Patents by Inventor Okude Mariko

Okude Mariko 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).

  • Broadcasting type information providing system and travel environment information collecting device
    Patent number: 6617980
    Abstract: In a broadcasting type information providing system, a moving body 10 includes a bidirectional communication unit 13 which performs communication with an information providing center 21, an information processing unit 11 which communicates request information necessary for a user via the bidirectional communication unit 13 to the information providing center 21 as well as presents answer information with respect to the request information to the user and a broadcast receiving unit 14 which receives the answer information broadcasted from a broadcasting station 22, and the information providing center 21 generates the answer information with respect to the request information being transmitted from the moving body 10 as well as selects a broadcasting station 22 of which service area covers the position of the moving body 10 depending on the position of the moving body 10 detected either at the side of the moving body 10 or at the side of the information providing center 21 and causes the selected broadcasting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Xanavi Informatics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Endo, Kozo Nakamura, Toshio Fujiwara, Ke'nichirou Kurata, Hideo Hiroshige, Hiroshi Kuroda, Ichiro Hondo, Okude Mariko
  • Broadcasting type information providing system and travel environment information collecting device
    Publication number: 20020094825
    Abstract: In a broadcasting type information providing system, a moving body 10 includes a bidirectional communication unit 13 which performs communication with an information providing center 21, an information processing unit 11 which communicates request information necessary for a user via the bidirectional communication unit 13 to the information providing center 21 as well as presents answer information with respect to the request information to the user and a broadcast receiving unit 14 which receives the answer information broadcasted from a broadcasting station 22, and the information providing center 21 generates the answer information with respect to the request information being transmitted from the moving body 10 as well as selects a broadcasting station 22 of which service area covers the position of the moving body 10 depending on the position of the moving body 10 detected either at the side of the moving body 10 or at the side of the information providing center 21 and causes the selected broadcasting
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Endo, Kozo Nakamura, Toshio Fujiwara, Ke ?apos; nichirou Kurata, Hideo Hiroshige, Hiroshi Kuroda, Ichiro Hondo, Okude Mariko
  • Broadcasting type information providing system and travel environment information collecting device
    Patent number: 6359571
    Abstract: In a broadcasting type information providing system, a moving body 10 includes a bidirectional communication unit 13 which performs communication with an information providing center 21, an information processing unit 11 which communicates request information necessary for a user via the bidirectional communication unit 13 to the information providing center 21 as well as presents answer information with respect to the request information to the user and a broadcast receiving unit 14 which receives the answer information broadcasted from a broadcasting station 22, and the information providing center 21 generates the answer information with respect to the request information being transmitted from the moving body 10 as well as selects a broadcasting station 22 of which service area covers the position of the moving body 10 depending on the position of the moving body 10 detected either at the side of the moving body 10 or at the side of the information providing center 21 and causes the selected broadcasting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Xanavi Informatics Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Endo, Kozo Nakamura, Toshio Fujiwara, Ke'nichirou Kurata, Hideo Hiroshige, Hiroshi Kuroda, Ichiro Hondo, Okude Mariko