to the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto ABE, Takeru MIKI, Masanori SHOJI, Kenji KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150317044
    Abstract: To provide an electronic apparatus capable of easily and accurately performing an operation of changing a display. A navigation system displays standard map information in small scale on a liquid crystal display device, and displays status information on movement speed of a vehicle or guidance information on distance and direction to a cross point to turn next on a head-up display device. Only while a contact of a contact body on a surface of a touchpad continues to be detected, first scaled-up map information as the scaled-up standard map information continues to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device instead of the standard map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicants: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto ABE, Koji SASAHARA, Takeru MIKI
  • Publication number: 20150131842
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic machine that is provided with a speaker and that enables a direction of the speaker to be appropriately and arbitrarily changed. The electronic machine includes a speaker unit, housings, and a rotating device. The speaker unit is supported by the housing. The rotating device includes a first rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about a direction intersecting with an axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis, and a second rotating device configured to rotate the speaker unit with respect to the housings about the axis of the housings serving as a rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Nobuyuki Sato, Takeru Miki, Toshiya Kosaka, Eitaro Unno, Takahiro Kudo, Yoshihiko Takeda