Category:Tomohiro Hirakawa

Tomohiro Hirakawa

Executive Summary

Tomohiro Hirakawa is an inventor who has filed 4 patents. Their primary areas of innovation include with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts (3 patents), {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} (2 patents), Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means (1 patents), and they have worked with companies such as Synaptics Incorporated (4 patents). Their most frequent collaborators include (2 collaborations), (2 collaborations), (2 collaborations).

Patent Filing Activity

Technology Areas

List of Technology Areas

• G06F3/0362 (with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts): 3 patents
• G06F3/0446 ({using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}): 2 patents
• G06F3/041 (Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means): 1 patents
• G06F3/0393 ({Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads}): 1 patents
• B60K35/10 (Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor): 1 patents
• B60K2360/126 (ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES): 1 patents
• B60K37/06 (ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES): 1 patents
• B60K2370/126 (ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES): 1 patents
• G06F3/04166 ({Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally): 1 patents
• G06F3/0442 ({using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser}): 1 patents
• G09G3/20 (for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters}): 1 patents
• G09G2310/08 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G09G2330/021 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G09G2340/0435 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents

Companies

List of Companies

• Synaptics Incorporated: 4 patents

Collaborators

• Nobukazu Tanaka (2 collaborations)
• Takayuki Noto (2 collaborations)
• Kelvin Fong of Milpitas CA (US) (2 collaborations)
• Yan-Ju Du (2 collaborations)
• Masaaki Shiomura (1 collaborations)
• Hirokazu Hatayama (1 collaborations)
• Makoto Takeuchi (1 collaborations)
• Daisuke Ito (1 collaborations)