Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tobiyama

Hiroyuki Tobiyama 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: 7818122
    Abstract: A navigation device, method, and program provides output information on service facilities that exist on a road such as an expressway. A display provides a map in a general road display mode that includes facilities such as general roads, family restaurants, and convenience stores, and also can display a highway mode. The highway mode can be a predetermined expressway display mode which displays expressways and facilities on the expressways, and combines a single map focusing mainly on expressways so that the expressways can be easily recognized along with vehicle moving images. A searching and outputting portion searches for a predetermined number of facility information items of a desired type of element facility from the road map data in accordance with a provided predetermined operation, and outputs the information items when the present location is in the expressway display mode, and an element facility exists ahead on the expressway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tobiyama, Masato Takahashi, Takao Yahiro
  • Publication number: 20070179711
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a navigation device, method, and program for outputting information on a desired type of element facility, which exists on an expressway, with simple operation during driving on the expressway. In the present embodiment a display mode such as a map not only includes a general road display mode which displays facilities such as general roads, family restaurants, and convenience stores, but also includes a highway mode. The highway mode is a predetermined expressway display mode which displays expressways and facilities on the expressways, and combines a simple map focusing mainly on expressways so that the expressways can be easily recognized, and a moving image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tobiyama, Masato Takahashi, Takao Yahiro