Patents by Inventor Noriaki Kawa

Noriaki Kawa 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).

  • Mobile body navigation system, navigation apparatus and server apparatus
    Patent number: 8260544
    Abstract: A mobile-body navigation system comprises; a navigation apparatus that is disposed in a mobile body and includes a position detection portion for detecting a position of the mobile body, a transmitter-receiver portion, a processing portion, a display portion, and a storage medium; a radio communication apparatus for carrying out interactive radio communication with the transmitter-receiver portion; and a server apparatus that includes a map information database; wherein the server apparatus repeats extraction of high-priority map information for map display from the map information database based on a mobile-body position that is detected by the position detection portion and received via the transmitter-receiver portion and via the radio communication apparatus, and repeats transmission of the extracted map information to the transmitter-receiver portion via the radio communication apparatus, the processing portion receives the map information via the transmitter-receiver portion, makes the storage medi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Noriaki Kawa
  • MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION SYSTEM, NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND SERVER APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090210152
    Abstract: A mobile-body navigation system comprises; a navigation apparatus that is disposed in a mobile body and includes a position detection portion for detecting a position of the mobile body, a transmitter-receiver portion, a processing portion, a display portion, and a storage medium; a radio communication apparatus for carrying out interactive radio communication with the transmitter-receiver portion; and a server apparatus that includes a map information database; wherein the server apparatus repeats extraction of high-priority map information for map display from the map information database based on a mobile-body position that is detected by the position detection portion and received via the transmitter-receiver portion and via the radio communication apparatus, and repeats transmission of the extracted map information to the transmitter-receiver portion via the radio communication apparatus, the processing portion receives the map information via the transmitter-receiver portion, makes the storage
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Noriaki KAWA