Patents by Inventor Tadamasa Yamanaka

Tadamasa Yamanaka 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: 7016656
    Abstract: Only an information output from a wireless terminal for mobile unit to a wireless base station is allowed in response to an operation of operating means of the wireless terminal for mobile unit. When only the information output from the wireless terminal for mobile unit to the wireless base station has been allowed by the operation of the operating means, an information output from the wireless base station to the wireless terminal for mobile unit is allowed in response to another operation of the operating means. The wireless terminal for mobile unit is constructed so as not to respond to another operation of the operating means during the predetermined time since the first operation of the operating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Koji Sakuma
  • Patent number: 6900723
    Abstract: An object is to provide an anti-theft system for vehicles which is easy to operate and is capable of returning a stolen vehicle to its owner. A stolen vehicle is remote-controlled so as to make it impossible to restart an engine in response to a vehicle-theft report signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tadamasa Yamanaka, Masahiro Odashima, Koji Sakuma
  • Patent number: 6828936
    Abstract: A vehicle-equipped navigation apparatus and a navigation communication system which are capable of providing a clear display and preventing own vehicle position information from draining out to third parties. A setting part is provided for setting a remote vehicle either in a valid state or in an invalid state, such that only a remote vehicle position transmitted from a remote vehicle set in the valid state is displayed on a display together with an own vehicle position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Koji Sakuma, Tadamasa Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 6792262
    Abstract: In a mobile system and a mobile management system, when an emergency notification that an urgent car 3 is approaching is transmitted from a base station 5 to a general owner-driven car 1, the distance between the general owner-driven car 1 and the urgent car 3 is calculated on the basis of the current position of the general owner-driven car 1 and the current position of the urgent car 3 under the control of a CPU 11. If the distance is within a predetermined value, the base station notifies the driver of the general owner-driven car that the urgent car is approaching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tadamasa Yamanaka, Masahiro Odashima, Koji Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20040148064
    Abstract: A lid (120), which is provided on a body of an acoustic device and moves as being able to open or close a front side thereof where an insertion slot is provided for inserting a recording medium, is moved by driving a motor (211) of a drive section (210) with an operation of an open/close button of a movement controller (234) of a movement control device (200). A temperature sensor (220) detects a temperature of a heading space of the lid on a movement path in a first direction, and the movement thereof is stopped when the temperature is within a predetermined temperature range. The movement is recovered when the predetermined temperature is not detected after a predetermined time has passed. When a contact sensor (233) recognizes the contact between the lid and an object to be contacted, the moving direction is reversed for only a predetermined time. When a temperature determining section (232) recognizes a temperature change within the predetermined time, the movement is restarted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Tadashi Kumano, Naoki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20040015249
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device 2 mounted on a vehicle 1 receives music data distributed from a satellite 3 via a satellite receiver antenna 22a, and exchanges the music data with a center server 5 via a base station and a cellular telephone antenna 23a. The center server 5 sets up a music database 11, which includes user storages 13, one being provided for a user while allocating a predetermined storage capacity. The center server 5 receives the music data having classification information appended thereto from the in-vehicle device 2, stores them in the user storage 13, and, in response to a user's reproduction request, reads the requested music data stored in the user storage 13 based on the appended classification information and sends the read music data to the in-vehicle device 2. In addition, a billing processor 12 performs a billing process for the user on an individual basis using billing information stored in a billing database 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Izumi, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Keiichi Takahashi, Takeshi Iwase
  • Patent number: 6650970
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a terminal device in a mobile body for transmitting an information request signal and an information providing device for transmitting information data to the terminal device in response to the information request signal. The information request signal is issued in response to an operation of starting the mobile body's engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Koji Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20020089445
    Abstract: A vehicle-equipped navigation apparatus and a navigation communication system which are capable of providing a clear display and preventing own vehicle position information from draining out to third parties. A setting part is provided for setting a remote vehicle either in a valid state or in an invalid state, such that only a remote vehicle position transmitted from a remote vehicle set in the valid state is displayed on a display together with an own vehicle position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Koji Sakuma, Tadamasa Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20020077908
    Abstract: An advertisement information providing apparatus which is capable of enhancing the effectiveness of an advertisement. The apparatus selectively provides a terminal apparatus mounted in a mobile vehicle with the advertisement information about a shop which is relatively close to the current position of the mobile vehicle and has a merchandised product belonging to the advertised merchandised product genre desired by the user of the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Koji Sakuma, Masahiro Odashima, Tadamasa Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20020077088
    Abstract: In a parts management system for a mobile unit, a detection unit is provided at the mobile unit and adapted to detect information related to management of parts of the mobile unit such as a vehicle. A service center management unit is provided at a service center and permitted to communicate to the detection unit. The service center management unit is adapted to produce information for a user of the mobile unit according to the information related to the management of the parts of the mobile unit and detected by the detection unit. An information unit is permitted to communicate to the service center management unit and adapted to send to the user of the mobile unit the information for the user of the mobile unit and produced by the seance center management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadamasa Yamanaka, Masahiro Odashima, Koji Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20020045973
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a terminal device in a mobile body for transmitting an information request signal and an information providing device for transmitting information data to the terminal device in response to the information request signal. The information request signal is issued in response to an operation of starting the mobile body's engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Koji Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20020027501
    Abstract: An object is to provide an anti-theft system for vehicles which is easy to operate and is capable of returning a stolen vehicle to its owner. A stolen vehicle is remote-controlled so as to make it impossible to restart an engine in response to a vehicle-theft report signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadamasa Yamanaka, Masahiro Odashima, Koji Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20020022489
    Abstract: Only an information output from a wireless terminal for mobile unit to a wireless base station is allowed in response to an operation of operating means of the wireless terminal for mobile unit. When only the information output from the wireless terminal for mobile unit to the wireless base station has been allowed by the operation of the operating means, an information output from the wireless base station to the wireless terminal for mobile unit is allowed in response to another operation of the operating means. The wireless terminal for mobile unit is constructed so as not to respond to another operation of the operating means during the predetermined time since the first operation of the operating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Koji Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20020008643
    Abstract: In a mobile system and a mobile management system, when an emergency notification that an urgent car 3 is approaching is transmitted from a base station 5 to a general owner-driven car 1, the distance between the general owner-driven car 1 and the urgent car 3 is calculated on the basis of the current position of the general owner-driven car 1 and the current position of the urgent car 3 under the control of a CPU 11. If the distance is within a predetermined value, the base station notifies the driver of the general owner-driven car that the urgent car is approaching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Tadamasa Yamanaka, Masahiro Odashima, Koji Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20010044284
    Abstract: In a receiver for a mobile unit, a region and a frequency band of an available radio wave of the region are stored in ROM 4, and a region in which a mobile unit is located is detected from the present position measured by a GPS receiver 2 and receiving frequency bands of FM/AM bands are set to the receiver based on the detected result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Masahiro Odashima, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Koji Sakuma
  • Patent number: 5736931
    Abstract: A remote control system is provided for remotely controlling at least two electronic devices one of which is a master device and the other is a slave device. Each device has a remote control sensor and both devices are connected with each other by a bus. The master device producers a command signal for commanding the slave device to send a connection confirmation signal representing that the slave device is connected to the bus. The slave device sends a connection information signal representing that the slave device is connected to the bus and is remotely controllable in response to the command signal. The master device makes a remote control signal received by the own remote control sensor ineffective when receiving the connection information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Masashi Iwasaki, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Kazuyoshi Kamiyama, Nobuhiro Ozu