Patents by Inventor Minoru Ootake

Minoru Ootake 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: 7463972
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a memory that stores registered routes, wherein each registered route includes a previously traveled route, a corresponding starting point, and a corresponding destination point. The navigation apparatus includes a controller that searches for a route from a specified starting point to a specified destination point, compares the searched route with the registered routes, and utilizes, if a corresponding starting point is substantially identical to the specified starting point or a corresponding destination point is substantially identical to the specified destination point, a portion of a registered route including the substantially identical starting point or the substantially identical destination point as a navigation route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: AISIN AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Yamada, Shino Kimura, Kihachi Hayashida, Minoru Ootake, Akihiro Nakajima, Nobuo Suzuki, Atsuya Ooshima
  • Publication number: 20050071078
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a memory that stores registered routes, wherein each registered route includes a previously traveled route, a corresponding starting point, and a corresponding destination point. The navigation apparatus includes a controller that searches for a route from a specified starting point to a specified destination point, compares the searched route with the registered routes, and utilizes, if a corresponding starting point is substantially identical to the specified starting point or a corresponding destination point is substantially identical to the specified destination point, a portion of a registered route including the substantially identical starting point or the substantially identical destination point as a navigation route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Yamada, Shino Kimura, Kihachi Hayashida, Minoru Ootake, Akihiro Nakajima, Nobuo Suzuki, Atsuya Ooshima
  • Patent number: 6560530
    Abstract: A navigation system for searching coordinates of a telephone number, displaying a map and setting a point, the navigation system comprising a memory for storing information on a subscriber inclusive of coordinates corresponding to a telephone number and map data, an input device for inputting a telephone number, and a control device for searching a subscriber and coordinates based on the input of the telephone number, setting specific coordinates based on the searched coordinates and displaying a map with the specific coordinates located at the center of the map on a condition that the searched subscriber is a specific classified subscriber, wherein a map with a vague point located at the center of the map is displayed while a private home is not directly displayed thereon when the subscriber is a private subscriber of the input telephone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Yamada, Kazuteru Maekawa, Hiroyoshi Masuda, Yumi Shibata, Kihachi Hayashida, Minoru Ootake