Patents by Inventor Yuta Shiokawa

Yuta Shiokawa 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).

  • Patent number: 11003249
    Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus having a configuration simple enough to be compact and capable of presenting an operator with the same real feeling of pressing as the feeling of operating a push-button switch when the operator operates a pressing-type input unit. The input apparatus includes an input unit which accepts a pressure input; a load detection unit which detects a pressure load to the input unit; a vibration unit which vibrates the input unit; and a control unit which, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined criterion for accepting an input to the input unit, controls driving of the vibration unit so as to generate a floating force on a pressing object pressing the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotake Aono, Kaoru Tashiro, Yuta Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 10221521
    Abstract: A textile printing is more appropriately performed on fabrics made from various materials. A textile printing method of performing textile printing on a textile printing object which is a fabric includes a dye adhesion process of adhering particles of a polyester resin which is a particulate polyester resin, and a dye to the fabric, and a heating process of heating the textile printing object having the particles of the polyester resin and the dye adhered thereto, thereby developing the color of the dye while fixing the particles of the polyester resin to the textile printing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Tabayashi, Yoshimi Yamada, Yuta Shiokawa
  • Publication number: 20180223475
    Abstract: A textile printing is more appropriately performed on fabrics made from various materials. A textile printing method of performing textile printing on a textile printing object which is a fabric includes a dye adhesion process of adhering particles of a polyester resin which is a particulate polyester resin, and a dye to the fabric, and a heating process of heating the textile printing object having the particles of the polyester resin and the dye adhered thereto, thereby developing the color of the dye while fixing the particles of the polyester resin to the textile printing object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao TABAYASHI, Yoshimi YAMADA, Yuta SHIOKAWA
  • Patent number: 9904363
    Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit and for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that the click sensation is provided to the object, after the input to the input unit is received, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard lower than the predetermined standard for receiving the input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the input unit of a pressure type, which enables a continuous input operation without a feeling of strangeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake Aono, Yuta Shiokawa, Kaoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8816969
    Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit , a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit , and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit . Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided upon operation of the input unit of a pressure type by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotake Aono, Yuta Shiokawa, Kaoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8330737
    Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit 14 such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided upon operation of the input unit of a pressure type by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotake Aono, Yuta Shiokawa, Kaoru Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110148795
    Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit 14 such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided upon operation of the input unit of a pressure type by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake AONO, Yuta SHIOKAWA, Kaoru TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20110102355
    Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided upon operation of the input unit of a pressure type by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake Aono, Yuta Shiokawa, Kaoru Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110102358
    Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit and for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that the click sensation is provided to the object, after the input to the input unit is received, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard lower than the predetermined standard for receiving the input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the input unit of a pressure type, which enables a continuous input operation without a feeling of strangeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake Aono, Yuta Shiokawa, Kaoru Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20100141410
    Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus having a configuration simple enough to be compact and capable of presenting an operator with the same real feeling of pressing as the feeling of operating a push-button switch when the operator operates a pressing-type input unit. The input apparatus includes an input unit which accepts a pressure input; a load detection unit which detects a pressure load to the input unit; a vibration unit which vibrates the input unit; and a control unit which, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined criterion for accepting an input to the input unit, controls driving of the vibration unit so as to generate a floating force on a pressing object pressing the input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Tomotake AONO, Kaoru Tashiro, Yuta Shiokawa