Patents Assigned to Pioneer Design Corporation
  • Publication number: 20110130953
    Abstract: The server apparatus has a life log database storing life log data indicating user behavior history. The server apparatus receives the related information request from the navigation apparatus, and searches the life log database based on the related information request to obtain the related information including the place information. Then, the server apparatus transmits the related information to the navigation apparatus. On the other hand, the navigation apparatus sets the guiding route based on the user's input, and generates the route information. The navigation apparatus obtains the ID information from the user's mobile terminal, and transmits the related information request including the ID information and the route information to the server apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER DESIGN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Ohishi, Yohei Nakajima, Mizuki Tomono, Kazushi Tahara, Hirofumi Tanigawa, Takashi Aoki, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20090082958
    Abstract: Steps executed by a travel route display system include a searching step (step S403) of searching a database based on a given search condition; a numerical data calculating step (step S404) of executing a predetermined calculation on a result obtained at step S403 to calculate numerical data displayed together with a travel route; an image data generating step (step S405) of generating a plurality of kinds of image data for displaying the travel route on a screen, the generation being based on results obtained at steps S403, S404; a display image controlling step (step S407) of so controlling the plurality of kinds of image data that an individual piece of image data or a synthesis of a plurality of image data can be displayed on the same screen, the plurality of kinds of image data being obtained at step S405; and an image data displaying step (step S408) of displaying the image data controlled at step S407.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER DESIGN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miyuki Ishii, Yoshinori Nakatsuka, Mitsukatsu Nagashima, Yoshihito Ibe
  • Patent number: 7500755
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a half mirror for allowing light incident from the rear to pass through to the front and reflecting light incident from the front toward the front, a display section placed at the rear of the half mirror, an image pickup section for picking up an image of the user and generating user image data, an image data retention section for retaining a plurality of pieces of attachment member image data, an image combining section for combining the attachment member image data selectively read from the image data retention section and the user image data to generate combined image data, and an image display control section for displaying the combined image data on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Ishizaki, Wataru Takahashi, Kuniko Ushiro, Yuki Nagai
  • Patent number: 7463789
    Abstract: An image-processing device (130) includes a data access section (131) that reads composite image data (10) having one data structure in which a plurality of image data are combined, and a controller (136) that selects predetermined image data from the composite image data (10) and displays only the selected image data on a display section (140). With the above configuration, a plurality of image data are organized in one composite image data (10) to thereby significantly reduce the image data size. Therefore, in such a device as having limited capacity for saving image data or the like, such as a car navigation, mobile phone, or other devices having a small-sized movie display section, a number of images can be displayed by using the composite image data in which a plurality of image data are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyonori Myochin
  • Patent number: 7444772
    Abstract: An image display apparatus is provided which comprises a flexible image display panel, and can be easily mounted on clothes. The image display panel can be easily mounted on clothes, and a drive section for driving the image display panel for displaying images is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignees: Pioneer Design Corporation, Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Harasawa, Koji Nakane, Takashi Matsumura, Mizuki Tomono
  • Patent number: 7369939
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires at least one of speed information and engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in such a manner that a road and a roadside zone of the road is displayed three-dimensionally, and a display of the road side zone is changed dynamically according to a speed and an engine revolutions-per-minute of the vehicle, based on the speed information and the engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushige Imai, Isao Nomura
  • Patent number: 7324878
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires speed information of the vehicle and status information concerning a status of the vehicle, the status information including at least one of engine revolutions-per-minute information, slope information, acceleration information, angular-velocity information, lateral-gravity information, voltage information, direction information, time information, latitude and longitude information, torque information, and horse-power information; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in such a manner that the speed information and the status information acquired are displayed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushige Imai, Isao Nomura
  • Patent number: 7284637
    Abstract: In a low-frequency sound reproducing speaker apparatus of Kelton type, a cabinet for containing a speaker unit is constituted by a shape of substantially a parallelepiped slender in a front and rear direction, a length dimension in the front and rear direction is set to a value substantially near to a depth dimension of a seat cushion of a vehicle, the speaker unit is attached to a partition plate for partitioning inside of the cabinet into front and rear air chambers, and a lower face of the cabinet is fixed to the seat cushion by a fixing belt laid along the front and rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Abe, Chuichi Endo, Koji Nakane, Yumi Takigami
  • Publication number: 20050179532
    Abstract: A display is set within a view angle of a driver who drives a vehicle, and a certain image is displayed on the display. The display is set so that the angle between the screen of the display and a line of driver's sight is larger than 90 degrees by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER DESIGN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nagai, Naoki Harasawa, Meiji Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6882326
    Abstract: A portable information terminal 1 includes a primary terminal 2 and a secondary terminal 3 which are combinable and separable from each other, and individually have displays 2A, 3Ba, operation keys 2B, 3Aa, RAMs 24, 36, antennas 26, 37, and CPUs 20, 30. The RAMs 24, 36 of the respective terminals 1, 2 store application programs and the CPUs 20, 30 individually control to operate a required function and display an image on the displays 2A, 3Ba. The CPUs 20, 30 are connected through communication between the antennas 26, 37 to systematically share an operation for a required function and to display images associated with each other on the respective displays 2A and 3Ba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirayama, Daisuke Suma, Mizuki Tomono, Tatsufumi Funayama
  • Patent number: 6876871
    Abstract: A multi-functional portable information terminal is equipped with a display and makes it possible to reuse the information held by a given function for another function. The portable information terminal comprises image range specifying part for specifying a given selected object within a given application windows displayed on a display panel. The terminal also comprises a copy part for copying the image of the selected object to display the copied image in floating on the display panel. The terminal further comprises a pasting part for pasting the selected object displayed in a floating manner onto another application window changed by the operation of a spectrum dial on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirayama, Mizuki Tomono, Yoshinori Nakatsuka, Mikiko Arakawa, Katsumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050053310
    Abstract: An image-processing device (130) includes a data access section (131) that reads composite image data (10) having one data structure in which a plurality of image data are combined, and a controller (136) that selects predetermined image data from the composite image data (10) and displays only the selected image data on a display section (140). With the above configuration, a plurality of image data are organized in one composite image data (10) to thereby significantly reduce the image data size. Therefore, in such a device as having limited capacity for saving image data or the like, such as a car navigation, mobile phone, or other devices having a small-sized movie display section, a number of images can be displayed by using the composite image data in which a plurality of image data are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicants: PIONEER CORPORATION, PIONEER DESIGN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyonori Myochin
  • Patent number: 6821248
    Abstract: A display 2A, a CCD camera 2C, a speaker/microphone 2D, and service select pads 2Ga through 2Gd which are allotted to the life supporting services to be provided are disposed. As a life supporting service is selected by means of the service select pads 2Ga through 2Gd, the display 2A, the CCD camera 2C and the speaker/microphone 2D are connected to service providing facilities which provide the selected life supporting service, through a public telephone line network T or the Internet I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignees: Pioneer Design Corporation, Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Natori
  • Patent number: 6807276
    Abstract: A portable telephone, equipped with an opening/closing cover, which houses an operating part. An operating panel is mounted to a main casing in a manner enabling movement between a position at the front face side and a position at the inner side of the main casing, and a compression spring, which urges this operating panel in the direction of the position at the front face side of the main casing is equipped. When the opening/closing cover is at the closed position, the operating panel is positioned at the position at the inner side of the main casing, and when the opening/closing cover is opened, the operating panel is moved to the position at the front face side by the compression spring so that it is positioned at a position at which the operating surface is substantially flush with the back face of the opening/closing cover that is positioned at the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirayama, Mizuki Tomono, Yoshinori Nakatsuka, Mikiko Arakawa, Katsumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20020198006
    Abstract: A portable information terminal includes a manipulation part 2 and a display part 3 which are coupled with the capability to change in position relative to each other. A rotational position detection sensor 14 is provided in a rotation supporting element 4 for coupling the manipulation part 2 and the display part 3. Each of application programs stored in a memory card loaded in a loading element 2C is corresponded to each of the preset relative positions of the manipulation part 2 and the display part 3 which are coupled to each other. The application program is automatically activated in response to the corresponding relative position of the manipulation part 2 and display part 3 that is detected by the rotational position detection sensor 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation and Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirayama, Daisuke Suma, Mizuki Tomono, Tatsufumi Funayama
  • Publication number: 20020196228
    Abstract: A portable information terminal 1 includes a primary terminal 2 and a secondary terminal 3 which are combinable and separable from each other, and individually have displays 2A, 3Ba, operation keys 2B, 3Aa, RAMs 24, 36, antennas 26, 37, and CPUs 20, 30. The RAMs 24, 36 of the respective terminals 1, 2 store application programs and the CPUs 20, 30 individually control to operate a required function and display an image on the displays 2A, 3Ba. The CPUs 20, 30 are connected through communication between the antennas 26, 37 to systematically share an operation for a required function and to display images associated with each other on the respective displays 2A and 3Ba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION & PIONEER DESIGN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirayama, Daisuke Suma, Mizuki Tomono, Tatsufumi Funayama
  • Publication number: 20020198652
    Abstract: A portable information terminal includes a main terminal 2 having a RAM 24 and a communication circuit 27, and a secondary terminal 3 having a communication circuit 38, a RAM 36 and a CPU 30. The communication circuit 38 of the secondary terminal 3 and the communication circuit 27 of the primary terminal 2 are communicated under control of the CPU 30, for transmission of application programs and data stored in the RAM 24 of the primary terminal 2, to the secondary terminal 3. Then the transmitted application program and data are stored in the RAM 36 of the secondary terminal 3 to form functions to be installed in the secondary terminal 3. The secondary terminal 3 is communicated with the communication circuit 27 of the primary terminal 2 to transmit data accumulated on the secondary terminal 3, to the primary terminal 2. Then the transmitted data is stored in the RAM 24 of the primary terminal 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation & Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirayama, Daisuke Suma, Mizuki Tomono, Tatsufumi Funayama
  • Publication number: 20020144442
    Abstract: An image display apparatus is provided which comprises a flexible image display panel, and can be easily mounted on clothes. The image display panel can be easily mounted on clothes, and a drive section for driving the image display panel for displaying images is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation and Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Harasawa, Koji Nakane, Takashi Matsumura, Mizuki Tomono
  • Patent number: 5974876
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus displays a map so as to support a travel of a movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignees: Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Hijikata, Keisuke Ito, Tomoko Shiota