Patents by Inventor Naoki Urano

Naoki Urano 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).

  • Patent number: 7562736
    Abstract: A saddle ride type four-wheel vehicle includes an electronic control type fuel injection system in a fuel supply system for an engine mounted thereon, wherein a fuel pump is disposed on the rear side relative to the rotational center axis of front wheels and on the front side relative to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Eguchi, Yuichiro Tsuruta, Kazuhito Hotta, Atsushi Ito, Naoki Urano
  • Patent number: 7325639
    Abstract: A fender assembly is divided into an upper fender and a lower fender with a air guide port being formed in the upper fender wherein the entry of muddy water splashed up in a tangential line direction by a front wheel into the air guide port is prevented and the size of the upper fender is reduced. An upper fender is secured to upper forks of the front forks, while a lower fender is secured to lower forks. The upper fender is disposed in a range in which muddy water is blocked by the lower fender. An air guide port is formed in the upper fender and an air guide path is formed by a fender recess extending forward of the air guide port and a lower portion of a visor which covers the fender recess from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Naoki Urano, Akinori Hirano, Hiroki Sakata, Yoshiyuki Ishiguri, Yasuhiro Uchiike
  • Publication number: 20060117365
    Abstract: A stream output apparatus (50) includes a sequence information obtaining apparatus (106) for obtaining sequence information representing a reproduction sequence of stream data, and a sequencer apparatus (110) obtaining stream data ready for use with the sequence information obtained by the sequence information obtaining apparatus (106) and outputting the data in accordance with the sequence designated by the sequence information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Toru Ueda, Naoki Urano, Iwao Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20060000652
    Abstract: A fender assembly is divided into an upper fender and a lower fender with a air guide port being formed in the upper fender wherein the entry of muddy water splashed up in a tangential line direction by a front wheel into the air guide port is prevented and the size of the upper fender is reduced. An upper fender is secured to upper forks of the front forks, while a lower fender is secured to lower forks. The upper fender is disposed in a range in which muddy water is blocked by the lower fender. An air guide port is formed in the upper fender and an air guide path is formed by a fender recess extending forward of the air guide port and a lower portion of a visor which covers the fender recess from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Naoki Urano, Akinori Hirano, Hiroki Sakata, Yoshiyuki Ishiguri, Yasuhiro Uchiike
  • Patent number: 6983251
    Abstract: An information presentation apparatus is provided presenting an interface suitable for selecting desired information from a plurality of information. The apparatus has three methods of presenting information. The first method is to present information by sequentially playing and presenting a plurality of audio information related to the information in turn. The second method is to present the plurality of audio information at the same time wherein each sound has its directivity. The third method is a combination of the first and second methods wherein user can select desired method between the two depending on kinds of information presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Azusa Umemoto, Mitsuru Minakuchi, Naoki Urano
  • Publication number: 20050173918
    Abstract: A saddle ride type four-wheel vehicle includes an electronic control type fuel injection system in a fuel supply system for an engine mounted thereon, wherein a fuel pump is disposed on the rear side relative to the rotational center axis of front wheels and on the front side relative to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Eguchi, Yuichiro Tsuruta, Kazuhito Hotta, Atsushi Ito, Naoki Urano
  • Patent number: 6628313
    Abstract: In an information retrieval method that allows the user to retrieve information in an intuitive way even when the user only has a vague requirement, information is retrieved from a memory device in which a plurality of information are stored. The information retrieval method includes the steps of determining whether any of a predetermined number of sub-information displayed in advance is selected or not: setting selected information as main information when any of the sub-information is selected; calculating the level of relationship with the main information for each information other than the main information stored in the memory device when any of the sub-information is selected and selecting the predetermined number of sub-information according to the level of relationship; displaying the main information; and displaying the predetermined number of sub-information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Minakuchi, Naoki Urano
  • Patent number: 6577319
    Abstract: A method for controlling a data display of the present invention, controlling a display of data including at least one attribute, includes: an attribute conversion step of converting at least one attribute of the data into a display attribute by using at least one mapping function; a display step of displaying the data based on the display attribute; and a parameter changing step of changing a parameter of the mapping function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Kashiwagi, Naoki Urano
  • Patent number: 6507836
    Abstract: A data search method capable of representing a complex search condition with a reduced number of filters and allowing high data visibility is used in a data search system including a storage disposed to store a plurality of data to be administered and attribute values associated with a desired number of attributes and respectively assigned to the plurality of data, a display, an input unit receiving an instruction from a user to perform an operation through a user operation to be performed on an object displayed on the display, and a data operation unit performing an operation on the plurality of data in response to the instruction received by the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nose, Naoki Urano, Masafumi Hirata
  • Patent number: 6396598
    Abstract: An electronic memo adding and displaying apparatus 50 includes a tablet with integrated display for electronically acquiring an electronic memo to a document input by a user through a virtual transparent input sheet registered to be overlapped with an arbitrary object document 52, and for displaying the electronic memo on the virtual transparent input sheet, and a control unit 58 performing an electronic memo storing process, for storing the electronic memo acquired through the tablet with integrated display in a storage while associating the electronic memo with the object document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Kashiwagi, Naoki Urano, Kouji Akasaka
  • Patent number: 6360839
    Abstract: A cooling device is efficiently arranged which simplifies and reduces the weight of piping for the cooling device by shortening the piping. A cooling water pump is arranged on a vertically elongated skid plate at one side of a crankcase. A reservoir tank is located on the other side of the crankcase. The reservoir tank is formed of synthetic resin or similar material. The reservoir tank is housed in a space between the skid plate and a front section of an ACG case of the reservoir tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Urano, Hiroshi Inokawa
  • Patent number: 6317739
    Abstract: A data management method of obtaining accurately the number of data satisfying a retrieval condition and the number of data not satisfying a retrieval condition is employed in a data management apparatus including: a storage device storing a plurality of data, each data having an attribute and an attribute value associated with each attribute; a display device; a control circuit for displaying on the display device a region for each attribute value of a certain attribute and a plurality of icons representing the plurality of data, respectively, on each region; and a circuit to retrieve data by a filter to which an attribute and an attribute value are related.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Hirata, Naoki Urano, Mitsuru Minakuchi
  • Patent number: 6268854
    Abstract: A picture search device of the present invention includes: a storage section; a display section; a position input section; and a control section for controlling the storage section, the display section and the position input section. The storage section contains a plurality of pictures respectively provided with labels which are assigned in accordance with a predetermined rule. The position input section detects input information from a user so as to provide a control signal to the control section in response to the input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: George Borden, Naoki Urano
  • Patent number: 5990898
    Abstract: A multi-media data display device for displaying a plurality of multi-media data items on a display screen is provided. Each of the multi-media data items has geometric data and attributive data defined by positional information in an n-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Urano
  • Patent number: 5984035
    Abstract: A radiator grille is provided between the radiator and the front fender without elongating the wheel base of the motorcycle. The radiator grille includes a plurality of vertically long louvers. The forward projecting distance of the louvers is shorter for louvers near the body center and longer for louvers further away from the body center. As a result, the forward ends of the louvers are located outside the rotation locus inscribed by the rear of the front fender. Furthermore, the inclination angle formed between the louver and a vertical reference line is larger for outer louvers than for inner louvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Katoh, Naoki Urano, Hikaru Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 5459821
    Abstract: A method for generating a multisided patch in which the expression form of each boundary curve and topology of the curve network can freely be set, curve formulae can be simply input, and high continuity. By inputting data of boundary curves to multisided patch generator via editing means which generates and edits curves, and blending sweep surfaces in two stages, a free-form surface is generated as a surface interpolating them. That is, data of a plurality of boundary curves is inputted to multisided patch generator, each given curve is swept by sweeping means along the curves intersecting it to generate surfaces, and the surfaces are blended by blending means in two stages, thereby generating a free-form surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kuriyama, Hiroshi Minakata, Naoki Urano, Kazuya Shimizu