Patents by Inventor Minoru Maehata
Minoru Maehata 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).
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Publication number: 20160300324Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory that stores a correction value; a display that displays a first region of a content to be displayed; and a processing part that performs a process corresponding to a motion of a mobile communication terminal. The processing part includes: (i) a detector that detects a move distance of the mobile communication terminal; (ii) a deriving part that derives a relative position of the mobile communication terminal to a reference position on the content, based on the correction value and the move distance; (iii) an extraction part that extracts a second region of the content based on the relative position of the mobile communication terminal on the content; and (iv) a sender that sends the second region to the mobile communication terminal to cause the second region to be displayed on the mobile communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Fumiaki KISO, Daisuke YAMASAKI, Minoru MAEHATA, Shizuka TAMURA, Yoshitaka HIRASHIMA, Toshio KITAHARA, Toshihiro MURATA
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Publication number: 20160240169Abstract: An information processing system according to the embodiments includes an in-vehicle device (electronic device), a portable communication terminal, a terminal position computing unit (computing unit), and a specific process executing unit (executing unit). The in-vehicle device is provided in a vehicle (predetermined facility). The portable communication terminal is capable of mutual communication with the in-vehicle device. The terminal position computing unit computes a position of the portable communication terminal based upon a motion of the portable communication terminal. The specific process executing unit, when the position of the portable communication terminal computed by the terminal position computing unit is a predetermined position that is predefined in the facility, executes a specific process corresponding to the predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Shizuka TAMURA, Yoshitaka HIRASHIMA, Toshio KITAHARA, Toshihiro MURATA, Minoru MAEHATA
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Publication number: 20150346852Abstract: An operation panel includes: a surface member that includes a first main surface and a second main surface, the first main surface on which a touch operation is performed, the second main surface facing in a direction opposite to a direction faced by the first main surface; and a touch sensor that is provided along the second main surface of the surface member and that detects a touch operation on the first main surface. The second main surface is a 2D curved surface bent only in a left-right direction and the first main surface is a 3D curved surface bent in two or more directions including the left-right direction. Since the second main surface of the surface member is the 2D curved surface, the touch sensor can be provided along the second main surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Motoya JIYAMA, Minoru MAEHATA, Tetsuya KATO, Tomoaki ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9176334Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device having a display section that displays different images intended for a plurality of different viewing ranges on the same screen, wherein provisions are made so that the image intended for at least one viewing range can be viewed in good condition, and a method for mounting such a display device. More specifically, a display device according to the invention includes a display section that displays different images intended for a plurality of different viewing ranges on the same screen, wherein the viewing range of at least one of the different images displayed on the display section is not narrower than 20°, but not wider than 40°.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Shogo Tanaka, Shinya Tanaka, Minoru Maehata
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Publication number: 20150233721Abstract: An electronic system includes: a display controller that causes display, on a screen of the mobile communication terminal, of an image corresponding to a position of the mobile communication terminal on a virtual wide-area image that is a virtual image wider than a display range of the electronic apparatus; a detector that detects a positional relationship between a displayed image on the electronic apparatus and a displayed image on the mobile communication terminal; and a generator that generates a position indicating image that shows the positional relationship between the displayed image on the electronic apparatus and the displayed image on the mobile communication terminal. The display controller also causes display of the position indicating image on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Fumiaki KISO, Daisuke YAMASAKI, Minoru MAEHATA, Shizuka TAMURA, Yoshitaka HIRASHIMA, Toshio KITAHARA, Toshihiro MURATA
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Patent number: 8947469Abstract: A display device includes a display panel on which images are displayed and which includes a plurality of display regions; a plurality of driving units that display the images in the plurality of display regions; a displayable region detecting unit that detects a displayable region at a time of abnormality of the display panel; an abnormality-time display image generating unit that generates an abnormality-time display image according to the displayable region detected by the displayable region detecting unit; and an abnormality-time display control unit that displays the abnormality-time display image generated by the abnormality-time display image generating unit in a displayable region while causing a driving unit of the plurality of driving units of which a corresponding display region is the displayable region to display an image in the corresponding display region.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Shogo Tanaka, Shinya Tanaka, Satoshi Harumoto, Naotoshi Miyamoto, Minoru Maehata, Miki Ozawa, Tomofumi Mizuno
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Patent number: 8847941Abstract: A display that includes a display panel, a controller controlling the display panel, and drivers for driving the display panel, the drivers including a most previous stage driver supplying a data signal from a controller to a subsequent stage driver, and an at least one subsequent stage driver supplying a data signal from a previous stage driver to a subsequent stage driver, the driver device including: a detection unit supplying a monitoring signal indicating whether a data signal is supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally to the controller; and a substitution controller supplying a substitution data signal based on a substitution control signal from the controller, wherein the controller supplies a substitution control signal making the substitution controller supply a substitution data signal when it determines that a data signal is not supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally by the monitoring signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Shinya Tanaka, Shogo Tanaka, Atsushi Hatagaki, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Yasushi Tani, Atsushi Mino, Satoshi Harumoto, Naotoshi Miyamoto, Minoru Maehata
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Patent number: 8406991Abstract: Upon detection of a portable terminal positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with an in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device in an in-vehicle system performs a pairing process with respect to the detected portable terminal to establish wireless communication with the detected portable terminal. Thereafter, the in-vehicle device acquires an image and sound acquired by an application being executed on the portable terminal from the portable terminal, with which wireless communication has been established. The in-vehicle device converts acquired various types of data into an outputtable format of the in-vehicle device and outputs the converted data to at least one of a display unit and a speaker.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Satoshi Ohta, Noriaki Inoue, Toshio Kitahara, Minoru Maehata, Tomohiro Kuroko, Ikuo Yagasaki
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Patent number: 8253861Abstract: A display device having a multi-view display panel (45) for displaying, on the common screen, individual images for more than one viewing direction and having image quality adjustment circuits (41, 42) for individually adjusting the quality of an image corresponding to each of the individual images.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Takumi Yoshimoto, Minoru Maehata, Kanako Nishida, Momoko Fujiwara, Kiyoshi Hamatani, Tomoki Saito
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Patent number: 8223277Abstract: A display device displays a D-seat image and a P-seat image on a display screen in a time-sharing manner, and forms a non-display state by inserting a black image BL or the like when changing the viewing angle of the display screen by controlling a liquid crystal shutter provided on the display screen in synchronization with the switching between the D-seat image and the P-seat image. With this display device, it is possible to prevent the image in one field of view from entering the other field of view, even if there are differences in the switching timing of the liquid crystal shutter.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Tetsuya Ohtoshi, Minoru Maehata
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Publication number: 20120038685Abstract: A display device includes a display panel on which images are displayed and which includes a plurality of display regions; a plurality of driving units that display the images in the plurality of display regions; a displayable region detecting unit that detects a displayable region at a time of abnormality of the display panel; an abnormality-time display image generating unit that generates an abnormality-time display image according to the displayable region detected by the displayable region detecting unit; and an abnormality-time display control unit that displays the abnormality-time display image generated by the abnormality-time display image generating unit in a displayable region while causing a driving unit of the plurality of driving units of which a corresponding display region is the displayable region to display an image in the corresponding display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Shogo Tanaka, Shinya Tanaka, Satoshi Harumoto, Naotoshi Miyamoto, Minoru Maehata, Miki Ozawa, Tomofumi Mizuno
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Publication number: 20110234574Abstract: A display that includes a display panel, a controller controlling the display panel, and drivers for driving the display panel, the drivers including a most previous stage driver supplying a data signal from a controller to a subsequent stage driver, and an at least one subsequent stage driver supplying a data signal from a previous stage driver to a subsequent stage driver, the driver device including: a detection unit supplying a monitoring signal indicating whether a data signal is supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally to the controller; and a substitution controller supplying a substitution data signal based on a substitution control signal from the controller, wherein the controller supplies a substitution control signal making the substitution controller supply a substitution data signal when it determines that a data signal is not supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally by the monitoring signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Shinya Tanaka, Shogo Tanaka, Atsushi Hatagaki, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Yasushi Tani, Atsushi Mino, Satoshi Harumoto, Naotoshi Miyamoto, Minoru Maehata
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Patent number: 7823176Abstract: FIG. 1 shows an electronic program guide unique to viewer A grouped from an electronic program guide based on electronic program guide data; the program type is set in an (a) column and the display mode of each program is set in a (b) column. In FIG. 1, a news program is displayed in text and a music program is displayed in an icon of musical notes on a music sheet. A sports program is displayed in an icon of a bat and a ball. Since the music program and the sports program are thus displayed in such icon images of reminding the viewer of the program contents, the viewer A can quickly determine the program contents visually.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Masahiko Kitagawa, Minoru Maehata, Mitsuru Sasaki, Yasuo Nakashima, Hideshi Nishizawa, Hideki Nakamura, Masahiro Kamiya
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Publication number: 20100138149Abstract: Upon detection of a portable terminal positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with an in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device in an in-vehicle system performs a pairing process with respect to the detected portable terminal to establish wireless communication with the detected portable terminal. Thereafter, the in-vehicle device acquires an image and sound acquired by an application being executed on the portable terminal from the portable terminal, with which wireless communication has been established. The in-vehicle device converts acquired various types of data into an outputtable format of the in-vehicle device and outputs the converted data to at least one of a display unit and a speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Ohta, Noriaki Inoue, Toshio Kitahara, Minoru Maehata, Tomohiro Kuroko, Ikuo Yagasaki
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Publication number: 20090185083Abstract: A display device displays a D-seat image and a P-seat image on a display screen in a time-sharing manner, and forms a non-display state by inserting a black image BL or the like when changing the viewing angle of the display screen by controlling a liquid crystal shutter provided on the display screen in synchronization with the switching between the D-seat image and the P-seat image. With this display device, it is possible to prevent the image in one field of view from entering the other field of view, even if there are differences in the switching timing of the liquid crystal shutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2007Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Tetsuya Ohtoshi, Minoru Maehata
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Publication number: 20090096811Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device having a display section that displays different images intended for a plurality of different viewing ranges on the same screen, wherein provisions are made so that the image intended for at least one viewing range can be viewed in good condition, and a method for mounting such a display device. More specifically, a display device according to the invention includes a display section that displays different images intended for a plurality of different viewing ranges on the same screen, wherein the viewing range of at least one of the different images displayed on the display section is not narrower than 20°, but not wider than 40°.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Shogo Tanaka, Shinya Tanaka, Minoru Maehata
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Publication number: 20090002268Abstract: A display control device enables to conduct control of automatically switching a display image in a prescribed direction of a plurality of viewing directions to a content or a status desired by a user on a display unit which can display individual images in a plurality of viewing directions on a common screen. The display control device (control unit 2) for controlling a display unit which can display individual images in a plurality of viewing directions on a common screen conducts switching control of a display image in a prescribed direction of a plurality of viewing directions based on a predetermined display switching condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2005Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Yoshikazu Ueta, Mitsuhiro Kamoto, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Taku Yokawa, Minoru Maehata, Kanako Nishida
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Patent number: 7366607Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a guidance-information creating unit that creates guidance information by acquiring a guiding direction, in which a vehicle should be guided, from preset route information and current position information; an acoustic-image creating unit that creates an acoustic image for notifying a driver of the guidance information; and an acoustic-image control unit that changes at least one of a movement start position of the acoustic image, a direction change position of the acoustic image, a moving amount of the acoustic image, a moving speed of the acoustic image, and a moving locus of the acoustic image according to the current position information and a guiding position in the preset route information.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Shinichi Nakaishi, Hideki Matsui, Akira Motojima, Yuji Tomita, Masanobu Maeda, Minoru Maehata
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Publication number: 20070296874Abstract: A display device having a multi-view display panel (45) for displaying, on the common screen, individual images for more than one viewing direction and having image quality adjustment circuits (41, 42) for individually adjusting the quality of an image corresponding to each of the individual images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2005Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Takumi Yoshimoto, Minoru Maehata, Kanako Nishida, Momoko Fujiwara, Kiyoshi Hamatani, Tomoki Saito
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Publication number: 20070006081Abstract: A display device equipped with an acoustic control unit for controlling the volume and the tone quality of sounds at the seats in a vehicle. The display device is capable of displaying, on one display panel, a first image that can be observed from a first direction and a second image that can be observed from a second direction, is further capable of producing a first sound corresponding to the first image and a second sound corresponding to the second image, and includes a sound adjusting section which is capable of independently adjusting the first sound and the second sound. The invention further provides a method of adjusting sounds in the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: FUJITSU-TEN LIMITEDInventors: Minoru Maehata, Kanako Nishida, Momoko Fujiwara