Patents by Inventor Ken YAGUCHI

Ken YAGUCHI 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: 8972183
    Abstract: A map display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus acquires present position information indicating a present position, and determines a route from the present position to a destination. The apparatus displays a map on a display screen based on map information acquired from a storage medium storing the map information, and displays the route in a form of a line on the map while switching a manner of displaying the route between multiple display modes including a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode, the route is displayed to have a first transparency and a first width. In the second display mode, the route is displayed to have a second transparency more transparent than the first transparency and a second width larger than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140005927
    Abstract: A map display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus acquires present position information indicating a present position, and determines a route from the present position to a destination. The apparatus displays a map on a display screen based on map information acquired from a storage medium storing the map information, and displays the route in a form of a line on the map while switching a manner of displaying the route between multiple display modes including a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode, the route is displayed to have a first transparency and a first width. In the second display mode, the route is displayed to have a second transparency more transparent than the first transparency and a second width larger than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken YAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8527202
    Abstract: A map display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus acquires present position information indicating a present position, and determines a route from the present position to a destination. The apparatus displays a map on a display screen based on map information acquired from a storage medium storing the map information, and displays the route in a form of a line on the map while switching a manner of displaying the route between multiple display modes including a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode, the route is displayed to have a first transparency and a first width. In the second display mode, the route is displayed to have a second transparency more transparent than the first transparency and a second width larger than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110242136
    Abstract: A map display device includes: a display unit; a moving-source area extraction unit that extracts a moving-source area including a moving-source point from the map; a moving-destination area extraction unit that extracts a moving-destination area including a moving-destination point from the map; a moving-destination area display position shift unit that retains a display position of the moving-source area on the display unit, and shifts a display position of the moving-destination area on the display unit; and a scale change unit that changes a scale of a part of the map between the moving-source area and the moving-destination area, whose display position has been shifted, and displays a whole of the map on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi YAMADA, Yukihiro Kajita, Satomi Hosokawa, Masatoshi Aboh, Ken Yaguchi, Kiyohiko Sawada, Tomohiro Takahashi, Shunya Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20110238295
    Abstract: A map display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus acquires present position information indicating a present position, and determines a route from the present position to a destination. The apparatus displays a map on a display screen based on map information acquired from a storage medium storing the map information, and displays the route in a form of a line on the map while switching a manner of displaying the route between multiple display modes including a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode, the route is displayed to have a first transparency and a first width. In the second display mode, the route is displayed to have a second transparency more transparent than the first transparency and a second width larger than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken YAGUCHI