Patents by Inventor Shigefumi Hirabayashi
Shigefumi Hirabayashi 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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Patent number: 7243984Abstract: In a floor panel structure of a vehicle body in which a floor of an automotive vehicle is formed by a floor panel coupled to a plurality of frame members extending in substantially longitudinal and width directions of the vehicle, there are provided a panel area formed by being enclosed at least by the frame members, a heavy-weight area located at a substantially central portion of the panel area, and a peripheral area located substantially around the heavy-weight area, wherein the heavy-weight area is configured so as to be heavier than the peripheral area. Accordingly, the vibration energy transmitted from the frame members to the floor panel can be reduced and thereby the acoustic emission generated from the floor panel can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Sugihara, Seiichi Nakabayashi, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 7158842Abstract: An audio apparatus (audio system) made up of the car-mounted audio apparatus 100 and portable audio apparatuses 200a and 200b transmits/receives contents data such as music via radio communication. As the communication system in this in-car radio communication, a short-distance data communication system is used, which allows respective apparatuses to recognize and authenticate with one another and perform data communication between those apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Masao Ushio, Kouji Hosoda, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 7135993Abstract: An on-vehicle information provision apparatus is provided that visually provides a vehicle occupant with an advertisement. The apparatus includes display condition setting device that sets predetermined display conditions for displaying the advertisement, condition determination device that determines whether or not the display condition applies, and advertisement display device that, when said display condition does apply, visually provides the occupant with the advertisement shown superimposed on an actual landscape being viewed by the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2004Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Okamoto, Youko Hoshino, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20050285432Abstract: In a floor panel structure of a vehicle body in which a floor of an automotive vehicle is formed by a floor panel coupled to a plurality of frame members extending in substantially longitudinal and width directions of the vehicle, there are provided a panel area formed by being enclosed at least by the frame members, a heavy-weight area located at a substantially central portion of the panel area, and a peripheral area located substantially around the heavy-weight area, wherein the heavy-weight area is configured so as to be heavier than the peripheral area. Accordingly, the vibration energy transmitted from the frame members to the floor panel can be reduced and thereby the acoustic emission generated from the floor panel can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Sugihara, Seiichi Nakabayashi, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20050264041Abstract: The panel area is formed in the substantially rectangular shape with sides thereof which extend substantially straight, by being enclosed by the frame member and the vibration restraint portion to control a vibration area, such as beads and the bent line portion, and the high-rigidity area and the low-rigidity area are formed within the panel area. Accordingly, the vibration energy can be increased at the low-rigidity area properly. As a result, the vibration energy transmitted from the frame members to the floor panel can be reduced, and thereby the acoustic emission generated from the floor panel can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Sugihara, Seiichi Nakabayashi, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 6937732Abstract: An audio apparatus for a vehicle made up of a car-mounted audio apparatus 100 and portable audio apparatuses 200a and 200b transmits/receives contents data such as music via radio communication. As a communication system for this in-car radio communication, a short-distance data communication system is used, which allows the apparatuses to recognize and authenticate one another and perform data communication with one another in the vehicle. Received music data is reproduced/output in real time.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2001Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Masao Ushio, Kouji Hosoda, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 6912452Abstract: A server for changing control gains of a vehicle is disclosed. The server includes a first receiver for receiving environment data obtained by vehicles of a plurality of users running in specific areas, and a second receiver for receiving learned data obtained by a plurality of users operating vehicles, and a storage device for accumulating the environment data and the learned data. The server further includes a transmitter for fetching environment data and learned data necessary to produce control gains from among the accumulated environment data and the learned data and transmitting the fetched environment data and learned data to a user requesting the environment data and the learned data. In a vehicle of the user, the control gains are newly produced and previously produced control gains are changed to the newly produced ones.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Shin Takehara, Hiroshi Ohmura, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20050107952Abstract: An on-vehicle information provision apparatus is provided that visually provides a vehicle occupant with positional information on an object. The apparatus includes object setting device that sets the object, visibility determination device that determining whether or not the occupant can see the object and positional information display device that, when it is determined that the occupants can see the object, visually informs the occupant of an apparent position of the object within an actual landscape that is being seen by the occupant by displaying image information showing the object superimposed on the landscape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Youko Hoshino, Yoshihisa Okamoto, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20050093719Abstract: An on-vehicle information provision apparatus is provided that visually provides a vehicle occupant with an advertisement. The apparatus includes display condition setting device that sets predetermined display conditions for displaying the advertisement, condition determination device that determines whether or not the display condition applies, and advertisement display device that, when said display condition does apply, visually provides the occupant with the advertisement shown superimposed on an actual landscape being viewed by the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihisa Okamoto, Youko Hoshino, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 6882911Abstract: Service information of a vehicle owned by a first user is provided through a communication line to a second user specified by the first user, and the second user is allowed to input a reply to a reply item about the service information.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Michitaka Hayakawa, Takahiro Ida, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20040133317Abstract: Service information of a vehicle owned by a first user is provided through a communication line to a second user specified by the first user, and the second user is allowed to input a reply to a reply item about the service information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Michitaka Hayakawa, Takahiro Ida, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 6738711Abstract: A map and other information distribution system for distributing map information and information other than map information is disclosed. The map and other information distribution system comprises an information center including a database storing map information and information other than map information, and a transmitter for transmitting at least said map information under a fee-based navigation contract concluded beforehand, and a mobile navigation system including a location detector for detecting the present location of a mobile unit, a receiver for receiving at least the map information from the information center under the fee-based navigation contract concluded beforehand, and a controller for displaying the map information around the present location of the mobile unit on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2001Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20040093284Abstract: There is disclosed a server which provides a high quality service taking into account a balance of business processing of a dealer and a desire of a client. More specifically, the server in accordance with the present invention receives specification information specifying specifications of a vehicle and an estimation request, and decides whether to sends an estimated price stored in an estimated price database to the client terminal or to inquire an estimated price from a dealer. In addition, the server in accordance with the present invention refers to automatic reply prohibited client data and decides whether or not the client is stored in the data as a client to whom an estimated price should not be automatically returned. Moreover, the server in accordance with the present invention decides whether or not a comment of the client is included in estimation request data from the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroki Takaoka, Shigefumi Hirabayashi, Norihiko Uchida
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Patent number: 6678591Abstract: A server for remote vehicle troubleshooting from a remote location includes a troubleshooting program transmitter for transmitting to a vehicle a troubleshooting program for performing vehicle troubleshooting at the vehicle side upon receiving a request from an owner of the vehicle or at a predetermined time, a vehicle inspection result receiver for receiving from the vehicle inspection results regarding the vehicle obtained by executing the vehicle inspection program, and a trouble determining device for determining troubles particulars by analyzing the inspection results, and a trouble particular transmitter for transmitting the trouble particulars to the vehicle. The server enables vehicle troubleshooting and inspection to be performed simply without the need for the vehicle owner to visit a dealer and/or auto service shop.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Koji Hosoda, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 6675089Abstract: In order to make better use of personal information manager data and to improve the convenience for the user, in cases where such personal information manager data is used in a vehicle V, the personal information manager data including position data and time data and traffic information are input from outside the vehicle V so as to guide the user using the vehicle V along a travel route based on the personal information manager data and in association with the position data, whereby it is possible to appropriately guide the user using the vehicle V along the travel route according to the position data of the personal information manager data.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shigefumi Hirabayashi, Norihiko Uchida
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Publication number: 20030050742Abstract: A server for changing control gains of a vehicle is disclosed. The server includes a first receiver for receiving environment data obtained by vehicles of a plurality of users running in specific areas, and a second receiver for receiving learned data obtained by a plurality of users operating vehicles, and a storage device for accumulating the environment data and the learned data. The server further includes a transmitter for fetching environment data and learned data necessary to produce control gains from among the accumulated environment data and the learned data and transmitting the fetched environment data and learned data to a user requesting the environment data and the learned data. In a vehicle of the user, the control gains are newly produced and previously produced control gains are changed to the newly produced ones.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Shin Takehara, Hiroshi Ohmura, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Patent number: 6462674Abstract: A navigation unit 1 sends map image information representing a map image of an area around a current position of an automobile in which the unit 1 is installed to a communication apparatus 9 with which the unit 1 is communicating, if the communication apparatus 9 does not have geographical data. The map image information includes information such as a symbol image that allows the current position of the navigation unit 1 to be identified. The data format of the map image information is a data format that allows the information to be reproduced in an ordinary personal computer.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2001Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Masao Ushio, Kouji Hosoda, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20020103583Abstract: A system for remotely performing troubleshooting of vehicles via a network using a server is disclosed. The server is equipped with a first database for storing owner information including personal data regarding individual owners and vehicle data regarding vehicles owned by the owners, a second database for storing model-specific information including model-specific information on vehicle problems and a third database for storing a troubleshooting program for performing vehicle troubleshooting, a device for transmitting the troubleshooting program over a network to vehicles of owners regarding whom owner information is stored in the first database. The vehicles are equipped with a device for requesting the server to supply a troubleshooting program, a device for receiving the troubleshooting program, a device for using the received troubleshooting program to inspect the vehicle and obtain inspection results.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2002Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Koji Hosoda, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20020103582Abstract: A server for remote vehicle troubleshooting for performing vehicle troubleshooting from a remote location is disclosed. The server comprises a troubleshooting program transmitter for transmitting to a vehicle a troubleshooting program for performing vehicle troubleshooting at the vehicle side upon receiving a request from an owner of the vehicle or at a predetermined time, a vehicle inspection result receiver for receiving from the vehicle inspection results regarding the vehicle obtained by executing the troubleshooting program, a trouble determining device for determining trouble particulars by analyzing the inspection results, and a trouble particular transmitter for transmitting the trouble particulars to the vehicle. The server enables vehicle troubleshooting and inspection to be performed simply without need for the vehicle owner to visit a dealer and/or auto service shop.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2002Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Koji Hosoda, Shigefumi Hirabayashi
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Publication number: 20020077745Abstract: A map and other information distribution system for distributing map information and information other than map information is disclosed. The map and other information distribution system comprises an information center including a database storing map information and information other than map information, and a transmitter for transmitting at least said map information under a fee-based navigation contract concluded beforehand, and a mobile navigation system including a location detector for detecting the present location of a mobile unit, a receiver for receiving at least the map information from the information center under the fee-based navigation contract concluded beforehand, and a controller for displaying the map information around the present location of the mobile unit on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Hiroshi Ohmura, Shigefumi Hirabayashi