Patents by Inventor Takuma Sugita

Takuma Sugita 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: 20250140087
    Abstract: A tactile sensation presenting device includes: a tactile sensation presenting section having a plurality of electrodes to present a tactile sensation by electrical stimulation at a specific portion of a user; and a control section capable of controlling the tactile sensation presenting section to provide electrical stimulation using at least one of the plurality of electrodes as an anode and at least another one of the plurality of electrodes as a cathode. The control section measures a flowability of an electric current through the specific portion of the user and adjusts an execution mode of the electrical stimulation based on a result of the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Masafumi UENO, Tomonori YOSHIDA, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20250138663
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel and a controller. The touch panel includes an active matrix substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer located between the active matrix substrate and the color filter substrate. The active matrix substrate includes a drive electrode and a detection electrode. The drive electrode and the detection electrode are disposed on a surface of the active matrix substrate which faces the liquid crystal layer. The color filter substrate includes a conductor. The conductor is disposed on a surface of the color filter substrate which faces the liquid crystal layer. The controller is configured to supply a drive signal to the drive electrode and obtain a signal value from the detection electrode and to detect a pressing force applied to the touch panel by an indicator, based on the signal value obtained from the detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Takenori MARUYAMA, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Shinji YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 12282621
    Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressure detection electrode, and a controller configured to impart a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire a signal value from each of the position detection electrode and the pressure detection electrode. The controller is configured to detect a touch range by a pointer based on the signal value obtained from the position detection electrode, determine a pressure detection range corresponding to the touch range, of the signal value obtained from the pressure detection electrode, and calculate a magnitude of a pressure by the pointer based on the signal value in the pressure detection range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20250085782
    Abstract: A tactile sensation presenting device includes a tactile sensation presenting section and a control section. The tactile sensation presenting section includes anodic and cathodic electrodes. The control section can switch each anodic electrode between a first state (anodic potential) and a second state (floating potential) and can switch each cathodic electrode between a third state (cathodic potential) and a fourth state (floating potential). The control section controls the tactile sensation presenting section such that at least any one of the anodic electrodes is in the first state, with the others in the second state, at least one of the cathodic electrodes at least within a distance of 1.0 mm or less from the first-state anodic electrode is in the fourth state, with the others in the third state, and a total area of the first-state anodic electrode and the third-state cathodic electrodes is equal to or greater than 0.7 cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Tomonori YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro SUGITA, Masafumi UENO, Takuma YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12204711
    Abstract: An attachment is attachable to and detachable from a touch panel of an input device including the touch panel, and supports user operation on the input device by being attached to the touch panel. The attachment includes one or more operation units that receive user operation and transmit the user operation to a corresponding position of the touch panel when attached to the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11693620
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a command input to application software, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire scene information representing a scene represented by a screen displayed when executing the application software, a third acquiring unit configured to acquire a command file based on the command and the scene information, and an execution unit configured to execute processing in accordance with the command file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Humming Heads, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Oe, Takuma Sugita, Makoto Kurita, Yuichi Yasuda, Shogo Otsuka, Kenichi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20200293275
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a command input to application software, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire scene information representing a scene represented by a screen displayed when executing the application software, a third acquiring unit configured to acquire a command file based on the command and the scene information, and an execution unit configured to execute processing in accordance with the command file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Naoyuki OE, Takuma Sugita, Makoto Kurita, Yuichi Yasuda, Shogo Otsuka, Kenichi Yasuda