Patents by Inventor Tomo Asakura

Tomo Asakura 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: 20230297187
    Abstract: A position detecting circuit detects an indicated position on an input surface of a sensor as absolute coordinates. A relative coordinate calculating circuit which, in operation, sequentially obtains the absolute coordinates from the position detecting circuit and calculates relative coordinates indicating the position indicated by an indicator on the input surface, from a difference between previous absolute coordinates and present absolute coordinates. An output absolute coordinate value calculating circuit which, in operation, assumes that an indication input is performed on an input area positioned on an output absolute coordinate region corresponding to a display screen, and calculates an output absolute coordinate value of the indicated position corresponding to the indication input by using the relative coordinates from the relative coordinate calculating circuit. The calculated output absolute coordinate value is output through an output circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: So KATO, Tomo ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20230205361
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus includes a sensor, and a controller that detects a position of a first position indicator and a position of a second position indicator through the sensor. The controller continues detecting the position of the first position indicator and halts detecting the position of the second position indicator after a state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the first position indicator is detected, and continues both detecting the position of the second position indicator and detecting the position of the first position indicator after the state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the second position indicator is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Tomo Asakura, Masamitsu Ito
  • Patent number: 11599220
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus includes a sensor, and a controller that detects a position of a first position indicator and a position of a second position indicator through the sensor. The controller continues detecting the position of the first position indicator and halts detecting the position of the second position indicator after a state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the first position indicator is detected, and continues both detecting the position of the second position indicator and detecting the position of the first position indicator after the state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the second position indicator is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomo Asakura, Masamitsu Ito
  • Publication number: 20210294493
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus includes a sensor, and a controller that detects a position of a first position indicator and a position of a second position indicator through the sensor. The controller continues detecting the position of the first position indicator and halts detecting the position of the second position indicator after a state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the first position indicator is detected, and continues both detecting the position of the second position indicator and detecting the position of the first position indicator after the state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the second position indicator is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomo Asakura, Masamitsu Ito