Patents Assigned to Alpine Electronics
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Publication number: 20170341592Abstract: Forms of a vehicle loudspeaker system may include: a vehicle interior space defined on an inner side of a front windshield, a vehicle exterior storage space defined on a front side of the vehicle interior space such that a partition is disposed between the vehicle exterior storage space and the vehicle interior space, a cowl box disposed between an upper end of the partition and a lower end of the front windshield, and a loudspeaker including a diaphragm. The loudspeaker may be disposed in the cowl box such that sound pressure generated by the diaphragm is emitted to the vehicle interior space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicants: Alpine Electronics, Inc., Blueprint Acoustics Pty Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Ito, Arata Tada, Keita Tanno
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Patent number: 9830073Abstract: A method of pointing a first object on a screen of an infotainment system is provided. The first object on the screen is displayed on the screen and, a location of a second object related to a user and a first predetermined gesture executed by the second object by one or more sensors can be detected. Coordinates of a center of the first object on the screen can be calculated based on the detected location of the second object where the coordinates cause a distance between the center of the first object and the second object substantially minimum, and a size of the first object associated with a distance between the detected location of second object and the screen is calculated. The first object with the calculated size at the calculated coordinates is displayed on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Inchang Jung
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Patent number: 9829328Abstract: A method and apparatus of calculating a route involving a freeway junction determines an undesired freeway junction that can pose a driving difficulty, and performs route recalculation that avoids the undesired freeway junction. A distance from a freeway entry to a freeway junction, or a number of freeway entries up to the freeway junction are used to determine the undesired freeway junction. A distance from the freeway junction to a freeway exit is also used to determine the undesired freeway junction. An intermediate point is set to recalculate a route that does not involve the freeway junction to create an overall route.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Hideo Kawamukai
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Publication number: 20170337024Abstract: A two-layer image display device includes a back side LCD, a transparent screen, and a lower side LCD. The back side LCD displays an image on a display screen. The transparent screen is disposed on a front side of the display screen of an image display device. The lower side LCD projects an image from a lower position of the transparent screen. The transparent screen reflects, with directivity, light incident at a predetermined angle and includes an anisotropic optical film which transmits light incident at an angle other than the predetermined incident angle. The lower side LCD is disposed at a position where the image incident at the predetermined angle is projected and reflected on the transparent screen. The back side LCD is disposed at a position where incident light from an image displayed on the display screen transmits through the transparent screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Shunichi Imanishi
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Publication number: 20170332316Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit for making communication with a Smartphone by use of one communication channel via Wi-Fi communication, a communication state determination unit for determining whether a communication state of Wi-Fi communication is good, a communication channel search unit for searching a communication channel to be switched via communication with a base station in LTE-LAA communication when it is determined that the communication state is not good, and a communications switching unit for switching the communication channel used for Wi-Fi communication to the searched communication channel, thereby searching a communication channel to be switched by use of other LTE-LAA communication while the Wi-Fi communication with the Smartphone is being kept.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Takao Itatsu
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Publication number: 20170329795Abstract: A method of constructing a database in an on-vehicle device includes the steps of connecting a mobile terminal storing a plurality of pieces of music and music information associated with each of the plurality of pieces of music, acquiring the music information of each piece of music from the mobile terminal, when the acquired music information is stored in a storage space, determining whether free capacity of the storage space is insufficient, and when it is determined that the free capacity of the storage space is insufficient, removing at least one piece of music information of each piece of music from the storage space, and constructing a database for searching music on the basis of the music information stored in the storage space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Koji Furukawa, Toru Marumoto
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Patent number: 9816829Abstract: An in-vehicle navigation apparatus that provides guidance to a lane on which a user's vehicle should travel, among driving lanes on a route, includes a landmark information acquiring unit and a lane guide unit. The landmark information acquiring unit acquires landmark information representing an object which serves as a landmark existing along the route within a landmark acquisition range that is set between a certain point on a near side of a specific point and the specific point. The lane on which the user's vehicle should travel on the route is restricted at the specific point. The lane guide unit provides guidance to the lane on which the user's vehicle should travel in association with the object represented by the landmark information acquired by the landmark information acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Michinao Asano
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Publication number: 20170323566Abstract: Lane travel limit zones (between a lane route deviation point and a first lane change limit point and between the lane route deviation point and a second lane change limit point), in which a lane change to a route is prohibited, are set according to the lane. If a vehicle may enter a set lane travel limit zone, a guide is provided to prompt the vehicle to make a lane change or maintain the traveling lane, according to the vehicle position and the lane on which the vehicle is traveling. To set lane travel limit zones, the lane route deviation point, which is an end point of a lane on which the vehicle can travel, the first and second lane route deviation points, which are limit points to assure that the vehicle completes a lane change before reaching the lane route deviation point, are calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Shuichi Suto
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Patent number: 9814147Abstract: A housing includes a first chassis and a second chassis which are each formed of a metal sheet. Support projections integrally formed with support pieces formed in the first chassis are fitted into support holes of a circuit board on both left and right sides of a connector. A lower surface of the circuit board is supported by receiving portions formed in the support pieces, and part of the circuit board facing the connector is pressed downward by a pressing projection formed in the second chassis.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Igari, Shinobu Kida, Tatsuya Watanabe, Takao Okabe
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Publication number: 20170308167Abstract: Provided is an operating apparatus having a feedback mechanism. An apparatus main body is supported on a base using a plurality of plurality of supporting metal plates. Each of the supporting metal plates includes a first mounting piece, a second mounting piece, and an intermediate plate. When a pressing force of a finger on an operating surface of the apparatus main body acts, the intermediate plate is deformed to depress the apparatus main body, thereby operating a detecting member. When a feedback force from the feedback mechanism acts on the apparatus main body, the second mounting piece is bent to move the apparatus main body along the feedback force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Yasushi Shibuya
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Publication number: 20170308268Abstract: A navigation screen generator displays only icons of objects of an object category set as “DISPLAY” in an icon presentation control table on a map image. If a touch occurs at a position on the map image of the navigation screen where no icon is displayed, a controller sets the object category of the object corresponding to the touch position as “DISPLAY” in an icon presentation control table. Then, icons of the objects having the same object category as that of the object corresponding to touch position are displayed on the map image of the navigation screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Rie Chiba
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Patent number: 9786263Abstract: An electronic apparatus with a noise reduction function includes a microphone for inputting an external sound signal inside a vehicle, a DSP for generating a noise reduction signal in order to reduce noise of the external sound signal, a determination unit for determining a driving state of the vehicle, a correction unit for relatively increasing a degree of noise reduction when it is determined that the vehicle is in automatic driving and relatively decreasing a degree of noise reduction when it is determined that the vehicle is in manual driving, and a speaker for outputting the corrected noise reduction signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Takeshi Kurosawa
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Patent number: 9785029Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal display device that has a display area and a hidden area surrounding the display area; a liquid crystal shutter that is layered on the liquid crystal display device and has a first area corresponding to the display area and a second area corresponding to the hidden area; and a control unit that sets the first and second areas to a transparent state and an opaque state, respectively, when the display area is active, and sets the first and second areas to the opaque state when the display area is not active.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Takashi Yasumoto
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Publication number: 20170286924Abstract: A portable terminal device includes an event information acquiring unit configured to analyze text information which is present over the Internet and to acquire event information; an event specifying information extracting unit configured to extract event specifying information for specifying an event which is held on the basis of the acquired event information; an additional information acquiring unit configured to acquire additional information including an image corresponding to the event from a specific web site via the Internet by designating the extracted event specifying information; and a proposal information providing unit configured to create proposal information using the event information and the additional information and to provide the created proposal information to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Chiaki Tazono
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Patent number: 9774685Abstract: A power control program (mobile terminal connection program) 300 is configured to include a mobile terminal connection unit 302 which connects a plurality of mobile terminals 20 and enables charging of power supplied from a battery, a usage state monitoring unit 304 which monitors usage states of the connected mobile terminals 20, a cranking detection unit 306 which detects cranking based on the voltage supplied from the battery, and a control unit 308 which controls power supply of the mobile terminal connection unit 302 based on monitoring information of the usage state monitoring unit 304 when the cranking is detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONIC, INC.Inventor: Koichi Narita
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Patent number: 9775094Abstract: When a portable information terminal receives a mail, a comment, a message, or update information, notification about the reception is performed also on a smartwatch, and a user may check reception of various types of information on the smartwatch. In the present invention, for example, when ACC is turned on to supply power to a car-mounted device, the car-mounted device transmits a request signal for establishing a wireless connection to the portable information terminal that is present near the car-mounted device. When the request signal is obtained from the car-mounted device, the portable information terminal determines that driving is to start, and causes information not to be displayed on a screen of the smartwatch during driving.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Toshiyuki Omori, Kazuhito Tezuka, Komi Tsumura
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Publication number: 20170264384Abstract: A digital tuner in a broadcasting receiving unit outputs audio data at a sample rate of Fs+dr (Hz), and an ASRC rate-converts audio data to audio data at a sample rate of Fs+ds (Hz) and transmits the resulting audio data to an audio processing unit. A DAC in the audio processing unit analog-converts the received audio data at an output rate of Fs+da (Hz) and outputs the resulting audio data to a speaker. The sample rate Fs+ds and the output rate Fs +da are synchronized with a SYNC transmitted from the broadcasting receiving unit to the audio processing unit on a 125 ms cycle. For the sample rate Fs+ds and the output rate Fs+da, a relationship of (da?ds)×0.125<1 is assured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Tomohiko Ise
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Patent number: 9760827Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for applying neural networks in resource-constrained environments. A system may include a sensor located in a resource-constrained environment configured to generate sensor data of the resource-constrained environment. The system may also include a first computing device not located in the resource-constrained environment configured to produce a neural network structure based on the sensor data. The system may further include a second computing device located in the resource-constrained environment configured to provide the sensor data as input to the neural network structure. The second computing device may be further configured to determine a state of the resource-constrained environment based on the input of the sensor data to the neural network structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Alpine Electronics of Silicon Valley, Inc.Inventors: Rocky Chau-Hsiung Lin, Thomas Yamasaki, Koichiro Kanda, Diego Rodriguez Risco, Alexander Joseph Ryan
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Patent number: 9756746Abstract: An upper guide and a lower guide are provided on an escutcheon integrally attached to the chassis. An upper movable pin engageable with and disengageable from the upper guide, a lower movable pin engageable with and disengageable from the lower guide, and a fulcrum switching mechanism that reciprocates the upper movable pin and lower movable pin in the left-right direction are attached to a display body disposed in front of the escutcheon. The fulcrum switching mechanism makes the rotational fulcrum of the display body switchable between a first pivoting state, in which the upper movable pin is engaged with the upper guide and the lower movable pin is disengaged from the lower guide, and a second pivoting state, in which the lower movable pin is engaged with the lower guide and the upper movable pin is disengaged from the upper guide.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kiminori Yabuki, Akira Homma
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Publication number: 20170242257Abstract: An HUD apparatus is structured such that a first cover moves forward to open a first opening, which is disposed on a path along which a combiner moves, and a second cover also moves forward to open a second opening, which is disposed on an optical path from a light-projecting portion of a light-emitting unit (second minor) to the combiner. When the combiner moves from an accommodated position to a projecting position, a front end portion of the second cover moves into a space that is occupied by the combiner when the combiner is at the accommodated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Tsutomu Tatekawa
