Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Niga

Yasuhiro Niga 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: 20100328254
    Abstract: A capacitance type input device is configured to detect the access position of a conductor such as a finger, and includes a plurality of electrodes and an IC chip. The plurality of electrodes are spaced apart from each other in direction Y, and each of the electrodes has an elongated form extending in direction X. The IC chip detects the access position of the finger in direction Y, based on a change in capacitance generated between the finger and the respective electrodes. The plurality of electrodes include a high-sensitivity electrode, and a low-sensitivity electrode which has a greater surface area than that of the high-sensitivity electrode. When compared by the same size, the low-sensitivity electrode has a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NIGA, Yasushi Kasajima
  • Publication number: 20100214520
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (A1) includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of first electrodes (2R, 2G), a plurality of second electrodes (3) intersecting the first electrodes, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, a color filter directly or indirectly covering each of the first electrodes, and a driver (7) for supplying image display signals to the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes are connected to scanning signal supply terminals of the driver to periodically receive a scanning signal. The second electrodes are connected to control signal supply terminals of the driver to selectively receive a control signal. The driver causes the liquid crystal layer to be in either an ON state or an OFF state by supplying the scanning signal and the control signal to the first electrodes and the second electrodes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Miyaki, Kazuyuki Hiratsuka, Yasuhiro Niga