Kyocera Corporation

Shigeto Hattori

Fumiaki Nakao

Jun Takeda

Kazuhiro Murakami

Kenji Kono

Tomotake Aono

Katsuhiko Shimizu

Hironobu Tanigawa

Tomoyoshi Ikeda

Takeshi Shintani

Ryuichi Sawada

Koji Arata

Takeshi Yamori

Kazushi Koike

Shun Hirooka

An image processing deviceincludes an image interfacea memoryand a controllerThe image interfaceacquires a captured image. The positions of specific feature points in a world coordinate system and reference positions of the specific feature points are stored in the memoryThe controllerdetects the specific feature points in the captured image. In a case where discrepancy between the position in the captured image and the reference position is found with regard to a predetermined percentage or more of the specific feature points, the controllerrecalculates a calibration parameter.

Image processing device, imager, information processing device, detector, roadside unit, image processing method, and calibration method

A vehicle comprising a steering wheel; a steering switch disposed on the steering wheel; an other-vehicle-detector for detecting another vehicle; a tactile sensation presentation unit for presenting a tactile sensation to an operator by vibrating the steering switch; and a controller configured to, according to detection by the other-vehicle-detector, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to vibrate the steering switch to present a tactile sensation to the operator.

Vehicle and in-vehicle control method

Provided is an actuator having a piezoelectric element, a diaphragm to which the piezoelectric element is bonded and vibrates according to expansion and contraction displacement of the piezoelectric element, and a first spacer and a second spacer configured to fix both ends of the diaphragm in expansion and contraction displacement direction of the piezoelectric element to a base member. The driving characteristics of the actuator are determined by an effective length of the diaphragm between the first spacer and the second spacer.

Actuator and tactile sensation providing apparatus

An improved structure and tactile sensation providing apparatus are provided. A structure is configured to provide a tactile sensation. The structure comprises an abutment configured to abut an actuator that causes the structure to vibrate according to expansion and contraction displacement of a piezoelectric element. The abutment is non-adherent to the actuator.

Structure and tactile sensation providing apparatus

An input apparatus includes an operation interface configured to receive an input operation from a user, a piezoelectric element attached to the operation interface, and a controller configured to acquire output based on the input operation to the operation interface from the piezoelectric element and to execute different control with respect to a controlled apparatus in accordance with the output.

Input apparatus and input method

A measurement apparatus measures an electronic device that vibrates a touch surface to present a tactile sensation. The measurement apparatus includes a pressing portion that applies pressure to a touch surface, a vibration detector that detects vibration of the touch surface, the vibration being produced in response to pressure applied to the touch surface, and a pressure detector that detects the pressure applied to the touch surface.

Measurement apparatus and control method of measurement apparatus

An electronic device includes a touch portion, a piezoelectric element, and a receiver configured to receive an ultrasonic wave. The electronic device is configured to drive the piezoelectric element in a first drive mode to provide a tactile sensation to an object in contact with the touch portion. The electronic device is configured to drive the piezoelectric element in a second drive mode to transmit an ultrasonic wave, and receive, by the receiver, a reflected wave of the transmitted ultrasonic wave to detect an object.

Electronic device

A unit and a tactile sensation providing apparatus which enable simplification of the assembly process of the apparatus are provided. The unit is provided with an actuator, a first fixing unit fixable to a base, a second fixing unit, and an elastic member configured to couple the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit together. The second fixing unit is fixable to a vibration object and coupled to the actuator.

Unit and tactile sensation providing apparatus

A measurement apparatus measures an electronic device that vibrates a touch surface to present a tactile sensation. The measurement apparatus includes a vibration detector that detects vibration of a touch surface, the vibration being produced in response to pressure applied to the touch surface, and a pressure detector that detects the pressure applied to the touch surface.

A vehicular control unit includes a display configured to display a menu screen including an object for activating an application for operating an apparatus mounted on a vehicle, and a controller configured to activate the application corresponding to the object in accordance with control information acquired from a touch sensor. The controller is configured to set a first stage and a second stage threshold values that are related to data based on pressing, and switch the menu screen when the data based on pressing reaches the second stage threshold value.

Vehicular control unit

Operability is improved when operating an electronic device with one hand. An electronic device () includes a touch sensor on the front surface, a touch sensor on the back surface, and a controller () that closes a screen currently being displayed upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor () on the back surface.

Operability is improved when operating an electronic device with one hand. An electronic device () includes a touch sensor on a front surface and a touch sensor on a back surface. A controller () causes a cursor for selecting an icon positioned at an upper portion of a display () to be displayed upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor () on the back surface and executes processing corresponding to an icon selected by the cursor upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor () on the front surface. The controller () also executes processing related to a phone call application upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor () on the back surface during a phone call.

An electronic device can effectively transmit sound even if a force is applied to a panel by an ear. The electronic device includes a panel () and a vibration unit () that vibrates the panel () to generate air-conducted sound and vibration sound that is transmitted through a portion of a human body. The intensity of vibration of the vibration unit () changes in accordance with the force applied to the panel ().

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Yokohama, Japan

Shigeto Hattori