Patents by Inventor Nobukazu Yoshioka

Nobukazu Yoshioka 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).

  • Information-sharing system, information-sharing server, information-sharing method, and information-sharing program
    Patent number: 7248947
    Abstract: A technique to provide an information-sharing system and the like is disclosed. According to this technique, there are provided an on-board information terminal to transmit one or more types of information among a vehicle information relating to user's own vehicle and on-board program information to acquire shared information, an area information acquiring system for acquiring area information, and an information-sharing server for calculating time function existing quantity based on time function according to one or more types of information among vehicle information and area information, calculates time function transmission quantity based on time function including the calculated time function existing quantity, arranges the calculated time function existing quantity and the time function transmission quantity to a corresponding position on a map, attaches the map information to the on-board program information, and transmits it to the on-board information terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Denso IT Laboratory, Inc. and Research Organization of Information and Systems of C/O National Institute of Informatics
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Osamu Masutani, Shinichi Honiden, Nobukazu Yoshioka, Yasushi Ando
  • Information-sharing system, information-sharing server, information-sharing method, and information-sharing program
    Publication number: 20060178788
    Abstract: A technique to provide an information-sharing system and the like is disclosed. According to this technique, there are provided an on-board information terminal to transmit one or more types of information among a vehicle information relating to user's own vehicle and on-board program information to acquire shared information, an area information acquiring system for acquiring area information, and an information-sharing server for calculating time function existing quantity based on time function according to one or more types of information among vehicle information and area information, calculates time function transmission quantity based on time function including the calculated time function existing quantity, arranges the calculated time function existing quantity and the time function transmission quantity to a corresponding position on a map, attaches the map information to the on-board program information, and transmits it to the on-board information terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicants: DENSO IT LABORATORY, INC, Research Organization of Information and Systems of C/O National Institute of Informatics
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Osamu Masutani, Shinichi Honiden, Nobukazu Yoshioka, Yasushi Ando