Patents by Inventor Hikaru P. Wako

Hikaru P. Wako 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: 9703472
    Abstract: An infotainment system in a vehicle including a central processing unit (CPU), one or more memory units, a console including a touch screen having a screen, a touch sensor integrally attached to the screen for receiving a touching operation of a user, and a pressure sensor attached to the screen for receiving a pressing operation of the user, and a graphical user interface module that processes display contents and to instruct the screen to display the display contents is provided. Depending on whether to activate either the touch sensor or the pressure sensor or both in order to receive an entry from a user is determined, based on current vehicle situation, graphic contents according to the determined sensors may be displayed, the determined sensors may be activated, and the entry from the user may be received at the activated one or more sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Hikaru P. Wako
  • Publication number: 20160274717
    Abstract: An infotainment system in a vehicle including a central processing unit (CPU), one or more memory units, a console including a touch screen having a screen, a touch sensor integrally attached to the screen for receiving a touching operation of a user, and a pressure sensor attached to the screen for receiving a pressing operation of the user, and a graphical user interface module that processes display contents and to instruct the screen to display the display contents is provided. Depending on whether to activate either the touch sensor or the pressure sensor or both in order to receive an entry from a user is determined, based on current vehicle situation, graphic contents according to the determined sensors may be displayed, the determined sensors may be activated, and the entry from the user may be received at the activated one or more sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Hikaru P. Wako