Patents by Inventor Brian R. Grom

Brian R. Grom 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).

  • Apparatus and method for guiding vehicle occupant to travel from present position of vehicle to set destination through display unit
    Patent number: 5557522
    Abstract: In an apparatus and method for guiding a vehicle occupant from a present position of the vehicle to a destination to which the vehicle occupant desires to reach, optimum routes of travel from the present position to respective intersections surrounding the present position of the vehicle are already searched and stored when the vehicle stops at the present position of the vehicle with a vehicular ignition switch turned off. Then, when the ignition switch is turned on and the vehicle occupant sets the destination, the optimum routes from the set destination toward the present position are searched on the basis of the road map data and result of search of the optimum routes of the respective intersections surrounding the present position of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Okihiko Nakayama, Brian R. Grom, Masayasu Iwasaki, Hiroshi Tsuda