Patents by Inventor Tetsuya TOMARU
Tetsuya TOMARU 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: 11275445Abstract: An input device includes: a detector configured to detect an operation state of an operation body on an operation surface; a controller configured to execute an input control with respect to a predetermined instrument in accordance with the operation state of the operation body; and a drive portion configured to vibrate the operation surface. A selection position of the operation buttons on a display is correlated to a coordinate position of the operation body on the operation surface. The drive portion generates a predetermined vibration on the operation surface for a predetermined period in response to determining that the selection position of the operation buttons on the display is changed from one operation button to another operation button.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Tomaru, Tatsuya Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11132089Abstract: An input device includes: a detector that detects an operation state of an operation object on an operation surface; a controller that performs input to a predetermined instrument; and a driver that vibrates the operation surface. The predetermined instrument includes a display. Multiple operation buttons are displayed on the display. An operation coordinate position of the operation object is associated with a display coordinate position of each of the multiple operation buttons. The controller causes the driver to generate a predetermined vibration on an area of the operation surface corresponding to an intermediate area between a first operation button and a second operation button. The controller corrects a first display coordinate position to a second display coordinate position or prohibit an attraction control.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuya Tomaru
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Patent number: 11079850Abstract: In an input apparatus, under a state where contact of a manipulating body to a predetermined position on a manipulation surface is detected, a second low frictional force between the manipulation surface and the manipulating body is provided by vibrating the manipulation surface. The second low frictional force is smaller than a frictional force between the manipulation surface and the manipulating body when the manipulation surface is not vibrated. In response to determining the movement of the manipulating body from the predetermined position towards a target position on the manipulation surface, a first low frictional force between the manipulation surface and the manipulating body is provided by a predetermined time by vibrating the manipulation surface. The first low frictional force is smaller than the second low frictional force.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, DENSO TEN LIMITEDInventors: Tetsuya Tomaru, Tatsuya Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11079852Abstract: An input device includes: a detector that detects an operation state of an operation object on an operation surface; a controller that performs an input operation on a predetermined instrument; and a driver that vibrates the operation surface. Multiple operation areas for operating the predetermined instrument are set on the operation surface in advance. The controller applies an attraction action into a second operation area by causing the driver to generate a predetermined vibration in an intermediate area between a first operation area and the second operation area. The controller stops an actuation of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuya Tomaru
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Patent number: 11009997Abstract: An input device includes: a detector that detects an operation state of an operation object on an operation surface; a controller that performs input to a predetermined instrument; and a driver that vibrates the operation surface. The predetermined instrument includes a display. Multiple operation buttons and a pointer corresponding to a position of the operation object are displayed. The position of the operation object is associated with a position of each of the operation buttons and a position of the pointer by a relative coordinate. The controller causes the driver to generate a predetermined vibration on an area corresponding to an intermediate area between a first operation button and a second operation button. The controller prohibits execution of the attraction control, or corrects a movement amount of the pointer and causes the pointer to reach the second operation button from the first operation button.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuya Tomaru
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Publication number: 20210129673Abstract: An input device includes a display unit, a detection unit, and a press detection unit. The display unit is provided on a predetermined device mounted on a vehicle and displays information related to the vehicle. The detection unit detects a position of an operation body on an operation surface. The press detection unit detects a press state of the operation body on the operation surface. The input device causes the display unit to display a plurality of operation icons for input operation. The input device associates the operation body on the operation surface with one of the plurality of operation icons. The input device performs an input to the predetermined device according to an operation state of the operation body detected by the detection unit and the press detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventor: Tetsuya TOMARU
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Publication number: 20210055798Abstract: An input device includes: a detector configured to detect an operation state of an operation body on an operation surface; a controller configured to execute an input control with respect to a predetermined instrument in accordance with the operation state of the operation body; and a drive portion configured to vibrate the operation surface. A selection position of the operation buttons on a display is correlated to a coordinate position of the operation body on the operation surface. The drive portion generates a predetermined vibration on the operation surface for a predetermined period in response to determining that the selection position of the operation buttons on the display is changed from one operation button to another operation button.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Tetsuya TOMARU, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200301511Abstract: An input device includes: a detector that detects an operation state of an operation object on an operation surface; a controller that performs an input operation on a predetermined instrument; and a driver that vibrates the operation surface. Multiple operation areas for operating the predetermined instrument are set on the operation surface in advance. The controller applies an attraction action into a second operation area by causing the driver to generate a predetermined vibration in an intermediate area between a first operation area and the second operation area. The controller stops an actuation of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventor: Tetsuya TOMARU
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Publication number: 20200301540Abstract: An input device includes: a detector that detects an operation state of an operation object on an operation surface; a controller that performs input to a predetermined instrument; and a driver that vibrates the operation surface. The predetermined instrument includes a display. Multiple operation buttons and a pointer corresponding to a position of the operation object are displayed. The position of the operation object is associated with a position of each of the operation buttons and a position of the pointer by a relative coordinate. The controller causes the driver to generate a predetermined vibration on an area corresponding to an intermediate area between a first operation button and a second operation button. The controller prohibits execution of the attraction control, or corrects a movement amount of the pointer and causes the pointer to reach the second operation button from the first operation button.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventor: Tetsuya TOMARU
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Publication number: 20200301561Abstract: An input device includes: a detector that detects an operation state of an operation object on an operation surface; a controller that performs input to a predetermined instrument; and a driver that vibrates the operation surface. The predetermined instrument includes a display. Multiple operation buttons are displayed on the display. An operation coordinate position of the operation object is associated with a display coordinate position of each of the multiple operation buttons. The controller causes the driver to generate a predetermined vibration on an area of the operation surface corresponding to an intermediate area between a first operation button and a second operation button. The controller corrects a first display coordinate position to a second display coordinate position or prohibit an attraction control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventor: Tetsuya TOMARU
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Publication number: 20200278751Abstract: In an input apparatus, under a state where contact of a manipulating body to a predetermined position on a manipulation surface is detected, a second low frictional force between the manipulation surface and the manipulating body is provided by vibrating the manipulation surface. The second low frictional force is smaller than a frictional force between the manipulation surface and the manipulating body when the manipulation surface is not vibrated. In response to determining the movement of the manipulating body from the predetermined position towards a target position on the manipulation surface, a first low frictional force between the manipulation surface and the manipulating body is provided by a predetermined time by vibrating the manipulation surface. The first low frictional force is smaller than the second low frictional force.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya TOMARU, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10317996Abstract: An operation system includes: an operation device manually operated by a user and inputting a command of an operation content to a command target apparatus selected from multiple apparatuses; a selection device selecting one apparatus as the command target apparatus according to multiple visual line regions individually set in relation to the apparatuses and a visual line direction of the user detected by a visual line detection sensor, the one device relating to one visual line region disposed in the visual line direction; and a selection maintaining device maintaining a selection state of the command target apparatus even when the visual line direction is changed to another direction pointing to none of the visual line regions while the command target apparatus is selected.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeaki Nishihashi, Hiroyuki Kogure, Hideki Ito, Tetsuya Tomaru, Yoshiyuki Tsuda, Takuya Osugi
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Patent number: 10088923Abstract: An operation input device provided in a vehicle and operated by a hand or a finger of a driver to carry out an input according to a movement amount of the hand or the finger of the driver is provided. The operation input device includes a time series signal generator that detects the movement amount and generates a time series signal of the movement amount, an input operation accepter that accepts an input operation of the driver based on the time series signal, and a band attenuation filter that is provided between the time series signal generator and the input operation accepter and attenuates, of signal components of the time series signal, a signal component from a predetermined first frequency to a predetermined second frequency larger than the first frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Hatanaka, Tetsuya Tomaru
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Publication number: 20180239441Abstract: An operation system includes: an operation device manually operated by a user; a control device that controls actions of a plurality of apparatuses according to a visual line direction of the user detected by a visual line detection sensor and an operation content of the operation device; and a contact detection device that detects that the user touches the operation device. The control device enables the visual line direction detected by the visual line detection sensor and reflects the visual line direction in a control of the control device when the contact detection device detects that the user touches the operation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Takuya OSUGI, Hideki ITO, Tetsuya TOMARU, Yoshiyuki TSUDA, Shigeaki NISHIHASHI, Hiroyuki KOGURE
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Publication number: 20180239424Abstract: An operation system includes: an operation device that is manually operated by a user and inputs a command of an action content to a command target apparatus selected from a plurality of apparatuses; a plurality of display units that are individually arranged on the plurality of apparatuses and display information corresponding to the action content; and a selection device that selects one of the plurality of apparatuses as the command target apparatus according to a visual line direction of a user detected by a visual line detection sensor, the one of the plurality of apparatuses corresponding to one of the display units disposed in the visual line direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Shigeaki NISHIHASHI, Hiroyuki KOGURE, Hideki ITO, Tetsuya TOMARU, Yoshiyuki TSUDA, Takuya OSUGI
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Publication number: 20180053058Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a camera that captures surroundings of a vehicle and generates a capture image; an image processing circuit that is supplied with the capture image as successive image data, performs predetermined image processing, and outputs an output image including display-use image data; and a liquid crystal panel that displays the output image as a motion picture. The display apparatus further includes: a traveling state detector that detects a signal comparable to a traveling state of the vehicle; and a correction section provided in the image processing circuit. The correction section performs residual image correction to suppress occurrence of a residual image in the output image due to a decreased response rate of the liquid crystal panel, in accordance with a traveling state of the vehicle acquired by the traveling state detector when a temperature of the liquid crystal panel is lower than a predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Toshiyuki KONISHI, Tetsuya TOMARU, Yoshiyuki TSUDA
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Publication number: 20180046246Abstract: An operation system includes: an operation device manually operated by a user and inputting a command of an operation content to a command target apparatus selected from multiple apparatuses; a selection device selecting one apparatus as the command target apparatus according to multiple visual line regions individually set in relation to the apparatuses and a visual line direction of the user detected by a visual line detection sensor, the one device relating to one visual line region disposed in the visual line direction; and a selection maintaining device maintaining a selection state of the command target apparatus even when the visual line direction is changed to another direction pointing to none of the visual line regions while the command target apparatus is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Shigeaki NISHIHASHI, Hiroyuki KOGURE, Hideki ITO, Tetsuya TOMARU, Yoshiyuki TSUDA, Takuya OSUGI
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Publication number: 20170068338Abstract: An operation input device provided in a vehicle and operated by a hand or a finger of a driver to carry out an input according to a movement amount of the hand or the finger of the driver is provided. The operation input device includes a time series signal generator that detects the movement amount and generates a time series signal of the movement amount, an input operation accepter that accepts an input operation of the driver based on the time series signal, and a band attenuation filter that is provided between the time series signal generator and the input operation accepter and attenuates, of signal components of the time series signal, a signal component from a predetermined first frequency to a predetermined second frequency larger than the first frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Shinji HATANAKA, Tetsuya TOMARU
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Patent number: 9448641Abstract: A gesture input apparatus that includes a command determination portion provided in a vehicle and determining a command according to a gesture of a first region in an upper limb of an operator who rides on the vehicle, a command output portion outputting the command determined by the command determination portion, a speed detection portion detecting a movement speed of a second region that is positioned nearer to a shoulder of the operator than the first region in the upper limb, and an output prohibition portion prohibiting an output of the command by the command output portion when the movement speed detected by the speed detection portion is equal to or more than a predetermined speed is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Hamada, Tetsuya Tomaru
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Publication number: 20160202762Abstract: A touch panel type input device includes: a display unit that displays multiple input-enabled regions, on which a finger of a user is touchable; an input device that performs an input corresponding to one of the input-enabled regions when the finger touches the one of the input-enabled regions; and a first approach notification device that executes a first approach notification for notifying the user of an approach of the finger when the finger is disposed within a first predetermined distance from the one of the input-enabled regions without touching the display unit. The first approach notification device executes the first approach notification by vibrating a part of a compartment of a vehicle other than the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Tetsuya TOMARU, Shinji HATANAKA