Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kozakai

Hiroyuki Kozakai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Region guidance system and region guidance program
    Patent number: 11333515
    Abstract: Region guidance systems and programs obtain a spot with which guidance information is associated. When there are a plurality of the spots in a region whose boundary is defined, the systems an programs provide guidance on the guidance information associated with one of the spots selected based on a position of an entry spot to the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kozakai, Koji Ogawa, Hiroyuki Tamba, Hajime Morikawa, Xin Jin
  • REGION GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND REGION GUIDANCE PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20180252544
    Abstract: Region guidance systems and programs obtain a spot with which guidance information is associated. When there are a plurality of the spots in a region whose boundary is defined, the systems an programs provide guidance on the guidance information associated with one of the spots selected based on a position of an entry spot to the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOZAKAI, Koji OGAWA, Hiroyuki TAMBA, Hajime MORIKAWA, Jin XIN
  • Route search device and method, information providing device and method, and route search system
    Patent number: 8996306
    Abstract: A route search device including a database in which map information and facility information are stored, a reference location information obtaining unit that obtains reference location information as location information of a given point from an outside of the route search device, a location information obtaining unit that obtains location information of a desired facility from the outside, a corresponding location information obtaining unit that obtains corresponding location information as location information of a point corresponding to the given point, from the database, a location correction factor calculating unit that calculates a location correction factor, a location correction factor storage unit that stores the location correction factor, a location information correcting unit that corrects the location information of the desired facility, using the location correction factor, and a route searching unit that makes a search for a route to the desired facility, based on the corrected location informa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kodan, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ichiro Usami, Hiroyuki Kozakai
  • ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND ROUTE SEARCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120209509
    Abstract: A route search device including a database in which map information and facility information are stored, a reference location information obtaining unit that obtains reference location information as location information of a given point from an outside of the route search device, a location information obtaining unit that obtains location information of a desired facility from the outside, a corresponding location information obtaining unit that obtains corresponding location information as location information of a point corresponding to the given point, from the database, a location correction factor calculating unit that calculates a location correction factor, a location correction factor storage unit that stores the location correction factor, a location information correcting unit that corrects the location information of the desired facility, using the location correction factor, and a route searching unit that makes a search for a route to the desired facility, based on the corrected location informa
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Kodan, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ichiro Usami, Hiroyuki Kozakai