Patents by Inventor Eriko Odachi

Eriko Odachi 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).

  • Route guidance information generating device and method, and navigation system
    Patent number: 7092819
    Abstract: Route guidance information capable of displaying a route can be generated in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly manner even on a small screen of a navigation system. To generate such information, route guidance information at plural guide points on the route between plural points is so constructed that each piece of route guidance information will fit in the area of one screen. Display positions of the route guidance information are brought into one-to-one correspondence with numeric keys in ascending numeric order, and into correspondence with one another through hyperlinks not accompanied by calling of another file. Each file is divided so that each piece will not exceed the file size or maximum value of the numeric keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eriko Odachi, Shugo Horikami, Yuki Kawamura, Takumi Ajima
  • Route guidance information generating device and method, and navigation system
    Publication number: 20050049786
    Abstract: Route guidance information capable of displaying a route can be generated in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly manner even on a small screen of a navigation system. To generate such information, route guidance information at plural guide points on the route between plural points is so constructed that each piece of route guidance information will fit in the area of one screen. Display positions of the route guidance information are brought into one-to-one correspondence with numeric keys in ascending numeric order, and into correspondence with one another through hyperlinks not accompanied by calling of another file. Each file is divided so that each piece will not exceed the file size or maximum value of the numeric keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eriko Odachi, Shugo Horikami, Yuki Kawamura, Takumi Ajima
  • Method, system and program for providing service requiring settlement through communication line
    Publication number: 20040098226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of, a system for, and a computer program product for providing a service via a communication line, and more particularly to a method of, a system for, and a computer program product for providing a service via a communication line accompanied by a settlement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Eriko Odachi, Tomoaki Abe