Patents by Inventor Hiroki Saze

Hiroki Saze 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).

  • Device and system for toll payment
    Patent number: 7250876
    Abstract: A navigation device stores road data that includes positions of toll roads where payback of a part of a toll is provided based on a used distance of each of the toll roads. The navigation device computes a traveled distance of the relevant toll road to thereby compute the used distance of the toll road based on the computed traveled distance. Thus, the used distance of a toll road can be accurately computed, even when a vehicle travels a loop line within the toll road by multiple circles. Information that relates to the payback and includes the used distance of the toll road is then transmitted to a center to thereby receive a partial payback of the toll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Saze, Norihiro Isobe
  • Device and system for toll payment
    Publication number: 20050168351
    Abstract: A navigation device stores road data that includes positions of toll roads where payback of a part of a toll is provided based on a used distance of each of the toll roads. The navigation device computes a traveled distance of the relevant toll road to thereby compute the used distance of the toll road based on the computed traveled distance. Thus, the used distance of a toll road can be accurately computed, even when a vehicle travels a loop line within the toll road by multiple circles. Information that relates to the payback and includes the used distance of the toll road is then transmitted to a center to thereby receive a partial payback of the toll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroki Saze, Norihiro Isobe