Patents by Inventor Seigo Kawai

Seigo Kawai 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: 7848882
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted man-machine interface device comprises display means for displaying a screen, press position detecting means for detecting the press position on the screen, and control means for displaying an operating screen on which operating figures are arranged on the display means and acquiring the operation content specified by the press on the operating screen from the arrangement positions of the operating figures, the operation on each operating figure, and the output of the press position detecting means. The device further comprises traveling detecting means for detecting whether or not the vehicle having the device is traveling or detecting the traveling speed of the vehicle. The control manes sets or alters one or both of the number of operating figures simultaneously displayed on the operating screen and their sizes according to the output from the traveling detecting means. With this, a man-machine interface technique for easily and reliably performing operation can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood
    Inventors: Seigo Kawai, Makoto Takahashi, Eiji Hirako
  • Publication number: 20070124070
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted man-machine interface device comprises display means for displaying a screen, press position detecting means for detecting the press position on the screen, and control means for displaying an operating screen on which operating figures are arranged on the display means and acquiring the operation content specified by the press on the operating screen from the arrangement positions of the operating figures, the operation on each operating figure, and the output of the press position detecting means. The device further comprises traveling detecting means for detecting whether or not the vehicle having the device is traveling or detecting the traveling speed of the vehicle. The control manes sets or alters one or both of the number of operating figures simultaneously displayed on the operating screen and their sizes according to the output from the traveling detecting means. With this, a man-machine interface technique for easily and reliably performing operation can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD
    Inventors: Seigo Kawai, Makoto Takahashi, Eiji Hirako