Patents by Inventor Yuichi OKANO

Yuichi OKANO 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).

  • TOUCH PANEL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090183931
    Abstract: A touch panel unit includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in directions of an X axis and a Y axis. A screening electrode switching control circuit handles each of electrodes arranged in the direction of the X axis as a detecting electrode and handles electrodes arranged in the direction of the Y axis as screening electrodes when an arithmetic unit detects the location of an approach or a touch to or with the touch panel unit in the direction of the X axis, whereas the screening electrode switching control circuit handles the electrodes arranged in the direction of the X axis as the screening electrodes and handles each of the electrodes arranged in the direction of the Y axis as the detecting electrode when the arithmetic unit detects the location of the approach or the touch to or with the touch panel unit in the direction of the Y axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi OKANO, Takenori Kawamata