IP Library Granted Patent US 10,114,506
Granted Patent B2
US 10,114,506 · App. 15/381,897 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Portable apparatus

Inventors: Satoshi Sato (Kitasaku, JP); Naoyuki Terada (Iwata, JP); Kazumasa Adachi (Hamamatsu, JP); Makoto Furuta (Fukuroi, JP); Takahiro Shimura (Hamamatsu, JP); Shigeyuki Adachi (Fukuroi, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
G06F3/0416G06F1/1613G06F1/1643G06F3/0412G06F3/0414G06F2203/04105
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Patent No.
US 10,114,506
App. No.
15/381,897
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus includes: a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted; four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame; a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and a calculation unit that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage.

Claims (32)

1. A portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus, the portable apparatus comprising:

a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted;

four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame;

a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and

a calculator that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage;

the portable apparatus further comprising:

a grip detection-dedicated leg extending from a long side of the frame; and

a second strain gage attached to the grip detection-dedicated leg,

wherein the calculator finds a grip strength with which the user grips the portable apparatus, based on an output of the second strain gage.

2. The portable apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a casing that has a back surface and a side surface and that houses the touch detection-dedicated legs,

wherein each of the four touch detection-dedicated legs is in contact with the back surface on an inside of the casing.

3. The portable apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a casing that has a back surface and a side surface and that houses the touch detection-dedicated legs,

wherein each of the four touch detection-dedicated legs is in contact with the back surface on an inside of the casing, and the grip detection-dedicated leg is in contact with the side surface on the inside of the casing.

4. The portable apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rectangular frame and the four touch detection-dedicated legs are formed integrally and are formed of an identical material.

5. A portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus, the portable apparatus comprising:

a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted;

four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame;

a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and

a calculator that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage;

the portable apparatus further comprising:

a plurality of grip detection-dedicated legs extending from one long side of the frame; and

a second strain gage attached to each of the plurality of grip detection-dedicated legs,

wherein the calculator finds a grip strength with which the user grips the portable apparatus and a grip position where the user grips the portable apparatus, based on outputs of the second strain gages.

6. A portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus, the portable apparatus comprising:

a frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted;

at least two touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from the frame;

a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and

a calculator that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage,

the portable apparatus further comprising:

a grip detection-dedicated leg extending from the frame; and

a second strain gage attached to the grip detection-dedicated leg,

wherein the calculator finds a grip strength with which the user grips the portable apparatus, based on an output of the second strain gage.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 044170/0544 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: SATO, SATOSHI
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041279/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: TERADA, NAOYUKI; ADACHI, KAZUMASA; FURUTA, MAKOTO; SHIMURA, TAKAHIRO
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041279/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: ADACHI, SHIGEYUKI
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041279/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-250471 · Dec 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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