Patents by Inventor Shoichiro Takenaka

Shoichiro Takenaka 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).

  • Navigation device and method of searching route
    Patent number: 6922633
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a scenic information searching unit for searching for drop-in information about a favorable place for drop-in around a guide route leading from a departing place to a destination based on the drop-in information set in acquired map data. A route searching unit searches for the guide route via a drop-in route running through the favorable place for the drop-in based on the drop-in information searched by the surrounding drop-in information searching unit and calendar information detected by the time computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shoichiro Takenaka
  • Navigation device and method of searching route
    Publication number: 20040215388
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a scenic information searching unit for searching for drop-in information about a favorable place for drop-in around a guide route leading from a departing place to a destination based on the drop-in information set in acquired map data. A route searching unit searches for the guide route via a drop-in route running through the favorable place for the drop-in based on the drop-in information searched by the surrounding drop-in information searching unit and calendar information detected by the time computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Shoichiro Takenaka
  • On-vehicle information processor with map data and map data management
    Patent number: 6397144
    Abstract: An on-vehicle information processor is configured such that, when there is a request for access from application units to the same map data stored in a data management unit, a request analyzing unit maintains the map data unlocked so that the applications can access the map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoya Ikeuchi, Masaharu Umezu, Shoichiro Takenaka, Yoshihisa Nakao, Satoshi Maegawa, Makoto Mikuriya, Mitsuo Shimotani
  • On-vehicle information system
    Publication number: 20010002457
    Abstract: An on-vehicle information processor includes a map reader for reading map data from a map data storage in response to an application unit, a map manager provided with a map object generating unit for generating a map object of a format suitable for a request from an application, and a map object output unit for converting the map object thus generated into a format suitable for execution of the application before outputting the map object thus converted to the application unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Inventors: Masaharu Umezu, Tomoya Ikeuchi, Yoshihisa Nakao, Shoichiro Takenaka, Satoshi Maegawa, Makoto Mikuriya, Mitsuo Shimotani
  • On-vehicle information processor with map data and map data management
    Publication number: 20010002456
    Abstract: An on-vehicle information processor is configured such that, when there is a request for access from application units to the same map data stored in a data management unit, a request analyzing unit maintains the map data unlocked so that the applications can access the map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Inventors: Tomoya Ikeuchi, Masaharu Umezu, Shoichiro Takenaka, Yoshihisa Nakao, Satoshi Maegawa, Makoto Mikuriya, Mitsuo Shimotani