Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Kojima

Yuichiro Kojima 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).

  • Terminal device, information processing method, program, and storage medium
    Patent number: 10296212
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes an operation surface; an input detection unit that detects an indicator and determines at least one of a position of the indicator contacting the operation surface and a distance of the indicator from the operation surface in a vertical direction; an operation determination unit that determines information about an operation input by movement information of the indicator detected by the input detection unit; and a control unit that performs predetermined control when a first operation which is an operation performed to move the indicator in a vertical direction away from the operation surface is detected by the operation determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Jingushi, Kenji Kimura, Yuichiro Kojima, Yoshitsugu Kitada, Kenji Tokutake
  • TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180081537
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes an operation surface; an input detection unit that detects an indicator and determines at least one of a position of the indicator contacting the operation surface and a distance of the indicator from the operation surface in a vertical direction; an operation determination unit that determines information about an operation input by movement information of the indicator detected by the input detection unit; and a control unit that performs predetermined control when a first operation which is an operation performed to move the indicator in a vertical direction away from the operation surface is detected by the operation determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yuka JINGUSHI, Kenji KIMURA, Yuichiro KOJIMA, Yoshitsugu KITADA, Kenji TOKUTAKE
  • Terminal device, information processing method, program, and storage medium
    Patent number: 9836212
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes an operation surface; an input detection unit that detects an indicator and determines at least one of a position of the indicator contacting the operation surface and a distance of the indicator from the operation surface in a vertical direction; an operation determination unit that determines information about an operation input by movement information of the indicator detected by the input detection unit; and a control unit that performs predetermined control when a first operation which is an operation performed to move the indicator in a vertical direction away from the operation surface is detected by the operation determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Yuka Jingushi, Kenji Kimura, Yuichiro Kojima, Yoshitsugu Kitada, Kenji Tokutake
  • TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160110096
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes an operation surface; an input detection unit that detects an indicator and determines at least one of a position of the indicator contacting the operation surface and a distance of the indicator from the operation surface in a vertical direction; an operation determination unit that determines information about an operation input by movement information of the indicator detected by the input detection unit; and a control unit that performs predetermined control when a first operation which is an operation performed to move the indicator in a vertical direction away from the operation surface is detected by the operation determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yuka JINGUSHI, Kenji KIMURA, Yuichiro KOJIMA, Yoshitsugu KITADA, Kenji TOKUTAKE
  • Terminal device, information processing method, program, and storage medium
    Patent number: 9225810
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes an operation surface; an input detection unit that detects an indicator and determines at least one of a position of the indicator contacting the operation surface and a distance of the indicator from the operation surface in a vertical direction; an operation determination unit that determines information about an operation input by movement information of the indicator detected by the input detection unit; and a control unit that performs predetermined control when a first operation which is an operation performed to move the indicator in a vertical direction away from the operation surface is detected by the operation determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Yuka Jingushi, Kenji Kimura, Yuichiro Kojima, Yoshitsugu Kitada, Kenji Tokutake
  • TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140011547
    Abstract: A terminal device that includes an operation surface; an input detection unit that detects an indicator and determines at least one of a position of the indicator contacting the operation surface and a distance of the indicator from the operation surface in a vertical direction; an operation determination unit that determines information about an operation input by movement information of the indicator detected by the input detection unit; and a control unit that performs predetermined control when a first operation which is an operation performed to move the indicator in a vertical direction away from the operation surface is detected by the operation determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Yuka JINGUSHI, Kenji Kimura, Yuichiro Kojima, Yoshitsugu Kitada, Kenji Tokutake