Patents by Inventor Shinichirou Gotou

Shinichirou Gotou 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: 7085629
    Abstract: The system for transmitting and receiving electronic mail of the present invention, comprises: a text input means for entering a text of the electronic mail to be transmitted; an extracting means for extracting a character string to specify a place from the text inputted by the text input means; an adding means for adding information to the electronic mail, the information corresponding to the place specified by the extracted character string; a text display means for displaying the text in the electronic mail; and a map display means for displaying map information indicating the specified place corresponding to the information added to the electronic mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichirou Gotou, Takeshi Imai, Masayuki Ikegami, Hideshi Sawada, Toshihide Youfu
  • Patent number: 6789102
    Abstract: An information retrieval system is provided, by which necessary information can be easily and accurately obtained from among a large number of information items by using a communication terminal which is mounted to a movable object or is fixedly disposed. In the system, a communication terminal accesses a host server and sends the server the present position of the terminal so as to retrieve desired information stored in information servers connected to a network. The host server stores summary information, categories, and positional information on the information stored in the information servers, and the communication terminal identifies an information server according to the above information stored in the host server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichirou Gotou, Takeshi Imai, Masayuki Ikegami, Hideshi Sawada, Toshihide Youfu
  • Patent number: 6377886
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted unit 1 has a WWW browser for analyzing and discriminating HTML files obtained from the Internet. The HTML files are provided with a tag for the navigation apparatus (extension tag) in addition to a normal tag. The normal tag includes a descriptive statement which is now widely used on the Internet. The extension tag includes a descriptive statement newly defined for the navigation apparatus, and controls the operation of the vehicle unit 1. The vehicle unit 1 discriminates the normal tag and the extension tag at the time of receiving the HTML file, and in the case of a normal tag, executes normal operation (screen display such as characters), and in the case of an extension tag, executes functions for the navigation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichirou Gotou, Takeshi Imai, Masayuki Ikegami, Hideshi Sawada, Toshihide Youfu
  • Publication number: 20010044693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a route guidance apparatus comprises: a mobile computer having a communication means, an input means, an output means, and a position sensor, the mobile computer being carried by a user; a host computer having a communication means and a data storage means; a user computer; and a communication network for establishing communication between the mobile computer, the host computer, and a user computer, wherein the host computer stores information corresponding to a travel route selected by a user in the data storage means, and transmits the information to the mobile computer through the communication network, the mobile computer outputting the travel route through the output means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: SHINICHIROU GOTOU, TAKESHI IMAI, MASAYUKI IKEGAMI, HIDESHI SAWADA, TOSHIHIDE YOUFU
  • Publication number: 20010003825
    Abstract: An information retrieval system is provided, by which necessary information can be easily and accurately obtained from among a large number of information items by using a communication terminal which is mounted to a movable object or is fixedly disposed. In the system, a communication terminal accesses a host server and sends the server the present position of the terminal so as to retrieve desired information stored in information servers connected to a network. The host server stores summary information, categories, and positional information on the information stored in the information servers, and the communication terminal identifies an information server according to the above information stored in the host server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Publication date: June 14, 2001
    Inventors: SHINICHIROU GOTOU, TAKESHI IMAI, MASAYUKI IKEGAMI, HIDESHI SAWADA, TOSHIHIDE YOUFU
  • Patent number: 6010237
    Abstract: A head lamp device for a vehicle capable of moving a lighting region of a head lamp in front of the vehicle in rightward and leftward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichirou Gotou
  • Patent number: 5588733
    Abstract: A head lamp device for a vehicle in which a lighting region in front of the vehicle in a traveling direction can be adjusted in rightward and leftward directions comprises: a direction indicating signal outputting mechanism 11 for detecting an operation of a winker device and outputting a direction indicating signal; a steering signal outputting mechanism 12 for detecting a steering angle of a steering device and outputting a steering angle signal; a map information outputting mechanism 30 for outputting map information including road data; a present position detecting mechanism 32 for detecting a present position of proper vehicle on the map; and a control mechanism 10 for inputting the said direction indicating signal, steering angle, map information and information of the present position and adjusting the lighting region of the head lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichirou Gotou
  • Patent number: 5562336
    Abstract: A head lamp device for a vehicle in which a light distribution can be properly adjusted in response to a state of a road or a running environment and visibility can be improved is provided. The head lamp device for a vehicle capable of adjusting a lighting region in a forward direction of the vehicle comprises proper vehicle position sensing means for sensing a proper vehicle running position in a lateral direction of a road, and control means for calculating a distance from the proper vehicle running position to a center line on the road and adjusting a lighting region of the head lamp in such a way that the lighting region is expanded more and more toward the center line as the calculated distance is longer and longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichirou Gotou