Patents by Inventor Naoyuki HIRAMOTO

Naoyuki HIRAMOTO 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: 10726598
    Abstract: There is provided a technique for arranging characters along a road to improve appearance and readability. A map display system includes a temporarily arranging part that obtains directions of a plurality of characters for when the plurality of characters are temporarily arranged along a road in a direction of the road, the direction of the road being a reference direction; and an arranging part that arranges, when a difference between directions of consecutive characters is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the consecutive characters so as to reduce the difference, the consecutive characters being two consecutive characters in the direction of the road, and arranges, when the difference is less than the threshold value, the consecutive characters in a temporary arrangement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Hiramoto, Nobuhide Kuroda, Yuji Sato, Xin Jin, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10621889
    Abstract: There is provided a technique for arranging characters along a road to improve appearance and readability. A map display system arranges a plurality of characters along a road line which is a polyline representing a road shape, and includes an arranging part that arranges, at a connecting portion where a first road line segment and a second road line segment forming the road line are connected, a third character in a third direction between a first character arranged in a first direction and a second character arranged in a second direction, the first direction being a direction for the first road line segment, the second direction being a direction for the second road line segment, and the third direction being a direction between the first direction and the second direction; and a display control part that displays the road line and the plurality of characters on a display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Hiramoto, Yoshihiro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20190156540
    Abstract: There is provided a technique for arranging characters along a road to improve appearance and readability. A map display system includes a temporarily arranging part that obtains directions of a plurality of characters for when the plurality of characters are temporarily arranged along a road in a direction of the road, the direction of the road being a reference direction; and an arranging part that arranges, when a difference between directions of consecutive characters is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the consecutive characters so as to reduce the difference, the consecutive characters being two consecutive characters in the direction of the road, and arranges, when the difference is less than the threshold value, the consecutive characters in a temporary arrangement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki HIRAMOTO, Nobuhide KURODA, Yuji SATO, Xin JIN, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190130793
    Abstract: There is provided a technique for arranging characters along a road to improve appearance and readability. A map display system arranges a plurality of characters along a road line which is a polyline representing a road shape, and includes an arranging part that arranges, at a connecting portion where a first road line segment and a second road line segment forming the road line are connected, a third character in a third direction between a first character arranged in a first direction and a second character arranged in a second direction, the first direction being a direction for the first road line segment, the second direction being a direction for the second road line segment, and the third direction being a direction between the first direction and the second direction; and a display control part that displays the road line and the plurality of characters on a display part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki HIRAMOTO, Yoshihiro ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190087993
    Abstract: There are provided a map display system and a map display program that can arrange characters along a road so as to improve appearance and readability. A map display system arranges a plurality of characters along a road in a direction of the road which is a reference direction, and is configured to determine a spacing between consecutive characters according to directions of the consecutive characters, so as to suppress overlapping of the consecutive characters, the consecutive characters being two characters consecutively arranged in the direction of the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki HIRAMOTO, Yoshihiro ISHIHARA