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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Yasuo Morinaga, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Manabu Ota, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takeshi Higuchi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yasuo Morinaga, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Manabu Ota, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takeshi Higuchi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile information terminal that can acquire an optimum placement area for a controllable object, regardless of variability in user's gripping features among individuals. A pressure sensor array acquires a gripping pressure distribution; a gripping pressure logger records time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor forming the pressure sensor array; a gripping pressure change point detection unit includes a gripping pressure change amount calculation section that acquires time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor and determines whether the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds a predetermined value at any pressure sensor; and a placement area acquisition section specifies, when the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value at any pressure sensor, an optimum placement area for a controllable object with reference to a position where the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value.